Battling autoimmune disease while sinking in a sea of exposure and inattention
5 min readJun 25, 2019
About six months after my daughter was born, I started experiencing intense episodes of vertigo: a violent spinning of the room even as I lay down, sober, exhausted and frightened. As I had always been a healthy, robust person, this was enough to drive me into the doctor’s office. I was fortunate enough to come into the care of a nurse practitioner that did…
