I chose to go to medical school later in life. I didn't have to.

I could have stayed home teaching piano lessons and singing for my church, but I wanted to be the doctor I had trouble finding. The doctor who would listen and take their patient seriously.

I had no idea that four years after completing Family Medicine Residency, I would become disabled with a very rare condition called Stiff Person Syndrome.

Because my condition is rare, I had no choice but to find my own solutions. I consu