“I have come to believe that caring for myself is not self indulgent. Caring for myself is an act of survival.” — Audre Lorde I’ve spent a chunk of this summer not feeling very good, too sick to do much
Ahhhhh….. foot massage!
Not having health insurance for a number of years now, I’ve learned to take care of what I can and to leave the rest… worrying and agonizing over health-related issues has not served me well so I don’t do it
New Adventure! Diabetes! Colitis! High Blood Pressure! …and More! Yay!!!
So my physical body has decided to go off on its own adventure – in this past week or so, it has been diagnosed with diabetes, colitis, and the highs – blood pressure, cholesterol and triglycerides – along with the
The Back Story – or What Happened to the Health Insurance
Like a lot of us, I was never covered by health insurance growing up or as a young adult, raising a child, getting married and divorced. Dental work, emergency trips to the hospital, surgeries, doctor visits were all paid for
A New Adventure Begins…
I began a new adventure on July 31st – Saturday evening, around 5 PM, while helping out with the ice cream-making. There I was, with Odelia and Eliana, trying to see if the ice cream canister was stuck, when out