Category Archives: health
I gave up Walking for Lent
Last year I gave up Social Media for Lent, despite being neither Christian nor Catholic. It was an interesting experiment at the time, and one that worked. This year? I could not have done it. This year, I found myself … Continue reading
Posted in health, Ruminations
It’s Not a Journey, but a Slog
The other day, I received my first disabled parking placard. Mr. Luna and I have joked for a few years now (gods, this segment of treatment has been happening for five years) that I should get one. You know, because … Continue reading
Posted in health
Tagged fuck cancer
2014 Wrap Up Post
So I haven’t been the most diligent of bloggers. This year has been one of the most challenging to date, in terms of keeping up with…everything. Even now, on my messy desk, I have a stack of paperwork for my … Continue reading
Posted in health, hometown, Ruminations
Ready for a New Chapter
Autumn always makes me ready for a change, a shift, a new chapter. Even though down here in the seventh level of Hell Texas, it is still in the 100’s every damn day, and even though astronomical autumn doesn’t begin … Continue reading
Posted in health, hometown
Tagged are categories better than tags?, cancer, clinical trials, work
Embracing the Amateur
I had begun to compose a long, rambling blog entry (as opposed to my usual short, concise ones? it is to laugh… about embracing amateurism and how it is not actually this bad word that Americans seem to think it … Continue reading
Posted in health, writing
Tagged amateurism is okay
It’s come to this
For some reason, even though my deductible is $1000 (which I’ve met) and my maximum out-of-pocket is $3000 (which I’ve also met) I am staring at a bill from MD Anderson Cancer Center for more than $7000. Which I do … Continue reading
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Creating Under Fire
I spend far too much time distracted by thoughts of fiber content and what pattern can best use up the stash of yarn I already own so I can justify buying more yarn. And my stash isn’t nearly as big … Continue reading
It’s about that Healthy GLOW
I was writing in ScribeFire, but it does some funky formatting tango to my posts without my telling it to, which leaves me having to remove a bunch of CSS I didn’t tell it to do, which is hardly the … Continue reading
“I grow weary of the journeying…”
Three and a half hours out, three and a half hours back. That’s what it is every time I have to go to Houston. Surely all this mileage can be written off on my taxes? The myelogram on Monday was … Continue reading
In Which I am Not an Expert, yet Quite Parenthetical
I begin this post with gratitude. While I was in the hospital, my husband brought me my “dumb phone”* so that I could make calls to family and send texts to some friends. It is also able to read my … Continue reading