In which you learn what kind of mouth I have. I broke down and bought an Oral-B Braun electric toothbrush yesterday. It was twenty bucks, and several people have told me in the past year that they really like their own electric toothbrushes. Well, the electric toothbrush rocks. I can’t tell you how fabulous it […]
In which I have cramps. (Yes, this is a gyno post.) I liked it better when I couldn’t even tell my period was coming. Because now that I get cramps so bad they wake me up and keep me up half the night in spite of all the aspirin and yoga, I really think it […]
Because having a wicked cold in May followed by strep throat in June wasn’t enough, last night I couldn’t sleep because every time I tried to lie down my head filled up with snot. I was miserable. (I don’t take decongestants because they’re too speedy, and I’d rather be congested than have a panic attack. […]
Saturday Brett and I went out to breakfast at Country Kitchen, and then to Menard’s where he bought a grinder and I bought floor stripper and wax. I stripped and mopped the kitchen floor all damn day. It’s so humid that it takes forever for the floor to dry, even with a fan running. I […]
All face cephalexin, from whom all blessings flow. I woke up Tuesday morning, some seven hours after my last post, feeling if not well than at least less sick. Today, at 1:32 PM, I swallowed for the first time in days without pain. *snoopy dance* I am so on the way to being better! Today […]
[Darling one, this post is not about suicide, but about a really bad bout of strep throat. If you found this page because you’re feeling suicidal, please, please, PLEASE call 1-800-SUICIDE now. They understand; you don’t have to be alone.] I am in so much pain I very nearly can’t stand it. I’m not exactly […]
Doctors are ashamed of how much they charge for things. You learn this when you’re uninsured. They say, “No insurance, right?” and you nod. And then they proceed to skip tests and prescribe the cheapest pills in their arsenals. This is, I think, because they know they overcharge insurance companies for things like strep swabs. […]
I think I have tonsillitis. Seriously. Friday I cleaned house (did tons of laundry) and had a fairly good day. It was the first day in a whole month when I didn’t have at least one panic attack! Late in the afternoon I showered and put on my new cute dress – the one I […]
Friday I saw my midwife for “well woman care”… which is alternacare-speak for a good old-fashioned pap smear and internal exam. No doubt you’ll all be stoked to hear that my cervix looks healthy, and that I have no lumpy breast tissue. And my blood pressure is great, and I appear to be generally well. […]
(This may be TMI for some guys, but I doubt it’ll hurt you.) So my body is fucking pissing me off and I just want to bitch about it. I’m not trolling for “there, there, dears;” I just want to fucking complain. So. Over the past few years, I’ve gone from being a happy, healthy, […]
