Being human
and life's little mysteries

Being in the hospital going on six weeks can sometimes feel like a marathoner at the twenty-second mile. “The wall”, as it’s called in...

Five weeks. Five weeks! I never planned on a stay in the hospital this long. This wasn’t how my transplant recovery was supposed to go....

PYS III.24 Maitri Adishu Balani Through friendliness, kindness and compassion, strength and success will come . When we let go...

Yesterday morning was month to the day since I woke up. I woke up from a twelve hour surgery and an additional twelve hours of being...

Today is my one month liver transplant anniversary. It is also the first time in a month that I have stepped outside of the hospital for...

“Fear comes, but fear passes.” ― Marianne Williamson As humans, many people seem to dwell on the anxieties of the unknown; thriving...

You can’t always get what you want but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need. The Rolling Stones Often in life...

All in all, today was a pretty good day. Since about midnight last night I was what hospital folk call “null by mouth”‘, when the patient...

The first time I ever heard of the term Pain Management was February 2013, when I was lucky enough to meet my current Hepatologist. I had...

The two words that come to for me when I consider the past week of my physical and emotional healing process are Pain and Love,...

I imagine there is a certain set of emotions that come with receiving an organ transplant from someone who has lost their life, and a...

Today has been another eventful day at the Royal Free complete with wonderful visits from friends, and medical progress around the...

What a difference twenty-four hours can make. After yet another sleepless night (crazy talk, I tell you), I spend the early hours taking...

I realize that when I write about the medical complexities of organ transplantation it’s not always easy to follow, even for me. Even for...

What a difference a day makes. This morning I awoke to intense pain in my right abdomen, nausea, and a little increase in jaundice....

During the second week following surgery, my body and mind have undergone multiple transformations. I started the second week walking...

PYS 1.33: Maitri Karuna Muditopeksanam Sukha Dukha Punyapunya Visayanam Bhavantas Citta Prasnadanam Definition: Maitri -friendliness...

On Sunday, 9 days after the transplant surgery , a flicker of light went on in my body-mind and I began to feel just a little bit better....

Life on 10N is Very touch and go right now. Each day there are new emergencies and something physical, emotional and/or mental to...