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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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

Cure JM a finalist! 250,000 for research!!!!

Michelle — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 00:04:00 +0000

I just wanted to drop a quick THANK YOU for all of you out there who diligently texted and facebooked and on-site voted for Cure JM to win in the Pepsi Refresh Challenge. Oh my gosh, I still can’t believe we won!!!!! It’s amazing, wonderful, incredible, and oh so needed! Thank you. All the [...]

Pepsi Refresh Project; Cure JM in 4th Place!

Michelle — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 18:26:06 +0000

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I posted earlier about Cure JM having a chance at a $250,000 grant from Pepsi and we still do! Voting is open until the end of August. In July we were in 12th place and as of today we are in 4th. Woot Woot!! The top two will each receive [...]

Infusion, Confusion, Intermission…

Michelle — Thu, 05 Aug 2010 08:08:28 +0000

I am in the process of getting a new treatment this week. It’s called IVIg and it’s exciting and it sucks. When I say it sucks, it’s because I’m the lucky ’50%’ that the nurse said would get a killer headache. It’s the worst one I’ve ever had. I am banking so much [...]

Make Juvenile Myositis A Memory!

Michelle — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 10:43:32 +0000

Pepsi is hosting a contest and is giving away 250K to the winner! I’m supporting Make Juvenile Myositis a Memory by The Cure JM Foundation. About 5,000 kids in the US are affected by this disease, putting it in the ‘rare disease’ category. But just because that number isn’t astronomical, doesn’t mean that they [...]

Nothin goin on but the rent

Michelle — Sun, 11 Jul 2010 19:41:23 +0000

I don’t remember what that song was, just that one line. Actually it’s, ain’t nothing going on but the rent. Yup. July is going to be our tightest month. Oh, I hate tight. Tight makes stress levels higher than they would be otherwise. Money truly is the root of all evil, or at least [...]