About Me

Four years ago I embarked on a journey that I never thought I would travel. You see, as a Nurse Practitioner, I took care of people, not ever asking to be taken care of myself. Now, I have been humbled to do both, and share my story from both a patient and provider prospective.

My journey begins over four years ago like most 30 - 40 year old women who present to their doctor with fatigue, weakness and just not feeling "right". Of course I was passed off as being a stressed Mommy, wanting to have it all, and was handed antidepressants. As a provider, I thought, hey worth a shot, I had seen numerous amounts of patients just like me, in fact way too many to count.

As time progressed though, new symptoms developed with each "episode" and I became weaker, more fatigued and started developing muscle spasms, the inability to do daily tasks such as laundry, climbing stairs, and at times, brushing my teeth or washing my hair. I couldn't walk upstairs or get out of a chair at times. My hobbies of working out and playing tennis were no longer doable - not by choice but by my body's limitations.

How could this be, I was active, happy, involved with my children, husband and friends - something was wrong!

I sought help from Dr.'s in many specialties, all not knowing what to do, handing me random medications to try and fix the symptoms without finding a cause. The message from all the Doctors was the same..."Something is wrong, I would love to help you, but don't know how I can."

Finally, with the help of a physician and friend, a team was created in my home town to then come together & send me to Cleveland Clinic for evaluation. Cleveland had it's challenges of emotions, hopes, but in the end led to a one test that was of question. This finding leads me to the rest of my story and my blog.