I myself have converted to using reusable cloth menstrual pads rather then using the single use ones readily available in most stores. There are five reasons that I’ve made this decision, but I’ll say that I have no regrets and have no intentions of ever going back. So, what do I like about them?
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Making Relationships Work
Today, I want to talk about somethings that you can do to help keep a relationship going despite being stressed by one or both partners having a chronic illness. A lot of this advice is just how I personally think good relationships work, regardless if there is chronic illness involved or not.
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Hello Zebras and Spoonies!
Thanks for coming over and visiting me today, I’m glad you’re here.
Even though this isn’t my first blog post, I thought that it would be fun to do an introduction post. So, I made up a list of questions that I am going to answer so that you guys can get to know me a little better. I’m including the questions as a list at the bottom of the post so that you can copy and paste them if you’d like to join me in the fun.
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Hello Zebras and Spoonies!
Thanks for stopping by and visiting with me. Today I’m going to be talking about compression socks.
There are many medical conditions that benefit from compression therapy. Everything from blood pooling, edema, pain management and sensory needs can be helped with compression. The challenge is that our doctors often recommend getting compression socks but then we’re left solo trying to figure out which socks we should be wearing. If you’re new to compression socks, here’s my list of tips to help you find your perfect pair.
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I am floating out here.
I cannot hold on this for ever.
There is this place inside of me
that I cannot take you.
A place that I cannot take anyone.
If you came here,
you would never come back to me.
So, let me go.
Let me go.
I have to move onto the next place
that I have never been
and maybe when I get there
I will find that something
that I have always been looking for.
Right now I feel like I am adrift
and that there is nothing to hold onto.
Without work, I am nothing.
I have nothing to do with these hands.
There is no one that needs me,
but I need them.
So, what now?
There is nothing to hold onto,
but you hold onto me.
Let me go.
Who knows?
There might be that something
that I am looking for in that place over there;
in that place that I have never been.
Let me go so that I can keep looking.
Looking for that something that I have never been.
So, maybe; just maybe
I can become something more then I am.
061121
Hello Zebras and Spoonies!
Thanks for stopping by. How has everyone been doing? I hope that life and the universe has been treating you well.
I have been doing the travel nursing job for three months now and thus far I am loving the work. But I won’t lie; it’s been tough. I’ve been working as a Med Surg nurse, doing direct patient care and it is a very physically demanding job. The most difficult part is the amount of time required standing. The twelve hour shifts can get hard. I’m doing my best to find a balance with my body, but I know that the reality is that I will not be able to do this work for much longer. The plan is to work for a few years as a travel nurse and get all our debt paid off. Then we will have more flexibility for choosing jobs and locations when my body has more inevitable changes.
Continue reading “061121”What is Neurodiversity?
I think that this term has created a complex dialogue and like all human conversations, there are a lot of layers to unpack here. I want to talk about what I agree with and what I don’t when it comes to the neurodiversity conversation.
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Let me start by introducing you to my beaver.
No, not that beaver. Pervert. This beaver lives in my head and his name is OCD. Yeah, as in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. There is a lot that people don’t tend to know about beavers. Most know that they are hard working and forever active on “making things work.” But most don’t know that they also have issues with running water. That’s right. When a beaver hears running water, it is compelled to build a dam. The water must not flow. Period. Running water is bad. Why? Because the beaver’s brain says so. That’s right, beavers have OCD. And I have an OCD beaver in my head.
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Zebra Pig 