by rchakaki | Sep 3, 1996 | Sarcoidosis
Tala’s first day of school. She looked lovely. I braided her hair in two French braids. She wore the ISA uniform for the first time and looked like a little doll. I called Dr. Esposito, The Kaiser cardiologist assigned to my case. I requested to pull back my...
by rchakaki | Sep 3, 1996 | Sarcoidosis
Tala’s first day of school. She looked lovely. I braided her hair in two French braids. She wore the ISA uniform for the first time and looked like a little doll. I called Dr. Esposito, The Kaiser cardiologist assigned to my case. I requested to pull back my...
by rchakaki | Aug 31, 1996 | Sarcoidosis
August 14 – 31 I keep feeling my heart pace pick up, I’m not myself, lethargic, ill.. I can’t describe it, something doesn’t feel right. I’m doing my best to live my normal life, but I feel I can’t trust my body. I don’t...
by rchakaki | Jul 28, 1996 | Sarcoidosis
At a picnic with family and friends. I am physically exhausted! Watching others play ball, I feel shortness of breath, as if I were doing all the running. I struggle to walk to the rest room some 50 feet away from where I sat. In the evening, I had to take a...
by rchakaki | Jul 10, 1996 | Sarcoidosis
Walking up the stairs feels exhausting. Any movement, be it carrying the children, standing in the kitchen too long or any degree of exercise feels strenuous. The physical stress is coupled with a bleak outlook. Although I’ve always been optimistic, I cannot see...
