Posted by Editormum on 29 June 2014 in Uncategorized |
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My friend Heather wrote this blog post today about taking a break from going to church, and how it helped her evaluate her spiritual condition and renew her relationship with God. I cannot begin to express how much it resonated with me. Because I stopped going to church about five years ago, and every time […]
Tags: C.S. Lewis, challenges, Christianity, church, faith, medical issues, Religion, spirituality, worship
Posted by Editormum on 3 June 2012 in Uncategorized |
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I get a lot of flak about my diet. I eat low-carb most of the time. Not super-strict, like Atkins — though I’ve done the Atkins Diet and liked it pretty well — but more a “careful carb choice” approach. I eat far less bread and fewer grain products than most people I know. I […]
Tags: cholesterol, diabetes, Diet, food, high blood pressure, Low-Carb, medical issues, overweight, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 4 December 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I’m not gonna lie. I will be glad to see the end of 2010. It’s been a tough year for me and the boys, and we’re hoping and praying that 2011 will be better. Fewer visits to the doctor’s office would be especially nice. If it wasn’t the kids coming down with something weird, it […]
Tags: blessings, challenges, Family Life, medical issues, Philosophy, stress
Posted by Editormum on 28 September 2010 in
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Financially, this has been the year from Hell in the Editormum household. I still have my full-time administrative assistant job, thank God, but the freelancing work fell off dramatically this year. (Note to my current clients: Thank you! I value each and every one of you in ways you cannot begin to guess.) I have […]
Tags: budget, challenges, credit cards, credit issues, divorce, economic downturn, editing, Family Life, fear, finances, freelancing writing, medical issues, proofreading, Work Life
Posted by Editormum on 27 April 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Today, I wrote to the manager of the pharmacy I have used exclusively for nearly ten years, to explain why I am transferring my business. As an example of horrendous customer service, I thought that my excerpted letter would make a good blog post. Items in [brackets] are redactions or additions I have made for the benefit […]
Tags: customer service, medical issues, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 26 February 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Story of my life. If it isn’t doctors giving me attitude and inconvenience, it’s my own body playing me false. You know how your car will make the most horrendous racket, and yank the wheel out of your hands unexpectedly, until the minute you take it to the mechanic, and then it purrs like a kitten […]
Tags: doctors, Family Life, medical issues, pain, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 25 February 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I’m caving in. My wrist hurts so bad that it’s starting to interfere with my life — I have a high tolerance for pain, but now even Aleve isn’t really working. And it kept waking me up last night. Every time it slid out from under the cold pack. So I am going to an Orthopedist […]
Tags: Family Life, karate, medical issues, pain, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 24 February 2010 in Uncategorized |
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I want to add a bit more to my post from yesterday about my experience with doctors. Please understand, I know that there are good, conscientious, respectful doctors out there. My brother is married to one. My headache specialist, chiropractor, and dentist are three more. My new internist, though her wait times are terrible, is […]
Tags: challenges, Diet, doctors, Low-Carb, medical issues, obesity, overweight, rant, respect, True Stories, weight-loss
Posted by Editormum on 23 February 2010 in Uncategorized |
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Okay, so … I posted yesterday that having to go to a doctor about my left wrist is the one factor that outweighs all others in determining whether I actually seek treatment or not. And maybe that sounds silly. I can understand that. Our society thinks highly of doctors, and seeks their counsel for practically […]
Tags: challenges, doctors, medical issues, pain, True Stories
Posted by Editormum on 21 May 2008 in Uncategorized |
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Thought I was over the worst of it yesterday when I posted. But that’s the most evil thing about migraine. You think it’s on the wane, but really it’s just falling back to gather its resources so that it can attack you again with redoubled fury. So obviously, when I posted yesterday, I was in […]
Tags: Family Life, medical issues, migraine