OFFS! I cannot remember if I already talked about this! One of the things that aggravated me when I counted calories and effort via technology was my lack of heart rate raising. I take beta-blockers for high blood pressure and it made it difficult to raise my HR &...
My Cup Runneth Over
And by Runneth Over – I mean spill I have two cups that I use for tea. You have probably seen them because they show up in my pictures frequently. I have this white one and also a purple one. Both cups are from Piper Lou. I have always...
Switching things up
For some reason I am on an every other night broken sleep pattern and I am not enjoying it on the days I have not had enough sleep! I think it has bee like 12 days of sleep enough, not sleep enough, sleep enough, not sleep enough. Today is...
Color my World
My week has been a blur, not in a particularly good way. I dislike weeks that basically just drift away which is what this one did. Chemo Tuesday meant Wednesday and Thursday were low energy, low brain power. Fatigue is a real thing. Feeling almost human today but the...
Babble about shoulders and necks
This is my biennial (or so) post about Thoracic Outlet Syndrome (TOS) and my 30 year odyssey of gratitude that I did not listen to the doctor. I like so many other stupid things in my life waited until I was in a crisis moment before I ever saw...
So Fruity
Todays complaint is about fruit. I like some fruits. Not all fruits. What I really like is a nice fruit salad. I am on an occasional very strict diet and can only have so much fruit at a time. So really what I want is about 2 medium size...
I have something to say
But….. it is involved …. So instead I will give you a picture of what my affection looks like. This is me just as much as me standing in front of you would be.A friend and I joked about me wanting everyone in the world to have a Tracy...
Just B*tching
I start feeling my age when I am exposed to women who use the word Bitch as a fun friendly term. I went looking for how this became a thing and ran across this article I have actually spent some time thinking about this over the years because it...
Just Breathe
My pulmonologist prescribed symbicort two times a day and albuterol four times a day. Both of these are inhalers and each dose is two puffs. So 12 puffs a day. I went to my new PC a couple of weeks ago and he asked me about it. I explained...
ReHash of No Hash
In the last three weeks I have had some interesting conversations with a few different people about food and nutrition and food and disease. In the last 5 years I can say with assurance that at least 80% of the people I talk to who are looking for information...