A Beginner’s Guide to RA: Workin’ for a Living
Building reference areas over at HealthCentral: “Work is important, especially when you have a chronic disease. Your rheumatoid arthritis may change how you live your life, adding an impressive list of medications to your daily “diet,” making everything from getting dressed to making coffee more complicated and require compromises in your social activities, your sleep…
Johs
Forty years ago, when AB and I became best friends we also adopted each other’s families on her side, that meant her dad Johs, mom Ebba and younger sister KL (who I may have mentioned we harassed mercilessly – forgot the link, sorry). They became a sort of second family to me, an extended safety…
Mass Hysteria
A couple of months ago, there was a bit of a thing when someone said that the concern about nuts and nut-free zones was showing all signs of flirting with mass hysteria. Dr. Nicholas Christakis, who himself allergic to nuts, was quoted as saying that the efforts of schools to declare themselves completely nut-free, including…
No Longer Lost
I’ve been a Lost fan since the first episode, compelled and captured by the action, the ensemble cast, the interlacing stories only partially explained in flashbacks, the struggle between the rational and faith represented in Jack Shepard and John Locke (and since Jack has always irritated the crap out of me, Locke won by default….
Family Day
This is the second Family Day long weekend (it was invented last year) and we did just that. Spent time with family. Although based on the photos, you’d think there were no adults there. For Morgan, one of the highlights of lunch at mormor’s (Danish for grandma) is french stick with butter.Liam liked sitting in…
S M R T
When my fibromyalgia first appeared in a noticeable way about five years ago, I thought I was losing my mind. Weird words started showing up in my documents, words completely unrelated to what I was writing and I had no idea how they got there. I had typed tiger and what showed up was filing…
Ch-ch-changes
This week, I’m having a bit of a rant about compromises over at HealthCentral: “Splints for your wristsA cane to lean onOrthopedic shoes that have room for swollen ankles and aching toesLoose clothes that’s easier to put on When you first get diagnosed with rheumatoid arthritis, no one tells you this disease may require equipment…
More Follicular Blogfodder
The hair continues to provide moments too good not to share. First there was the Badness, then the improvement and now… I could pad this, could write a lot of words leading up to what this post is really about, but too many words would take away from the sublime ridiculousness of the moment. And…
For Alison
Yesterday, AlisonH came home after a harrowing experience leading to a hospital stay. A little lighter (I wonder how much a colon weighs?), but much healthier. And alive. Let’s not forget alive. Welcome home, my friend. It’s a good day.
Attempting Maturity
After a couple months of doing really, really well, to the point where taking painkillers made me stoned because they didn’t have any pain to deal with (and hence, I had a lovely, yet very freaky period of time in which I took hardly any – freaky because they’re as much part of my daily…