TSW, caretaking, and the grief of being a burden I think one of the hardest things about Topical Steroid Withdrawal (TSW) I’ve had to grapple with, and still do – almost daily – aside from the pain, burning, itching, sleeplessness and even shame is knowing and seeing what it does to the people you love…
I’m no “big shot” professional writer. But I have always loved writing, for as long as I can remember. Now, it’s been a little over four years that I’ve been writing. However, I’ve been writing for other publications, other people, and not so much for myself. But now, I want to write both for myself…
When I was four years old, I almost died of starvation in former Yugoslavia. I remember what it feels like. And I don’t mean that as an idea, but as a physical, very real truth. Hunger wasn’t just a word for me. It was pain and suffering, waiting and not knowing if I’d survive, and…