Grateful Little Victories

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

Friday, February 28, 2014

Apparently I've been getting billed incorrectly for months

I worked with two VERY helpful reps from my insurance company to resolve some medical bills.

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Thursday, February 27, 2014

This has led to some 18+ hours asleep days

I spent several days sleeping as long and as often as I needed, to balance out severe spoon debt + normal-people sick.

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Sunday, February 23, 2014

I most definitely overdid it

I did a credible Studio Ghibli impression while visiting a friend - the bathroom is super clean!

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Friday, February 21, 2014

Diana is well and I have enough spoons for the weekend (probably)

Successfully took my trauma-kitty to the vet while conserving as many spoons as possible.

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My kitchen is a direct barometer of my spoon level

I cleaned the kitchen, because sometimes house work is self-care.

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Wednesday, February 19, 2014

Spontaneous trip out of state!

When a friend went into the hospital, I made plans to go and visit.

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Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Small steps of self-care

I put on clothes and painted my nails.

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I needed my first treatment after a 6 month break

When my IVIG treatment kicked my ass more than expected, I didn't push myself; staying in bed with a cat and ebooks on my tablet was a far better choice.

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Monday, February 17, 2014

4 pieces of Ikea furniture takes awhile to assemble

I helped with furniture assembly until my major muscle groups were sore to make sure it all got finished.

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Sunday, February 16, 2014

Ikea is wonderful stuff

I bought some new, more accessible furniture, including a bed frame and a desk - yay Ikea!

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Saturday, February 15, 2014

My reward is going to sleep very early

I went to a particularly unpleasant doctor appointment, even though I was tired and really didn't want to.

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Friday, February 14, 2014

However much I don't want the treatment

I made the appointment for my next IVIG treatment.

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Thursday, February 13, 2014

Distractions mainly in the form of cats

Despite numerous distractions, I finished my short story for submission to Lightspeed.

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Wednesday, February 12, 2014

Wonky heart rate and blood pressure

I took steps to mitigate my dysautonomia symptoms BEFORE they reached 'time to pass out' levels.

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Tuesday, February 11, 2014

It's all about choices

I took a shower without needing to lie down after.

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Monday, February 10, 2014

Of course, I think I've got a viral infection now

I finished the last of my course of "kill everything but me" antibiotics.

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Sunday, February 9, 2014

I love my little pill organizers

I remembered to take all my meds, every day for the last week.

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Saturday, February 8, 2014

Not clothes I'd wear out, but still

I put on actual clothes, instead of my PJs.

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Friday, February 7, 2014

I didn't get all that much done

I had a good, low pain night.

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Thursday, February 6, 2014

I've got a lot to write yet

I got 1500+ words of a new short story written.

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Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Everything is even dusted and vacuumed

My office is organized, tidied, decluttered, and CLEAN.

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Tuesday, February 4, 2014

We've only lived here for over 2 years

We cleaned out a closet and finally unpacked the last boxes - and I chose to let go of mementos of old hurts.

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Monday, February 3, 2014

Ideas and software and settings, oh my

I made solid progress on my Super Secret Project tonight.

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Sunday, February 2, 2014

I even went looking for some PvP

I was only a LITTLE rusty when I logged into Aion to check out 4.5.

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Saturday, February 1, 2014

Sitting on the floor, watching the cats eat, and boom

I made it through a doctor, blood work, a haircut, grocery shopping, & feeding the cats before falling asleep while sitting on the floor.

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      • This has led to some 18+ hours asleep days
      • I most definitely overdid it
      • Diana is well and I have enough spoons for the wee...
      • My kitchen is a direct barometer of my spoon level
      • Spontaneous trip out of state!
      • Small steps of self-care
      • I needed my first treatment after a 6 month break
      • 4 pieces of Ikea furniture takes awhile to assemble
      • Ikea is wonderful stuff
      • My reward is going to sleep very early
      • However much I don't want the treatment
      • Distractions mainly in the form of cats
      • Wonky heart rate and blood pressure
      • It's all about choices
      • Of course, I think I've got a viral infection now
      • I love my little pill organizers
      • Not clothes I'd wear out, but still
      • I didn't get all that much done
      • I've got a lot to write yet
      • Everything is even dusted and vacuumed
      • We've only lived here for over 2 years
      • Ideas and software and settings, oh my
      • I even went looking for some PvP
      • Sitting on the floor, watching the cats eat, and boom
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  • Benefits Scrounging Scum
  • ButYouDon'tLookSick.com
  • Deb's Fibromyalgia Blog
  • Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome - Deal With It
  • FIBROMYALGIA
  • Guidance, Healing, and Love by Sydney
  • Life and Fibromyalgia
  • Little Miss Dinky's E.D.S. Diary
  • Sally Rouge
  • The Bloggess
  • The Tensile Times
  • The Zebra Diary

The Usual Suspects - some of my standard reading list

  • A Day in the (Fat) Life
  • Bardic Blog
  • 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
  • Dork Tower
  • El Goonish Shive
  • Gods Playing Poker
  • Joy of Tech
  • Misfile
  • VG Cats
  • XKCD
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