Category: In Which We Mock Our Illness

Early last week, I decided to cut my Celexa in half yet again. Last Wednesday I came home and cranked it back to where it had been. This Tuesday I took an extra pill. And now they’re saying Obama lost the debate? Looks like I picked the wrong week to cut back on my Celexa.

Have I mentioned my shoulder hurts? Well, it does. I decided that it might be tendonitis and that the cure would be to ignore it. Soooo …. that was six months ago. It got worse, so I headed to see the GP this week. He pushed my arm all about and said, “You have a…

I just saw this tweet: I did love Michelle Obama’s speech tonight, but I blinked a few times at the reminder that her father had MS and never complained. Was it an obvious comparison to Anne Romney, who has MS and was devastated and had to buy a dancing horse to cheer herself up? It…

1) One Pervy Dream. 2) One Sleepless Night. 3) Many On-Line Purchases. That’s an old photo. Since this morning I’ve also bought another sweater and a jacket. Foot cream is scratched off because it has arrived. And after I typed that sentence I resisted the urge to order an emery board on-line. The flour, incidentally,…

When I went to the neurologist back in January, he mentioned there might be a new clinical trial to assess efficacy of a 50% dose of my current medication. I asked, “Will it cost $2,000 instead of $4,000?” and the answer was no. (I wondered why they would like to cut the dose in half,…

… well no, I’m not going to put a bullet in my head, but I have been irrationally glum given my excellent circumstances. No amount of kits can cheer me up, not even this guy with his little pink tongue, not even three on one tree. Look how big my babies are getting! All I…

I am slowly determinig what makes me choke, what makes me cough, and what makes me stable. I still haven’t gotten an official reflux diagnosis, but I don’t think anyone will disagree. “Doctor, I choke when I drink that.”:Then don’t drink that.” Bad for me:CoffeeDark chocolateMozzarellaAlcohol (but I may keep testing this)Baked cheetoesOrange juice Good…

Last Friday, when I drank a cup of coffee and coughed it up a few hours later, I thought I should call my doctor and make an appointment so I could get some of this Prilosec stuff – the Industrial strength version, not the OTC version. I checked in on his blog first, in much…

Thanks to Rachel from the cruise, I get to go talk about my health on a panel on my birthday. I will not monopolize the panel, I will not monopolize the panel. I do like talking about my health. Old people talk about health all the time. I’d like to think it’s because we they…

I was so happy to hear the $679, and then she said “and then zero dollars a month after that.” These results are not typical. Or perhaps they are. I don’t know. I don’t care. Evidently there are all kinds of plans and funds available. So! I was excited enough to use three exclamation points.…