Recently my doctors have weaned me off of prednisone (steroids) and some of my other muscle-strengthening drugs and treatments. As we all know, a slight change in anything can cause a catastrophic cascade of terrible side effects. One of my…
Spoonie Guide to Surviving Summer Heat
Welcome back to Ashley’s Anatomy and hello summer heat. Smh. I’m located in Georgia and the temperatures have been as high as 99 degrees, not even halfway into the summer yet. I can’t make it to the grocery store lobby…
CBD Oil for Pain & Anxiety
Welcome back to Ashley’s Anatomy! This will be my first blog of 2019 on the new and improved website. What better way to kick off things than with WEED! You read correctly, weed… cannabis (actually the CBD oil). I will…
What are Spoonies?
Spoonies refer to a group of individuals that have a chronic illness (i.e. Autoimmune Disease). This term comes from Christine Miserandino’s essay called The Spoon Theory. Spoons are used to represent finite units of “energy” required to complete activities. I…
Myasthenia Gravis
Pronounced: My-as-theen-ee-a grav-us. This is the name of the chronic illness that I have. To make things easier for everyone let’s just say MG. MG is a rare neuromuscular autoimmune disease that affects the voluntary muscles of the entire body….
