the autoimmune hippie.

Laughter is immeasurable. Be joyful though you have considered all the facts. . . Practice resurrection. – Wendell Berry

Miranda Herring

  • october 16th – so much to say, so much to say, so much to say. . .

    October 16th is a heavy, heavy day and I have many thoughts to share this morning. First of all, I’m the person who takes forever to clean out my inbox and never thinks to delete messages from friends. Example: However, I am so grateful now that I often don’t delete messages from friends after I’ve… Read more

  • sick season is here.

    I woke up to the plague yesterday morning. It’s “just a cold” to a normal human – but I’m not a normal human anymore. I’m immunosuppressed due to a combination of RA meds. So I feel like I have the most terrible case of the flu I’ve ever had in my life – though it’s… Read more

  • a busy day, a good day, and then something that stopped me in my tracks.

    With my bizarre sleep schedule, I often sleep for a few hours at a time and then my pain wakes me up – so I “nap nap” as my Henry knows it, throughout the day when I need to. As such, I woke up at about 3 AM yesterday morning and started working to get… Read more

  • the joy of sharing experiences – alternatively titled “Sara and I adore Stevie Nicks”

    When I take my methotrexate shot, my entire schedule goes straight out the window for about 48 hours. There are chemo comas and stomach issues to ride out – and I just have to roll with it. So that’s where I’ve been. But now I’m up from a long sleep, sharing a bowl of popcorn… Read more

  • a spoonie surviving the hurricane (and it was two hours away when it came through)

    Yesterday morning, I woke up with some gnarly pain – which I expected with the absolutely terrifying hurricane coming into the coast: Sara and I worked to get what we needed to done fairly early but this afternoon I needed to run by my doctor’s office for some labwork and pick up a couple of… Read more

  • a big Saints celebration, yummy food, and bracing for a storm.

    Yesterday, my beloved Saints were playing on Monday Night Football and my husband was off work for Columbus Day too so it was a good good day. As a treat, I made my super fabulous, not-at-all-low-carb risotto with green peas. Though totally on the “not super healthy” end of the spectrum, it is made entirely… Read more

  • my big sick.

    I know that I’m sick. So does my family. So do my friends. So do all of you. I write about it. I take steps to deal with it. I’ve had to give up my work because of it. I’m having to regrow my hair due to it. However, in the past two years  it… Read more

  • after an ugly day in the world, let’s all keep finding beauty in our own spaces.

    Yesterday, on the way home from a wonderful visit with our family, the notification came to my phone that the Senate had indeed confirmed Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. Regardless of one’s political leanings, this confirmation is so ugly and divisive, and feels to many of us as though it flies in the face… Read more

  • heaviness.

    I have a “heavier thing” weighing on my mind to get to today. But, first, let’s talk about yesterday and today in Paleo/RA for a minute. I say both days because I actually started this post last night and wrote a large part of it before closing my eyes to rest at about 4 AM… Read more

  • feeling grateful for some amazing medical support.

    For the past several years, I’ve seen SO many specialists – and had so many trips to the emergency room – that I haven’t seen just a basic primary doctor. It really just got away from me and I began to view my Rheumatologist as my PCP because my autoimmune conditions so severely impact my… Read more