Hurty Gertie

At least not in regards to my health. It made me laugh, like the first time I read the phrase “Spontaneous Vaginal Delivery expected” one one of my charts, like the baby was just going to pop out like toast at the end of all that labor stuff.

Patient had [xyz procedure] and ironically ceased having [random] symptoms.

But I guess I’m just full of medical ironies. If we’re even using the word correctly. A new one is that allergy medicine I started, prescribed by the Cool PA. Two days later the swelling was gone. I put on my wedding ring again (took it off in the fall when I thought I broke my finger).

The exhaustion has been letting up quite a bit, too. I’ve felt good enough to do stuff, not just drag my carcass to the gym and work out. I’m still not near 100%, but even 50-60% makes a huge difference. Hard to remind myself till I simply run out of kitty juice that I’m still not 100%, but that extra is still so buoying.

I’m getting near the end of my last week of my “stack” month, where I take a TNF shot once a week. And this week has been weird because (more…)