Two roads diverged in a wood

Last week I got the insurance approval for my bariatric surgery which has been scheduled for mid-August. While I hadn’t talked much about it before I started the formal process for approval, I’ve been thinking about and researching bariatric surgery for several years. There is a general attitude that the surgery is the “easy way …
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On becoming a spoonie

 Christine Miserandino penned a story about how she shared with a friend what living with Lupus was like.  (http://www.butyoudontlooksick.com/articles/written-by-christine/the-spoon-theory/)  This metaphor gives language to the struggles people who live with chronic illness face, and a community of “spoonies” has arisen.  I joined the ranks of spoonies last year, and everything about my life has changed. …
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