Author Archives: Skye

Our basement flooded with the very heavy rains we had in July and we are still in the midst of cleaning it up. My partner and I were very fortunate as we lost very little compared to some folks. My partner grabbed the most valuable things from the basement before water got to them butContinue reading “How My House Is Triggering Me”

Fatphobia is described as anti-fat where there is an implicit or explicit bias of overweight individuals that is rooted in a sense of blame and presumed moral failing, as per the Boston Medical Center. I do see a problem with fatphobia in our culture. I was an anti-fat person myself, I automatically didn’t want toContinue reading “Fatphobia Or Medical Facts”

I went for my cystoscopy and managed to generate a deep enough cough that there was significant leakage. I also kept track of how many leaks per day I had and presented that to my urologist. She finally agreed to do the bladder sling over again. Phew! Words can’t even describe the relief and anxietyContinue reading “Nothing To Do But Wait For A Date”

Okay, so, it has been nearly seven months since I quit smoking….and I’m tired. I’m tired of fighting off urges and thoughts to smoke. It’s exhausting. The physical part of my stupid addiction is over. Nicotine has left the building….but the mental part, ooohhh, the mental part… I think about smoking a lot, I wishContinue reading “Me And My Stupid Addiction (Part IX)”

The radio silence between my youngest daughter and me has broken. She has been reaching out to me from time to time. I’ve missed her very much and it is good to hear from her. I’ve been keeping my end of the conversation light and non-intrusive. I let her lead the conversation to wherever sheContinue reading “Delicately Knitting A Wounded Relationship Together”

Well, I did hear back from my urologist’s office and before she will consider doing another bladder sling surgery I will have to undergo a urodynamics test and cystoscopy…again. So I went in for the urodynamics test and part of the test gages how much I leak due to coughs and sneezes. The result wasContinue reading “Again, From The Top!”