Author Archives: Catherine

Hello, I have radioactive blood! It doesn't glow, though. I checked. I have a little wallet card for Homeland Security that tells them the date and the amount I had, with the line at the bottom: "The radiation is allowed … Continue reading →

Here's something to brighten a rather dreary, cold Sunday in January. Simply put on a classical music station, engage in two 1-2 hour phone conversations, stay in your pajamas until 3:00 in the afternoon, and make yourself a batch of … Continue reading →

I have a friend who works with stroke patients. She says that they tell them to think in "seasons, not months," in order to estimate the pace of their recovery. This idea was helping me a season ago, in the … Continue reading →

This is not a good combination now is it? I'm so upset about it! Yesterday for what seems the one millionth time, I went to the workout place and attempted to exercise. Shortly I was nearly incapacitated by light-headedness. I … Continue reading →

He would surely work hard devising new and more devious ways to test what ails me. I did the infamous "tilt-table" test yesterday– yes, on Christmas Eve Day. Why?? Well, we have a very large deductible, which we've endured paying … Continue reading →

To cleanse the palate after relentless medical related updates, I offer an amusing gift idea from Elias (a very mature age 3). We were driving along as per usual and Elias was imagining all sorts of remote-controlled devices her would … Continue reading →

Apparently someone who suffers from migraine is called a "migraineur." However, as a woman with more than passing familiarity with high school French, I resent the masculine ending. Thus I declare myself to be a migraineuse. As has been the … Continue reading →

Yesterday I went to the super god of neurology, who Vince said was going to be the code breaker who could figure it all out. And he did, I think. Thus I close one chapter and open the next. The … Continue reading →

feet, feet feet! How many different feet you meet. My feet are getting the royal treatment these days, as I struggle to appease them. Find out what they need and supply it. They are so, so insanely fussy. My feet … Continue reading →

Last night as we sat down to dinner, I had a strange pain in my chest. Sort of chest pain, if you will. Odd, I thought. Whatever. I ate. It stayed there. It just kept staying there. I breathed and … Continue reading →