Essure Device and Arthritis

What you’re looking at here is an x-ray of a left foot in a peri menopausal woman with Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA). The joint I circled has a classic finding we call “pencil and cup deformity.” Her joint pain and swelling affects her wrist, an elbow, a few fingers and both feet in an asymmetrical fashion.Read more about Essure Device and Arthritis[…]

10 Aug

Billy Mitchell Posted in Robust

The concept of invisible illness

Just as oblivious as everyone else… Shortly after I finished my training, I met my very first patient with invisible illness in what then seemed to be the most unlikely of places. We climbed together at a bouldering gym for about an hour and had a neat conversation. She appeared healthy and fit, in factRead more about The concept of invisible illness[…]