Posted in medical on April 13, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Umm, okay, maybe deciding to watch “The Stand” while fighting the flu is not a good idea. For those not in the know, “The Stand” is a book and then miniseries by Stephen King about how the population of the US is decimated by a super-flu developed by the government. And then there [...]
Posted in Artfest, medical, mixed media on March 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Okay, I am not sick anymore, just really wiped out. I haven’t had protein in several days, and can really feel it. Again, where is the food pill??? Anyway, I am slowly piling my packing. I am heading out with John to hit a couple of second hand stores in order [...]
Posted in medical on March 28, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It is a good thing I got my trades done, and some of my packing started, since I have spent the last couple of days quite sick. It culminated in a stay in the ER, where I go a lovely IV, saline, gravol, morphine and some other drug.
Xrays, blood tests, poking, prodding, and worst [...]
Posted in Type 1 diabetes, medical, psychology, thesis, tagged happy, hopeful on February 6, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Again, the thesis.
I know, just get it done. It sounds so simple and easy. However, it is not.
Some givens (bear with me) :
I am smart
I am terrific at research
I have an ability to sort things out and organize information
I work well under pressure (usually)
I am stubborn, determined and above all, a survivor
So how [...]
Posted in medical, tagged laughing on February 3, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Oh, my favourite day of the year. Kidding. Superbowl Sunday had absolutely no meaning in my family for most of my life. Maybe it was watched, but it was not a big deal. We are Canadian, so football is not a huge cultural thing. I mean the Stanley Cup…
Now, Superbowl Sunday [...]
Posted in Art, medical, mixed media, psychology on January 29, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I have been sick the last couple of days, so have accomplished very little. I have, in my periods of being upright, been playing with microscope slides, alcohol inks, and my pastels. I also received rubber stamps from Teesha Moore. Her stamps are really cool and I am enjoying them a lot.
I [...]
Posted in Type 1 diabetes, insulin pump, medical on January 21, 2008 | 2 Comments »
I woke up this morning thinking about one of the posts for yesterdays topics ( a great one on schistosomiasis, a parasite - yes, I loved Medical Anth… 
and realized that I also had a fellow traveller that I never really think about - my insulin pump.
For the last 23 year, more than half my [...]
