the autoimmune hippie.

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

RA

  • the land of almost

    I’m up really early this morning getting ready to return for my follow up appointment with my orthopedist from the surgery 12 days ago that helped to save my life – and I don’t say that lightly. before & after Looking at the photos of my – misdiagnosed – left foot, before and after, honestly… Read more

  • going home, starting iv’s, & getting better.

    It has been a wild ride these past several days, y’all – but all is well and I’m still kicking.   PICC Placements & Antibiotic Changes. On Monday, I was scheduled to have my PICC line placed so I could go home. Being a nurse for these 16 years now, I have assisted with many… Read more

  • facing a serious health crisis.

    This post I have to report a serious health crisis – but, thankfully, we are making it through. ❤ Initially, my left foot flared pretty nastily last month with my CRPS and my Rheumy tried a huge dosage of prednisone daily to see if that would knock it out – and it appeared to do… Read more

  • autoimmune anomalies

    Part of living with multiple autoimmune diseases is that my body often develops really odd symptoms and syndromes out of the blue. Of course, since I was diagnosed with Complex Regional Pain Syndrome, I’ve come to expect the unexpected at anytime really – and I mentioned in my previous post that my migraines that I… Read more

  • tiny altars.

    So damn easy to say that life’s so hard Everybody’s got their share of battle scars As for me, I’d like to thank my lucky stars That I’m alive – and well. It’d be easy to add up all the pain And all the dreams you sat and watched go up in flames Dwell on… Read more

  • so so grateful.

    When I shared my previous post on Facebook, I had to laugh and tell everyone that I felt like the April Fools was on me, because, as sure as I wrote it all, my CRPS launched into a full pain crisis and has stayed there. I still meant – and mean – every word of… Read more

  • i’m really sick – but i’m really good too.

    Y’all, it seems that my Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) is trying to flare in a bizarre sort of way right now. I’ve written about it before but CRPS is sort of a medical anomaly anyway and it is new to me as well as I just developed it at the end of last year… Read more

  • on a mission.

    Recently, I have been researching complementary therapies to hopefully improve my health and pain levels – in addition to, not in place of, my traditional medication regimen (though I would love to see that reduced one day – but that isn’t anything I foresee unfortunately). See, with my physicians, it feels as though I am… Read more

  • My broken body’s journey (so far) – and how I’m carrying on.

    *This is just an introduction piece I wrote for another site and I’m posting it here as well.  At age 33, I fell quite suddenly ill, not long after my happily ever after wedding to my amazing husband. After some really tough years of a bad situation, I had gotten out, moved on, met my… Read more

  • safety. first.

    There is a topic that is capital B, Bothering Me. It’s not usually in my wheelhouse – which is why I haven’t written about it before – but I’m talking about it now because it’s important. Some of you may remember a reviling news story last August from Colorado where the Watts family – Shanann… Read more