I’m taking a personal risk and posting some writing from a class I took on writing about chronic illness. I … More
Author: Brad Dell
I’m Brad Dell, a 27-year-old Deaf, lung-transplanted dude with cystic fibrosis. When not working to amplify rare disease patient voices at BioNews Services, I'm volunteering in church ministry.
Perfect Chaos
This is “supposed to be” the scariest phase of my life, but I haven’t felt so at peace in years. … More
Get Action
The past few months have had me repeatedly saying, “I can’t wait to ______ when I’m no longer deaf and … More
Love Smells Great
I woke up smiling on June 22nd. It was the day of admission to the hospital to prep for my … More
We Made It! We’re Making It!
This blog won’t be so grand, ’cause I’m typing it hurriedly on my phone before embarking on another day of … More
A Hui Hou
After three months of planning, my family will finally be boarding the flight to San Francisco at midnight. I’m excited … More
Silent Satisfaction
Yesterday marked a pretty big milestone for my deafness. I’ve been “legally deaf” since April. The audiologists don’t really know … More
Perspective Sits in Places
On Tuesday, I went to the doc’s for a little procedure to replace my G-J tube (see bottom of post … More
Adamantium Joy
Note: I tried to write this post in a way that wasn’t “overly Christian-y” because I want this blog to … More
Adamantium Joy 