I have lived with pain for a long time.

Through college, grad school, and several years of my career, I pushed through massive amounts of pain everyday in the practice room and concert hall. I assumed everyone around me was in as much pain as I was. I taught my flute students to look for the signs of pain in the practice room while I ignored my own. Always pushing forward…

How do you prepare to expect the unexpected?

After several months of bizarre and worsening symptoms, I ended up in the hospital from a ruptured ovarian cyst. Because of a strong family history of ovarian cancer, the ER GYN specialist told me we could not rule out cancer at that time…

Onto the next! Red flags and all 🚩…

Following the unexpected outcome of my first surgery, I saw the Endometriosis excision specialist at the same hospital, who was confident she could separate the organs. 🚩 Surgeon #2 was dismissive and my appointments felt rushed but I trusted Surgeon #1. Within 2 months, I was back on the operating table…

It was time to take matters into my own hands. And so my research began…

After reading countless blogs and joining several online support groups, I eventually landed on Nancy’s Nook, a resource that has been life changing for so many patients around the world…

How can you tackle the impossible?

3 years ago, I never would have dreamt that I would have or have been capable of traveling 669 miles by car to have major surgery.

Making the decision of where to take my case was a big step. Making it happen, however, was another stressful, anxiety provoking story in itself…