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Nothing Is Ever As Easy As You Think
A short medical update: I came home from Thanksgiving Day weekend, having taught at Brimstone, an event up in NJ. I was feeling sort of run down and wonky, and then there were a multitude of situations...
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It’s a Pain, Being In Pain
This is likely going to be a bit ranty at times, so there’s your warning. If you’ve been reading this blog for a while, you know that one of the biggest things I struggle with in my disability is that...
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Breathing in, Breathing Out: Tonglen
There are two topics that have been vying for blog post-dom, and then I realized that maybe they can coexist in a single post. One is how I use the meditative practice of tonglen to help deal with my...
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Sometimes It Feels Like a Three Ring Circus
I will admit, I’ve been shying away from posting some of the medical stuff I’ve been going through online; it’s kind of a silly reason so I’m not going to explain it. But today was full of such medical...
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Three Doc Monty, Shame, and Speaking Up
Before I begin the whole story of my recent adventures in dermatology and infectious disease, I want to address one of the reasons it has taken me this long to write this entry. I have written about...
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You Can’t Get There From Here
If you follow me on social media (primarily Facebook), you’ve gotten little updates on the current situation, but I’m going to tell the whole story -albeit in short form, or as short as I can make it-...
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Looking Towards Surgery: The Plan
I am happily writing this post from the comfort of my bedroom at The Squat. I was discharged today after my “two to three” day stay that was actually six. But a lot of good was done in those six days;...
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Things are Looking UP!
I get comments sometimes that this blog has turned into one gripe after another about how negative my life is; a “bitch fest”, “too much focus on the negative, and not enough positive thinking”, etc....
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Dr. Awesome Saves the Day
This was an odd week, full of really big ups, some pretty scary downs, and a lot of moving in between. I’ve been somewhat quiet around here (although I have been keeping up with my other blog. Part of...
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The Three Sided Coin
If you just want the short version, you can skim/scroll down to the “Here is the TL:DR Bookmark”, and start there. You’re welcome. As you all know, I had a panniculectomy in late December, from which I...
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