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Jun.12.2010
Well, there are ten days that I'll never get back. Tonight is the last of it, the last dosage. Like I said previously, I see the bigger picture, this so small in the grand scheme of things, but it was an interesting experiment at my doctor's advice and at my expense. I feel very little...
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Jun.11.2010
Tough last couple of days. Racing heart & major sleepiness. What makes it worse is that The Black Eyed Peas are on TV right now in South Africa and I can't tell if it's the medication, or just them, but they are weird, not in a good way, just kind of silly and unexplainably strange. I like a...
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Jun.09.2010
Little did I know that on the day that I was scheduled to be part of a focus group I would be reeling from the fabulous drug combination that my doctor gave me that has had absolutely no effect on my poor ear. Did I mention this was a FOCUS group? Do you know how hard it is to focus when you're...
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Jun.08.2010
I slept almost 11 hours last night, a night full of wild dreams including sharks and flying and football jerseys. Right now I feel pretty calm considering what's coursing through my veins. It was kind of hard to string ideas together with a coworker this afternoon, but it could have been that I...
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Jun.08.2010
I know you've heard it before, but we can put a man on the moon for gosh sake, but we can't find a better way to drain a person's Eustachian tube? I repeat: THE MOON!!! I know that in the big picture it is minor. I totally count my blessings every day, but it's amazing what a nuisance this has...
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Jun.06.2010
I hate my doctor. I know that she's just trying to help me, but damn. Day 4, ear tube still blocked. I wake, medicate, and wait for the craziness to begin. So many things to do and so much energy to use: pay bills, work out, clean files off of desk, mail letters, figure/balance bills. I...
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Jun.05.2010
You know that they scan your license when you buy this stuff? You have to sign a waiver and you're only allowed to buy one box a month. So, anyway, I foolishly thought that I could use the accelerated heart rate to my advantage and I went to the gym this morning. I'm standing in between sets...
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Jun.04.2010
Let me explain. I have had a plugged ear for four months. After I went hiking in Yosemite and experienced pain in my ear at a high elevation, I decided to finally go to the doctor. That was my first mistake. I know that she's only trying to help me, but, wow. She prescribed a combination of an...
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May.29.2010
I just finished Linda Bacon's Health at Every Size, which more or less blows the lid off of much of the way we think about our bodies and the supposed tragedy of consequences associated with excess weight. Newsflash: Carrying excess poundage is not as tragic as we think. People keep throwing...
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May.19.2010
I taught English/Writing in a Texas public school for seven years. This was in the 90's. I never felt that the American History section of the state-adopted textbook was particularly biased. Part of the curriculum included teaching The Declaration of Independence. The fact that the school...
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May.16.2010
So I know this woman. She is an acquaintance, very sweet, very likeable. She is a writer from Sweden who has had some success with her first novel. Recently, in the course of a conversation with her, she revealed to me that she always reads the last few pages of a book first before she begins it...
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May.11.2010
I had the pleasure of interviewing Maggie Dammit who is the woman behind the website OkayFineDammit. She was being profiled on Parentdish for the "Amazing Moms" feature on Mother's Day. In addition to the above mentioned website, she is also the founder of Violence Unsilenced, a website...
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May.04.2010
I think I might have to kill you. Which is sad, really because for so long you have been a part of my life. Ever since I saw Sixteen Candles you have been my ideal. My handsome, athletic, plaid-wearing cool teen-equal who was looking for something more than the bubble-headed, drunk cheerleader...
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May.02.2010
Yesterday my husband and I went out to The Hunter's Point Shipyard to an artist's studio (Lynn Rubenzer) to see a very important painting, well, important to me, because, well, it's me. I was fortunate enough to pose for Lynn about a year ago and I wanted to see how the painting was coming along...
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Apr.24.2010
April is Donate Life month. Long ago I checked the box on my driver's license because someone in my immediate family needed an organ donation. The details will remain private, but this person did not get the donation and the end result was the worst. It is a horrible position for anyone to be in...
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About Katherine
Katherine McWilliams was born in Michigan and raised in Texas. Growing up on the Mexican border and spending summers thousands of miles away in small town America provided much material for her stories. She took the academic route and discovered deep into...
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The Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation jdrf.org Macula Vision Research Foundation mvrf.org Washington Office on Latin America wola.org/juarez