I hope I don’t offend many of you with this one. As you read it, please know I realize it only takes a few bad apples to sour one’s experience, and I’m trying not to paint with too broad a brush. Like they say in so many movie break-ups, “it’s not you, it’s me.” Unlike [...]
Posts under ‘Wellbeing’
I did not know that
In April it will be three years since I was diagnosed with leukemia, and I still don’t know my Doctor’s diagnosis. Oh wait, it is April isn’t it? You’ve heard me say “Hairy Cell Leukemia,” but that’s the common name, a nickname. At least I hoped it was. What self respecting disease refers to itself [...]
Losing my words
Have you ever lost a word? Most of us have. Do you know what Dysnomia is? I did, but I had to look it up to make sure. Don’t be too impressed though. It was kind of my area of study in school, and we’re talking recognition memory all the way here. I couldn’t recall [...]
Digging for pain and finding a vein
Whining about your dentist is a blogging stapple. Lucky for you, I’m pro-staple. “Are you ok?” This is the great rhetorical dental question of our time. I love it. No offense to any women dentists out there, but this is the point in the post where I pretend to be something I’m not, and slip [...]
Irresistible forces
Once again it’s cookie season. It’s that time when a clandestine organization spreads out, from sea to shining sea, bringing seemingly innocuous treats to the masses. The organization, code name: “The Girl Scouts,” prey on an unsuspecting public with sweet faces and sweet treats. But there’s a dark side to their mission: addiction and control. [...]
The regrettable application of long term memory
Have you ever forgotten what it was like to feel good? I’m almost there. I almost have to flip the calendar to find that last, blissful day. The worst part of it all is it may be self inflicted. “Wait a second, how is a cold self inflicted?” Kudos to me for such a good [...]
Is it paranoia if your appliances really are out to get you?
“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our detergent.” – Epictetus, Greek philosopher (AD 55 – 135) – disputed, alternate translation from the original text Cheryl really wanted me to write this post. “John, you’ve got to blog about this.” See, [...]
Medicated me
This is how medicine works for me. Last month (around the time I was living in the attic) I found a treatment that seemed to work. In this case I slept… all night… really well. The next day I felt great, except for a nagging ache in my right shoulder and tingling feeling radiating down [...]
Gators in a close one
I’m used to UF winning football games, but not by three points, and definitely not with less than 15 seconds left on the clock. I needed that like I need elective oral surgery. Why do we do this to ourselves? I tell people I’m not the biggest sports fan, that my life doesn’t wax and [...]
Status
It’s not as bad as it sounds, or will sound (if you can make any sense of it). This week I’ve been sick (again/still – pick your adverb) and between medications. I’ve been weening myself from caffeine, on doctor’s orders, and I’m suffering the consequences. My meds of choice for headache are no longer part [...]
