Reading science (and surviving) 101
I wrote the start of this for a fellow spoonie today and realized it’s a good starting point for a subject most people find overwhelming:… Read More »Reading science (and surviving) 101
I wrote the start of this for a fellow spoonie today and realized it’s a good starting point for a subject most people find overwhelming:… Read More »Reading science (and surviving) 101
My poor ol’ body has been carrying an unfair load for a long time. It does its very best, but the dice are loaded and,… Read More »Onward and downward
When I saw the clip below, I kept nodding and thinking, “You know, if you take out the high-flown language and fanboy reverence for the… Read More »Radical acceptance and the hero’s journey; or, life with complex chronic illness
I’m enjoying my monthly latte, and it’s excellent. The café is playing songs from my youth — more precisely, Elder Brother’s youth. He got an… Read More »Glorious moment
Flashback Up until I got the injuries that precipitated CRPS, I used to run about 3.8 miles (about 6.1 km) up and down a redwood… Read More »Morning exercise, redux
On my 21st birthday, I went out with a bunch of women friends, including 2 couples. All of us health-care workers. Drunk jerk got thrown… Read More »Why Pride means life
In the spirit of this blog’s brief as a “user manual for complex chronic spoonies”, here’s a health update after another interesting year (my personal… Read More »May 2023 on the Back 40
I’m dealing with a mold-spore exposure in my home that’s only somewhat mitigated, and can’t reach a better state until the weather allows me to… Read More »More on environmental insults on a hyper-reactive system
CW: food & size & related topics. Many things are coming together and my soul is taking warmth and strength from the concatenation of care.… Read More »Competing needs vs. Layered needs
Thanks to wonderful people, I’m getting help in my home. Holy hosannahs, people, it. Is. Amazing. My part of the bargain is to get the… Read More »Putting words to the problems