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School’s Out for Summer!

Yesterday was the last day of school. It was the hardest school year of my children’s lives so far (2nd grade was a near second for both of them) and I am VERY happy to see it in the rearview mirror, as I’m sure they are. I won’t go back and revisit the heartache, the...

366 in 52 [2016] ~ Week Ten

Dominic’s blood work came back. Everything was normal except there was a slight elevation in the wheat category, so he has a mild allergy/sensitivity to wheat. I guess a visit with the pediatric gastroenterologist is next. We were supposed to see the kids’ psychiatrist in Austin this afternoon but we had to reschedule because Anna...

Stigma, Shame, and Pain

I have a broken body. (By the way, this damn post has taken me four days to write.) I am a chronic pain patient. I see a pain management specialist, among many other specialists. There is a lot of stigma and shame associated with being in pain and I really don’t understand why. I didn’t...

The monotony of recovery

Tomorrow will mark two weeks since I made the huge mistake had partial knee replacement surgery. If I had any idea what I was in for, I would’ve taken my pretty little pedicured feet out that hospital door and headed home. My PT says that there are stages of recovery similar to stages of grief....

My bum knee

As most of you know from Facebook, I had knee surgery today, specifically a partial replacement (patellar femoral replacement), a meniscus repair, and a lateral release. I’ve had a few emails about what happened, so I thought I’d give an update here and do the linky-linky thing for those inquiring minds. Plus I’m feeling very...

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