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Daylight Saving Time and Other Ridiculous Things My Doctor Told Me About

I went to the doctor Friday, and I was livid when I left. I keep prefacing everything I write here with a disclaimer saying I am not a medical professional, and you should take what I say as simply my experience and what’s working for me, and to check with your doctor before making any…

Undernourished and Overfed

I shared in my previous post that I’ve been on a bit of a journey with my health, and I wanted to explain what I’m doing, why, and how it’s been going. It may help you, it may not. Take what you like, and leave the rest. A friend recommended I read the book, Integrative…

To Meat or Not to Meat

That is the question. I’ve been making some health related changes in the past few months, and many times it has occurred to me that I should be blogging about all this. I finally got some information Friday that pushed me to start posting. So, in a way, I’m starting at the end. Well…I’m not…

The Cone of Fame

So we’ve been going through a thing here for a week or two, and I was tempted at times to post one of those Facebook posts asking for “thoughts and prayers” for Daisy, but I never did. I think I wasn’t willing to open myself up to the possibility that this might not end well,…

In Praise of Ugly Underwear…and Empathy

I tend to be a firm believer that everything happens for a reason.  Sometimes we have to wait a long time to find out that reason, and sometimes not long at all.  Some things we may never learn the reasons for in this lifetime.  I recently found out one of my reasons, and I thought…

Ogre or Goddess? Plus: The Right Number of Houses

Thought I’d better post about some things, since it’s been a while, and I have news!  Good news! Very soon I shall be the owner of only one house (and only one mortgage! Woot!).  The work is finally done on the house that the renters destroyed, and it’s been on the market officially for about…

How I Lost 22 Pounds Without Even Trying!

Okay, maybe I did  try.  I tried  not to either pass out or throw up every day.  I tried  not to bleed on everything I wore, sat on, or walked past.  I tried  to actually stay at work every day.  (A day not spent in the ER was a win!)  I tried  to just survive until surgery…

New and Improved Janet

Now with fewer internal organs and more blood inside! Well, I had my surgery on December 12, and I’m finally feeling up to posting about it.  The only pain killer I’ve taken today is ibuprofen, and so far, I’m making it on that.  First time in weeks I don’t have narcotics in my body while at…

Don’t Do Drugs

I mean, unless you have to.  I’m writing this post on Percocet.  We shall see if it makes my writing better or worse.  For science. Since you know I don’t do recreational drugs, that should be a clue that I’m not doing much better physically.  In fact, since my last post, I’ve had another ER…

One

Well, you can’t blame (or credit) me for the election results, because I didn’t vote.  This is the first election since I turned 18 in which I didn’t vote.  Calm down.  I had a good reason.  I had every intention of voting, but the day’s events instead landed me in the hospital getting a blood transfusion. My…