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Articles, Stories, and Such
Don’t Ask “Why Me?” Instead, Ask Yourself “What Can I Do With This?”
All too often, whenever I have a chat with someone with chronic disease and we get down to the nitty gritty, the question of “Why me?”...
Sometimes, All It's About Is Getting Away From the Pain
The opposing players burst down the field toward my end. I watch as they cross into my half of the field, spreading out to draw the...
Why I Went From Martial Arts to Goalkeeping
I used to be a practicing and competing martial artist. In a lot of ways, I am still a practicing martial artist, however,...
Growing Old Doesn't Have to Be Scary
One of my biggest pet peeves is hearing someone label someone else based off that person’s age. “That guy is too old to be playing that...
Humble Pie: Take the Ego Out of It
Any time you set goals for yourself it is necessary to constantly self-evaluate or have others help you to evaluate and make the...
A Quick Follow Up
Okay so, after I wrote my last piece on how being a pro is not the be all and end all, I realized that something may have become a little...
Not Always About Getting to the Pros
AFL was built on the premise of achieving a professional contract and showing others that suffer from chronic disease that they too can...
Chronic Disease and Its Area of Effect
I used to be very shy about my disease. When I say shy, I mean like ridiculously shy. I can only assume I may have come off as a bit odd...
There is Always Another Way
Disease and illness has the ability to pop up at the least expected, and most unfortunate, of times. I know this all too well and I have...
Symptom Free Weight Training
I used to lift weights to lose weight. At my heaviest, I was 185lbs of not a lot of muscle and a whole bunch of fat. I was symptom free...
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