Yesterday Got my fifth blood test done. You would think by now that I would’ve gotten used to it; you can still see the marks on my skin from the other times. But every time they remark on my tiny veins and I’m looking away and trying to breathe in deeply (INoutINoutINout) and then I [...]
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Perseverance 13
What happens when you go to an ER? You expect to be taken care of. Same thing goes for when you visit a doctor. The profession is about helping people, after all…isn’t it? I blogged before that on October 6, I had to be admitted into Stanford ER. It was my third emergency room visit…of [...]
Fighting 2
It is 3pm. I have just managed to drag myself out of bed, but only far enough to my computer desk. My symptoms are not terrible today — just the rash and mild spasms so far. But it’s times like these, in between having the physical afflictions completely overtaking me, that can be the hardest [...]
The not-boyfriend Comments Off
It has been five months since I told you that I didn’t think it was working. It has been about seven since you first walked into my life. It wasn’t love at first sight, and anyway, I’m not sure I believe in such a thing. It was a series of random run-ins and the constant [...]
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Bearing it 9
Physically, I’m tired, but my mind refuses to let me sleep. Time is getting hard to keep track of, as I’ve been up and down health-wise since I fully relapsed last Wednesday. Today was one of the more miserable days of my sickness, as my body started freaking out in various unpleasant ways in addition [...]