It’s 2026. I was in and out of hospitals in the spring of 2024. It’s been more than two years since I started to get sick. April 1, 2024, I… Read more ⇢

2024 I lost everything when I got really sick. It started in the fall of 2023, when I went to the ER multiple times for what I thought was severe… Read more ⇢

Yesterday I went to get my sleeve filled and my butterfly tattoo recolored. I know not everyone that reads this is into tattoos so I’ll keep it brief. While I… Read more ⇢

It’s officially Christmas season! As the self-appointed Director of Playlists, I have created an Arthur family Christmas playlist. It’s not nearly as much fun as my Halloween playlist, but I… Read more ⇢

I was always excited to go door-to-door trick or treating with my kids. When I bought my first house and my oldest was still a baby, I was stoked to… Read more ⇢

I like giving inanimate objects names. My old car I named Frank (sometimes Frank the Tank). I named my money tree Biolante. My steel mace is named Ice (team Winterfell!).… Read more ⇢

This month, I flew to North Carolina to visit my sister and meet her first baby. I flew from Detroit to Charlotte in a quick non-stop flight. This was my… Read more ⇢

I’ve hiked Angel’s Landing twice, a well-known trail in Zion National Park in Utah. It is known as one of the deadliest trails in the world. As of 2025 there… Read more ⇢

I often wonder how nurses do it. Really, all nurses, but especially those working at a chemotherapy center. How do they go home at night, look in the mirror and… Read more ⇢

The red devil, doxorubicin, is a commonly used chemotherapy drug used to treat aggressive forms of cancer. Common side effects include: Other side effects that occur in at least 10… Read more ⇢