My Health Update
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It seems that for a bit I was starting to slip back into lupus activity. That has now be corrected. Thank goodness for CellCept!
Two Years
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Came across some photos from two years ago and was kind of shocked at what a big difference between now and then so I took a pic in the same pose. Two years ago this week I had just started chemo. I had gotten out of the hospital after having severe brain seizures (yep, 7 […]
Where is Nerdgirl?
I have been super bad at updating the site lately. There are a few reasons for this. One of them is I tend not to write when things are going well because I am feeling so good that I don’t want to tie myself down on this blog and would prefer to enjoy the moment. And then the […]
Cookbook that doesn’t suck? Yay, Paleo!
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I’ve gone through a bunch of dietary changes in the last years. I guess this is just par for the course when you live in San Francisco and everyone is obsessed with talking about what they eat… I find that Paleo kind of suits me. No grains, no legumes, no sugar – basically no carbs. […]
Shingle Bells
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Today took an interesting turn in my neverending joke of health. I woke up with a searing pain on my back, reached back and felt bumps. I took a look in the mirror and there were lovely red spots which hadn’t been there the night before. I rushed off to One Medical – thankfully […]
Healthy Me
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After my many rants of being a fat fat fatty, I’ve gone on a health kick to get back in better shape. This is what my life is consisting of. Veg and tuna and cutting the carbs and sugar. Wish me luck.
We’ve come a long way, baby
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Last year at this time I wasn’t doing so hot. Well today marked a great milestone for me. I walked to the gym and back without my handy cane. And I didn’t fall over. Slowly, but surely.
The Price of Health?
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I have been getting all great results back from my bloodwork that I have been doing. Yay! I guess that means that my body is healthy again. I have been feeling a million times better apart from the fact that my walking is painful and slow. I’m still tired and need to nap every day, […]
Don’t make me hit you…
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I had a little incident today that made me a bit indignant and made me act out in a completely American way that I was somewhat embarrassed by in retrospect, but at the time I couldn’t help myself. I guess I feel the need to come clean here to somehow justify my rude behavior. As […]
The New Normal – Living with a Chronic Illness
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I have to come clean here. I have to admit to the world – and probably more to myself – that I am a person with a chronic disease. Yep. There I said it. I know that most of you know that I have lupus. I mean, come on, it is the subtitle of my […]