cerebral aneurysm

The Faceplant: Version three

03.02.2012

Have I turned the corner into the land of “I’ve Fallen and I Can’t Get Up”? I hope not, because I’m not ready to go there.

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Wednesday Writers Workshop: Employing the Proust Phenomenon

02.15.2012

And as soon as I dried my hands, I was knocked over by an overwhelming urge–to bury my nose in them. The smell, the familiar smell provoked such a strong and positive response that it shocked me

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Just Hangin’ Out at the Ford Test Track…

07.08.2011

Did my competitive spirt get blasted away by the aneurysm, or is that a function of–hey! we’re finally growing up?

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The Weekly Rant: Target in the Bullseye, again

08.13.2010

Here’s what’s P-ing me O, frosting my hide, and generally adding to my disgruntlement this week. Target: Yes, again. I made a trip to Target in Elk Grove yesterday because I needed (a) knickers, and (b) Benadryl. Yes, despite the fact that just last week, I vowed never to darken Target’s door again, which followed [...]

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Dieting At MidLife: Not What It Used To Be

04.26.2010

I tried all the tricks that had served me so well in the past to lose….Nothing worked. Those pounds were beyond pesky; they were stuck to my body in places they had never gone before.

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Natasha Richardson, TBI and thinking about death

03.20.2009

I don’t want to write about her–but I can’t not, because my mind won’t go anywhere else. Since word of her skiing accident first came in, I can’t not–think about her, that is, in one way or another. Until the actual announcement of her death late Wednesday, I was traveling the road with her in [...]

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Weekend Update

03.19.2006

1. I was sick all week.  In-bed sick.  With a fever.  And sneezing.  And much blowing of nose. 2.  Before I came down, as the Brits say, in-bed sick, I made it to my appointment with the new neurosurgeon.  I like him.  He’s a huge Dutch guy.  As opposed to my neurosurgeon in LA, who is [...]

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Woe is me…

03.14.2006

I hab a code in my node.  Ad my sinuses, especially the left one, are killing me.  But I can’t take Advil because it can give you heartburn and I’m already suffering mightily in that arena because Blue Cross put a whammy on my Prevacid.  Still, I’m trying to be cheerful, because last week our [...]

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01.10.2006

Yesterday I got a notice that my neurosurgeon is sponsoring a Cerebral Aneurysm Support Group meeting…tonight. I’m bummed that they’ve started this group after I left LA. The extent of my bummedness tells me that things are amiss with my psyche. I know I’ve written about this before, but I don’t think I ever allow [...]

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11.30.2005

I reupped with both Weightwatchers and Curves this week, and it occurred to me that this may be the ending of the journey that began when the aneurysm in my brain blew a couple of years ago. The whole six weeks that I was in Intensive Care, my friends and family would tell me that [...]

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