From Fear to Fighter - Brandi Lewis

Have you ever told someone you can’t do (insert activity) because you have a chronic illness? And have you said you weren’t feeling well to get out of whatever you didn’t want to do?…

Relationships can sometimes be difficult to create, sustain, and grow within. We manage many relationships in our lives, including those with co-workers, friends, siblings, spouses, and other family members. Living with aplastic anemia…

Even when we’re not aware of it, we all make judgments about other people, whether it pertains to their appearance, financial status, how they communicate, etc. This is known as unconscious bias. The saying…

As someone with two rare blood disorders, aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria, I’ve endured many difficult moments. It was challenging to obtain a correct diagnosis, access treatment, and find a doctor who…

Living with aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria (PNH) has altered my day-to-day routine. My daily routine today looks much different than when I was newly diagnosed. Those days were filled with doctor…

Blood donors are silent heroes who aren’t recognized enough. As someone who’s received many blood transfusions, I couldn’t help but wonder how we got to this point of safely sharing healthy blood in hopes…

The World Health Organization (WHO) defines equity as “the absence of unfair, avoidable, or remediable differences among groups of people, whether those groups are defined socially, economically, demographically, or geographically or by other dimensions…

Do you know what shared decision-making means in terms of health? It’s not a widely discussed term, but it’s important to understand. With my diagnoses of aplastic anemia and paroxysmal nocturnal hemoglobinuria,…

As we start a new year, I strive to be consistent and set myself up for success. I consider what I could accomplish and which actions I’ll need to take to achieve my goals.

I recently wrote a column titled “How I’m reflecting on 2024 while preparing for the new year.” In it, I shared that I want to work out more consistently in 2025, exercising three…