That said, if it isn't your cup of tea to read such, I can promise there will be no dancing dogs, nor cute kitty pictures, nor even a cute quip at the end. Go read something else. I thought about making this comment disabled but I'm going with my gut and not doing that ( Read more... )

knew that I found the tradition of taking one's uterus out just because it's "usefulness" is over. I was ahead of the curve and these days, it's a rare doctor who will take a uterus out for such a reason. I have come to hate my uterus, as it has become erratic and even more painful during menses, longer and worse. Yeah, if I could find a doctor who ( Read more... )

I haven't seen the whole series a full four times but as of tonight, I've watched the ending four times. If I had an eidetic memory like J., I would probably have it memorized. One might think I would be a bit jaded by now, but I still cry like a baby in all the same scenes I cried in when I watched it the first time ( Read more... )

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I am a nurse and am well aware of the intricacies of the hormonal balance created in the female endocrine system as it relates to the ovaries and the uterus. This rant is purely visceral and does not truly take into account my Celiac nor my unusual progesterone balance. This is as they say, what it is ( Read more... )

If you are looking for a kick back, take me on a ride, kind of movie, this one isn't it. If, on the other hand, you want to do some mental exercise, this is the movie to see. It's difficult and has 1001 ways to fail. I don't think it failed on a single one. And the more one offers to the movie, the more it gives back. I can't believe a movie for ( Read more... )

I am nervous, nay, flat out scared. I'm told that's normal and that it is equivalent to how an athlete feels before a big game. I'm encouraged to focus on the goal and having my best game face. I'm discouraged from thinking too much about my spirit or soul and in fact, I think those concerns would be considered very alien in the metal, glass and ( Read more... )

I was driving to work tonight when someone swerved into my lane. I hit my brakes and swerved too, but alas, I didn't see the car that was the reason the other car swerved. A second later it slammed into my driver's side door. My car spun, just once I think, and suddenly I was facing highway traffic coming toward me at about sixty miles per hour. I ( Read more... )

I know it's the CDC, those political bastards, but this time they have good information and important information. Every state now has widespread H1N1 (also called swine flu). It is the only flu circulating right now and no one born after 1950 has any immunity to it. It's really questionable how much immunity the elder folks have but most of my ( Read more... )

I had an influenza like virus that I picked up on the plane right after our trip, then I had strep throat and took some antibiotics which trashed my gut and it is still a bit trashed, but this morning, I find in the little scritchy in my throat and runny nose and stopped up ears, a garden variety cold. I can't seem to catch a break and in this ( Read more... )