What happens when you live with a rare blood disorder for 28 years… and are still being dismissed without even so much of a phone call?

This is a personal story, but also a systemic one. About gender bias in medicine, diagnostic delay, and what it does to women over time.

Women have been revolutionizing medicine for over a century—often without recognition, credit, or institutional support. This post honors the female scientists whose discoveries shaped modern healthcare and explains why their erasure still affects women’s health today.