The past several weeks have been quite good indeed. I felt like I was coming out from under the foggy cloud of medication side effects and was finally making real progress with my new dysautonomia management plan. To me, the biggest indicator of this was when I realized I’d gotten my stride back. My father’s […]
I do have other updates to post?such as an “in memoriam” for Osiris, who died last week. Many of you know that I was in Alabama last week for medical testing. I paid a visit to The Autonomic Disorders and Mitral Valve Prolapse Center in Birmingham. The visit itself was fairly straightforward: echocardiogram, tilt table […]
According to 2005 figures from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly one out of every two adults in the United States suffers from at least one chronic illness. In many cases friends, neighbors, co-workers and even family members have no idea of the diagnosis, and much less the challenges of daily life with […]
Several months ago?probably while I was making a pie?I heard an interview on Fresh Air with New York Times business writer Charles Duhigg about his new book, The Power of Habit. What I remember most about that interview was Duhigg’s story about how he broke his “afternoon cookie habit” by paying attention to both the […]
When I want to be productive, I find it’s helpful to not only pare down visual distractions?and prevent getting interrupted by a dog or cat every 3.7 minutes?but to literally set the tone for my work as well. I don’t do well in settings where there’s noise. It doesn’t matter if it’s heavy machinery or […]
I’ve been working on a blog post for the Oregon News Incubator about making choices to combat media overload — at least, I’ve been thinking about writing such a post. But it seems that everything gets in the way. There’s a reason I’ve not been blogging much in recent months. As many of my readers […]
I have to give my heartfelt thanks to everyone who posted supporting comments in this space, who emailed me encouragement and commiseration privately, and who sought me out face-to-face to express love and concern. Things have been rough, though there have been some very real bright spots as well. By the time last weekend rolled […]
