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The first time my mom fell and broke her pelvis in a freak accident, she had a hairline fracture and was able to make a fairly full recovery. She used a type of walker called a rollator for years after that, up until the time she fell again inside her apartment and broke her femur.… Continue reading Falls

We went to our Grief Group last night and got there a little early. I was browsing the group library (really just a pile of donated books) and the “librarian,” who likes to make recommendations, handed me a book called “Now Childless” and said she thought it would be a good fit for me, or… Continue reading Connection

I’m feeling a little anxious this morning after reading a friend’s post on Facebook that her elderly beagle had died. I don’t know anything about the circumstances, if the dog was sick or had cancer or some other ailment. I think once death visits you, the pump is just primed forever for you to fear… Continue reading Losses

It’s been over eighteen months since Sarah died and even given the up-and-down nature of grief and the fact that everyone says the second year is harder than the first, things have been pretty rough for me. Breaking my wrist didn’t really help at all and I’ve just been pretty bummed out lately. A friend… Continue reading Parakeets

Last night I was talking about my broken wrist with Max. We discussed how I was healing well and doing my assigned physical therapy exercises and how generally things are advancing as well as can be expected. Gold stars all around. But then I just broke in and said “I just really wish this had… Continue reading Denial

Another Rare Disease Day has come and gone and I can’t help wondering what the point is sometimes. You’ve probably never heard of Rare Disease Day. It’s kind of like Library Appreciation Month. Everyone’s in favor in principle but nobody really gives a shit. And then all the many many rare diseases seem to be… Continue reading Zebra Day

It’s been about two and a half weeks since I broke my wrist and I’m getting along much better. I’ve had surgery to put two pins and a plate in it, graduated from cast number 1 to cast number 2 to a sort of Marvel Superhero type black splint I’m wearing now. As you can… Continue reading Recovering

Thursday I was walking Polly near our house and I slipped and fell on a little sloped part of our lawn. The grass was icy or wet or something or maybe it was just my natural clumsiness. Anyway I went down on my left hand and sure enough I broke my wrist. It is going… Continue reading slip up