Author: Briana Banos
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Kelsie’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Kelsie Lorenz Age: 31 Work: Teacher. I had to go on medical leave Date of Withdrawal: April 29, 2020 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Topical only-elecon Are you on any other medication? No but went on Dupixent…
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Katherine’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Katherine Spiech Age: 26 Work: Clinical Study Assistant at MAPS MPBC (was about to go to medical school but had to put that on pause when I got sick) Date of Withdrawal: 05/24/2021 What type(s) of steroids did you…
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On the Way Down
At this moment, I am living in a déjà vu. A loading matrix. It hit me on a sunset bike ride this week. While making my first documentary, Preventable, I was crushed inside this suffocating capsule. I was heartbroken, homesick for a place that wasn’t actually home, fighting for my life, and wondering why I…
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Cat’s T. S. W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Catarina Sams Age: 33 Work: Project Manager Date of Withdrawal: First in 2020, then got hospitalized with eczema herpeticum and given steroids. Now steroid free and actually completely medication free since January 2022 What type(s) of steroids did you…
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After We’re Gone
Most of us watch movies to escape life. The popcorn in our laps, the dim lights fraying reality. It’s a way to pretend the outside world isn’t still swirling on. As the plot unfolds, we cling to these characters. Invested in their wellbeing, their dreams, their adversities, they become our triumphs, our loss. I think…
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Charley’s T. S. W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Charley Age: 23 Work: Teacher, not lost my job but had a lot of days off Date of Withdrawal: November 30th 2022 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Oral and topical. Predisone, hydrocortisone, eumovate, beclomethasone Are you on…
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Grace’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Grace Beeby Age: 31 Work: Practice Manager Date of Withdrawal: July 6th, 2020 What type(s) of steroids did you use? Hydrocortisone – both cream and ointment, Beta cream, Mometasone, Dermol (some others when I was younger but I can’t…
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Leaning In
Narcissus, in greek mythology, is a god who falls in love with his reflection. Enthralled by his outer beauty, he sits by a bank of water and stares at his face in the water’s reflection, ignoring any hunger or thirst. He eventually dies right there, unable to meet his bodies needs because he was so…
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Mo’s T.S.W. Journey
We all may be walking beside each other, but our stories are never the same. Name: Mo Ali Age: 29 Work: No career yet. Currently in university doing Accounting & Finance. I just took a gap year and will return next year to university. Date of Withdrawal: January 2014 What type(s) of steroids did you…