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When you’re sick it can be really difficult to listen to other people’s complaints – especially if they seem trivial.  Excessive complaining about physical problems especially can be really wearing for me to listen to.  I often find myself comparin Share Related posts: Being Public with Chronic Illness Since I’ve been open with my chronic illness, the [...]

When you’re sick it can be really difficult to listen to other people’s complaints – especially if they seem trivial.  Excessive complaining about physical problems especially can be really wearing for me to listen to.  I often find myself comparin Share Related posts: Being Public with Chronic Illness Since I’ve been open with my chronic illness, the [...]

You have to take the good with the bad. I subscribe to this philosophy not just when it comes to my life but also when it comes to my favorite hobby – scrapbooking. I started scrapbooking almost two years ago now. My mom had made me a beautiful scrapbook for my Bat Mitzvah when I was 13. [...]

You have to take the good with the bad. I subscribe to this philosophy not just when it comes to my life but also when it comes to my favorite hobby – scrapbooking. I started scrapbooking almost two years ago now. My mom had made me a beautiful scrapbook for my Bat Mitzvah when I was 13. [...]

There are many things that define me a Novel Patient, mainly my collection of unusual illnesses, symptoms and side effects.  But one of them has nothing to do with being sick.  If you recall last November, I started writing a novel.  It’s working title is The Alone Elevator.  It’s a coming of age story set in [...]

Since I’ve been open with my chronic illness, the positives of letting the world take this journey with me have always outweighed the negatives.  But as I strive to make a career for myself, I am starting to wonder if I’ve made the right decision in being so public with my illness. Being so open with [...]

Since I’ve been open with my chronic illness, the positives of letting the world take this journey with me have always outweighed the negatives.  But as I strive to make a career for myself, I am starting to wonder if I’ve made the right decision in being so public with my illness. Being so open with [...]

Since I’ve been open with my chronic illness, the positives of letting the world take this journey with me have always outweighed the negatives.  But as I strive to make a career for myself, I am starting to wonder if I’ve made the right decision in being so public with my illness. Being so open with [...]

I’ve been home from the hospital for 45 days today I just realized, and I somehow managed to not blog once this whole time!  I feel terrible, and I hope I haven’t worried anyone!  But I’ve been very busy recovering and living my life.  A novel thi Share Related posts: Walk By Faith Sunday was a small [...]

I’ve been home from the hospital for 45 days today I just realized, and I somehow managed to not blog once this whole time!  I feel terrible, and I hope I haven’t worried anyone!  But I’ve been very busy recovering and living my life.  A novel thing! I’ve made tremendous progress the last 45 days!  I’ve gone [...]

Things have been emotionally rough and raw lately.  Lot’s of things are in transition.  Relationships in flux.  And I’m still stuck in the hospital (33 consecutive days and 39 total days in the hospital by my count).  I’m trying to think of it as Share Related posts: Shattered Trust I’m Daddy’s little girl all grown up, but [...]

I’m Daddy’s little girl all grown up, but I still need my daddy.  I want to bask in his strong embrace.  Instead he gives my heart a chase.  He pushes me away into the wrong kind of space. My dad and I hold polar opposite believes when it comes Share Related posts: Patience in the Hospital [...]