Blog Articles About Life

In Which My Mother Scares Everybody

“She’s in the ICU.” These are not words you want to hear about your mother. Well, about anyone, I suspect, but in this particular case, we’d expected her (relatively) routine back surgery – spinal fusion and correcting spinal stenosis – to go smoothly and to receive a call from someone on a regular ward telling…

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My experience with RA dental complications and the benefits of scaring a dentist. Blue background, a toothbrush and toothpaste, several dentist's instruments

Dental Adventures with RA: In Which I Scare a Dentist

Updated June 11, 2022 I’m beginning to see why people get their teeth yanked. It all started late one evening when I cracked a molar eating Oatmeal Squares. I managed to get squeezed in to see my dentist the next day and was told it either should be extracted or I needed a root canal…

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Stimulating

It’s a Cokette! Brought them home, put one in the fridge, forgot about it until Sunday morning. Where after my shower, I was yet again as limp as a pile of noodles and had sludge for brains. The Boy opened the Cokette for his morning shot of caffeine and I had a sip. Giggled at…

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7 Habits of A Reasonable Life

Hello, world. So nice to see you again – have you lost weight? Got a new haircut? Whatever you’ve done, you look fabulous. I, on the other hand, probably look like I’ve been dragged through a hedge backwards. Twice. The last two or three months have been hard and crazy and utterly unreasonable. I developed…

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Lucy Discovers Olives

Things were rather insane during May’s Arthritis Awareness month activities at my workplace, but somehow my body cooperated remarkably well. In fact, early last week, I was remarking to my doctor. about how well I felt and how I was getting by on an astonishingly low amount of painkillers (it’s amazing what adrenaline will do)….

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Fancy

Not too long ago, I mentioned that Ken had asked me to come with him to a fancy event, which naturally send me into a frenzy of overthinking, given that I haven’t been out to anything fancy for years. Said event was this The March of Domes’ 60th celebration. Seeing the program brought me from…

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The Best Intentions

I sat down (metaphorically) at the computer, fully intending to write something clever, thoughtful and erudite for today’s post. I feel as if I’ve woefully neglected my blog in the insanity that has been the launch of MyRACentral’s Arthritis Awareness Month festivities (new contest starts today!). In order to be clever, thoughtful and erudite, I…

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In Which I Get An Attitude Adjustment

It has been brought to my attention that I’m showing. No, not that kind of showing! What I’m showing is my mood. One friend mentioned that my online posting sseem to indicate I was frustrated with my limits and another friend asked me if I were okay, because – and I quote – I’d “been…

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Flitting, Changes & Measures of Success

So. There are these two rather large projects that consume my time at the moment. One is happening at MyRACentral. We have two weeks left before it all launches and in the grand tradition of things that sound like a really good idea when you’re safely ensconced in the dead of winter and dealing only…

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Nothing Fancy

A friend sent me an e-mail with an invitation. He has the possibility of going to a gala and since it’s for disability related thing, asked if I wanted to come along. This is a transcription of the next few seconds in my brain: Absolutely! I don’t have it anything in my wardrobe that is…

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Whimper

My inbox’s making me nervous. As is My List. And all the things that aren’t on the immediate List, but on the Weekly List, not to mention the Monthly List and the second inbox. I don’t know what compelled me to have two e-mail addresses, but they’re both making me nervous and the idea of…

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Crazy Canucks

Shorts. In February. When there’s still snow on the ground. Certifiable.   

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