I’m THAT Patient
Two Weeks Ago… Nurse Practitioner: Well everything else looks pretty ok but your labs are showing me that your cholesterol is approaching the little bit high levels… the computer is suggesting I put you on cholesterol pills… did you- Me: I don’t feel like taking any...
Madness
Trying to balance my want to go out and enjoy/explore things with the fact that Florida is now the epicenter of the Covid/Delta pandemic. I basically stay home still, with the exception of doctors visits. I wanna see a drag show or catch a movie in a theatre or lunch...
Disabled Chronicles, No. 346
Today was my first foray into the public to do my labs. Baby tubes… I forgot about having them use the baby tubes until about half way through, after them having to throw away (!!!) three partially filled tubes and sacrificing two blown veins to the cause. The woman...
Mom’s Burial
So… today is the anniversary of my Mom’s burial. I always forget until I ask myself WHY am I acting like a crazy person towards those that I love and who care about me? Sometimes it’s so abrupt that I wonder what kind of situation is going on in my brain to make me...
SO.MUCH.PLANNING.
Been busy… pretty tired. Forgot to take a pic of the other dish we made today… it was yummy though But these still happen. I notice that I don’t cook as often since I’ve been in my new home, cause I don’t eat as much? I may take a pic of my ridiculous freezer cause...
Disabled Chronicles, No.46
Had to put off getting my first mammogram last year because Covid. Finally get my appointment squared away for this year. I show up to the mammogram place today - First of all, the check-in counter was above my head, so I had to elevate my chair almost fully for them...
Luxury Of Failure
I was listening to a podcast about creativity and failing this morning. The hosts were saying how their main creative efforts were how they ‘ate’ (I.e., pay the bills, pay their staff, etc…) and how over the past couple of years they were trying to branch out and try...
Study of Hands, No.32
It’s been almost TWO YEARS since my last Study of Hands print - um what?! This one gave me agita! Lol I forgot a lot of the technique I used to make the lines flow the way I wanted them to I have some tweaks to make before I put this one up for sale. I want to...
#DisabledLifeHacks2
It came quick, fast and in a hurry! The bottom of the pump broke through the packaging and had me worried it may have been damaged. Further inspection revealed that it was not damaged. The hydraulic pump for my lift arrived TODAY- three days ahead of schedule! Woot...
#DisabledLifeHacks
UPDATE 2: $190.76 - one week hoyer lift rental. $575.94 total - that’s how you spend $600 in less than an hour: be disabled and have an emergency. Follow me for more #DisabledLifeHacks ——————————————- UPDATE 1: $385.18 so far. That was the cost of the new hydraulic...
Screaming Heart
My heart has been screaming at me for the past few weeks that we’re supposed to be winding things down here and packing. It’s convinced that it will be time to move soon and that I should be getting rid of things - not buying more. That I should be downsizing and not...
Life Supports Where Life is Supported
Life supports where life is supported. - Unknown I’ve been doing a lot of reading lately and I don’t remember where I got this from. But it’s stuck with me. I’ve been trying to sit with it but really It’s been sitting with me. I’m trying to understand what that means...