Coming back from the other side of my Bipolar Wonderland through medication, creativity, and moxie.
14,540 Days Alive
1,998 Days Straight on Duolingo
4 Hours of Overtime Planned Tomorrow
It got up to nearly 75 degrees today. Had to turn on the AC and the oscillating fan in the bedroom.
Continue reading “Of Overtime and Oscillating Fans”
14,539 Days Alive
7: Ferritin Level
4: Iron Saturation Level
Anemia fucking sucks. I feel like my bones hurt. And the rest of my damn body. Ugh. Hopefully, the insurance company will approve my infusion soon.
Continue reading “Of Air Conditioning and Agony”
14,538 Days Alive
I called out of work today because I woke up at four am with a migraine so bad I threw up. It was wretched. I have been mainlining Imatrex, ibuprofen, and caffeine day in between trying to rest with my eyes closed.
I didn’t eat at all today until almost 10pm.
I’m going to bed.
Take your meds, folks.
14,537 Days Alive
3 of 6 Lectures Watched
1 Crying Jag
Spock kept sitting on my desk and notebook while I was trying to study this evening. And because I’m a six on the pain scale and an eight on the discomfort scale, my focus was shot today.
Continue reading “Of Cat Hair and Crying”
14,536 Days Alive
11 Days into this Stupid Headache
6 Boneless Pork Chops Made for Dinner
I’m so fucking tired. I am running on fumes mentally. I know it’ll be okay, I guess, but I’m just tired of being tired. Of the anemia. Of the headache.
Edit: posts work better when you remember to post them.
Take your meds, folks
14,535 Days Alive
Mac and I went grocery shopping at Sam’s Club this afternoon. Afterwards, we grabbed a drink and a pepperoni pizza pretzel from the little cafe thing. It was all right.
Continue reading “Of Pizza Pretzels and Pain”
14,534 Days Alive
4th Week of Class Starting Monday
2 Assignments to Finish Tomorrow Before Midnight
1 Pack of Magic: the Gathering Cards Purchased Today
I fell asleep at Beau and Tina’s today. We went for our normal game night, but Jamison, our dungeon master, and Dustin, our roommate, are out of town at C2E2 this weekend. So instead of a game or two of Magic and then Pathfinder, everyone just played Magic.
Continue reading “Of Exacerbation and Expos”
14,533 Days Alive
47 Minute Nap
7 Vials of Blood Taken at My Appointment
1 Game of Magic: the Gathering Won!
So. MHO is the shorthand for the hematology:oncology office I went to after I left work early today. My new doctor is a pretty decent dude.
Continue reading “Of MHO and Magic: the Gathering”
14,334 Days Alive
1 Day Taken to Heal
My face was ridiculously swollen this morning. Like couldn’t fit my glasses on. Got antibiotics from the dentist and iced it for hours, thirty on thirty off.
I’m so tired of being in pain.
Take your meds, folks.
14,309 Days Alive
4 Rows Worked on Clara’s Blanket
1 Pumpkin Cake Not Made today
I really want to make pumpkin bread. I was going to make it this morning, but my body decided I needed more sleep than I did to bake pumpkin bread.
Continue reading “Of Kindness and Kitchen Witchery”
14,289 Days Alive
12+ Hours of Sleep
5 Slices of Pork Loin Eaten
1 Restful Sunday
I slept the day away today. Just tired of pain and my cycle zapping what little energy I have most days.
Continue reading “Of Seasoning and Sleep”
14,282 Days Alive
1 Cracked Tooth
Spock had decided he is starving on the regular and has taken to, just in the last week or so, tipping the trash can and digging through it. Fucking brat cat.
Continue reading “Of Curry and Cats”
14,242 Days Alive
4 Rounds Completed on the Round Ripple
3 Days Till My 39th Birthday
2 Insulin Shots Given to Spock
1 Very Greasy Burger Eaten
I’m emotionally exhausted this evening.
Continue reading “Of Grease and Gratitude”
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