Today I woke up feeling strange ( Read more... )

HELLO. I am on day 1 of recovery from my surgery to remove a golf ball-sized tumor on my left ovary! I am on Percocet and I think I still have a bit of the anesthesia drugs in my system, because I'm still very dopey and tired and wheeeee ( Read more... )

With the things that have been going on in my life over the past year, especially in the last couple months and leading up to this Wednesday's surgery (something common and fairly routine that I can't help but be nervous about anyway), I just need to be able to put my thoughts down somewhere. This is going to be long and pretty personal, just to ( Read more... )

I'm going into the city today to sit and talk with my doctor about my upcoming surgery ( Read more... )

Last night I went to a poetry slam at the Nuyorican Cafe on 3rd street with my poetry class. It was hands down one of the most powerful, incredible, inspiring things I have ever witnessed in my life. It was amazing. I just ... it's like I can't even describe it. It was just truly incredible ( Read more... )

I seem to be on a bit of an upswing ( Read more... )

Today was a horrible day ( Read more... )

Still didn't go to class today. I really suck now ( Read more... )

I really don't normally update this much. For real. Like, I'd settled into a once-a-month, MAYBE kind of pattern but I think when I get really down and alone-feeling (not lonely) I start putting my tendrils out to the internet ( Read more... )

So, who knows if it's the medication being wrong or what, but I'm coming close to hitting depression rock bottom, or as close to rock bottom as I've ever gotten ( Read more... )