My Dear “Kindred Spirit,” I’ve been trying for the past few weeks to make this post and my last post one and the same. I finally gave up. I couldn’t figure out how to cram everything I wanted to say into one post without it just being weird (like, really weird. Even weirder than usual). … More Hospital Anecdotes
My Dear “Kindred Spirit,” You’re quirking your eyebrows at that title, I can just tell. Yes, yes, yes. This is still me writing this post. The mostly-crunchy, wannabe hippie-type chick. The same girl who writes about natural healing, real food, and the horrors of modern medicine. And, no, “hope” is not the first word that … More The Hope in Hospitals
My Dear “Kindred Spirit,” “One step forward and two steps back, nobody gets too far like that. One step forward and two steps back, this kind of dance can never last…” (You’ve heard that song before, right?) So I’m kinda in the middle of a UC flare right now. (Scratch the “kinda.” I just put … More My Autoimmune Flare Survival Guide
My Dear “Kindred Spirit,” Woohoo! Part 3! The end is almost in sight!! Yeah, that’s a lie. The end is nowhere near being in sight. But you are almost caught up on the “brief overview from when it all started to where I am now.” That’s gotta count for something, right? So it was late … More Food & Hospitals (& Hospital Food – AHHH!) (My “Health Journey,” Part 3)
My Dear “Kindred Spirit,” So, part 2. (Part 1 is here, if you haven’t read it yet). Where were we? Oh, yes – diagnosis: Ulcerative Colitis. Allow me to take a moment here and try to convey to you just how much I abhor the name of my disease. The Crohn’s people get to say … More Drugs, Diet, and becoming a Hippie (My “Health Journey,” Part 2)
My Dear “Kindred Spirit,” Health… I know, I know. BORING!! I asked my sister earlier today what I should blog about. She said everyone writes about health, and I should write about ice cream instead. She only said that because we were driving home from a shopping trip, and there’s this little ice cream place … More The Backstory (My “Health Journey,” Part 1)
My Dear "Kindred Spirit," 