12 Crazy Good Chick Lit Picks I love reading and I read a lot. I love historical fiction, romance, drama, and adventure. Mysteries and thrillers tend to keep me awake at night so I choose them carefully. And oh, how I love a good ghost story! But again, I have to choose the book and...Continue reading→
Anna’s Undressed Arugala Salad is just a big name for a small idea. I’ve mentioned before that when I was first diagnosed with Graves, I was traumatized by everything I learned about gluten and autoimmune disease. I also became more aware of eating real food and switched to organic whenever possible. I still do the...Continue reading→
What do Dental Patients Really Care About? We all work hard to come up with ideas for getting new patients to join our practice. And just as hard to get our current patients to stay put. It’s a challenge because keeping everyone happy is impossible! (But ticking them off is a breeze!) Insurance changes, and...Continue reading→
Graves Disease and Stress Autoimmune Disease occurs when our immune system produces antibodies that attack our body’s tissue. It’s not always clear what causes the immune system to misfire. But there seems to be a direct correlation between Graves Disease and stress. When I look back over the five or so years before noticing my...Continue reading→
How To Cope With Perimenopause and Graves Disease For my fellow Gravesters that are of a certain age, do you find it hard to decipher whether what you’re feeling is related to Perimenopause or Graves Disease? I’m in my late 40’s. Overall I’ve been feeling pretty good since my thyroidectomy. Except for some weight gain....Continue reading→
How to Improve your Morning Huddles Morning Huddles are very popular in the dental world. I think they’re kind of like Brussels sprouts; you either love them or you hate them. Overall I’m pro-huddle. (A hard NO to the Brussels sprouts.) If nothing else, it’s always nice when we’re all in one place at the...Continue reading→
We Gravesters have all had our doctor tell us that everything is within normal range when we’re feeling anything but normal. I think that’s one of the most frustrating things I’ve learned about Graves Disease; doctors medicate us to keep our hormone levels in range, not to make us feel good. For so long after my...Continue reading→
Every dental office has a patient check-out system. I currently manage a small office and am the only person at our front desk. My system is simple. I ask everyone to walk their patient up and tell me what they did and what the patient needs next. If I’m already with a patient, they should...Continue reading→
In 1994 I booked my very first cruise on the Carnival Mardi Gras. I was 22 years old and traveling with three of my girlfriends. This was an exciting time for me! I was completely single, loving my job as a Dental Assistant, and happy to still be living at home rent free. Of the...Continue reading→
Graves Rage and Other Mood Swings For most of my life, I think people would have described me as kind, caring, and annoyingly cheerful. I’ve been given nicknames like Snow White and Mary Poppins, and I always felt like those described me pretty well. But, thanks to my graves rage and other mood swings, people’s...Continue reading→
