Just got home from Mom's follow-up doctor appointment. Y'know, from the Broken Kneecap Debacle of 2010? Today was her last scheduled day of physical therapy. She's gone from a 65-degree flex on that knee to just over 90 degrees. It's been just over 3 months since this thing started. She's been driving (back roads, since highway ...
Category Archives: Bipolar
Mar
30
I Don’t Wanna Appear Ungrateful
One of my oldest blogging buds, James, and I have a lot of commonalities, particularly our battle with depression (and bipolar disorder). He wrote a post, listing some of the things he's grateful for. Think I'll follow suit because the Depression ...
Feb
17
I’d Give Anything Not to Tell You This, But Sometimes Nightmares are Real
Had my first ever videoconference with a shrink today. First ever videoconference, ever, actually. Went pretty well. The Matrix Therapist had sent the doc the list of meds I'd brought in for her to look at...the ones I was taking 10 years ago, the ones that actually were doing something. And the shrink actually looked that ...
Feb
16
That’s Me in the Corner
I'm slacking. I feel it. Losing my momentum is not a feeling I like. The mania has subsided. My brain is much calmer (and dumber), though that's relative. It's still busier than most people's, I get that. But compared to the manic shit? It's like ...
Feb
12
It’s Gonna Keep on Happening Until You Power Down That Bucket of Neuroses, Inebriation-Style
Tuesday night, Mom and I had our first TNT night out since her accident. The TNT's, for those that don't know, are otherwise known as the Dynamite Divas. In my head, I call them the Tuesday Night Supper Club, but it's basically the Meatsuite mentality...just a couple decades down the line. Every Tuesday, the TNT's gather ...
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