I set out on March 1st, 2026, to do something I had dreamed about for most of my adult life, something I once believed I would never get the chance to do. Yet somehow, with every odd stacked against me, I did it. But the road to that starting line began long before race day. My setbacks started in 2023, just after I almost died from septic shock following my sixth spinal surgery. That trauma led to a seventh spinal surgery, the one that changed everything. When I survived, wh

After more than a decade as a patient of Dr. Philip G. Ploska, I was deeply honored when his office invited me to be featured in their...

Discussion of my ASA diagnosis, seven spinal surgeries, what was done, and why it was done.

This picture was taken on my honeymoon before I got so sick. I could have never imagined how quickly and drastically my life was about to...

Living with Ankylosing Spondylitis and my journey of rediscovering who I am despite my diagnosis.