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As a caregiver to a spouse with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis, I’ve become familiar with our local hospital. The countless appointments and stays that…

Having a chronic illness is never easy, both for the sufferers and their caregivers. My name is Jaime Christmas, and my husband, Aubrey, started feeling…

As I write this, my husband is in the hospital due to complications of hereditary ATTR amyloidosis. Aubrey, 58, was diagnosed in 2013, and…

Every so often, my husband, Aubrey, and I go through this exercise where we evaluate our circumstances in life and decide if we should shake…

The day arrived when COVID-19 stepped into our home via our youngest daughter. She found out that a university classmate who’d sat next to her…

In 2018, Gov. Bill Haslam made Tennessee the first U.S. state to declare March as Amyloidosis Awareness Month. Since then, those diagnosed with…

Every week I write my column using my personal experience as a caregiver to a spouse diagnosed with hereditary ATTR amyloidosis. Writing demonstrates…

As a columnist, I try to read and expose myself to topics that might inform my writing. Recently, I came across a phrase that piqued…

I recently accompanied my husband, Aubrey, to an appointment with a specialist at the hospital and noticed a sign taped to the wall in the…

When I married my husband, Aubrey, I knew a hereditary and life-threatening disease affected some members of his family, but I had little other information…