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Ode to my father

Michelle — Sat, 08 Oct 2011 00:12:27 +0000

This is a story about my dad. He has Alzheimer’s. But he is much more than that.

When I was little my parents got divorced and I lived with my mother and my brother lived with my dad mostly. I always idolized my dad. Probably because I didn’t live with him, but he could [...]

going backwards in time

Michelle — Mon, 22 Aug 2011 17:02:21 +0000

Image by ~jjjohn~ via Flickr

I was going to write a post and as i was going through my

blog I came across this one from 2 years ago and it is

exactly what i was going to say. I feel like I’m on a treadmill

that’s going backwards.

It’s safe [...]

Day 5

Michelle — Tue, 26 Jul 2011 22:40:06 +0000

It’s been five days since i’ve been off all of my pain meds and man oh man I am so regretting that. And then I’m not. I did it. It took a couple of months but I am pain med free and maybe, just maybe I will get the correct meds and the correct [...]

withdrawal- it’s what’s for dinner

Michelle — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 17:49:24 +0000

And breakfast and lunch. My hands are shaking so badly right now it’s near impossible to type. sigh. I am still undecided if going off my pain meds was a good idea or not. It’s really hard to think clearly when you are in withdrawal. And the same goes for pain. When you [...]

A nightmare come true-speechless

Michelle — Wed, 13 Apr 2011 09:24:21 +0000

I’m sick. I know this much. My headache is finally gone, it feels gone. Is it gone? I keep rolling over, trying to go back to sleep. He’s shaking me. Do you know who I am???? Over and over again. I just pull away. All I want to do is sleep while I can. [...]

Please Stop The Pain For Chronic/Intractable Pain Sufferers

Michelle — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 20:56:25 +0000

I know, I’ve been invisible for quite a while now.. Still battling depression, it’s an ongoing thing. I need to get back ‘out there’ and posting is one of the things I need to do to feel good. I have a list of people I need to call/write/hug, and a house to clean, ha! [...]

Counting my blessings

Michelle — Tue, 08 Feb 2011 00:53:21 +0000

I love this shot. I really kicked up the contrast and colors, but even with no touch up, it is a pretty flower. These past few months for us as a family have been extremely challenging. Lot’s of illness, family issues, money, surgeries, pain, I need to come back to simple to get through [...]

Technology. grrr.

Michelle — Thu, 04 Nov 2010 15:07:17 +0000

Well, it looks like this beautiful theme has some flaws and I’m bummed because I love it. But-my sidebars keep shifting all over the place and so I must say goodbye to you beautiful theme. Goodbye. In the meantime The Autoimmune Lane is more than likely going to be trying on many faces so [...]

Dark Day

Michelle — Tue, 12 Oct 2010 05:54:19 +0000

I woke up this morning just feeling the depression before I even had my eyes open all the way. I’ve been battling it for weeks now, but today is/was different. I felt like I’d already lost the battle and I hadn’t even gotten out of bed. I know this is a chemical thing, and [...]

Mish-Mash Friday with a little bit a dis and a little bit a dat

Michelle — Fri, 01 Oct 2010 23:30:32 +0000

I get the weirdest spam on this blog. There’s tons that are just gobbledy-gook like a cat ran down the keyboard and here in there in the mix are some smut words. Other times there is a paragraph of nonsense. Makes me laugh as I go through them. Here’s one

I’ve been searching for [...]