Category Archives: Autoimmune disease

It has been a lazy day for me. We are expecting a total of 8 inches of snow by tomorrow.  It is good to take a day to just hang out, listen to music and reflect on things. Right now … Continue reading →

Squirt telephoned me this morning at 9:00 AM and woke me up. After sleep disruptions all night long I had only fallen asleep at 7:30 AM. Squirt informed me that he had made arrangements for me to see the internist. … Continue reading →

My mom and I made the trip into the city this afternoon to see Squirt. Over two years ago, before I realized the extent of Squirt’s limitations, I had encouraged my mother to make an appointment with him to discuss … Continue reading →

Here I am suffering through another sleepless night. Being jolted awake every hour and half is enough to drive a person to drink! I wish someone from that special group of people called doctors would tell me why this is … Continue reading →

Great Women – Quotations from Women about Women Inside every older person is a younger person wondering what happened. -Cora Henry Armstrong The hardest years in life are those between ten and seventy. -Helen Hayes (at 73) I refuse to … Continue reading →

The weather finally warmed up a little bit today. The blizzard last week caught us unprepared. Today we managed to pull the ladder out of the ice in the pool, put the winter cover on the pool and bring in … Continue reading →

 Code of Ethical Behaviour for Patients Do not expect your doctor to share your discomfort. Involvement with the patient’s suffering might cause him to lose valuable scientific objectivity. Be cheerful at all times. Your doctor leads a busy and trying … Continue reading →

Today I received some very disheartening news. I am devastated. I received an email from the National Institutes of Health and it reads as follows: “We received the copies of your radiology films. Both Drs. ______ and _______ reviewed the … Continue reading →

My mind has gone south and I don’t think it is coming back! A friend called me about 5:00 PM this afternoon. While talking to her I decided to put a frozen macaroni and cheese dinner in the oven. I … Continue reading →

What a struggle to get up early in the morning after only three hours of sleep! Now if that was three hours of uninterrupted sleep maybe I would have a chance at fighting this debilitating fatigue. I had to be … Continue reading →