Chronic illness is no fun. If you're here, you already know that.

I’m Julia, and I've been living with chronic illness for more than a decade. My doctors are fantastic, my husband is beyond supportive, my friends are helpful and delightful, and it is still a struggle to get through every single day. This site is here to share the rants, resources, reviews, and ruminations I've created in my time as an angry invalid.

A Doctor's Guide to Online Medical Advice

A Doctor's Guide to Online Medical Advice

California gynecologist Dr. Jen Gunter has a regular column in the Marin Independent Journal. This recent piece offers some good tips about how to sort out the signal and noise in online medical advice.

 

Dr. Gunter also has a lively Twitter account where she takes on medical claims in popular media (most notably, on Gwyneth Paltrow's GOOP website) and links to her own and others' work for health care consumers.

A Researcher's Take on Migraine Postdromes

On the Real Costs of Pain: A Doctor/Patient's Perspective