I’ve always had good teeth. They had even been a source of pride for me, until I got my very first cavity at the age of 25. With all the other freakish medical issues I have, it was nice to have actually WON the genetic lottery in a part of my body. Since my demoralizing [...]
In most of my medical interactions, I am the patient that makes the doctors scratch their heads. My conditions are never straightforward, easily remedied or textbook cases. (Well, I did have a bout of plantar’s warts that ended up being close to a textbook case: it was so unusual and the treatment that my podiatrist ended up using was so experimental that he published an article on it.)
I have fibromyalgia, which means that on any given day, I hurt all over. Sometimes a lot, sometimes a little, but every day I’m in some sort of pain.
My surgery is tomorrow at 10 am. I’m getting nervous and scared. (Finally). I knew this was going to happen and was wondering when it would finally hit me. I’m so excited for “the rest of my life” to start, and I’m eager to get this done, but I’m still nervous. I’m told that a [...]
My complexion is dry, dry, dry as a [insert your own old, tired simile here]. So dry, in fact, that I have to special order gooey, dewy, moisturizers. If I try to put apply my foundation without these emollients, by 10 am my face looks as cracked as a Renaissance fresco. Apparently, all moisture in [...]
As part of the continuing saga of My Health, I have been seeing a sleep specialist. Even though he seems to be obsessed with my weight and gender, I’ve gotten used to him and am going along with his theories for now. Back in November, I had a sleep test. (An amusing and uncomfortable endeavor [...]
People used to say I was the happiest person they knew (some, amazingly, still do). I find that so interesting. I am a very optimistic, glass-half-full-make-the-best-of-it person, but I had a tough emotional climate in my home and was unclear about a lot. Yet, I seemed to have a sense of purpose and joy. I [...]
My oral surgeon called with the pathology report today. Some of the cells looked abnormal. “Abnormal as in….?” I asked. “Well, the pathology guys marked them as abnormal. But they were probably abnormal from trauma. Most likely not abnormal from cancer. “I don’t want you to worry about it, but you should give me a [...]
I’m sorry – I don’t have the energy for a real entry today, but i’ve got to keep the NaBloPoMo thing up! I had Floyd and his smaller accomplice, Vito, removed yesterday. It hurts much worse than I thought it would and I’m more tired than I anticipated. On the bonus side – I got [...]
I get my biopsy tomorrow. I’m relieved that it should be a non-event in the pathology department, but still a bit nervous about the surgery. It’s a brief procedure, done under local anesthetic and then stiched up. I’ll be sore a couple of days. Good news for my book group: they’ll actually be able to [...]