1. After a mere 6 days my asthma brought my lungs to their knees; it took 6 days of steroids twice a day and albuterol 3-5 times a day before I started seeing any improvement. At last, by the 10th day and end of my treatment, the cough seemed better! Or did it ( Read more... )

My asthma is so peculiar. I never had any asthma as a kid, but in college, after a bad bout of bronchitis one winter, it flared up. Cold air + nighttime + winter = coughing like I had tuberculosis. No wheezing, no shortness of breath, no constriction beyond my chest feeling tight, normal breathing except the masses of coughing. In college I ( Read more... )

Ugh. Sometimes I really hate my digestive tract. It is kind of a severe dumbass sometimes. HOW HARD IS IT TO DO NORMAL PERISTALTIC MOVEMENTS AND NOT CRAZY EVIL GUT-RENDING APESHIT ONES. You wouldn't think it would be that difficult, but my gut just has to be special. Blarrrrgh.

It's been a wild and crazy past few weeks. Christmas break, despite some unpleasant moves on my dad's part, was overall excellent. There was birding (with 8 new species), seeing my good friends Mary, Chris, Maria, Ben's friend Chris, and Eric and Stephanie for the first time in about two years each, snow, rain, wind, cold, a comforting fireside, ( Read more... )

I feel awful. My joints are aching, especially my fingers and wrists; my sore throat is epic; I keep vacillating between freezing and stuffy; and I can't bend over without feeling lightheaded. First day of school is tomorrow. And I flew this morning but what else could I do, only starting to get a sore throat at 11 PM last night when my flight ( Read more... )

I just like that word, it has nothing to do with anything.

Good of the weekend:+ Ben went out and got me Vicks Vapor Rub Friday night when my stomach hurt but I really needed something for my cough ( Read more... )

Finally got sick. All the cool kids were doing it, so I figured I'd jump on the bandwagon. Sore throat yesterday and today, moving into a cough tonight with some stuffy nose and a temperature 2 degrees higher than normal. Awesome. -_- Mostly I'm annoyed that Ben isn't here to take care of me. Though having Mom here to take care of me would be ( Read more... )

This week I fell asleep while driving my car. Luckily I was stopped at a long stoplight when I actually fell asleep -- it was for about 30 seconds, maybe -- but I had been fighting it the whole way home, a mere 15-minute drive. It was 3 in the afternoon and I had gotten a decent amount of sleep the night before ( Read more... )

While my father is bipolar, my youngest brother is depressed and possibly bipolar, and my other brother is ADHD with possible other problems, I seem to be the one who's come out unscathed. But I do have something: Trichotillomania.When I was 12 I pulled out so much of my own hair I had a bald spot the size of a silver dollar on the crown of my ( Read more... )

First icon I've made of myself in a long time... first one with short hair, even! I've decided it will be an excellent zen icon ( Read more... )