Grateful Little Victories

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

Tuesday, October 30, 2012

That was FAR more exciting than I hoped for

Surviving my first IVIG treatment with only one adverse reaction, and that swiftly tended to by awesome nurses.

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Monday, October 29, 2012

Hydroplaning all the way home

Made it home safe, despite a few spots of hydroplaning fun.

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Ah yes, multiple storm systems moving into the area

Getting up and moving around as necessary to lessen pain while at work. (Bonus: Coworkers who don't mind me pacing past their desks repeatedly.)

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Sunday, October 28, 2012

A coloring book the length of my arm

Getting a HUGE Brave coloring book (with stickers!), digging out my colored pencils, and NOT CARING that I'm not in kindergarten.

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Saturday, October 27, 2012

Doctors, doubling as tech support

Listening to one doctor act as tech support to another doctor. "Have you plugged it in? Is it turned on? Have you tried rebooting?"

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Friday, October 26, 2012

What next

Making plans for What Comes Next.

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Wednesday, October 24, 2012

It will not be easy, but it will work

That mix of anxiety and relief felt after turning in my  weeks' notice.

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And we have approval

Finding out that a treatment that might actually help was approved.

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Tuesday, October 23, 2012

I still have a job

I did NOT walk off the job. However much I WANTED to.

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Monday, October 22, 2012

Chilling out

Movies, ice cream, and generally CHILLING OUT.

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Relevant blogs - places you might find related topics

  • A Southern Celiac
  • 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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