Victorious – a Column by Brad Dell

October 29, 2019October 29, 2019

The Present Realizes the Past Through Travel

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

In my senior year of college, I wanted to be just like Dad. He’s a courageous traveler who has filled many passports and has eaten all sorts of weird ... Read more

October 15, 2019October 15, 2019

The Art of Not Helping

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

My head is in the clouds right now. I took a heavy sleeping aid about half an hour ago, and wooh, that stuff hits fast and hard. The sleeping ... Read more

September 3, 2019August 29, 2019

The Kind of Friend We Deserve

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

When I met Alexander, he was thin, his nose bled a lot, and he had tubes in his ears. I was a lonely first-grader fresh to Hawaii, and just ... Read more

August 27, 2019October 23, 2019

Processing My Pain Was Necessary for Me to Heal from Years of Hurt

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

In the days after I got new lungs, I’d pray for the healing to move faster so I could get on with life. I’d stand in front of a ... Read more

August 13, 2019September 25, 2019

Clinical Anxiety of an Unexpected Type

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

Hi, my name is Brad Dell, and I have clinical anxiety disorder. Well, disorders. Three types. My generalized anxiety disorder is well-documented in my columns. It’s plagued me since ... Read more

July 16, 2019July 11, 2019

We Don’t Get Used to Disease, So We Still Need Your Support

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

Bradley was a dramatic kid. I’d sit up in bed at night, unable to lie down because it made me cough, and wonder whether Prometheus ever became used to ... Read more

July 9, 2019August 9, 2019

Why Rare Disease Communities Must Stand United

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

“You need space at the table for five wheelchairs?”  The waitress’s eyes exploded from her skull, shocked to the degree I’d expect if I were to ask that she ... Read more

June 25, 2019June 21, 2019

Are Anger and Fear Villains, or Must We Acknowledge Them to Thrive?

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

It’s been almost three years since a port-a-cath infection nearly killed me. A fungal infection invaded my bloodstream and attempted murder, shutting down my organs and blasting me into ... Read more

June 4, 2019June 3, 2019

Screwed Over Expectations, Pura Vida, and a New Normal

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

I was fully deaf, too weak to walk across my living room (I couldn’t reach my upstairs bedroom anymore), constantly coughing and vomiting, soaked in sweat and wheezing, too ... Read more

May 14, 2019May 14, 2019

In Cystic Fibrosis Awareness Month, I Look Back to Anticipate the Future

Columns, Victorious - a Column by Brad Dell

The night I received my first Hill-Rom Vest — at age 5 — was a fun one. It was a beast of a machine in the mid-1990s, a white ... Read more