And it doesn’t even look like it’s an oncoming train. I’m in the final countdown for #gradSchoolSucks — 3 weeks left. It’s hard to accept the fact that I’ll no longer be a student a month from now. Well, IF I get my paper done for my Capstone and I don’t flake on the rest …
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Keepin’ on keepin’ on
It’s been a while since I posted. #gradSchoolSucks and all that. I have been struggling with a lot of stuff this month. The “on this day” feature of Facebook has made it clear that October is migraine month for me, and this month was no exception. In fact, my migraine monster decided to go for …
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Do the Cha-Cha
It seems like every time I think I’m starting to make real forward progress, something sets me back. I mentioned a few weeks ago that I was pretty sure my rheumatoid disease was not, in fact, in remission as Dr. B seemed to think. My joint pain had been steadily escalating since spring, with some …
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Spoonie product review – Pill Suite
I hadn’t reviewed the Pill Suite yet because I’d had issues with the bags. I have since gotten replacements and am now THRILLED with this solution for my meds and want to share. As most Spoonies, I have a LOT of medications/supplements I take multiple times a day. I have struggled with the standard pill …
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Walking on the beach
A few weeks ago I got to take a week long business trip to Irvine, California. I took advantage of the opportunity to go out to the beach a couple of evenings I was there, and walk in the sand. I lived about a year and a half in Hawaii when I was a child, …
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One Year Surgiversary
So today marks the one year anniversary of my life-changing surgery. I had my checkup with my surgeon yesterday and got the best surprise. You see, I have a scale that is consistent but not accurate. It has consistently throughout this process weighed me 5 lbs lighter than the doctor’s scales. I thought I could trust …
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Level 10 Life Update
It’s been a little over a year since I started tracking my “Level 10 Life” and I thought it was time for an update. I think I’ve been improving my life in the last year, so it’s interesting to see it graphically represented. Companions – My goal this year was to cultivate closer relationships with …
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Body Positivity and WLS
Picture from the No Body Shame website I have previously talked about my struggle with the cognitive dissonance between wanting to support/promote/embody body positivity even though I have had WLS. Cognitive Dissonance My news feed this morning sent me to Dances With Fat, specifically to a post talking about not allowing weight loss talk in …
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Political musings
I haven’t as yet posted much with the Politics tag in this blog. There’s been so much going on in my life with #gradSchoolSucks and WLS and living with rheumatoid disease, that politics necessarily took a back seat. The political climate has certainly changed over the last six months, and I am finding myself getting …
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WLS and Health Update
<— this pic is where I started this pic is where I am now –> I actually started this post back in March, when I was 7 months post-op. Work, grad school (#gradSchoolSucks btw), family issues, etc. derailed my good intentions to start writing regularly again. May 17 was my 9 month anniversary of …
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