Being human
and life's little mysteries

It’s hard to believe it has been eight months since my life changing operation; on September 26, 2013 I was given a second chance at life...

Over the past few days of being in the hospital, my mind and emotions have stabilized as I acclimate to the lowered doses of pain...

Five weeks. Five weeks! I never planned on a stay in the hospital this long. This wasn’t how my transplant recovery was supposed to go....

PYS III.24 Maitri Adishu Balani Through friendliness, kindness and compassion, strength and success will come. Since I’ve been in the...

Today is my one month liver transplant anniversary. It is also the first time in a month that I have stepped outside of the hospital for...

“Fear comes, but fear passes.” ― Marianne Williamson As humans, many people seem to dwell on the anxieties of the unknown; thriving...

You can’t always get what you want but if you try sometimes you just might find you get what you need. The Rolling Stones Often in life...

The first time I ever heard of the term Pain Management was February 2013, when I was lucky enough to meet my current Hepatologist. I had...

The two words that come to for me when I consider the past week of my physical and emotional healing process are Pain and Love,...

I have been crying lately primarily due to the amazement of life and death: the wonderment of feeling Love as purely and simply as I do...

Upon opening the box I found a lovely wicker basket filled with delicious body oil, creme and a huge Ralph Lauren candle; the wicker...

I realize that when I write about the medical complexities of organ transplantation it’s not always easy to follow, even for me. Even for...

PYS 1.33: Maitri Karuna Muditopeksanam Sukha Dukha Punyapunya Visayanam Bhavantas Citta Prasnadanam Definition: Maitri -friendliness...

Life on 10N is Very touch and go right now. Each day there are new emergencies and something physical, emotional and/or mental to...

Time, beyond being a measuring tool to make appointments which deem us too early or too late, confounds my cortical mind. It has been...

PYS 2.3 avidya asmita raga dvesha abinivesha pancha klesha There are five kinds of hindrances or obstacles of the mind (kleshas): 1)...

Yoga chitta vritti nirodhah (Patanjali 1.2) The state of yoga ceases the fluctuations of the mind (when you are in a state of yoga, all...

This recipe was adapted from an organic box at Planet Organic, only (dare I say it?) this is better! It’s a rough recipe to follow and...

Ok, I’m no good with measurements, I usually just toss things together. This one is a real winner, but you have to be willing to...

Sometimes it’s easy to forget that being alive means that the body is in a constant state of flux. In today’s western word of ‘doing’...