Chiari Malformation and Me
Today, I will walk in the Conquer Chiari Walk Across America. I will be joining other Chiarians in the Nashville walk. I learned about my congenital condition in 2016, but it had been affecting me for much longer: I had always experienced back pain and balance issues; now I knew why. At the time that I found out about Chiari Malformation, my condition was progressing quickly toward paralysis. I was one of many with Chiari who needed decompression surgery. The surgery itself i
On Political Posturing About Puerto Rico Since Maria
Today is the two-year anniversary of the day that Hurricane Maria made landfall on Puerto Rico. Since then, there have been conflicting accounts of the death toll, revelations of corruption within the Puerto Rican government, and questions about why the United States should help Puerto Rico when the island has been presumed to have caused its own problems. These prickly debates and behaviors have deflected the issue away from those who are in the most need and who have the le
