Let’s be honest … Ok, I’ll be honest. I’ve found that being honest with myself seems to do me a world of good. And I don’t mind being honest with others about my health, but I often find their interest in my honesty is superficial. I…

People with sarcoidosis are being asked to donate blood samples and information related to their disease to help the Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation (OMRF) further its work into how sarcoidosis develops and progresses. Healthy individuals, serving as a control group, are also asked to take part. Participants will be asked…

Like many of us dealing with sarcoidosis, I’ve somewhat mastered contentment doing nothing. Over the past six months, we’ve been forced to live our lives at a distance, but how many of us were doing that before everything changed? My gym recently reopened, and I…

In order for me to do better, I have to do better for myself. That’s one of the obstacles we face when living with this “inconvenience” called sarcoidosis. One day, we’re feeling good and like our old selves. The next, we’re…

Sarcoidosis is associated with a higher risk for certain complications in pregnancy, according to data from a Swedish population-based study. These complications include eclampsia — the onset of seizures in pregnant women — and preeclampsia or high blood pressure in the mother, cesarian delivery, preterm…

I am so tired of the overly used phrases “the new normal” and “we’re all in this together.“ No! These are not the truths we live with. Only other folks in the sarcoidosis…

A large-scale analysis of proteins in bronchoalveolar lavage cells and fluid isolated from the lungs of people with sarcoidosis identified several different biological pathways not found in healthy individuals, a study reports. The findings may help discover unknown disease mechanisms underlying the…

Discipline is a trait that takes determination to mature into an art. By nature, we’re not disciplined creatures. This makes our life’s journey more eventful, especially living with sarcoidosis. When I entered this fight, I didn’t know what I would be up…

A grant from the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) will fund the development of a new mouse model of sarcoidosis, which could aid in understanding how the disease develops and ultimately serve as a platform for testing potential treatments. The FSR’s Small Grant program provides up to $25,000…

Over the past few weeks, I had appointments with both of my pulmonologists involving follow-up consults and pulmonary function tests (PFTs). My new pulmonologist specializes in sarcoidosis and pulmonary hypertension, making…