Tag: mothers
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talking to myself
Read more: talking to myselfI\’m in the \”I need to give myself a good talking to\” phase of recovering from this latest relapse. It\’s the stage where I\’m returning to normal and I always do that better physically than mentally. Unless you have experienced unpredictable lapses in your health, understanding the amount of mental strength it takes to get…
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dad
Read more: dadYes, my dad is alive and kicking. I want to take the opportunity to embarrass him while I can. It\’s not often we get our own personal heroes, but I have one, a fact that has become even more emphatically clear during my struggle with Lyme. Dad and I are extraordinarily close, our relationship uncomplicated,…
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body
Read more: bodyI like my body. I\’ve never quite trusted it, because it was broken when I was seven. I fell out of a tree and fractured my skull. I was in a coma for about a week. It\’s funny what you remember about hospital stays, especially when you\’re young. I definitely remember the nurses coming in…
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mouse
Read more: mouseThis past week, I got sick. A stomach bug. My daughter\’s boyfriend caught it and brought it home, thinking it was food poisoning. Three days later, Katie came down with a particularly virulent case. I washed everything like crazy, but it wasn\’t enough. Friday morning I woke with a queasy, hard knot in my stomach.…
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