This nurse I have this shift is a dumpster fire. I mean, she’s probably nice outside of work, but she’s so frazzled and panicky at work that it’s hard to tell what her personality is like to be honest. I am not a demanding patient, and I’m always careful to learn staff names and use … Continue reading O.M.G.
Beginning
This requires a TW: SUICIDE This is also LONG. I realized I have yet to tell my "diagnosis story" with any kind of detail. Here goes. I think I really started showing symptoms by age 11 or 12. I can remember crying at night with my Mom for no reason. I blamed family members, I … Continue reading Beginning
Let the sunshine in…
What’s a common misconception people have about happiness? I think a misconception people have about happiness is that it is easy for everyone to experience it. I think people who experience happiness on a regular basis may not realize that there are some other people who really have to work hard at “choosing” happy over … Continue reading Let the sunshine in…
It’s like a party game!
Guess where K is? I could only be one place… Where’s that? If the question is being asked, it’s being asked by someone who hasn’t been here very long. Ha! Of course I’m in the emergency room! Yay! (She says dripping with sarcasm). I hate it here honestly. I did get a decent doc and … Continue reading It’s like a party game!
Motivation lacking
I need a shower today. Like desperately. The thing is, I woke up at 10:30 and I probably could have been talked into it any time before 11:45. That is fine, but my friend got in the shower and she takes a full hour, (or even longer), in the bathroom to shower and get ready … Continue reading Motivation lacking
Conflict
Man, I freaking hate conflict. I will go out of my way in about 986 ways to avoid it. Unfortunately, today, I couldn’t. My friend has been staying here and her car is here and my stepdad has finally had it with her vehicle being here. We don’t have really a driveway that really counts … Continue reading Conflict
Game on!
I finally convinced this medical team to admit me. Don’t ask how. I’m not sure. I suspect the fact that my pancreatic enzymes went up a 100pts in less than 12 hours helped, although the er doc I saw last tried to give me the same song and dance about “baseline labs.” I guess. The … Continue reading Game on!
Twice in one day?
This morning at like 4:30 AM my mom called me from her bedroom, (in the other part of the house), to tell me that she wasn’t feeling well. Apparently my stepdad was frustrated and sleepy and didn’t really know what to do. She was repeatedly vomiting and had a massive headache that wasn’t responding to … Continue reading Twice in one day?
Escape!
Real picture of my chronically ill butt leaving the hospital today… Just kidding. I did leave though. I stumbled out and was not wearing a cape. My legs are so tired. Like I can barely walk they are so weak. It’s ridiculous. I really need to start walking around the grocery store or something. The … Continue reading Escape!
Morning?
It’s 5:15 am and I keep waking up so I mean, I can’t say officially “good morning” since there’s a definite chance that I’m going back to sleep at some point. Regardless, I’m awake now. I have been absent from here again for a minute. With the pneumonia in April and the pancreatitis in May, … Continue reading Morning?
Dang it!
I have been absent for a bit because my life kind of blew up. My friend got pancreatitis, (of all things), and I was pretty busy trying to help her navigate that since i have some experience with that… She also got an infected IV site and cellulitis and a superficial blood clot. It was … Continue reading Dang it!
Super fun!
I took my friend to the emergency room last Wednesday and the doctor blew her off because we had been there so much with her viral pneumonia and nausea etc. He literally did nothing aside from listen to her and yell and her for being there. Thursday morning, we saw her primary care, who took … Continue reading Super fun!
This Girl's Got Curves 
