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Scleroderma
Esthela Nunez Franco

What Is Scleroderma and What Are Its Symptoms?

Scleroderma makes the body produce excessive collagen, a protein that humans need for healthy tissue and skin. It is an autoimmune condition that implies your immune system attacks the body rather than protecting it. Scleroderma can lead to many symptoms and impacts the tissues in your body. In certain instances, it can lead to complications […]

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Esthela Nunez Franco

Running Toward Pain

On November 13, 2023, at 4:05 pm, I started running toward pain. This highly subjective emotion successfully held me, prisoner, for years, but it took it up a notch by adding an extra lock on the door after the death of my beloved father.  I had no choice but to start running toward pain six […]

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Scleroderma
Esthela Nunez Franco

Look No Hands

Some people dream of a beachfront getaway, a cold beer on a summer day while boating on a lake, or worse, Arizona in the spring—any of these choices as long as “it is not too hot.” Not me. Give me 90-100 degrees twenty-four hours, seven days a week, and make it permanent all year while […]

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