I just read a post on another blog that inspired this blog post. The topic was about how, once you are diagnosed with a chronic illness – this one was endometriosis, you are forced to find a new “normal.” There is no returning to the life you were accustomed to pre-diagnosis, pre-pain and discomfort. There [...]
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2 Nov
Article – “Overpriced Poison?” UPDATED
This article popped up in my Google Alerts this morning and I couldn’t resist reading it. It discusses a couple women’s reactions to Lupron. A must read for anyone contemplating taking that drug, for sure!(PT1) Overpriced Poison? and (PT2) Overpriced Poison?
1 Nov
#endo
My 6 week follow-up with the new #endo doc is tomorrow. I have given this Zoloft it’s fair shake. I really have. In the past, and if this had been my old doctor who I had built a long relationship with, I would have given up on the med a long time ago. But, because [...]
31 Oct
Happy #Halloween
It’s Halloween! This ranks as one of my favorite holidays of all time. Probably my second. As a child, I loved dressing up as scary characters. And nothing beats a haunted house or a good horror flick (not too much for the gruesome type, I prefer the suspense) to set the perfect tone for the [...]
29 Oct
Reasons why I’m happy today…
And here is the Top Ten list of Reasons why I’m happy today:
10) It’s Thursday which means one day closer to the weekend!
9) My house no longer looks like it’s falling apart! (I’m a neat freak and when I came home from the hospital things were getting hairy.)
It stopped raining… for now.
7) It’s [...]
28 Oct
Do not go gentle into that good night – Dylan Thomas
I posted quotes from this poem over on a comment over at Chronic Healing and was inspired to share with everyone my favorite poem in it’s entirety. This has to be my favorite of all time poem, and the opening and ending stanzas must be my fave lines. If I were to ever get tatoos [...]
28 Oct
Getting there – slowly
I’m getting there slowly, thanks very much to my physical therapist. My neurologist has been of no help in this situation and has offered nothing but an IV of Depakote. But even he admits it’s not likely to help in the long term, and the headaches will likely return until the neck injury has calmed [...]
27 Oct
12:40 a.m.
Why am I even aware that this time exists? I was asleep. I was sleeping off the effects of my Midrin, but for some reason at 11:55 I woke up, unable to sleep. My migraine is still here. Perhaps the edge has worn off, but the stroke-like symptoms are still present. And those make my [...]
24 Oct
Everyone – Thank you!
I just want to take a moment to thank everyone who has given me their well-wishes both on-line and off-line that I know from the blogosphere and Twitter. Your words of encouragement are greatly needed.
I am home, have been since Wed afternoon. What a way to spend my anniversary, but at least I did get [...]
21 Oct
Hospital Update
It’s not looking like a seizure. At least the neurologist is not wanting to call it that because he said you need 2 episodes to label it epilepsy. I don’t need yet another label, thank you very much, so just keep moving. We are having one hell of a time with my blood pressure. It’s [...]
