Fascinating article about Rand Beers: Former Aide Takes Aim at War on Terror I got the link from Diane Duane’s blog. She talks about her writing process in Writer-In-A-Can 1: Meeting the Transcendent Pig. I had a P-D session last…
What If…
A Fatal Imbalance in Medical Treatment Interesting article. But I couldn’t help wondering while reading it whether or not Wayne (Katie’s father) would be alive today if he’d gotten into the clinical trials for that drug, or had just held…
New Diagnosis
I saw my rheumatologist on May 29. She said she couldn’t prescribe any meds without a bunch of lab work. Her office has had the lab results since June 6. Today is June 13. That’s a full week. After trying…
Nattering
Damn. I don’t think it’s possible for me to get caught up on LJ. And I hate not being able to read everybody’s entries. I feel like a bad friend. I wish they’d use some word other than “friend” for…
More Interview
Questions courtesy of bouncepogo
Painful or Dopey are My Choices
Hmph. I can be in pain, or I can be a little dopey. I’m not happy about these choices. I let the Ultracet get all the way out of my system yesterday, and it was A Mistake. I’m still making…
Link: Fibromyalgia Pain Revealed
So I can find it later: Fibromyalgia Pain Revealed Susan Aldridge, PhD A brain imaging study shows that the pain response in fibromyalgia is real, and differs from normal pain. Fibromyalgia is a mysterious disorder, where people feel tenderness and…
Pain control
Use the Permit!
Note to self: How you feel when you arrive somewhere and park isn’t always related to how you’ll feel come time to leave. So park in the damned handicapped space anyway. You’ll almost certainly be much tireder when it’s time…
Earworm & School Nonsense & Kids
Wow—this is an earworm first for me. So I’ll share it. I like traffic lights, I like traffic lights, I like traffic lights, No matter where they’ve been. Now that I’ve been needlessly cruel…