When you spend your childhood being told to be careful, those words stick with you long after the immediate danger has passed. I was…
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When someone tells me that my immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) is controlled, I often wonder what that really means. To the outside world, it probably…
When I was diagnosed with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) at just 8 years old, I had no idea what the condition was, let alone how…
One of the things I remember most vividly about having immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) as a child is tiredness. It wasn’t simply being ready for…
When I think back to my diagnosis with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP), one of the things I remember most vividly is the color purple. Not…
For more than 15 years, I’ve been what I often describe as “free of immune thrombocytopenia” (ITP). I don’t take medication for it,…
September always means a great deal to me every year because it’s ITP Awareness Month, and I’ve lived with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP) since I was…
Sleep and I have never had an easy relationship. For as long as I can remember, I’ve struggled to switch my brain off at night.
Pregnancy is full of numbers, especially when you’re living with immune thrombocytopenia (ITP). And for someone who doesn’t enjoy math, that’s not ideal. There…
At the ripe young age of 8, I should have been worrying about times tables, which Enid Blyton book I’d read next, and whether my…
