Had my annual physical last week. The good news is that I’m still alive. The bad news is that, after a decade of being told I’m prediabetic and can reverse it with diet, exercise, and oral meds, I’m now diabetic. My A1c is just too high, and it crossed the threshold. So here I am. …
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See Level Flow
I have dreams of moving to a coastal city, something near big water. I miss easy access to looking across an expanse of waves, mind wistful and blank as I experience my place in the universe. Rama-rama, ding-ding. But my sinuses have questions. The past few times I’ve traveled to humid or sea level locations …
Return to Source
I survived COVID-19. But I have this anger. Muted rage. All that worry, all that preparation, all that precaution, all the vaccinations, all the epidemiological learnings, all the discussions and warnings and avoidance. And I still got COVID. Still. I just don’t understand. I tried. Honestly tried. But I got it from a place of …
Sue Smells T Cells
Dear Diary: I hope you’re sitting down on the toilet, because you’re gonna shit yourself laughing. Guess what I got last week! OMG guess! Hahahaha. Haaaaahaahahaha. Hahahaa. Hahahahahahaha. Haha. Hah. Ha. Oh god I’m out of breath. So yeah, that’s right, after 2 some-odd of the worst years of everybody’s lives, it finally came around …
Notes from a Pandemic
Drive like there is a shortage of partsTravel like there are no rental carsEat like the store shelves are thinDine out like the staff has no insuranceConserve as if the grid could failShare as if the neighbors have nothingExercise as though the ERs are infectiousMask up as though the ICUs are fullCall like they can’t …