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Artist, writer, unapologetic progressive, LGBTQ+ ally
I realized not long ago that I have granted myself all three magic wishes related to my physical appearance (weight, hair, and eyesight) that I have been longing for since childhood. Let me explain.
This question about my future used to terrify me. I seemed to have no ability to imagine a future for myself, but it might have been because I didn’t want anything that I was supposed to want.
Doc’s been feeling somewhat decent the past few days… relatively speaking, of course. He’s woken up without much of a…
I managed to complete one of my New Year’s resolutions, only four days into the year. Not bad, eh?! I went to an ob/gyn to talk about all the problems I’ve been having lately. (The squeamish should stop reading right here). I explained that I’ve been having approximately 2 periods per month since September. He did a sonogram (whee! what fun) and they discovered two things: 1) my IUD is situated incorrectly, and 2) my ovaries are riddled with cysts. Either or both of these things could be what has been causing my recent problems. The cysts are benign, and they do eventually disappear on their own, but new ones keep forming in me. Each one that disappears leaves behind a little scar tissue, and the scar tissue is almost always the site where ovarian cancer forms. And guess what kind of cancer runs strongly in my family? He was surprised that I have an IUD, since he said that normally they don’t put them in women who haven’t had babies because our uteruses (uteri?) are usually too small to properly hold them in place. That’s why mine shifted — inadequate uterus. He recommended that they pull out the IUD and put me back on birth control pills. I wasn’t wild about this idea because the whole reason that I got an IUD in the first place was so I wouldn’t have to take hormone supplements every day of my life. He explained that the IUD was very likely CAUSING the cysts in the first place, and also that birth control pills have been shown in numerous studies to decrease the risk of breast and ovarian cancer by up to 90%. If he were to take out the IUD, my cysts would probably go away on their own, and the […]
I have assigned myself a Project 365 for 2007: to take one interesting photo every day for the entirety of…
Usually I’m not one for year-end reflections and New Year’s resolutions, but I’ve felt a bit introspective lately and I find myself wanting to measure and tally my achievements and accomplishments as well as put forth some goals for the next 12 months. So: The year in review. 2006 has been a year of changes on a personal level, more of them than I can remember in a long time. On the material side of things, we replaced a number of old worn out items with new ones: our bed (12 years), my computer (4-1/2 years), a refrigerator (13 years), the vacuum cleaner (12 years). And we acquired a couple of things we’ve been wanting for a while: a treadmill and a new car. So it’s been a rather expensive year as well. We also joined the local Freecycling group, and we’ve given away a lot of extra stuff that we don’t need or don’t use anymore. One person’s trash is another person’s treasure. I don’t think I mentioned it before, but we also have ordered (and will receive in mid-January) two new office chairs to replace both of our old broken workstation chairs. This was a serious splurge but the way I see it, if we’re going to be sitting in these chairs for 12 hours a day or more (Doc) and have back problems (me), it’s totally worth it to have a good chair. So hello, Herman Miller! 🙂 This year has brought an onslaught of health issues for me. It kind of feels sometimes like I’m just falling apart and I don’t know how to stop it. My migraine headaches have returned after years of dormancy; I tore my rotator cuff; I fell a couple of times (stairs and sidewalk), thankfully not seriously injuring myself but enough […]
I’m severely manic today. I don’t know what the deal is. I’ve got tons and tons and tons of energy,…