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Shoveling

The last few days have been bitterly cold.  Even my pup, my Shepherd-Lab Heinz 57 mix will not spend any amount of time outside without fle…

Healthy Eating Doesn't Have to be Bland

I have such a sweet tooth and I love cooking so much, that I sometimes forget how flavourful a healthy meal can be.  I have been indulging …

The Fascination With Books

One of my favourite pastimes is reading.  Just like any tv show or movie, it acts as entertainment; as an escape from who I am. Any novel c…

Night Out

I don't get out all that much anymore.  A 'night out' for me is incredibly daunting. If I go out, I want to wear a pair of my g…

Amazing Day

Today was amazing.  Today was the day that I was preparing for all week.  I had more fun today than I have in a while, and despite some of …

Hereditary Angioedema: An Explanation

I have a little bit of down time today, so I thought I would finally write a description of Hereditary Angioedema. It is a tough illness to…

Daunting Future? Beautiful Future

Sometimes, if I think too hard, I always know that the future is exciting, but it is also daunting.  I don't often think of my diagnose…

Busy Week with Anticipation

I have something exciting happening on Sunday. I won't even mention what it is until it has happened - one of those superstitions I gue…

Lest We Forget

It is on days like today that I remember that I still really have it pretty damn easy.  Thank you for your service.  Without this amazing c…

Keep Busy

No matter how hard we try to keep everything aligned... Things go wrong. There is no way to predict from one day to the next every single e…

The Key to Success

I have always found this phrase confusing. "The key to success is..." Success is measured subjectively. It is completely differen…

Agony

This week has been pretty tough.  I haven't had any bad news or bad appointments or anything... But I have been without pain medication…

Miscommunications

Today I had to go and refill some medications. Primarily pain medications. These are the ones that allow me to have 'somewhat' of a…

Movie Quotes

In the movie Love and Other Drugs, when the character Maggie goes to this unplanned convention on Parkinson's, there is a quote from a …

November Awareness

With November here, the focus of many Canadians goes to Movember. It is the national awareness month of Prostate Cancer.  Along with suppor…

Alternatives and Belief

I am very much a grounded person. When someone first told me about naturopathy I was completely skeptical and imagined some hippy-dressed l…

On the Verge

There's one thing about illness that I think transcends ALL types of illness, all types of trauma, all types of struggle. Each person h…