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Category Archives: Grieving
The “Good Doctor”
One of the very few people in my life with whom I’ve shared the detailed experiences of this past year, T has been a dear comrade since we started med school together. She thrilled me today with a lazy-morning ring, … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Grieving, Scleroderma, Sharing
Tagged Health, Life, Loss, Love, Lupus, Medicine, Musings, Reflections, Relationships, Sharing
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Forward Along the Fine Line
I write and talk at length these quiet, cold days of “moving forward.” A phrase I’ve heard (and employed) all my life, it was probably coined by some stalwart soul many years back, tossed about boldly since it’s minting in … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Disease Rant-About, Grieving
Tagged Health, Humor, Life, Loss, Lupus, Medicine, Musings, Reflections, Sharing
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At Least the Chili’s Good
Crap. Crap crap crap. Crappity crappity CRAP.* So, I’ve had a minor health setback. While chopping some really lovely tomatoes and onions for some killer chili, I experienced some sudden weakness on my right side (read: I fell over in … Continue reading
Vaulting the Silence: Highlighting the Writings of OncRN
In my web wanderings, trolling blog rolls in a desperate attempt to procrastinate on reviewing urology, I came upon a true gem of a site I should very much like to share here. The blog of one oncRN, the site displays … Continue reading
A Vicious Screed, or The Angry Gimp
Warning: This is an ugly, angry, reactive post. Only after much debate did I choose to rip it from the pencil smudged pages of my personal journal and display it here. The reasons I’ve done so are twofold: 1) To remind the … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Disease Rant-About, Grieving, Snarkiness
Tagged Health, Humor, Life, Loss, Love, Lupus, Medicine, Musings, Reflections, Relationships, Science, Sharing
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Footnote to The Angry Gimp Rant: The Ditties of Shame
Well, perhaps I ought call these, the “Ditties of Strange.” After all, these individuals likely sport contrastive genetics and experience that led to what I find an odd outlook on life. As I mentioned in the above post, these are … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Disease Rant-About, Grieving, Snarkiness
Tagged Friends, Health, Humor, Life, Loss, Love, Lupus, Medicine, Musings, Reflections, Relationships, Science, Sharing
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Missing: Spontaneity, Capable
M I S S I N G Last Name: Spontaneity First Name: Capable Middle Name: Comfortable Sex: Female DOB: Summer, 20-something years ago Eyes: Wide Complexion: Fair to Middlin’ Scars/Marks/Tattoos: Rather well-placed beauty mark on right cheek Last Seen: Studying … Continue reading
Posted in Best-Laid-Plans, Coping, Disease Rant-About, Grieving, Snarkiness
Tagged Family, Friends, Health, Humor, Life, Loss, Lupus, Medicine, Musings, Reflections, Relationships, Science, Sharing
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The Logical Shame, The Righteous Anger
Today, I’m down. I’m really, really down, and completely irrationally so. Today, I hurt. My joints, my muscles, my everything, are in an uproar, and utterly abruptly so. I’ve just come off an intense migraine, one with no warning aura, … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Disease Rant-About, Grieving
Tagged Health, Life, Loss, Lupus, Medicine, Musings, Reflections, Sharing
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My Cathedral
There is something about old black and white movies that draws me in, gives me a strange sense of calm and well-being. Perhaps it is the soft lighting, the rolling wit in the dialogue, maybe the eloquent way in which … Continue reading
Posted in Coping, Faith, Grieving
Tagged Faith, Family, Friends, Health, Humor, Musings, Reflections, Relationships, Science
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In Memoriam: Remaining Respected and Loved
Her difficult struggle she kept private, shielding family from her tremendous pain, her terrible prognosis, until the course was nearly run. Small, she said. Localized, she lied. Entirely responsive to treatment and in remission, was the story she invented. Aunt … Continue reading
Posted in Cancer, Grieving
Tagged Death, Family, Health, Life, Loss, Love, Relationships
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