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I am hereby changing my chief complaint
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Somebody please put the baby to sleep
After a week of feeling like I was going to die of the sads, I finally realized my problem was Dr. Pepper. Okay, so not really Dr. Pepper but totally Dr. Pepper because I got back into drinking it with lunch, which caused my whole brain to fall apart.
Sometimes I am just not particularly self aware.
I got my period, which always leads to extreme ( Read more... ) -
Bodies, drugs, and poop.
I am getting super frustrated with the weight thing because I feel like all I do is PT exercises and hula. I mean, obviously that is not all I do, but still. I am trying so hard to take care of my body but it's just not...manifesting. It's not that I want to lose weight or size exactly, but damn. Being middle aged plus disabled is tough goddamn ( Read more... ) -
on getting fatter
CN: disordered eating, weight (including actual numbers)
My pain doctor looked at my chart and mentioned that weight gain was a side effect of the gabapentin I'm taking for nerve pain.
"But considering the benefits," she said, "the weight gain is okay," I agreed with her immediately, of course. I mean, I'd do almost anything to be free of the pain ( Read more... ) -
And then the princess had storage space and lived happily every after
The 3-D walk-through of the house design was great and we forwarded docs to the contractor for pricing. He's super swamped like all contractors are around here these days so I don't know when we'll be able to get a meeting with him. He's fantastic though, and incredibly excited to work with us. His daughter is disabled and his family recently ( Read more... ) -
home and other adventures
Tomorrow morning Ian and I are going to our architect's office for a 3-D walk-through of the house design as we have it so far. This is the farthest we've gotten in the eight or so months that we've been working on the remodel. I love the basic layout and feel really hopeful that this plan might actually become our home.
We bought the house as a ( Read more... ) -
Pain, Pain, Go Away
When I went in for my one year post-op, my neurosurgeon finally got fed up enough with my whining to refer me to the UW Pain Clinic. My appointment was today and I'm glad I didn't listen to the little voice that told me the appointment would be useless so I should just cancel. The appointment was the opposite of useless and I am finally feeling ( Read more... ) -
Well, back to actual life, whatever that means
Today is my lax day, when I don't have any appointments or classes and I am left to my own devices for a few solid hours. The rest of this week is especially busy so I'm trying to make it count. It still feels goofy to say things like that since when I actually look at my calendar so much of my schedule seems leisurely.
Tomorrow I walk Greenlake ( Read more... ) -
Indigenous Disapora Something Something Feelings Are Hard
Ugh I'm always so depressed when I come back to Seattle after a trip back home. I'm especially feeling it today since I'm headed out for hula in a little bit and the lessons I'm taking here aren't nearly as good as the single lesson I took at the hotel condos where we stayed. My instructor (she's not a kumu hula because that's a specific training ( Read more... ) -
Win some, lose some
Well at least my uvula is better. The weird gray dangly bit hanging from it has vanished and I don't feel like I have strings in my throat anymore. Unfortunately I was wrong about that being the cause of my nausea. Ugh barf why are gag reflexes?
I'm going through opiate...withdrawals (?) while I am still getting accustomed to gabapentin, so I ( Read more... )