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
Before I started getting high on the regular, I had to get past a whole bunch of mental bullshit.
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.
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!).
illness
I did what all terrified patients do in the time of a crisis. I bought myself a ton of cosmetics!
boundaries
Should I blame my swollen glands, achiness, lethargy, fever and chills on That Guy Who Licked My Feet the other day?
cough drops
Just let me be sick without the guilt trip.
