Today is the day before my surgery. I’ve already had my last meal, all of my appointments and yadda yadda. Since I’ll be in surgery for St. Patrick’s Day, I wore my “Lucky Lass” shirt today for all of my appointments. I would say it wasn’t very lucky because for the first time ever the [...]

In August of 1992 I was 8 and a half years old. Hurricane Andrew had just hit Florida and the rest of the nation watched in shock. My father owned a new business here in Michigan, where he ran Bobcat machines, and could do disaster removal. His small company was hired to help with the [...]

As a “sick” person, I have had to rely on friends and family A LOT. Way more than my comfort zone allows, and my pride permits. But regardless I’ve had to learn to suck it up. While ALL of the help and supportis amazing, I get left with this sense of guilt. Guilt perks its [...]

After a really long time of being an ostomate, I stumbled upon MeetAnOstomate.com. I was like “oh hey, I could meet some others, who know maybe even help some people down in the dumps”. Yea…not so much. The first thing I noticed about this website was the structure and function of it, is HORRIBLE. I [...]

Pardon my myspace-esque picture. At least I didn’t take it in a mirror. Also there are no duck lips or peace signs, so cut me a break. This weight loss thing. Ugh I’m sure you’re all tired of hearing me talk about it, but its an obsession at this point really. I made a chart [...]