to anyone out there that has crappy balance and is dealing with snow/ice/general slipperyness: you need these.

I just ordered mine so I'll be doing a review. <3

ALSO: thank you anneheart and nightdog_barks for your wonderful cards, and thank you jane_hidell for the amazingly awesome package of love. <3 <3

Well, at the hour of oh my god thirty, I'm off to prove I'm crippled enough for paratransit. Fabulous, just fabulous. I have to make them a list of my meds, which is always entertaining, especially when we get to the part where I'm taking two spastic muscle relaxants ( Read more... )

Clearly the solution is 'do not get out of bed, prepare all of Sean's lunch and clothing the night before, and go back to sleep instead of having coffee.' Because I slept in until 12 and have not felt better in several days. (Okay, yes. Still feel sore as all hell and am still somewhat tired but do not feel like an emotional breakdown is ( Read more... )

Dear brain,

Anxiety is not fun. Being anxious about something you already know will turn out fine is not only not fun it is the height of bloody masochism.Love ( Read more... )

Crows stealing money from car washes.Seriously, awesome. Crows are neat ( Read more... )

twenty-nine days to go. No one has died yet although there have been moments. It's Way Too Freaking Hot in here.

Best Feministe Post EVER WRITTEN:

"Often, when someone learns that another person lives with some sort of medical condition, slight or severe, their first reaction is to suggest to that person some way they could make their condition ( Read more... )

Number of referrals I asked the Stoned Nurse in rehab for: two ( Read more... )

oh boy! I finally have a time release pan medication AND a referral to rheumathology! God, I <3 my internist. He is Truly Awesome ( Read more... )

Because my birthfamily is Messed The Hell Up, I am now learning things about myself and my disability that I probably might ought to have known before now. Some of these things are fantastically vindicating ( Read more... )

PT was amusing - I got to play with various types of wheelchairs. I am incapable of steering motorized ones in a straight line. (No, really, I am. I look drunk, it's hilarious.) Next week I get to try more of them and I get to fool around outside as well as inside ( Read more... )