Chronic Illness Challenge: Day 17
Day 17: How would things be different if you weren’t ill? Oh boy. Let’s begin dreaming, shall we?
Shipwrecked: Holding On, Letting Go
“You may find that your grief and sense of loss over the world you once knew seem endless. And yet there are possibilities and potentialities within you that are more endless still. What is this unseen force that carries you forward despite yourself? Why can you not seem to choke, always and forever, your own…
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Still Waiting on Baby
It’s been almost a year since I had the realization that I was going to need to go on fertility meds in order to get pregnant. The thought was slightly daunting, as my body has never responded well to my hormones being manipulated by medications. Seven months on birth control in college was one…
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A Year of Coping by Writing
Keeping with the writing theme today, on August 9th, I celebrated my write-a-versary. What is that? That day had been one year since I started keeping a journal again. I’ve gone through 13 journals in that time and am on number 14, as pictured above. I write enough that it takes between 2-3 weeks…
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Shipwrecked: Finding Salvation in Humiliation
I think I might end up writing a post in response to each chapter I read of Jonathan Martin’s How to Survive a Shipwreck. The book is that thought-provoking and compelling. Here’s the latest passage to ponder.
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Shipwrecked: Surviving a Shipwreck
I just finished reading the first chapter of a book given to me by my dear friend Sara, How to Survive a Shipwreck by Jonathan Martin. This last section of the chapter hit me like a ton of bricks, so I feel the need to share it with you. I think I’m going to end…
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#iblogbecause
Why do I do this? I’m not a professional writer. I’m not even really an amateur writer. I haven’t taken an English class since high school (although that’s because I tested out of all three required college classes by scoring a 5 on the AP English Literature exam, so I’m not exactly a hack…) I’m…
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Nocturnal Musings #5: A New Diagnosis?
I’m not sure this technically counts as nocturnal, since the sun technically woke up 25 minutes ago, but I’ve been awake since 6 am since I went to bed at 9:30 pm last night. So I’ll count it anyway. Yesterday I received my operative report from the CEC in the mail. I always like…
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What Once Was, Is Now Lost
While in Atlanta for my third endo-related surgery (check it out at The Day Before the Day Of and Always A Zebra), I had the privilege of being interviewed by the filmmakers behind the smashing new documentary on endometriosis called Endo What? One of the questions that Shannon Cohn, the director, asked me was if I…
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Fly Away Home
Read the story of my surgery in Always A Zebra! Just a short, quick update! So how am I feeling a week post-op? Quite well, actually. You know you had a successful surgery when you are using less pain medication post-op than you were pre-op.?
