When I was very young, I thoroughly struggled to say "Grandfather" and the like. However, through the genius mind of a little girl, I came up with the name "Farve". Somehow it just stuck and all of a sudden all my family started using it, including all my cousins who were born after me (I am the first/eldest grandchild on both sides of my family). ( Read more... )

I am going to have very little money for the next few weeks ( Read more... )

Hashimoto's Disease/Hashimoto's ThyroiditisMy doctor called me earlier today and told me what the specialist had thought about my mystery illness. The guy put it down to Hashimoto's for the moment, based on the weird blood test results. Apparently it's quite common and it's possible that I've had it for months (which could explain why I was getting ( Read more... )