You and Me Magazine

When Doctors Don't Listen

Posted on June 30th, 2009

How long should you listen to your doctor, if he or she does not seem to be listening to you?

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Phantom Pain: As Real As It Gets

Posted on June 23rd, 2009

How strange to contemplate phantom as something that appears only in the mind while pain is so real. Despite its ghostly connotation, phantom pain is as real as it gets.

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Endocarditis: One Man's Battle

Posted on June 16th, 2009

February 25, 2000, was an unseasonably warm day that was destined to be a day I would never forget, not because of the warm sunny weather, but because of the storm that was brewing inside my husband’s chest. A week earlier, my husband Larry got up on a Friday morning and could not walk on his right foot.

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STD Clinic: The Patient and I

Posted on June 9th, 2009

I spent years working as a STD investigator. This story is based on a composite of heterosexual women I worked with during the earlier times of the AIDS epidemic. The lifestyle and sexual experiences presented are not atypical of those seen in an STD/AIDS clinic. They provide questions, rarely answers.

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Our Contributors June 2009 Update

Posted on June 9th, 2009

The June 2009 version- further information about our contributors.

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Shelter Stress

Posted on June 2nd, 2009

Euthanasia ripped me apart every time I saw a kennel worker lead a tail wagging dog or carry a purring cat to the back room. I knew what awaited them. I wondered when it would ever end. Job stress can have serious effects on physical and mental health...

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Letter to Jodi Picoult: Review vs. Rant

Posted on May 27th, 2009

Yes, we are still doing "Reviews" but with our new web design they will be contained with the other articles. This author feels strongly about the book "Handle with Care" by Jodi Picoult. Your thoughts?

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Dyspraxia: The Clumsy Child

Posted on May 19th, 2009

I‘d been riding my bike in the street when I mounted the curb ending up almost inside someone’s front door. I always was a clumsy child. It seems I couldn't even play properly.

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OUR NEW LOOK

Posted on May 19th, 2009

Welcome or welcome back! We invite everyone to bask in our new site design, still featuring the best personal stories about medical topics on the web.

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Surgery Feelings

Posted on May 12th, 2009

When I was five I had my first surgery to tighten the muscles in my eye and lower them, only to find when I was nineteen the surgeries had been preformed incorrectly the first time. I would have to choose to have another surgery or my spine would become arthritic and I could be paralyzed and die.

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