Grateful Little Victories

When every day is a struggle with illness, you learn to be grateful for the little victories.

Friday, June 29, 2012

Working through withdrawal

Completing all my work, despite medication withdrawal symptoms that will plague me for the next several weeks.

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Thursday, June 28, 2012

Work, with a side of PMS

I kept my hormonal mood swings in check enough to only make 50% of the snarky comments that I wanted to at work today.

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Wednesday, June 27, 2012

Reaching the peak

Reaching the peak flow number that allows me to start reducing the dose of an effective but HATED medication.

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Doing it right

Receiving confirmation that not only did I do every step right, I DID save a life on Saturday

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Monday, June 25, 2012

Comfort foods

Dolmades. Gyros. Strawberries, blueberries, grapes. Hummus. Ice cream

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Sunday, June 24, 2012

R&R

My nails are shiny, my cats are playful and affectionate, and I have tomorrow OFF.

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Saturday, June 23, 2012

Adrenaline rush

2 hours later, I'm still vibrating from the adrenaline, but I may have helped to save a life at work.

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Friday, June 22, 2012

Cold beer, hot wings?

Easy night at work + chipotle bbq wings for dinner = should I be drinking something alcoholic with this?

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Thursday, June 21, 2012

Quittin’ time

I left work on time.

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My own holiday celebration

Spent my holiday in my OWN kind of celebration. Blessed solstice and happy summer!

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Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Keeping my cool

Not losing my cool with all the people who were short-tempered or snippy with me at work

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Monday, June 18, 2012

Working lunch

Making sure I took time to leave my desk and get food while at work.

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Sunday, June 17, 2012

Haircuts for general health

To make taking a shower easier on my body, I got my hair cut. Short. Showering now takes 10 minutes instead of 30, and I feel much less like I'm going to die by the end.

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Saturday, June 16, 2012

Relaxed Saturday

Video games. FOREVER.

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Friday, June 15, 2012

Frozen treats

Trying out the frozen yogurt shop across from work. Yum.

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Thursday, June 14, 2012

Exhausted Overachiever

I went to work. I was exhausted and hurting, but I still went "above and beyond" as I usually do.

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Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Conquering Mount Bureaucracy

I conquered the mountain of paperwork and phone calls (for today) regarding my illness / illnesses.

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Tuesday, June 12, 2012

Bed is where I am supposed to be

A Dove chocolate wrapper that says, quote, You are exactly where you are supposed to be, end quote. Text written next to it that says I got out of bed. And now I am going to take a nap

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Monday, June 11, 2012

Champion of breakfast

For the first time in the last several weeks, I made my own breakfast.

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Sunday, June 10, 2012

Personal Pride weekend celebration

Text says "Painted my nails for Pittsburgh Pride weekend, even though I could not leave the house to attend. I look fabulous!" with a flag painted in nailpolish of black, grey, silver, and purple.

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Saturday, June 9, 2012

“But I really should be able to…”

Following the doctor's orders, no matter how many times I've been tempted to ignore them and do, quote, what I shoud be able to do, end quote.

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Creative victory

I conceived a creative idea, wrote it down, worked on it in my head, and then took steps to make it happen. Not a bad day's work, I say.

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And so it begins

Grateful for the Little Victories, two green hearts, on an index card.

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      • Working through withdrawal
      • Work, with a side of PMS
      • Reaching the peak
      • Doing it right
      • Comfort foods
      • R&R
      • Adrenaline rush
      • Cold beer, hot wings?
      • Quittin’ time
      • My own holiday celebration
      • Keeping my cool
      • Working lunch
      • Haircuts for general health
      • Relaxed Saturday
      • Frozen treats
      • Exhausted Overachiever
      • Conquering Mount Bureaucracy
      • Bed is where I am supposed to be
      • Champion of breakfast
      • Personal Pride weekend celebration
      • “But I really should be able to…”
      • Creative victory
      • And so it begins

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  • FIBROMYALGIA
  • Guidance, Healing, and Love by Sydney
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  • Little Miss Dinky's E.D.S. Diary
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  • The Tensile Times
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The Usual Suspects - some of my standard reading list

  • A Day in the (Fat) Life
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  • From Rebecca's Window
  • Kottke.org
  • Leah Raeder
  • Life on the Fat Farm
  • Live.Like.A.Rockstar
  • Noël Lynne Figart
  • Whatever
  • WilWheaton.net
  • Zen Habits

Time for a break - comics I read regularly

  • Ctrl+Alt+Del
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  • Joy of Tech
  • Misfile
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  • XKCD
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