Start humming “Auld Lang Syne.” (Seriously, just work with me here.) “Your grace will never be forgot Your mercy all my life Will be my soul’s forever song My story and my light…” It’s easy for me to sit here and bash 2016 for what a horrendous year it was. I’ve already done a…
As the year is (finally!) drawing to a close, I decided to go back and look at some of my old posts to see how life has changed in the past six months since I started this blog. My goal was, and still is, to raise awareness about certain chronic health issues that affect…
Now that Christmas has come and gone, I suppose it’s time to be like everyone else and write about it! I’ll start with Christmas Eve, since that’s when all the action started. The day began quite horribly. I was still wearing the Holter monitor, and it’s a good thing too, because I was extremely…
Yes, the above photo is real. I took it about two years ago while filling out the questionnaire for our respirator fit tests at work. I thought of it again today when I came across some questions that, while not necessarily odd, certainly made me pause and either shake my head or laugh. And…
(Ok, I just want to say that I titled this post and wrote the whole thing before I found that picture! Has anything so perfect ever occurred in this world? I can’t stop laughing!)? But! Today a monumental thing occurred. I left the house!? I know, I know, don’t be jealous. But I only left the…
I have a confession to make. I am afraid of the hospital. Not “hospitals” in general, but one specific hospital. This is even more of a conundrum because it’s the same hospital where I work. Fabulous. This is something I’ve been keeping secret for awhile, because I’m honestly ashamed of it, although it hasn’t…
Winter has officially arrived! Well, maybe not technically, but as far as the weather is concerned, winter has settled over the Great Lakes. Which makes this snow-lover absolutely ecstatic! Looking outside now, you wouldn’t be able to tell that people were mowing their lawns for the last time this year on Wednesday. But the…
Last Thursday was Thanksgiving here in America. The real, official start of the holiday season. No one can deny it’s too early for Christmas music any longer! After barely managing to drag myself out of bed Wednesday afternoon, David and I headed to my hometown, a four-hour drive away. Having not been there since…
Another day, another surgery. So what else is new this year, right? This time the aneurysm on my internal carotid artery, found incidentally prior to my brain surgery two months ago, was to meet its doom via the Pipeline Embolization Device!
The person I was a year ago is not the person I am now. Not by a long shot. Even though I’m only a year older, I feel as though I’ve aged at least ten years in the past year. Must be a thing that happens once you hit your 30s. When I look…
