Kathy Booher·Jul 9, 2017Praying doesn’t always helpI learned a long time ago not to talk about my religious beliefs. Believers find me lacking in some way for believing as I do…
Kathy Booher·Apr 3, 2017When all hell breaks loose… sleep.Today is Monday and I am sitting at my desk marveling at how much has happened in the past week. Exactly one week ago today, I awakened…
Kathy Booher·Mar 13, 2017American solutions to health mattersI never realized how differently chronically sick people feel about health insurance until I became a chronically sick person. I got my…
Kathy Booher·Mar 8, 2017Fine. Just fine.People say things sometimes that are so obviously hurtful, insensitive, and even malicious that I have to ask myself, “Do you even know…
Kathy Booher·Mar 2, 2017When results are misleadingOne of the worst things I can do for myself right now is obsess over lab results. I am sick with a cold on top of experiencing a psoriatic…
Kathy Booher·Feb 16, 2017Starting all over again… againIt’s been almost one year since I ran my last race. It was just a 5k and I finished in under thirty minutes. That race was a “comeback”…
Kathy Booher·Feb 14, 2017Can we just stop?Last week it was repealing (and replacing… don’t forget replacing!) the Affordable Care Act, aka Obamacare, leaving every chronically ill…
Kathy Booher·Feb 7, 2017Love HandlesValentine’s Day is approaching and I am a little sad because I will be “celebrating” the day apart from my husband, who is out of the…
Kathy Booher·Feb 4, 2017Stress and the ACA RepealWhen I was first diagnosed with psoriasis, my dermatologist told me to avoid stress. I laughed and blew off her advice. When my…
Kathy Booher·Feb 1, 2017Cosentyx… not that bad!I am pleasantly surprised and extremely relieved to report that my initial dose of Cosentyx — two 150 mg injections — was not terribly…