Family

Need some relief

Originally posted 2021-10-08 09:37:04. I pulled or did something to a muscle in my back/shoulder blade area. The muscle runs down my arm to my fingers. It has made it hard to do anything. We had a pain management appointment Monday morning and the doc said it was swollen so she put on one of these patches. The muscle spasms are relentless. Over and over again It’s like it’s putting pressure on the tendons, muscles,…

Continue reading

Family

The Big C

Originally posted 2018-06-06 11:13:07.   As I sit here looking of inspiration for each keystroke I hold back tears. The normal daily routine of getting my son up to take his medications doesn’t stop for anything. Hearing the words in my head over and over… CANCER… My mother has beaten colorectal cancer just a few years ago. Her body still trying to recover from the chemo and radiation. Then having to have her arteries bypassed…

Continue reading

Family

Why does it hurt

Originally posted 2019-02-16 18:29:30. Can someone explain to me why this hurts so freaking much?! I watched the man who I share his DNA, who may not have been a father but he was my father. Then 7 months or so later have to watch my mother, the woman who brought me into this world, carried my through this world in so many different ways. Who I miss more than life itself. I want to…

Continue reading

Family

The yearning

It’s been 5 years momma since I watched you take your last breathe. Not a day goes by that you don’t cross my mind. I make sure to touch your urn every single day of my life. Watching you leave the earth so unjustly, with the pain of a thousand knives you left without me.So many things left unsaid, not done, that I struggle with. So many memories have dimmed in my mind as I…

Continue reading

Family

Daughter of murder victim needs your help

Originally posted 2018-05-31 12:50:17.   Look at this lil thing. His grandma would have just eaten him up. She would have loved being a grandmother. gofundme.com/formommyandme  This is the fundraiser I started to help the daughter of my friend, Keisha, who along with 2 others were murdered back in 2016.  This is to help her obtain a lawyer to fight for custody of her baby, Mason. Please help me by sharing. Thank you for your…

Continue reading

Family

Leaving pain untreated is torture

Originally posted 2019-02-14 10:00:54. By Janice Reynolds, Guest Columnist One thing we need to keep in mind when discussing the so-called opioid epidemic is that people in acute pain are being persecuted and harmed, as well as those with persistent (chronic) pain. In fact, much of the witch hunt may have started with acute pain. It has long been known that when acute pain is left untreated or undertreated it can lead to persistent pain,…

Continue reading

Family

Unexpected

It’s been a few days since my esophageal scope. That went as… unexpected. The doc found cells in my tract that aren’t normally found in your tract. So… he took three biopsies while he was in there. Thank goodness for what I call the Michael Jackson drug… sad that the drug is widely known as that but it is what it is. Bottom half of my body hurts, now the other orifice is sore too…

Continue reading

Family

Iced Donut

This surgery seems to start off a bit different. Now… this may be too much info but majority of my netheregions is purple. This is what I have to sit on to be semi comfortable. I didn’t realize I needed to relive having a monthly cycle. 😩 I have cramps without the rest of it. I’m not exactly sure why I have cramps. I mean they moved my bladder I get it but the cramps…

Continue reading