I sat down with Ella Cosma, a 15-year-old pro pickleball player who made history as the Junior PPA tour's first female Triple Crown winner. She had an...

I didn't want an ostomy.I fought it for months. I was scared of what it meant. I was scared of what I would lose.I'm still figuring some of that out.B...

TL;DR: Hospital ostomy training consists of one or two demonstrations before discharge, but the real learning happens at home through trial and error....

Three weeks ago, I was in bed by 4:00 PM. The fistula pain was so severe I could barely move. I sat in the shower because standing took too much energ...

TL;DR: Four years of chronic pain taught me the real problem with inspiration stories: they hide reality. People in pain don't need victory laps. They...

TL;DR: Toxic positivity in chronic illness spaces happens when we hide the hard truth to avoid being a burden. Real support means letting people be ho...

TL;DR: "Overcoming" your disease sets you up for failure because chronic illness doesn't work like a finish line. The real work is learning to work wi...

May 2023. Mayo Clinic. Perianal Crohn's disease.One week later, I won double gold at the New York City Open: Men's Doubles Pro and Mixed Doubles Pro.T...