I'm still trying to unfuck my life 2 1/2 years since I got sick and everything changed ( Read more... )

Very stressful week at work - the kind of stuff I can't avoid if I'm going to be, well, working. It's, you know, people. Hard to work without them. Even farmers and writers have to deal with people: even J.D. Salinger ( Read more... )

Morning: 145/98. Basically I woke up thinking about what was on my mind when I went to bed, which is stupid and bad for my blood pressure. It's not imaginary fear, it's real fear, and my body reacts to it like there are tigers lurking outside the house ( Read more... )

I've written about one day's entry in Nanowrimo, so I failed to do that, but (major news as of today) I got a job. And I spent two weeks with one of my closest friends that left my head feeling clear, my body feeling strong, and me convinced I was well enough to ... well, handle working again without having major urticaria flareups - just the ( Read more... )

I thought it would be a good idea to do a post sharing with people what I've learned about how to survive urticaria without losing your mind. Well, okay, with maybe losing your mind, but surviving. I got some good advice and piles of bad advice, and insofar as someone else out there might read this some day, I wanted to give them something that is ( Read more... )