Character is much easier kept than recovered. ~Thomas Paine ( Read more... )

I'm coughing again, throat sore, hurts to swallow, gunk in my throat, think my glands are swollen. Does this mean a five day cycle of antibiotics wasn't enough? Or is this allergies? Gods, so sick of this crap this year.

I've been coughing a lot since mid-April. Have put it down to allergies and asthma reaction. Have been doing albuterol about every 4 hours since then - 7-8 weeks. I know you're not supposed to use albuterol long term, so I wrote my doctorabout 4 weeks ago @ Kaiser & asked for advice. He said double my asmanex. Did that, still coughing ugly ( Read more... )

I am in a terrible state tonight. I was crying so hard my neighbor could hear me upstairs. Not good ( Read more... )

Virgo Horoscope for week of May 14, 2009 ( Read more... )

I use my mind to great extent ( Read more... )

I went to the speech pathologist today cause I've been hoarse for 6 weeks. The good news is the vocal nodes have Not returned. There is a weird blood blister on the outside of them though. They're also swollen and strained, so I need to rest my voice. Ever so easy when you talk on the phone for a living. argh. However, I am going to make more ( Read more... )

Last Sunday, I flew back from RI, after a visit w/my sister and Mom in the dementia unit. Arrived home at midnight, and still a week later, my body hasn't gotten on the right sleep cycle ( Read more... )

I have had several conversations in the last week, and I am facing that I am still in the grief process around my mother. I find myself not wanting to call her or write a note, or book the plane ticket to visit. But I also don't want to really do anything. I think I'm a little bit depressed. Not direly, but there it is. I am taking care of ( Read more... )

I'm back from P-Con. I can barely keep my eyes open, and already took a 20 minute nap. I want to unpack, but I want to remember things more, and I fear that being back at work tomorrow will scare all this out of my head and psyche, so I'm writing ( Read more... )