a little help from my friends

September 27th, 2007 by Christine

I appreciate how the people in my life really make an effort to reach out to me when I am unhappy.  Aside from emails, phone calls, and time spent with XYZ, I’ve managed to pick up some golden nuggets of biblical wisdom from various people.  Here are some things I was reminded of:
1. Mary experienced [...]


why?

September 25th, 2007 by Christine

To keep me from becoming conceited from these surpassingly great revelations, there was given me a thorn in my flesh, a messenger of Satan, to torment me.  Three times I pleaded with the Lord to take it away from me.  He said to me, “My grace is sufficient for you for my power is made [...]


rituximab and general malaise

September 23rd, 2007 by Christine

Blame it on th time of the month.  I’ve been a crank pisser lately.  My TOM has been accompanied by much negative vibe lately: moodiness, hyper-sensitivity, headaches, lethargy, blah-ness.  Just general malaise.  And to top all this off, the back of my right eye is starting to hurt!
On another more positive note, I got a [...]


the year of magical thinking :: joan didion

September 19th, 2007 by Christine

The author Joan Didion wrote about a trying year after her daughter lands in the hospital and her husband dies of a heart attack.  She calls it the year of magical thinking.  The story she tells is honest, not melodramatic, and having experienced loss and grief, I could identify with some of her emotions and [...]


my tmj is sol

September 18th, 2007 by Christine

For the past 3 weeks, I’ve been waking up most days with a horrible headache. It’s not the normal kind I get. This is a much worse kind: pounding and painful beyond what any 2 Advils can heal. It starts at the base of my head on the right side of my [...]


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