“When Will I Learn?” is a poem I wrote to express my feelings about my own denial over…
Brittany Foster
Brittany Foster lives in Cranston, Rhode Island, and has a passion for teaching, writing, and advocating. She was a special educator for four years before working at BioNews in 2017. She was diagnosed with pulmonary hypertension at birth, 1991, due to a congenital heart defect. Brittany writes openly about how chronic illness and rare disease impacts her daily life and mental health. She wants people to know that there is still a high quality of life possible for those with medical conditions despite all the inevitable challenges, treatments, and procedures. On good days, you can find Brittany playing street hockey with her nephew or listening to country songs while driving to the beach.
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Articles by Brittany Foster
Many people in the chronic illness community will talk about how their illness affects their mental health. They…
Fear Change, or Adapt to Change
“Change. We don’t like it. We fear it, but we can’t stop it from coming. We either adapt…
I have learned the hard way that some of my chronic illnesses should NOT be managed in an emergency…
Anyone with a chronic illness is well aware that most conditions are invisible. What this means is that…