One of the symptoms common to many chronic illnesses is “brain fog”. It’s a nebulous thing that doesn’t sound like much until you’re dealing with it. Once you have dealt with it, you realize how debilitating it is, all on its own. Trying to describe it to someone else is probably futile, but here goes. …
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Empty nest… finally.
Well, it finally happened. Munchkin has flown the coop. Shortly before Thanksgiving last year, Munchkin’s dad (Ex#1) passed away after long-standing health issues. As she dealt with cleaning out his hoard (seriously, I’d forgotten how much stuff that man could cram into a closet) she decided she would keep the lease on his duplex and …
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What’s in a name?
In my last post, I referenced my autoimmune disorder as ‘rheumatoid disease’ (RD) instead of calling it psoriatic arthritis or rheumatoid arthritis. I’m going to continue using the terms autoimmune disorder (AI) or rheumatoid disease (RD) instead of PsA or RA because it better describes the disease process instead of just one of the symptoms. …
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Spoonie Life
Winter is a hard time to be a Spoonie. Well, it is for me, anyway. Here in Texas, the weather is mostly mild, but weather fronts come through every few days and the temperature variances are crazy. Yesterday it was in the high 70s, this morning it was in the low 30s and we’ll have …
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Thoughts about online communities
If you don’t read the XKCD comic, you should. XKCD Duty Calls I’ve been a “netizen” since the early days of dial-up AOL. I probably shouldn’t admit that, since it reveals just how long I’ve been on the internet and thus how old I must be. For an introvert like me, the internet provides a …
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End of Year Musings
Well, 2016 is finally winding to a close. My friends who are into numerology tell me that 2016 is a “9” year, one of endings and closure. They say that 2017 is a “1” year of new beginnings. I hope that’s true. Because while there have been good things that have happened for me in …
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End of the year rush
I know it’s been weeks since I posted anything on this blog. The end of the year is always a bit of a blur for me, and this year is no different. Mea cupla. Halloween rushes into Thanksgiving, and then there’s a rush of birthdays and anniversaries for me before Yule gets here. Add in …
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With hearts too heavy
Your heart is too heavy from things you carry a long time, You been up you been down, tired and you don’t know why, — Matisyahu, Live Like a Warrior You can count me among the millions of sad, scared people this week. My Facebook feed is mostly split between two groups this week: those …
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Intuitive eating and WLS
So for the past few weeks I’ve been struggling with how intuitive eating does or does not fit with weight loss surgery. I don’t have a healthy relationship with food to start with, so I’m admittedly at a disadvantage. We grow up with certain foods being labeled as “bad” and “good”, and some foods being …
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Cognitive dissonance
I used to hate the term “cognitive dissonance.” That’s because I had a guy one time use it as the reason to quit seeing me when it was very clear to me at the time that the only dissonance was that I was smart and fun to be with, but I was also fat and …
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