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That Time I Had a Deep Vein Thrombosis: A Blood Clot Story
Remember how my husband and my friends threw me a surprise party for turning 35? I also got a blood clot for my birthday. I am now the proud owner of not one deep vein thrombosis, but two. Yep. Two...
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Not Dying From a Blood Clot Is A Solid Life Choice
So, yeah. I have a blood clot. Two, to be exact, and quite honestly, this information is still sinking in a little bit. I’m not in shock or anything, I’m just…I don’t know. Lots of people reading and...
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Deep Vein Thrombosis Warning Signs: What You Need to Know About Blood Clots
In the weeks leading up to my deep vein thrombosis diagnosis (ha! poetry!) I did a LOT of Googling “deep vein thrombosis warning signs” and “do I have a blood clot” to figure out if what I had was...
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The Clot Thickens: Pulmonary Embolism
This blood clot story just keeps getting…more bloody. I am not only the proud owner of blood clot in my leg. I also have pulmonary embolism. In layman’s terms, that means I also have blood clots in my...
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Birth Control And Blood Clots: A (Possibly) Deadly Combination
So the title sort of gives it all away, but birth control caused my blood clots. Birth control is the *only* causative factor my doctors could find. Birth control and blood clots, y’all. A possibly...
View ArticleOld School Blogging and Why Don’t We Do That Anymore?
Who’s still blogging? Are people doing that anymore? An OG blogging friend posed the question on her Facebook page yesterday (two days ago?), and I’ve been mulling it over in my head ever since. I know...
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Me too.
I was 20. Maybe 22. I can’t remember. Parts of this are fuzzy, the kind of blur that comes from years of separation between The Moment and The Memory. I was working at the bank. I’d managed to get...
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Persistence: My 2018 Word of the Year
2017 tried to kill me. I mean, it really did. Job loss, a blood clot, pulmonary emboli, finding an amazing new job, nearly losing that job, co-pays, stress, anxiety, depression. At some point, the...
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5 Must Have Hair Products for Fine Hair
Once upon a time, I had hair so thick and long I could’ve played Rapunzel. I spent summers running around my grandpa’s farm with my butt-length hair twisting around my armpits getting plastered there...
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Nevertheless, We Persist
No part of me can pretend that I’m not deeply saddened by this week’s turn of events in the Democratic race for President. Nevertheless, we persist, right? It’s what we do. The Persister herself,...
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Passion Fuels Purpose: Neurodivergents for Harris-Walz
There have been a few moments in my life when thoughts so profound have taken root in my soul and ignoring them would be devastating. When passion has fueled purpose in a way that has made me wonder...
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