I believe in kindness. Also in mischief. Also in singing, especially when singing is not necessarily prescribed. – Mary Oliver
If you needed to consult the University of Google yesterday, you saw that even the Google art reflected the Year of the Pig (and it was adorable). My year is shaping up a bit differently though. . . You see, in medical schools everywhere, students are frequently taught an old expression: “When you hear hoofbeats,…
Read more happy chinese new year! – but it’s the year of the zebra for me.
First, let me make mention that yesterday, February 2, was World Rheumatoid Awareness Day. RA is the original beast in my world, having brought with it the disability and the broken feets and the CRPS and all the other mean and nasty stuff. By itself, though, RA is more than enough. . . This past…
In my little corner of the world, several of my near & dear have been facing some really damn HARD – my lifelong friend with metastatic breast cancer in her spine has just learned that she may have to deal with ANOTHER effing spinal surgery, a precious Tt sister had a beast of a relapse…
Read more becoming my own crps expert – and taking my life back.
Five days ago, I turned 40 and my amazing family just spoiled me so. . . Beautiful gifts from my husband and daughter and our Mom, Pop, and GJ. . . and flowers and Mumford and Sons tickets (!!!). . . and vegan GF cupcakes from this heavenly little bakery. . . It was wonderful.…
Read more thank goodness, my Henry is on the mend – and back by my side. . .
Wow. Just wow. New York, you have really outdone yourselves. A couple of days ago, when I saw news on my Facebook feed of your new abortion law, the initial post was from a conservative site, so I honestly thought that the case for what this law was perhaps had been spun somehow. So I…
On Saturday, I felt an odd SNAP in my left foot. It felt like a bone breaking, another one. That was followed by intense fatigue so I tried to rest as much as my body wanted since that is the foot that my Complex Regional Pain Syndrome (CRPS) started in and I certainly didn’t want…
Read more crps flare #2 – looks like it’s here to stay (and it’s no respecter of birthdays either)
Settle in, y’all. This is a long one. First of all, yesterday was ortho day – and that’s never good. But this time it was different. I also had another appointment scheduled after ortho. And I have STILL been incredibly sick with sinus plague that is causing nosebleeds and worsening body pain and fevers and…
Read more rotten physicians, overdue therapists, divine poets. . .
It came to my attention recently that a group called The Liberty Council – associated with Liberty University – has objected to the passage in The Senate of the Anti-Lynching bill, The Justice for Victims of Lynching Act. https://www.nbcnews.com/feature/nbc-out/evangelical-group-wants-gays-removed-anti-lynching-bill-n956831 As the article states, the bill applies to lynchings motivated by “the victim’s actual or perceived…
This wasn’t today’s original post. Today was already mostly ready and planned out. But sometimes the message keeps coming through that there is something else more pressing I need to write about (more on that in a bit) – so I will. This was my Monday. I know I always say I am grateful –…
Today was a tiring – and important – day. I had my long awaited appointment with my Rheumy for him to review all of my information since the start of the CRPS. He did – and immediately confirmed the diagnosis. Though this was not unexpected – and is actually quite helpful as it will get…
Read more confirmation of the big scary diagnosis – and looking towards 40.
