Tag: challenges for caregivers
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Two Autistics Walked In…
This is a lower resolution screenshot taken from a brief summary video I was able to download from my MRI in October. What is shown here, according to the surgeon who is treating me, is one of my disks which has slipped behind a vertebrae. And what you are seeing is a picture of what…
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“But Wait, There’s More…”
If only it were going to come with the “low, low price of just $19.95.” OK, so you can totally tell I saw a few too many infomercials in the ’80’s. I wish I could say some of this came as a complete surprise, but it didn’t. My foot slipped carrying an air purifier down…
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On Allergies, Mast Cell Activation Syndrome, & The Costs Of Healthcare
Y’all deserve high quality writing. You do. But, this is what you’re getting so that I can find some personal time today…and it’s going to be relatively to the point and skip anything more elevated or artsy. Life with a lot of allergies and Mast Cell Activation Syndrome can be complicated to navigate under the…
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Thoughts About When Symptoms Are From A Medical Condition & Not Disordered Anxiety: A Note of Gratitude to Emma from Therapy In A Nutshell
I started watching Therapy In A Nutshell’s Anxiety series for the same reason I decided now was an awesome time to retry CBD and see if I had lost my sensitivity: Bank of America’s Fraud response. I was starting to have panic attacks in the middle of the night, struggling to sleep, and it was…
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To Dream To Find More Of Me
There is so much rushing, so much. My thoughts have always whirled in a rapid-fire dance across my mental stage, but life has become busier even than that. So many appointments, so many therapy sessions, so much school transition work, so much of everything. Sometimes I feel like I am hurled forward so fast I…
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Cuando El Estrés Me Molesta Mucho…
I spoke very minimal Spanish when our little man was first placed with and adopted into our family. What motivated me initially to continue to learn was our son, because I had wanted him to be able to have a conversation with his birth mom should he ever choose to want to meet and talk…
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Where Stress & Caregiving Collide
I had a series of revelations recently about what some of my more significant stressors are and how they are impacting my health. The contrast was made by comparing some blood pressure readings, interestingly enough. A couple of months ago I needed to take Tony in to a follow up I had with my allergist…
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Why Random Bits of Makeup…
Trust me, I know. When I talk about makeup, it’s off topic. Most people who visit my blog don’t come here to read about my makeup, what I do, how I do it, or why I do it. But sometimes we still talk about it anyways. Because sometimes, the more constructive words that I would…
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The Autism Awareness Puzzle Piece Symbol Controversy: My Thoughts
We’re going to be taking a detour from what I originally mentioned discussing this week…but, I’ll be getting back to that, probably next week. Because I am still in burnout mode. Not just from the emotions of everything going on globally, within our local community, and within my own personal life- but because self-care is…
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Revisiting Moments of “Grief and Rage”
Nearly 3 years ago, I shared with those of you reading our blog at that time some words of the hilarious guitar goddess Mrs. Smith to describe some of my feelings about some of the things people say to us about the circumstances we are in. At that time, I shied away from saying that…