HS Awareness Week 2022: HS Is More Than BoilsHidradenitis Suppurativa Awareness Week is here, and we’re thrilled to have you join us to bring more awareness to HS. We know HS is so much more than “just boils”...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Our Foray Into AyurvedaIt’s true that Ayurveda (meaning the science of life) is a health care system that lays emphasis on how one can eliminate the root cause of a disease rather than...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Talking With Professors About HSLet’s face it, most people don’t know what hidradenitis suppurativa is unless they have personally experienced it or have met someone else who has it. When you tell a new...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Dismissed and DeniedI had my first boil on my bikini line when I was 19. I was very skinny, fit, and healthy. I went into the walk-in clinic for it where they...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Pilonidal Cyst – The Butt KickerLet me just start this by saying I’m not a trucker (otherwise known as a lorry driver in the UK). I can’t drive a manual transmission at all, and I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Loving the Summer AgainI was grateful when for college, I moved to a city that had a very long winter, as opposed to somewhere like Miami, where I would be forced to shed the...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
The Invisibility of PainSome people with hidradenitis suppurativa are able to manage their pain using over-the-counter or prescription pain medicines, but many others are not. Sometimes, pain cannot be fully controlled by medicine...Reactions0reactionsComments7 comments
Getting an Inflectra (Remicade) InfusionStarting a new medication always makes me anxious. When my Humira stopped being effective for me, my doctor recommended we begin Inflectra (the equivalent to Remicade). I was not sure...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Communication, Body Language, and HSCommunication is one of the most important aspects of life. It sets a positive tone to create and to maintain long lasting relationships. It is a basic requirement that serves...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
Recovery, A Gradual ProcessIn case you missed it, check out Parts 1 and 2 of this series! Tina was discharged from the hospital the following day. It was a huge sigh of relief...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
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The Challenges of Rural Life and HSI have moved 25 times in the last 30 years. I’ve lived on an island where the year-round residency was 300. I’ve moved across the country 5 times. I’ve moved...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Tips for Getting Through College with HS!Anyone who has attended college while having HS has been there – a midterm is coming up and amidst all of the stress of getting your work done, you feel...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
How I Learned To Accept My Scars As A Masterpiece (Part 2)In case you missed it, check out Part 1 of this series! Months preceding this moment, I was sitting on the exam table at my dermatologist’s office when I was...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
How I Learned To Accept My Scars As A Masterpiece (Part 1)“My scars help create the masterpiece that is me.” I begged my eyes to acknowledge my broken reflection in the mirror as these words echoed in my head willing me...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
Getting Another Diagnosis with HSHS is a grueling disease that has taught me so much. I was diagnosed when I was 17 years old and will soon be 27. Coming up on the 10...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Toxic Positivity (Part 2)In case you missed it, check out Part 1 of this series! Your resistance to only looking on the bright side is actually normal. Pushing down your feelings and pasting...Reactions0reactionsComments3 comments
How Chronic Boils Taught Me To Live Guilt-Free (Part 3)In case you missed it, check out Parts 1 and 2 of this series! In learning to accept that my journey with HS is in fact not my fault, I...Reactions0reactionsComments0 comments
Toxic Positivity (Part 1)Maybe this scenario sounds familiar to you: you are standing in line at your favorite store, buying up all of their 3”x4” self-adhesive bandages they had out on the shelves...Reactions0reactionsComments2 comments
My Doctor Horror StoryIn the early stages of my HS diagnosis, I put up with a lot from doctors. I was scared and unsure of what was happening with my body and so...Reactions0reactionsComments1 comments
