Today I had my first appointment with the strength-focused trainer i had bookmarked way back before I broke my ankle. I remembered more proper form than I expected, but the amount I could actually lift was as low as I suspected. It felt really good to start again, though my shoulders disagree.

It was otherwise a fairly frustrating day -- everyone ( Read more... )

I saw a coyote in the neighborhood for the first time in a decade yesterday. It wasn't all skin and bones like the last one I saw, but certainly wasn't plump. i've seen a fair number of our weird inbred bunnies around, which I assume are their major food source.

I've been sickly and headache-y pretty much every day since I got back from Santa Fe, ( Read more... )

I went to look for ways to treat myself -- a gold star equivalent -- for doing some ugly, yucky stuff, so I searched for "non-food rewards" because

1. I already know that chocolate and cheese exist.
2. After cleaning out truly stinky stuff I don't even want to think about food.

Even though I specifically did NOT take the drop down suggestion of "non-food ( Read more... )

The mammogram came back clear!  I’ll still be on the hormones for years but the specter of cancer has been removed from my shoulder.

I’m so relieved.

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EKGs are really uncomfortable when you're recovering from surgery on your left boob. Apparently my heart is working exactly the way it should though.

I've decided to preemptively buzz my head and stock up on cute hats, starting with a custom blue galaxy convertible head wrap/beanie from Sew Cherie. This entry was originally posted at https://jeliza ( Read more... )

The big lumpy dressing came off today, which should make it easier to sleep (the operation was on the side I sleep on, because of course it was.) I have switched to ibuprofen because it works better than goddamn tylenol and so far about as well as oxycodone. The incision looks pretty gnarly, but I've no idea how much of it will turn into a scar ( Read more... )

The surgery went well, I am home, I have been given strong painkillers and told to rest for the next three days.

i have like 3% less boob. Or maybe the same amount of boob but now 0% interloper. Woot.

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By this time tomorrow I should be home from surgery and lump-less. I am so very excited for this bit to be over. Once that's done, then there is a couple of weeks waiting for test results to come back to see what the next steps are.

Every two hours I get worried I read the "what you can eat the day before" instructions wrong and re-check.

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I had been thinking that the eye that I didn't already have cataract replacement surgery had finally progressed to the point where I would need it ( Read more... )

I can't tell if I suddenly hate most of my winter clothes because my style has changed, or if it's that I'm just not happy with the body underneath.

I do still like my skinny jeans, so that implies at least a little of column A. But I don't know how much.

I have owned most of these sweaters for more than 5, often more than 10 years, though.

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