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Insurance, Doctors, and Life in General
Wow. I can’t believe January has already flown by! It seems like every day I’ve been either at medical appt’s with various specialist’s, on the phone all day with my insurance company (and the broker, and the local jeweler concerning … Continue reading
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Tagged chronic illness, dermatomyositis, life, miscarriage, real talk
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Oh My – An Entire New Year!
Oh my doodlepants! Apparently I have been seriously neglecting my poor blog (and it’s like, 3 readers, lol). That’s okay – 2016 was horrific. It was a fight, a struggle, a knocked-down-in-the-mud-and-then-get-shit-on-by-seagulls kind of year. So far 2017 has been … Continue reading
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Tagged cat, chronic illness, dermatomyositis, health issues, kittens, myasthenia gravis, new hope, new year, rescue animal, trigeminal neuralgia
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Happy New Year!
Merry Ho-ho and a happy new year 🙂 I’m encouraged so far this year. This year has come with 2 new diagnosis’, and hopefully will be my last. Good news, bad news, good news, bad news. After a bunch of … Continue reading
Million Dollar Smile!
Okay, not quite $1,000,000, but so far we are up to $31,000. Holy crab cakes. Thank you prednisone and methotrexate! *insert eyeroll here* After almost an entire year of budgeting, saving, stressing, selling our souls, children, kidneys and fearing – we … Continue reading
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Tagged dermatomyositis, methotrexate, pain, prednisone, shame, side effects
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Updates and Kittens
Kittens! Okay, so that’s kind of an aside, but let’s touch on the fun stuff first. About a month ago Zed got a call from one of his contractors saying that a very small kitten had wandered into a bank downtown … Continue reading
Cupcakes and a blogpost I read…..
Welp, I recently (like, 10 minutes ago) read a fellow blogger’s post that said – Cooking Is Therapy. First some credit, and then onto some cupcakes. If you get a chance, I strongly urge anyone reading this to check out … Continue reading
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Tagged autoimmune, baking, cooking, cupcakes, dermatomyositis, fatigue
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Dental Adventures in DermatomyositisLand
2 years ago I walked into my dentist’s office, and had no idea the shitstorm what awaited me. After the dental assistant took the x-rays, she strut back into the patient room with an entirely different demeanor. The friendly … Continue reading
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Tagged dental, dermatomyositis, health issues, methotrexate, prednisone, resolve, Strength, teeth
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Thankful…
There are times I look around, and I am absolutely amazed at the wonderment that surrounds me. It sounds so horrific and cheesy, but it never ceases to amaze me that people search their entire lives for what I see … Continue reading
Well, it certainly has been a while.
On the bright side, it’s been almost a month now that I have been off prednisone – YAY! And I mean that in the most absolute and utterly incredulously, most amazing way humanly possible. The crisis of insanity is OVER! … Continue reading
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Tagged autoimmune, multiple sclerosis, rambling, stuff, trigeminal neuralgia
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What? Fibromyalgia is real?
Well. After / during an extremely strange acting case of pneumonia (probably brought on by all the long days, double shifts, and ridiculous hours I worked over Christmas) I was in my internist’s office after maxing out the prednisone yet again, and … Continue reading
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Tagged Faith, Fate, fibromyalgia, Justgottabewhereyouneedtobe, Lyrica, prednisone, Strength
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Emmbeezee 