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Unabashed Plug
Depression plagues me. A few weeks ago it finally defeated all my defenses and brought me crashing to my knees. Fortunately drugs and time-proven strategies are propping me up. One of the most formidable tools in my arsenal is music … Continue reading
Posted in depression, support system, Uncategorized
Tagged depression, jerusalem, Lupus Nephritis, microscopic microangeitis, SLE
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End of the First Week
Yeah! Yeah! I did it. I wrote a post for every day of the week. This is the seventh, and I only committed to six. Yeah! State of a microcosmic world: Hubby is doing well. He had lots of fun … Continue reading
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Tagged jerusalem, Lupus Nephritis, microscopic microangeitis, SLE, weekend status report
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Pain in the Sacrum…
…instead of “pain in the x@#!?”. The sacrum is at the bottom of the spinal column, right above the tailbone. It is bound by the ilium on both sides. The joint between the sacrum and the ilium is called the … Continue reading
Foraging in January
It’s the beginning of the foraging season here. All it took was few rain storms and cooler weather. The rakevet are blooming; mustard greens are peeking up; dandelion green babies nestle in with the vetch. In a few months these … Continue reading
Day Three
It’s a good thing I only committed to one week of posting everyday. I don’t know how people blog every day. Don’t they ever get writer’s block? Or get bored with their own writing? Or their own story? Yuck. News, … Continue reading
Posted in Lupus Nephritis, symptoms, Uncategorized
Tagged back pain, chemotherapy, Imuran, jerusalem, Lupus Nephritis, microscopic microangeitis, nausea, SLE, vommiting
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New Year – New Direction
New Year, the secular new year, the Gregorian calendar new year, not my new year, and yet – January 1 is a good marker in time. Judaism actually has four new years: the new year of the trees (Tu B’shvat … Continue reading
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Tagged autoimmune disease, jerusalem, Lupus Nephritis, microscopic microangeitis, new year, renal failure, SLE
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More Questions
Did you ever wonder if, when there was no electricity, no no cars, no machines, only candles, fires, heavy natural fiber clothes, if there really was some kind of “magic” to it all? I don’t mean the Harry Potter kind, … Continue reading
Work Has Begun
Yes I know I haven’t written anything since July. I don’t even want to write now – it’s just that I’m compelled to say something, anything. In that I might find menucha (hard to translate – like peace). Some statistics … Continue reading
My Latest Fascination
This is what I do with my time when I’m trying to escape my body. Fortunately I have been feeling rather good since last week. I keep asking myself “Is this for real? Will this last?” I don’t know, but … Continue reading
Hey You…
do you remember picking blueberries under the pine forests? I never knew blueberries could taste so good. And do you remember finding wild strawberries? I had only tasted them once before when my father took me on a walk along … Continue reading
