A little privacy please

Michelle | November 11, 2008

Earlier today I’m sitting out back and the woman who lives in the house behind us is watching me.  I can tell because I feel that feeling you get when someone is watching you and sure enough, when I turn to look, her head disappears in her window.  I’m in my bathrobe at 4 in [...]

And they go unanswered, for now…

Michelle | March 11, 2008

I had a feeling that this would happen.  I’ve experienced it far too many times these past couple of years.  When a doc doesn’t know what to do, they throw in the towel.  My husband called the rheumy’s office for the blood test results and was told by the nurse that the lab missed running [...]

Flaring, Friendship, and Flatulence

Michelle | March 9, 2008

It’s a triple threat! Oh lordy I am in the worst flare. It’s almost midnight and I’m sitting here in my ratty bathrobe and I have been reading all the blogs that I follow…I have been neglecting this blog, but not on purpose!!! As my kids used to say, everything that happened [...]

Pardon our dust

Michelle | January 2, 2008

As you can tell, this site is under construction…. Today is the day that I finally go back to my rheumatologist and talk to him about the methotrexate. I can’t tell if it’s doing any good at all as the side effects seem to outweigh any potential benefits. It’s been almost [...]

the high cost of bullshit

Michelle | December 19, 2007

I went to see my new doctor today and did as I was told by my rheumy to let her know about these new symptoms. She ignored them. She gave me a pap and pelvic, wrote me a referral for a mammogram and a referral to get an x-ray on my right leg [...]