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• Another week another virus

  February 23, 2013

  I went last winter not getting any winter colds or flus at all despite my fragile emotional condition. I have been sick for two weeks again, this time with a cold like virus that had turned into a bad cough and forced me back on a nebulizer regularly. Thankfully, I now have a laptop from…

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• There is Good

  January 18, 2013

   Well after my depression Bout I got the horrible stomach virus that has been going around.  It lasted two weeks from the beginning Body aches to the last of the pain from eating anything other than hot rice cereal.   However, I am doing pretty good now.  Work has been bu...

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• Another Year Away from the Beginning of it all

  January 2, 2013

  So, where to start?  I had surgery August 31.  Apparently, because I have lost weight in the year, or because I coughed, they really don't know, but my surgery did not "take" and I had to have surgery again on Oct 14.  Then I got bronchitis.  Mixed into tha...

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• my health

  August 22, 2012

  I well write soon. It has been a really bad summer for my health.

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• Spring Is Here!

  June 3, 2012

  So we had the warmest winter on record, then last week it was in the 40s and this week its in the 90s. Craziest winter/spring yet. It was around this time last year that I noticed my sister was "off" again and I felt like I missed my summer. From May until about February I…

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• Great-Aunt

  May 6, 2012

  My niece decided to keep her baby.  It was a difficult decision.   She said that before she gave birth she had no idea how much she would love her baby.  She did not even let him out of her sight at the hospital.   She is breast feeding, which impresses me for a 17 y...

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• Aunt/Great Aunt ????

  May 4, 2012

  My niece had her baby yesterday. He is healthy and beautiful. She is contemplating giving him up for adoption to my brother and his wife but she has not made a final decision. Babies usually make me happy but this is stressing me out. I am fine whatever she decides but my brother and his…

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• Coping

  April 16, 2012

  I thought I would update since I have again neglected OD.  I am doing better.  I still have moments when I think I cannot bear to get out of bed and days I am doing great and a tiny thing happens that reminds me of my sister and I am taken aback with grief.  It is difficu...

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• If only

  January 11, 2012

    If only Follow me Trail me Sit near me Be at my side Be in my confidence Admire me Watch me Hover near me Put your tiny hand in mine Infringe on my space Interfere with my friendships Monopolize my time Use me I would do anything for a second of what for many…

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