the autoimmune hippie.

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

weight loss

  • 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

  • getting back on the (paleo) wagon

    We’ve had so many things going on in our home in the past few weeks. There have been some fabulous things: Our Sara celebrated her 15th Birthday. And my amazing cousin Blair and I finally got to go to our long awaited Lauren Daigle concert. AND my Red Sox won the World Series. If you… 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

  • 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

  • a spoonie-get-well week.

    It’s a medical week here, with more extra doctor’s appointments and whatnot and some conditions flaring that haven’t in quite some time, in addition to my RA. So today, during the day, I got all of the sleeps. Yesterday, though, Sara and I rode with my husband to see our family, and got to visit… Read more

  • 18 months – and a good good day. =D

    Yesterday was crammed full of All. The. (Good). Things. So much to tell. First, I got a notification that it was my 18 month soberversary: I know I’ve written often about all things substance abuse and sobriety – but this is different. I was laughing at myself earlier because I used to have a drink… Read more

  • chasing dreams in magazines.

    I’ve been chasing dreams in magazines the last ten years, And the way you treat each other’s up to you, But it can’t feel all that good to be so scared, I guess I learned that too. – Stephen Kellogg, Milwaukee Last night my husband and I re-watched the movie Secretariat on Netflix. We both… Read more

  • a laid out spoonie – but on the mend.

    Do y’all remember that post from yesterday about how I was feeling better? The one I wrote and then hopped up and cleaned out my fridge – a major undertaking that I should have-  but didn’t – ask for help with – and did some other things that I desperately needed to do around my… Read more