Kate is spent. She is enjoying the Christmas season immensely. She is having a rough month. She is smart enough to know the previous two statements can both be true. She is fighting brain aches, and dizziness, and for control of her appendages. She is waiting to go to Mayo. (And is quite sad she [...]
Archive for 2009
2009 It was just a little dizziness. Or maybe I was just lightheaded. But it wouldn’t go away. Maybe it was my ear infection (I’ve had two this year, what’s with that?!), or the medication for the ear infection. But after a week, I’d had enough. My doctor was quick to recognize the symptoms…
1985 When I was six months old I began to throw up and continued to do so until I became non-responsive. I was dehydrated. They admitted me to the hospital and said I’d be out in 24 hours… when my heart rate came back down. It never really did, so they released me from the [...]
Sometimes, even after over a decade with fibromyalgia, I have to be reminded just how bad things can get. Sometimes, I forget how everything can hurt. Sometimes, I am surprised by how quickly the pain flares up. Sometimes, I am pleasantly surprised by how quickly the pain fades away. Today is not that day. Today [...]
I don’t have a lot to say. But I do have to say this. I am sorry. I haven’t posted an article in nearly two months. I have, however, written a half dozen posts in as many weeks. I have no good reason for not posting them. I do, however, have a confession…