I've just come inside after spending an hour or so chained to the ground.... (Do I have your attention?) Its not quite what I'm sure you've just imagined. I was "chained" with a silver chain, wrapped around my ankle, that was itself connected to a electrical ground wire that led to a grounding post in… Continue reading Earthing: A Simple Healing Experiment Begins
Funny Blender Mishaps, Past and Present
A little change of pace from the seriousness of recent posts... A Long Time Ago... Let's see, must have been about 31 years ago, I was in the midst of a teenage melt-down, and went from being the-child-terrified-of-doing-anything-wrong to a smoking, drinking, partying crazy person. My parents were newly divorced, and my mom & I… Continue reading Funny Blender Mishaps, Past and Present
Shock and Dismay: Re-visting Tick-Borne Diseases
Last week, I saw my LLMD (Lyme Literate MD) again, and left after spending an hour with her, in shock & dismay. Where neither my PCP or neurologist have any ideas really where else to go with my deteriorating health, other than the "band-aid" approach - treating the symptoms as best we can - my… Continue reading Shock and Dismay: Re-visting Tick-Borne Diseases
Migraines: A Radical New Look At An Evolutionary Advantage
Laying curled up in bed tonight, I suffered through yet another severe migraine. This time, I asked myself exactly what my body was trying to tell me, and, more importantly, why??? I think I found the answer... Imagine: It is sometime during what is commonly called the Stone Age. Small groups of people, hunter-gatherers, spread… Continue reading Migraines: A Radical New Look At An Evolutionary Advantage
Notes to Myself on Migraine Hell
Remember! It will end. Four days and four very long nights I have spent in the deepest, darkest, most silent, depths of migraine hell. Hormonal migraine hell - the "hormonal" part is important, because that's always the worst, most impossible to live through, of the migraine hells. Four days & nights of wearing a blindfold,… Continue reading Notes to Myself on Migraine Hell
Dismayed
Like most females in America, I became aware of the intense pressure to stay thin when I hit puberty. I wanted to be lithe & graceful & tall like the dancers involved in Drama with me were. Instead, my breasts grew large, and I stayed short, at 5' 5". Still, I wanted to be rail… Continue reading Dismayed