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…
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.…
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…
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…
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…
A couple of days after Christmas, my daughter and I both got sick as Hale. Like laid out with the bronchitis/sinusitis plague, sick as Hale. That's when I also remembered that I always manage to get super sick right after Christmas - maybe due to being run down or around lots of people or angering…
Yesterday morning, I read an article about Colin O' Brady becoming the first person to ever cross Antarctica unassisted, a truly incredible feat. https://www.nbcnews.com/news/world/american-man-first-solo-across-antarctica-unaided-n952186 The explorer who attempted the same, Henry Worsley, in 2016 fell ill and passed away, just 30 miles short of his goal. Still, what an amazing attempt. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jan/25/explorer-henry-worsley-dies-during-antarctic-record-attempt It is also…
