Life Unfinished

My fears about my upcoming neurosurgery

The Importance of Finding People Who “Get It”

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: March 4, 2018 It’s been a long, long journey since I started feeling the symptoms of my spinal disorder in December of 2015. Since then, I’ve retired from my job (today, actually), gone through a number of painful medical procedures and nauseating pain meds, lost a good deal of mobility […]

Learning How to Be “Full of Beauty”

My thoughts on Glennon Doyle Melton’s “Love Warrior” memoir

When You Force a Workhorse to Retire, She’s Bound to Get a Bit Jittery in the Stable!

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: January 24, 2018 Both of my parents have demonstrated an obscene work ethic my entire life. And sure, they came right out and told me and my brother to work hard in school and for the things we wanted, but I think that I learned subconsciously to mimic their true […]

My So-Called Interracial-/Intercultural-Married Life

Preparing soup joumou on Haitian Independence Day (a.k.a. New Year’s Day) for my family

The Mindfuck that Comes with Adjusting to a Debilitating Disability

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: December 12, 2017 I grew up thinking that I had fatefully (and narrowly) escaped paralysis. As my mother has relayed to me time and time again, in early 1988, she noticed that I was complaining of lower back pain. Since I had been born with Spina Bifida and a lipoma […]

Chronic Pain – Suffering in (Quasi-) Silence

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: November 13, 2017 Living with Type-I (juvenile) diabetes can be really frustrating and painful, but until I started experiencing symptoms of arachnoiditis in December of 2015, I didn’t quite know just how frustrating and painful it could be to live in my body. Arachnoiditis, as I would come to quickly […]

National Diabetes Month Starts Today – Be Aware and Spread the Knowledge!

Beware, the cursed diabetes!

A Sincere “Thank You!” to the Rhode Island Interscholastic League, and to My Dad

By: Katherine Itacy, Esq. Dated: October 22, 2017 As it gets closer to Wednesday’s Hall of Fame induction ceremony, I have been reflecting more and more upon what the Rhode Island Interscholastic League (“RIIL”) has meant to me. The simple fact is, RIIL changed my life, and has afforded me more opportunities and […]

Where, Oh Where, Has Patient-Focused Healthcare Gone?

As a semi-professional patient, I’ve seen some of the best, as well as some of the WORST health care professionals in the business! What’s been your experience with the healthcare system in the U.S.?