Category: In Which We Mock Our Illness

Well, if we listened to the World Health Organization, CVS would have additional Covid shots for the aged and immunocompromised right now. But instead, the FDA is mulling over if they want to toss some over-ripe bivalent shots into the arms of the vulnerable, so we’ll have to wait a few weeks. I might have…

If ever anyone asks what I want to do with my body after I die, I always proselytize for full body donation. That’s my plan. The documents say to put me on the loading dock at Barnes Hospital downtown. After that, they can do what they want. I am told the medical students are very…

Earlier this week, these dominos fell during a 2 hour window. This root canal was the express lane version of my previous root canal, in half the time, and at one sixth the cost (pending insurance). I think when I was in last week complaining about my jaw, it distracted me from any tooth pain.…

Well, I was hoping that I would get another dose of the Evusheld antibodies before summer, especially because I thought any next dose might protect against Omicron and all the variants after. Nope. Looks like they’re just giving up. Those new variants account for over 90% of new cases now, so Evusheld is off the…

I have shirked all responsibilities the last two work days and now I’ll probably be ducking out on weekend responsibilities too. I’ve got four concurrent problems going on, ordered by when they showed up: Tingly leg – Leg tingles in the morning. This stops about noon. This is standard issue MS stuff, predates any other…

Two facts to know: I was reminded of this when I went outside at -4 degrees and I was not two steps off the porch before I peed all over myself, which is, yes, an MS symptom. My thoughts: I was thinking of all those weather reporters who toss boiling water into frigid air and…

I was listening to health officials urge the populace to get their boosters, and it occurred to me that I might be overdue for my next booster. And I am, by over a month. Remember the days when I went the earliest day possible? And here I am overdue. I think my natural need to…

The neurologist said, “Well, we’re giving out Evusheld now, right down the hall.” And then I knocked him down and trampled everyone between me and Covid immunity. Well, no, I did not, because I had to get registered, but I certainly gave him an enthusiastic yes. Yes to a treatment that will do for me…

So, the neurologist heard me when I said that the bladder incontinence medication only improved the situation about ten percent. He then mentioned the next option: Bladder botox! (I’ve already heard the joke about having a youthful, unwrinkled bladder.) The way he described it, they put a shot of botox into your bladder muscle and…

MS people – This article discusses a new treatment for our cousin lupus. “The therapy involves modifying a patient’s T cells, a key component of the immune system, and turning them into assassins to efficiently seek out a specific target in the body. In this case, the target is B cells — the immune cells…