The Grief and Loss of a Chemical Pregnancy

The Grief and Loss of a Chemical Pregnancy

Few things are as devastating as a chemical pregnancy. A pregnancy is termed a “chemical pregnancy” when a woman has a positive pregnancy test but miscarries before anything can be seen in the uterus. For couples in the midst of the physically and emotionally...
Navigating the Disorientation of a Cancer Diagnosis

Navigating the Disorientation of a Cancer Diagnosis

When patients come to see me after a cancer diagnosis, we often spend time talking first about how disorienting a cancer diagnosis can be. What many find is that they were going along in their life on a particular path with some idea about what would be coming next...
Virtual Reality Therapy for Pain

Virtual Reality Therapy for Pain

Yes you heard that correctly! I bet you didn’t know that a simple virtual reality video game can help a burn patient get through the pain they experience during wound care, did you? Burn patients immersed in virtual reality called Snow-World during wound care...