I had a few good days. It was really nice. I got a lot done, for definitions of "lot" that include "more than I've done in months." Perhaps not for definitions of "lot" that might apply to other people. But hey. From Friday to yesterday, my pain and fatigue levels were tolerable, under control, sometimes just about gone ( Read more... )

My elderly trackball has kicked the bucket. Yesterday I got a new one. It's wireless but otherwise pretty much the same. Except the new one works, rather than malfunctioning every time I try to click.

This is just making my day. What a nifty little thing. Sometimes, you know, it's the little things.

So, I told the doc that I feel horrible, that I've felt consistently horrible since starting on the doxycycline, and that my pain/symptoms usually go in cycles and it's just not IMPROVING ( Read more... )

"You're just as badass as when I met you!"

"...ow."

Oh man ( Read more... )

It's been a long, sad weekend. We've done what we could to try to cope. We played with ponies on Saturday. We watched a lot of Shaun the Sheep--silly, sweet, innocent claymation. J went to hang out with his brothers yesterday, and after that we went to dinner with one brother & the brother's wife ( Read more... )

Remembering DuchessSis-in-law came by our place on her way out of town this morning, brought us one of those fruit bouquet things. Very sweet. (Pointed out "it has no banana," heh.) Wants us to come over for dinner tomorrow if we're up for it. Mom-in-law brought us Good Sammich Fixin's to make sure we eat something. Everybody's being very ( Read more... )

Well..I...uh... Well, huh.

( Of scientific medicine and Lyme disease )

So, I saw somebody I hadn't seen in a few months this week. She was adamant that I had lost weight. Which was nice of her, it really was, but I thought she was just mistaken because I was wearing clothes that fit for once. I've been doing that more lately, rather than wearing stuff that is extra baggy or comfortable but unflattering. I've lost ( Read more... )

( Yesterday was long )