I’ve learned that all I need to get through a situation is myself. And the only thing that can ruin me is death. Everything else is manageable.
travel
illness
I couldn’t tell you how old I was when I learned to read or when we stopped practicing cursive in school, but I can describe the view from the upper floor of the Columbia-Presbyterian hospital parking garage in almost perfect detail.
illness
Before I started getting high on the regular, I had to get past a whole bunch of mental bullshit.
illness
I did what all terrified patients do in the time of a crisis. I bought myself a ton of cosmetics!
crohns disease
I have Crohn’s Disease, an IBD. That basically means that when it’s bad, I can’t eat or drink anything without it a) making me hurt and b) making me go to the toilet (GLAM!).
cough drops
Just let me be sick without the guilt trip.
boundaries
Should I blame my swollen glands, achiness, lethargy, fever and chills on That Guy Who Licked My Feet the other day?
