These posts focus on the downside of my symptoms: depression, hopelessness, etc.
Mom has shown signs of improvement today. They’ve put her in the recliner for most of the afternoon, she was clearer with her speech in the afternoon, they’ve switched her from a wide-gauge nasal cannula to a narrow-gauge, and to top it all off, they’ve moved her out of cardiovascular ICU into a regular room.… Read More Mom Update 4/6/2017
Today was a busy day for Mom. Physical therapy came in and had her sitting in a chair for a couple of hours. That kind of wore her out. She also had a CT scan done of her head to see if they can determine a reason for the speech and motor skills difficulties she’s… Read More Mom Update 4/5/2017
Today was a day of ups and downs with Mom. They are slowly weaning her off the oxygen and are hoping that she can come off of it entirely sometime tomorrow. She’s fighting the nasal cannula hard though, and if she had better motor skills she’d have been able to pull it off more frequently… Read More Mom Update 4/4/2017
I’m in North Carolina with Mom. The flight was good, despite a good amount of turbulence on the second leg. Mom is in really bad shape. It took her a while to recognize me when I came in, but she eventually started showing very dim signs of her usual feisty self and would smile when… Read More Mom Update 4/3/2017
(This is a repeat of a Facebook post I made earlier today. If you’ve read that, you can skip this. I admit it, I’m being lazy with today’s blog post. I have reason to be.) I got a call from Kenneth, Mom’s medical power of attorney and the family friend that’s watching over her while… Read More Today’s Mom Update
Today’s blog post is going to be considerably more personal than usual, even in a blog that deals with my experiences with chronic physical and mental illnesses. Today I’m going to talk about a part of my past that I don’t like to bring up. First, though, let me preface where this is coming from.… Read More The Courage to Be Vulnerable
I’ve talked about my phobias on this blog before, although not really in depth. I’ve conquered most of them, but there’s still one that will wake me up in a cold sweat if I dream about it, and it will bring me to the edge of a panic attack if I even think about it,… Read More Deathly Afraid
WARNING: language I’ve been confrontational all day. I don’t know why. I’m fighting to fight, I’m responding to questions belligerently and I can’t stop myself, I’m angry at being angry at being angry, and it’s a never ending cycle that’s resulted in shouting matches and me getting absolutely livid at the drop of a hat.… Read More Confrontational
I wrote a couple days ago about the stray that we’ve befriended needing to go to the vet. We’ve finally gotten a good look at his leg and it appears to have a slight dent in it where there shouldn’t be a joint, so we’re leaning much more strongly to it being broken, which means… Read More We Need Your Help
Anyone who knows me well knows that I am a hardcore coffee drinker. It is not uncommon for me to drink the equivalent of a pot of coffee a day, although the majority of that is decaf, since I have sleep issues and don’t need the caffeine after a certain hour of the day. It… Read More Back Off Man, I Have Tea
