I have made no secret of the fact that I endure a considerable amount of pain in relation to my Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome and the subsequent antibiotic injury. How do I manage my Ehlers-Danlos? That … Continue reading A Balm for the Bruises and Bends
Author: Margaret Slighte
Diagnosis: Zebra
After lifetimes of confusing medical problems, an answer is now clear for many “When you hear hoofprints, think horses.” That is what doctors in training are taught. (To listen click … Continue reading Diagnosis: Zebra
Owning Her Stripes
For most of her life, she had experienced pain. Pain that other people said couldn’t exist.
Autism Awareness: Accepting a New Diagnosis
April is Autism Acceptance (and Awareness) month. What better month to ask some questions of my therapist and get to the bottom of some questions I’ve had for a while? … Continue reading Autism Awareness: Accepting a New Diagnosis
Contrasts of a Confection
During my poetry class, we were given an assignment to write two contrasting poems about the same substance. One of the poems was to be completely literal. No figurative language … Continue reading Contrasts of a Confection
Define Me: An Original Poem
Don’t define meBy the actions ofThose I’vesurvived Don’t define meBy those whoWould have medeprived Don’t define meBy the peopleWho pushed meDown Don’t define meBy the fat thatHides mesurrounds Don’t define … Continue reading Define Me: An Original Poem
How Irish Am I?
When my daughter and her husband bought me a DNA test for my birthday a few years ago, I was thrilled to confirm that I was almost as Irish as … Continue reading How Irish Am I?
Slighte-ly Maggie: A Podcast From Me
Slighte-ly Maggie Podcast 1 Transcript 4:31 PM: Transcript Doing this idea of the podcast… Slightely Maggie the podcast. What does that look like? Slightely Maggie the advocate for herself. I’m … Continue reading Slighte-ly Maggie: A Podcast From Me
Three Years With A Home
In spite of the fact I was living with no running water and only the sparsely-available electricity of a small solar panel in a fifth-wheel I called ‘home’ with a husband as temporary as the broken-down RV, I applied to Southern New Hampshire University…
10 Years After My War on Drugs
Ten years ago, I began a war against a drug that now takes the life of thousands daily
M.E. Slighte 