Hi! My name is Kris and I am the Gal With Gloves.

I am the survivor with a tick tock tick heart full of stories to tell.

I am a fighter whose spirit won’t be crippled by my disease.

I frequently wear gloves (fingertipless, Isotoner, etc) to help manage my RA and Raynaud’s syndrome issues. I have shared my life with Rheumatoid Arthritis (also now known as Rheumatoid Auto-immune Disease) since age 15 in 1994.

I’ve also survived two open heart surgeries; one involving Mitral valve replacement with a ticking mechanical valve.

I write about my health conditions, what it is like living in spite of my autoimmune disease, my experiences and memories, my survival despite the odds and traumas, my hopes as a woman now freed from a marriage to an avoidant and emotionally immature yet abusive man, who exhibited behaviors often found among covert or vulnerable narcissist types. But of course, I’m the crazy woman and it’s all my fault.

Find me on social media as GalWithGloves on Instagram, Twitter,  Facebook, and TikTok. First video on my TikTok account is of the sound of my mechanical Mitral valve ticking. I do not hear my heartbeat, but a ticking, as if a clock is ticking out the moments of my life.