Depressed and optimistic, is that possible?

Michelle | May 7, 2010

  I have dropped off the radar again.  Not intentionally;  the days just seem to meld into one long day, and I’ve been so sick, time is getting away from me.  I haven’t talked to my best friend in at least a month.  Again, not intentionally.  I’ve written so many ‘I’m sorry’ emails in the [...]

Optimistic and Reconnecting

Michelle | March 14, 2010

I can honestly say these last few months have been pure torture. Pain, sickness, stress and depression. No exaggeration there.  And yet, I feel optimistic.  Why?  Because God is with me, and the rheumatologist at the teaching hospital ROCKS!!!  I asked him if he’d be mine, and he said yes!  My new rheumy I mean.  Big C approves [...]

Late night randomness

Michelle | February 17, 2010

Infinity.  I know that this is totally random, but when I got on tonight to post, I noticed this icon that I have probably seen a million times and never bothered to see what it was.  So I clicked it, and it’s a dialog box for custom characters.  The first thing I see is the [...]

Tenacious Tuesday

Michelle | November 24, 2009

I used to work in a drug and alcohol inpatient rehab facility.  That’s a mouthful.  Each night I would come in and meet with the swing shift nurses and get caught up on who just came in, what their drug of choice is (that would determine their detox protocol) and who was the troublemaker of [...]

I’ll have a zoloft sandwich, please

Michelle | April 29, 2009

Image by ~jjjohn~ via Flickr It’s safe to say I can’t stand depression.  I mean who does?  It sucks, sucks, sucks.  I know that it is a chemical tweak in my head, I know that things are better than they seem, I know that I won’t feel like this forever, but even with all that [...]