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The big divide

A friend of mine says that she separates the world into those who have been through therapy and those who haven’t. For me, honestly, I can’t tell the difference. A friend asked me the other day how I was handling all of the issues in my life and I said, “Here’s the deal, number one, get a life coach, number two, go back to therapy, and number three start meditating, and number four … .”…

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Let’s get started

So my horoscope today: September 28, 2012 Taurus (4/20-5/20) Today you are finally coming to a deeper understanding of a task that has been particularly challenging to you. You’re getting a handle on things and feeling more and more empowered about what you need to do. This will be a wonderful day for you — your power is growing and it feels very good. You are starting to think that you could pretty much overcome…

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Kafka had nothing on this

So I’ve learned today a lot about T4 and Hashimoto’s and taking thyroid replacement and me. So the thyroid meds I am taking lose their effectiveness by degrees as your body is supposed to create the same matching amount and thereby reducing your need of the drug by a certain amount. Only sometimes humans don’t work that way and sometimes you don’t create enough of it, and sometimes you need more of it, and sometimes…

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The zombie apocalypse has ended

On March 12 my hair started falling out and on March 14th my stylist told me I had alopecia and it looked to him like alopecia areata by the circular bald spots developing on my head. It turned out to be alopecia universalis, which means all the hair on my body fell out. After dermatologist and primary care, and lots of blood work later, I wound up at an endocrinologist who informed me that I…

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