Somewhat of an adventure
So many of my recent posts have been serious! Let me lighten it up a little with a few anecdotes. So my medication is comes with a...
How am I?
I’ve been trying (and really, simply failing) to keep a positive attitude about the start of this year. Between pain and fatigue and...
At the Roots
Over the last few months, I’ve been occupied with trying to find the cause of my being unwell. I’ve been fighting gastric pain, abdominal...
Make it stop
Seven. I counted. That’s how many bruises (most of them sizable) it’s taken this summer to get blood. I’ve been to the hospital three...
Another
Another summer, another week, another night, another migraine. Another, another, another, another. It seems the medicine I am on,...
Good News...?
I stared at the cars passing by, feeling both relieved, and confused. We just left the rheumatologists’ office, housed at the end of a...
Absence, explained
Absence. We have a turn of phrase for this word – “you don’t realize what you got til’ it’s gone”. As it turns out, that’s true for...
You are not alone.
“I don’t want you to be in pain.” So my husband said last night to me, after a long evening of a clinic visit, prescription pick-up,...
My Herstory, part 3
My Herstory, part 3 The final experience that has motivated me to continue studying and learning about the human body holistically...
My Herstory, part 2
The next experience that has helped formed interest in all-things-medical comes from a totally different perspective in my body: my...
