I Almost Died From Health Misinformation

Here is what I learned

Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

I knew something was up when I couldn’t breathe.

It was a week before Christmas 2020, and I was walking from the library where I work to a nearby Subway for lunch. The walk takes ten minutes. I’ve done it many times.

This time, though, my breathing was heavy. Not Apollo-Creed-after-ten-rounds with…