anxiety
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While I’m generally a pretty positive spoonie – and a cooperative patient as well – being treated like hot garbage by my rheumatologist’s office while he is emergently off without anyone covering him – FOR SIX WEEKS – leaving all of his patients without our medications, sending me into a CRPS pain crisis with the… Read more
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Earlier this week, I was just rocked to learn of the passing of a precious soul in our local Christian community, Steve Austin. Steve was the minister over a really big youth program some years ago, prior to experiencing mental health struggles and surviving a suicide attempt. After that, he began opening up – and… Read more
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It’s 3:09 AM and this adorable guy is snoring next me, noggin buried in his commandeered pillows. ❤ And this guy is in his spot at my feet – until I snoodle up to sleep later, when he’ll climb up and sleep on my lap all night. ❤ I’ve finished my Maymester Sociology work for… Read more
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As you can see, yesterday was a super fun day in my world. After a long long (LONG) time contending with massive GI symptoms, I had stalled as long as I could and I had to have an endoscopy and colonoscopy. First, let me say that I have no problem actually having the procedure –… Read more
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I don’t know about y’all but my social media feeds – as well as my email inbox with all of its news updates – can be pretty unpleasant these days. The election news is so stressing, there is a massive COVID disinformation campaign that is just making me so freaking angry, and, in the meantime,… Read more
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The thing about chronic illness is that I truly never know what’s coming – and I never know what will be the thing that will just lay me out. I’ve been MIA because of an ailment that started with a resistant sinus infection. While unpleasant, I’ve had chronic sinusitis literally my entire life and I… Read more
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Quite suddenly over the past few days, I developed a significant GI bleed. It became clear quickly that there was no way to manage with waiting on a GI appointment and I would have to go to the ER – which I have tried desperately to avoid – to get to the cause of it.… Read more
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month and I have wanted to talk about several things related to mental health issues and my own health – but, ironically, my health hasn’t behaved well enough for me to get to that in these past few weeks. So, today I’m going to share about this week’s health adventures… Read more
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As I started writing early this morning, I was enjoying the view out my window. . . And singing along to The Grateful Dead. . . . . . when my fabulous nurse came in and burst out laughing and said she was so glad someone was having a party up on the cardiac floor.… Read more
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Like the rest of 2020, May has started off. . . not according to plan. I’m writing to y’all having just been admitted to the hospital, with bolus fluids going, my first doses of IV Vanco and Ancef already on board, my left foot – infected – wrapped and awaiting my surgeon in the morning,… Read more
