I’ve been trying to write this post for a couple of weeks. My thoughts and feelings balked at being committed to paper. I think I’ve worked through it enough to write now, so we’ll see… First, I read an article on Migraine.com (https://migraine.com/expert/fighting-for-migraine-with-words/) by Dr. William B. Young about how the words we use affect …
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Good Measures review
I spent a few months as a client of Good Measures, and wanted to share my experience. The short version is that Good Measures is a great service, especially for bariatric surgery patients who do not have easy access to a Registered Dietitian (not a Nutritionist) where they live. For those not familiar, Good Measures …
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Cheating on WLS Post-Op Diet
I used to participate on a particular WLS support board, and we had an absolute deluge of people posting about “cheating” on their post-operative diets. Some of the netizens would respond “oh, honey, that’s okay… we’re all human.” Discussions about how impossible it is to fight food addictions would ensue. As a nurse, I was …
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Review of 2017
Well, it’s that time of year again. Time to look back and see how the year went, and try to decide what’s important for the upcoming year. 2017 has been a rough one, certainly. I think the country made a mistake with the election of #45, and I find him to be a complete embarrassment. …
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Light at the end of the tunnel
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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