Tag: depression
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Armor
I’m working really hard right now to think of my body as functional, beautiful, and perfect in its imperfections. I gave my body to science and I’m trying very hard to get it back.
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The Not-So-Terrible Twos
Two years have passed since my stem cells were put back in my body to rebuild bone marrow and my immune system, it seems like a lifetime ago and yesterday all at once.
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How many therapists is too many?
After years of trial and error, I now have three individuals dedicated to different aspects of my mental health. In comparison to my other medical teams, three seems like a small number. Let me reiterate and say it loudly for those in the back row, MENTAL HEALTH DESERVES YOUR ATTENTION TOO!
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What am I living for?
My life is smaller and quieter than it used to be. I don’t have a plan. Maybe for the first time in my life, that’s ok.
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Memory, Time & Moments
One year ago today, I checked-in to the hospital for an experimental bone marrow transplant.
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The F Word
F is for fall, one of those key medical metrics that hospitals care about. I’ve been forced to come to terms with recent falls and how they impact my health and care.
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Depths of Despair
My mobility is not me. I work every day to understand that simple sentence. But I write now, from a place of darkness, of loss, of profound grief.
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Positivity Free Zone
We aren’t supposed to be happy all the time, always productive. There is a place for darkness and sadness and despair.
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The Struggle to Heal
I’m physically healing and mentally trying to process that healing. I’m struggling each day. I’m ok, but healing is really hard.
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Guest Author: Observations from Chemotherapy
Wednesday was a hard day, and I was just an observer and a pack mule. My perspective is one of friend, caregiver and all-around sassy, judgement-filled short person.
My Chronic Library 