the autoimmune hippie.

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blogtober 2023

  • blogtober day 16 – muddling through this one.

    Y’all, I’m afraid that day 16 of blogtober is just a hello because I am at the midpoint of my combined antibiotic therapy – but this is the first time I have ever taken these two together – and I am SO freaking sick. I am completely exhausted with the worst abdominal cramping with these… Read more

  • blogtober day 15 – all about henry (a little late)

    So, yesterday we were taking a slow Sunday together, watching football and staying cozy. Around 3, Henry got off the couch to go outside and his front paw started giving way and he was limping really badly. He is on a few meds for a bulging disk in his neck that has caused significant pain… Read more

  • blogtober day 14 – taking a sick day.

    Yesterday my PCP sent in an antibiotic for *another* infection after my visit earlier this week – so now I’m on two different ones for the next week – and it has hit me hard. In addition, I’m having some of my CRPS nerve symptoms in a huge way – like the “ice blocking” feet… Read more

  • blogtober day 13 – Psalm 34:18

    This week has been a heartbreaking one, watching from afar the war in Israel, and reading accounts of those ambushed last Sunday and the horrors they faced, with the massive loss of life – wholesale slaughter, the absolute wickedness of those who attacked, the stories people who have been taken and their families can only… Read more

  • blogtober day 11 – doctor day and flowers for lindsey.

    Today was my doctor day for all of this post-fall flare business. Thankfully, she checked everything out and did labs and gave me injections too. On the way home, I came across the perfect flowers for Lindsey for Alabama/Tennessee game week (Hate Week). I used to send her orange flowers all the time – she… Read more

  • blogtober day 10 – good grief, this flare.

    Y’all, last week’s huge fall still has me to the mat in some surprising ways. It is over a week out now – and in some ways I may be worse? I mean in the sense that this has triggered my chronic pain and nerve issues and is just gnarly. My feet are thankfully infection… Read more

  • blogtober day 8: good things are always in the works.

    Yesterday, I saw an article about a new research finding at Vanderbilt that will help develop treatments for immunotherapy resistant triple negative breast cancer. (If you aren’t familiar, triple negative breast cancer is diagnosed in 10 to 20% of all breast cancers and tends to be more aggressive and has a higher risk of metastasis… Read more

  • blogtober day 7 – self advocacy.

    I came across this article in People about a woman, Lindsey Gritton, who noticed a lump in her breast that was burning when she was 36 weeks pregnant that she was told was likely mastitis or a clogged duct – but she was concerned so she requested that an ultrasound be done just in case.… Read more

  • blogtober day 6 – fighting words friday for lindsey.

    Since it’s Blogtober for breast cancer awareness and also Fighting Words Friday with a scripture to focus on, I thought it would be lovely for today’s scripture to be our sweet Lindsey’s life verse, Hebrews 11:1. Now faith is the substance of things hoped for, the evidence of things not seen. – Hebrews 11:1 (KJV)… Read more

  • blogtober day 5 – brca genetic testing.

    Today we’ll consider the importance of BRCA testing for those who are in certain risk categories. If you aren’t familiar, the BRCA blood test checks for a BRCA1 or BRCA2 gene mutation. These mutations are linked to increased genetic risk of breast and ovarian cancer, as well as prostate and pancreatic cancer and also melanoma.… Read more