Chronic illness? Have faith in medicine.

I am healthy, a mom of two boys, a wife, and an emergency medicine PA for the past 12 years. I don’t just say I’m healthy to say it, but I really am. I’ve never taken medications, until now. It’s New Year’s Eve, and I’m scheduled for my injection. I grab my sharpie and write injection on the 31st. I suddenly didn’t know whether to laugh, cry, or be angry. …

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