As a child I was a kicker, the type no nurse wants to be near when wielding needles and throat…
Brad Dell
Brad Dell is Deaf and was diagnosed with cystic fibrosis at 2 months old in 1993. He received a double-lung transplant from UC San Francisco in January 2017, then cochlear implants nine months later. He lives in Hawaii, where he was raised. Usually he’s traveling the world, chugging coffee, or devouring books. He also pastors Restoration Community Church and serves as the director of community content at BioNews, this site’s publisher.
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Articles by Brad Dell
I’ve been trying to write more. I promise. But my tacrolimus dose is pretty up there, and it’s getting…
Mom raised me to be a hungry reader, so it wasn’t long until I explored one of her favorite genres,…
After years in a backstage role at my high school theater, I was pulled aside by the program director and told…
For all the love I have for “Star Wars,” I could never get around to liking C-3PO. “Sir, the possibility…
When we stop hiding our wounds and instead make our pain a wellspring of compassion for others, we become “wounded…
At the opening of Judeo-Christian Scriptures, the Creator lovingly forms humankind, then crafts and blesses the Sabbath, a sacred…
For two decades, plummeting pulmonary function percentages terrorized me, weight flew from my body, and my diagnoses list stretched longer…
I’m beginning to rethink the sources of my fatigue. Yes, sickness and physical activity are still real sources…
Every week, to confront old wounds and maybe even heal, I open my mind so my subconscious can push memories…