<![CDATA[Stories by Lisa Jensen on Medium]]> https://medium.com/@lisajensenthomas?source=rss-82b344ad12f9------2 https://cdn-images-1.medium.com/fit/c/150/150/0*4UZXhWd92hQG1RFd Stories by Lisa Jensen on Medium https://medium.com/@lisajensenthomas?source=rss-82b344ad12f9------2 Medium Sun, 15 Nov 2026 16:03:00 GMT <![CDATA[You’re Sick. Now What?]]>

12 Things I Wish I Could Go Back and Say to My Suddenly-Sick Self

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Before getting sick with Covid-19 in March of 2020, I had a tidy collection of identities.

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From one angle, my life is a cramped cell and a locked door. From another, it is an open field in which anything might grow.

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]]> https://medium.com/body-chronicles/to-live-a-better-life-step-outside-your-story-705929ec1e67?source=rss-82b344ad12f9------2 https://medium.com/p/705929ec1e67 Sun, 22 Aug 2021 14:56:22 GMT 2021-08-22T14:56:22.096Z <![CDATA[New Socks for a New Life]]>

When I reenter my pre-pandemic life, I will be wearing knee-high compression socks and an ice vest.

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Reflections on Grief

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I’m not sure what came over me. I went to Kroger to buy groceries, not to confront my fellow shoppers. But as I watched the young man in…

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]]> https://medium.com/@lisajensenthomas/why-i-confronted-a-maskless-shopper-b58c53b0e11b?source=rss-82b344ad12f9------2 https://medium.com/p/b58c53b0e11b Tue, 15 Dec 2020 00:46:58 GMT 2020-12-15T00:46:58.502Z <![CDATA[This Celebrated Procedure is Even More Dangerous than the New Covid-19 Vaccines]]>

Every Sunday, Christians gather in droves to celebrate their founder’s willingness to undergo a risky and purportedly elective procedure…

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Dear Donald,

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And Yes, What is in Your Head Still Matters

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My months-long struggle with ‘long-haul’ Covid-19 has changed my body in more ways than I can measure or count. I don’t know if or when I…

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