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Persistence: My 2018 Word of the Year
2017 tried to kill me. I mean, it really did. Job loss, a blood clot, pulmonary emboli, finding an amazing new job, nearly losing that job, co-pays, stress, anxiety, depression. At some point, the motto for 2017 became “just survive somehow.” Toward the end of the year, however, things started looking bright. Super bright. Some…
Me too.
I was 20. Maybe 22. I can’t remember. Parts of this are fuzzy, the kind of blur that comes from years of separation between The Moment and The Memory. I was working at the bank. I’d managed to get myself up to assistant head teller status. We had some overflow and understaffing between our two…
Old School Blogging and Why Don’t We Do That Anymore?
Who’s still blogging? Are people doing that anymore? An OG blogging friend posed the question on her Facebook page yesterday (two days ago?), and I’ve been mulling it over in my head ever since. I know the exact minute blogging turned ugly for me. The very moment when I faced the dilemma of continuing to…
Birth Control And Blood Clots: A (Possibly) Deadly Combination
So the title sort of gives it all away, but birth control caused my blood clots. Birth control is the *only* causative factor my doctors could find. Birth control and blood clots, y’all. A possibly deadly combination. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ On Monday, I had a follow-up visit with the hematologist. After taking twelve vials of blood at my first…
The Clot Thickens: Pulmonary Embolism
This blood clot story just keeps getting…more bloody. I am not only the proud owner of blood clot in my leg. I also have pulmonary embolism. In layman’s terms, that means I also have blood clots in my lungs. Someone blast the confetti cannon. I can’t even bury this lede because YOU GUYS BLOOD CLOTS…
Deep Vein Thrombosis Warning Signs: What You Need to Know About Blood Clots
In the weeks leading up to my deep vein thrombosis diagnosis (ha! poetry!) I did a LOT of Googling “deep vein thrombosis warning signs” and “do I have a blood clot” to figure out if what I had was actually a blood clot, as if the Internet could actually diagnose me. Turns out the answer…
Not Dying From a Blood Clot Is A Solid Life Choice
So, yeah. I have a blood clot. Two, to be exact, and quite honestly, this information is still sinking in a little bit. I’m not in shock or anything, I’m just…I don’t know. Lots of people reading and talking about this keep commenting “I’m so glad you listened to your body,” but here’s the thing:…
That Time I Had a Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Blood Clot Story
Remember how my husband and my friends threw me a surprise party for turning 35? I also got a blood clot for my birthday. I am now the proud owner of not one deep vein thrombosis, but two. Yep. Two blood clots in my leg. Congrats! IT’S TWINS! I remember saying to someone, maybe myself, on…
Today You Are Eight
Dear Joshua, Today you are eight. I’ve had eight whole years of being your mom, and I gotta tell you, those eight years have been pretty fantastic. I mean, sure, we’ve had some seriously not fantastic moments (like that time you locked me out of the house and I broke down the door to get to…