chronic illness… Hippo Day!! 15 Feb 201815 Feb 2018 Happy hippo day!! I woke up in a funk and it didn't improve throughout the morning. And then across my calendar flashed an unexpected blip of bright orange. It's the…
chronic illness… Spoon Theory, updated 22 Jan 201729 Jan 2018 Quite recently, and for the first time, I got to explain the "spoon theory" to someone. It was oddly funny to me. After all, the circles I now frequent in…
Chronic Pain… All that is gold… 2 Nov 20161 Nov 2016 ...does not glitter. Sometimes it blows in lobed edges in the breeze, crackling dryly to itself like it is gently laughing about a secret that only it knows. Sometimes the…
Chronic Pain… #besidesmydiagnosis #6 8 Aug 20161 Aug 2016 Believe it or not, some scientists postulate that butterflies are territorial, selfishly defending their food source or prospective mate. Not the zebra longwing butterfly, however --- this brightly patterned southern…
Chronic Pain… Dandelion Butterfly 25 Jul 2016 I’ve been on vacation. Somewhere where palm fronds cut through salt-thick silver air like pirate’s blades, where backyard BBQs and long discussions about the proper method of growing endless varieties…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 4 Jul 201613 Jun 2016 I've skipped classes and meetings because of pain/ fatigue/ illness. And for a graduate student, you don't even *think* that. In the case of once-a-week seminars, skipping is the academic…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 23 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I don’t want to tell the writing group that instead of reading about the portrayal of women musicians in Victorian fiction, I spent hours researching the role of ROX2 in…
Chronic Pain… Confessions of a (chronic pain) graduate student 15 Jun 20169 Jun 2016 I'm scared of letting my professors know anything about how I'm physically and mentally doing.
Chronic Pain… Asking for Help III 5 Jun 20165 Jun 2016 I feel like I’m in the middle of a horrible infomercial, those things that go on for what feels like hours, in the middle of the day or late at…
Chronic Pain… Asking for Help II 29 May 201619 May 2016 You put your right foot in, you put your right foot out… you put your right foot in, and you shake it all about… So goes the little routine that…
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