Monthly Archives: October 2015

So I decided to change up David’s smoothie recipe…mostly cuz his pediatrician said I need to both fatten him up a little *and* give him some healthy calories so he can grow properly. (Her concern is that David is so … Continue reading →

This popping sensation around the bump in my mouth (and now I have a strange black coating at the back of my tongue), has got me thinking this probably isn’t a good time for me to be below dose level … Continue reading →

I was rubbing my tongue against the new bump in my mouth, and I felt it bump inside–nothing came out in my mouth, I felt it pop internally. There’s still a bump there, it’s not as big as it was … Continue reading →

We’ll never know how much spirits effect things here amongst the living, but my iPhone with the pictures of my recently deceased father (and the last text messages between us), spent fifteen minutes at the bottom of the hot tub … Continue reading →

I had an ultrasound yesterday on the bump in my mouth, and in the ultrasound screen it was clearly visible. I’m not sure what the next step is, but at least everyone knows for sure I do have a bump … Continue reading →

Today David has a normal doctors appointment–and I almost completely forgot about it! His twelve year physical is today.

“A patient can have has many diseases as he darn well pleases.” Why is it that modern medicine is so focused on finding that one disease to explain all of a patient’s problems? I think it’s very rare (if not … Continue reading →

I was just thinking…that weird thing on my lip has gone away completely now that the bump in my mouth that was right under it is gone. Since the bump was a chronically inflamed salivary gland, so you think the … Continue reading →

I put in a request for my *entire* medical file. I can’t even count the number of times people have asked me for it over the years, and I’m always like, ‘ya, sure, I’ll get it to you’, and then … Continue reading →

What really amazes me, is that whenever I’m starting to feel like total poo-poo (which I have the last few days), I check my report of how many times I’ve taken my IVIG over the last month, and *without* fail … Continue reading →