Histio Blog
When you train as a journalist, you don’t think the stories you’ll tell will be about yourself (well, except for the Newswriting 101 exercise where you have to pen your…
By Doris Dahdouh, MSW, LSW, INHC | Histiocytosis Peer Moderator August has been officially designated as National Wellness Month. Did anyone else know that? I’ll admit it—I didn’t! I only…
By Peter Yanefski – Strategic Communications Associate This year, the Association is encouraging people to design their own awareness posters for Histiocytosis Awareness Month in September. We have opened up…
By Doris Dahdouh, MSW, LSW, INHC | Histiocytosis Peer Moderator Structure. It’s not a word most people get excited about, but deep down, many of us know how much we…
At the age of 4 months, Nikolas Kontoyannis was diagnosed with histiocytosis-x (now known as Langerhans cell histiocytosis or LCH). Nikolas’ journey was very uncertain and faced many challenges, including…
By Peter Yanefski, Strategic Communications Associate Are you hosting a D-I-Y fundraiser this summer as part of Summer FUNdraising? If so you will need a catchy name and logo. While…
Answered by Doris Dahdouh, Licensed Social Worker and Integrative Nutrition Health Coach In honor of Mental Health Awareness Month this May, I sat down with the Executive Director, Deanna Fournier,…
You are still the same. Your loved one is still the same.
But—will your loved one change? Is your relationship, as you know it, about to shift?
Today we wanted to hear from our Board of Trustees Chairwoman, Tracy Brown, about the Histio Hike Shenandoah, one of the longest running volunteer-led events we have (16 years strong!).…
This week, we have a comforting post guest written by an old friend of mine, Doris Dahdouh about self-care through a diagnosis, and will be back soon to share about…