Hi everyone, it’s been a long journey since I was struck with seemingly random, intensely painful and debilitating, arthritis — coming and going every few weeks to months, affecting all different joints from my knees to my wrists to most recently my ankle last August. I have seen three different doctors and had my blood [...]
I saw a rheumatologist for the first time today. I booked my appointment a couple months ago, and today was finally the day. 😬 I explained to the nurse how I’ve had debilitating joint pain and swelling come and go in different areas for the past year and a half. At first she seemed dissuasive [...]
I have written before about Buttermilk, my first cat. But I'm surprised I have not made a post yet about Penelope, or Penny, (or Princess Penny) my second cat. I actually knew Penny before I adopted Buttermilk. She was my older cousin's cat, who had her for many years. I got Buttermilk for my ninth [...]
This is a little bit about my personal spirituality and experience. I know this is something completely different for everyone, as we all have unique experiences, even those who belong to the same religion slightly differ in certain ways. First, I am very open minded. Not only tolerant of other beliefs, but highly interested. I [...]
Yet another health update, which I will be most likely doing a lot more of. I would like to title these updates something like "RA journey" or "autoimmune update" or something along those lines... which I hesitate to do at this point. Although, I am still very sure that I am dealing with RA. As [...]
I have some good, but also maybe bad, news. A brief recap -- a month ago, woke up with a random swollen ankle, it was so bad that I could not walk right for several days. I went to the nearest urgent care. The x-ray came back normal, but looking at my ankle, the doctor [...]
Just a quick post to introduce my new little babies! Two/three weeks ago, I brought home two new guinea pigs. They are albinos, rescued/adopted from an animal testing facility. They are about four months old, and super cute! Their names are Skull and Bones — nicknamed Skully and Bo (or Bobo.) Although they are nearly [...]
Happy birffday, V-gurl! Venus, my kitty cat, turned five years old last Friday! I'm so grateful for five years of good health and hope for many years more. I ordered her a FLOPPY FISH online as her present, which sadly has not arrived yet! But I was sure to reward her with many extra treats, [...]
Every summer -- of course the exception of last summer -- my family does a beach vacation. It's always a wonderful time with lovely, kind, and caring people. THE PRELUDE: A few weeks beforehand, I was feeling extremely overwhelmed. I called my sister having a panic attack, because my vet appointment for my cat, Venus, [...]
Lotus Laura 