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Category Archives: Personal
A Woman of Contrasts
I was in Bellevue, Washington for the past two weeks. I was celebrating a friend’s birthday. It was also, a celebration of my own. The last time we celebrated our Birthday’s we were EIGHTEEN years-old!! There are a LOT of … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Humor, Personal, rules
Tagged Clothes, Clothing, Color, depression, eyeglass frame, Sandals, shoes, TEVA
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Day 3 Post-SSCD Surgery
Thursday. Surgery was Monday. I am in very little pain. I am still taking minimal pain meds to insure the pain stays at a low-to-zero pain. I have found out that I cannot open my mouth to allow a large … Continue reading
Posted in Balance Imbalance, Disease, Medical, Personal, SSCD, Superior Semi-Circular Canal Dehisence
Tagged hospital, insulin, steroid induced diabetes
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Medical Whack-a-Mole
I always think that creating a Title for my posts is the most difficult part of creating any of my posts. That is my thought each and every time I approach one of these ideas I want to write about. … Continue reading
Posted in Balance Imbalance, Disease, Home, Medical, Personal, SSCD, Superior Semi-Circular Canal Dehisence, vestibular
Tagged dizziness, dizzy, Ear, imbalance, Keep PDX Weird, neurotologist, Neurotology, skull, sound, SSCD, Superior Semi-Circular Canal Dehisence, vestibular, voice, Weird
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COME BACK SLEEP
My daughter turned 28 today. She is now the same age I was when I had her. I feel sad. I feel alone. She lives in another state than I do. I haven’t slept in three days. Not really slept … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Personal
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I Am an Ox
I seem to think of better titles to my articles or idea rants when nowhere near anything that I could write them down on. Either because, I cannot take my smartphone out of my pocket fast enough to press the … Continue reading
Posted in Anal Cancer, Cancer, Home, Mom, Parent, Personal, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Thoughts
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Driving Me…
Today was my first post-treatment Doctor’s appointment. It was not to make a determination of whether the chemoradiation did its job. Today’s point was to check my progress, health, and needs. My white and red blood counts are low. The … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Home, Humor, Personal, smoothie
Tagged chemo, drivine, exhaustion, shopping
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Yesterday’s Race Lost or Won
Depends on who you were backing. Wednesday: The day started out in a drugged fog from using the medication properly to help me sleep from the evening before. 1mg Lorazepam at 10:00 p.m. 11:00 p.m. still awake. Watching TV and twisting … Continue reading
Are Your Ears Bleeding, Yet?
Thursday (yesterday) my friend E picked me up to take me to my daily radiation appointment. By the time she arrived at 8:00 o’clock A.M. I had already been up since shortly after 4:00 o’clock A.M. Tried to fall back … Continue reading
“F” Bomb?
“F” Bomb my ass. Besides, people have been using the word, the term, the idea for centuries. Really. CENT U RIES. The “F” word is no bomb. In fact, it barely comes up to the level of Pop-Its, Throw Downs, … Continue reading
Posted in Home, Personal, Things that Make Me NUTS, Thoughts
Tagged breasts, f bomb, sex, sexism
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Profound Exhaustion
I had no idea, prior to this past week, what the term “Profound Exhaustion” might mean. As the new mother of two children 25 months apart I was sure I did know what “profound exhaustion” meant. NOw, I realize there … Continue reading
Posted in Anal Cancer, Cancer, Humor, Medical, Personal, Squamous Cell Carcinoma
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