I have posted all chapters of League of Mortals; you can read the whole thing, if you want to. Not that I can tell you why you would want to read it – have you hit rock bottom? – but it’s there in any case. I also updated the chapter bar on the main page, [...]
Tue, August 31 2010 » Uncategorized » 1 Comment
For this week’s PFAM, Leslie asks… “What have you done (or what do you aspire to do) in spite of illness?” When I was first diagnosed, my doctor told me I had to take it easy: too much stress would make me sicker. That meant no sports, no hard classes, etc. So I stopped going [...]
Mon, July 12 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments
I wrote this post for Change.org, and my editor decided it was “not right for Change”. I still think it’s important, so I want to publish it here (with minimal edition). Recently [Change.org] welcomed a post from Fran Drescher, asking readers to support her charity, Cancer Schmancer. I hope some lucky reader enjoyed a call [...]
Mon, July 12 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » 2 Comments
At last – it’s finally here! The first-ever anniversary of Patients for A Moment – the blog carnival for, by, and about people with illness. When I started blogging just under two years ago, I was disappointed that there weren’t more people blogging about living with illness. But I was even more disappointed to learn [...]
Wed, June 30 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » 5 Comments
I dropped the ball: yesterday should have been the first anniversary ever edition of Patients for A Moment. I’ve been busy offline, by way of excuse – but better late than never. Since I never sent out an announcement, or even posted a question, I will do the anniversary edition next week. And the question [...]
Thu, June 17 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments
For the last several months I have been taking a drug called paroxetine – the generic version of Paxil. Paroxetine is a selective serotonin re-uptake inhibitor (SSRI) used to treat people with depression. In my case, I’d been having difficulty focusing and getting things done, and my doctor felt that this might be due to [...]
Sun, June 6 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » 2 Comments
My latest post for Change.org is up, and I talk about my discomfort with the medical marijuana movement, and how there’s a plant I would much rather see legalized: I would be more comfortable — and supportive — if marijuana were the basis of numerous drugs currently used as medicine. Or if it had a [...]
Thu, June 3 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments
Selena at Oh My Aches And Pains has put together an excellent edition of Patients for a Moment – a good question, some great answers. And, she reminded me that I am due to host the next edition. This will be the first anniversary of Patients For a Moment – that’s almost 26 editions (minus [...]
Wed, June 2 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments
My latest for Change.org is up: Keep the High-Risk Pool from Running Dry. One of the most immediate benefits of health-care reform is the Federal high-risk pool, which takes effect July 1st. This program allows people who have been uninsured for more than 6 months because of a pre-existing exclusion access to health coverage. At [...]
Fri, May 28 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments
I have posted about a dozen new chapters of League of Mortals this morning. Regular readers should probably start with #21 – Colonoscopy. First time readers should start at the title page. I meant to do this weekly, but have been super busy the last few weeks – nothing bad, but still enough to keep [...]
Tue, May 18 2010 » 1, Uncategorized » No Comments
A novel crime against decency by Duncan Cross
