by Aspen Heidekrueger | Nov 16, 2020 | Eating Disorders, For Loved Ones, My Experiences, My Trials
Welcome to part two of How My Chemo Treatment Led To An Eating Disorder! WOOHOO!! If you haven’t already read part one, do that here. (Otherwise, things might not make sense.) To recap where I left off last time: “The final nail in the coffin, so to speak, was...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Nov 8, 2020 | Eating Disorders, For Loved Ones, My Experiences
Does anyone else shudder when they hear, read, or even think of the word “prednisone”? Does anyone else shudder when they hear, read, or even think of the word “prednisone”? Picture me raising my hand and waving it vehemently like I am volunteering as tribute for...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Oct 25, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD, Beautiful Words, Encouragement, My Adventures, My Trials, Overcoming, Surviving Chemotherapy
It’s been several months since I last posted. So, before I get into today’s short but awesome topic, I wanted to give you the general overview of why it has been so long. First and foremost, to put it lightly, my health has not been fantastic since the start of 2020....
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 20, 2020 | Anxiety, Depression, and PTSD, For Loved Ones
An explosion of gunfire fills your ears as you lay on your back, blood seeping out from the bullet wounds in your shoulder and lower abdomen. You are barely coherent and so weak from blood loss and pain that you can’t move. Your weapons were powerless against the...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 7, 2020 | Surviving Chemotherapy
You can often feel powerless and hopeless when you are going through chemotherapy. There are many abhorrent side-effects, and you don’t have much control over how you are feeling. You often can’t do what you want to do, and you most certainly can’t feel the way you...
by Aspen Heidekrueger | Feb 7, 2020 | Eating Disorders
You can’t truly solve a problem without first understanding what caused that problem in the first place. Without addressing the root cause of an issue, you can only offer temporary, band-aid solutions. For example: If you are having persistent headaches, is it better...
