Living

My niece stayed home from school today. As if living with Crohn's disease and eczema weren't enough, now there's a bug going around the house. For the last few days...

I come from a very large, close-knit family (over 70+ people) and let me tell you, we take full advantage of the holiday season to gather and to eat some...

When I was little, before having eczema, all I thought about during the holidays was how much I look forward to getting all kinds of presents and the delicious food...

Christmas is just around the corner and If you’re anything like me, you know that Christmas shopping is tough, especially when your friend and/or family member has eczema. What if...

Some of the worst reactions I’ve ever gotten to my eczema have come from unexpected sources. Dealing with this condition, it can be hard to know what to expect. Sometimes...

Have any of you seen the commercials, "I love my lawyer?"? Well, I love my pharmacist. This had been a difficult summer with my allergies. It seemed to begin in March...

With the holiday season coming up, many of us are about to dive into holiday shopping (if not already done so) in hopes to bring a smile to our loved...

Do you have a friend who has sensitive skin or eczema? Would you love to shower them with gifts but you don't know which ones they could actually enjoy because...

Why does it feel like every month I write these, my skin is going through some new, random phase? It drives me crazy when good times come for a brief...

Where do I begin? At age twenty-eight, I have dealt with countless flares since I first displayed signs of eczema as an infant. Over the years, they’ve come and gone...

This month has been a bit more of a challenge for me. I've been having a few more bad days than good. Both my Crohn's disease and my eczema have...

Living with eczema will have you desperately seek for tricks and tips to help you manage its symptoms. So when I found out that artificial nails helped me deal with...

So...I hate being a downer. Especially in our world of eczema, I feel like we need to counteract all of that negativity with positivity and hope! But I also feel...

Surprise itchfests and eczema flare-ups are the worst! It is such a tiring and exhausting feeling of dread and doom when you are out somewhere, in the middle of doing...

Eczema is not a “comfortable” disease to manage. It’s uncomfortable to experience, it’s uncomfortable to show to others, and it’s uncomfortable to explain — especially in a professional setting. Many...

It's getting cold out! You know what that means! Sweater weather! Time for all of the winter things. On one hand, I love it. I love wearing boots, and living...

Mrs. Read was an important person in my life. She had been a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse on the prairies in the early nineteen hundreds. She and her husband...

At the More Than Skin Deep - Eczema Patient-Focused Drug Development Meeting, I received the opportunity to deepen my understanding of the extensive process of drug development. As an individual...

Oh wait - come again? Oh, so you’re not rolling out the red carpet at your place with a huge Thanksgiving dinner for 20 guests with all the trimmings? Addressing...

Too often, I find myself so caught up in my work and responsibilities that I forget to take a step back and reflect on where I’ve been and where I’m...