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fight the frump, health, motherhood
Going under the knife
04.18.08 | Permalink | 20 CommentsI read an article in the New York Times six months ago that changed the way I view cosmetic surgery. I don’t say “plastic” surgery, because it was a plastic surgeon who sewed up my 4-year-old brother’s eyelids after a car accident left him full of broken glass. Plastic surgeons fix cleft palates and enable [...]
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health
MMSM: The Great Muppet Caper — UPDATED
04.14.08 | Permalink | 7 CommentsI feel a bit like a muppet myself, today. Sort of floppy and round-headed. I could use those sticks attached to my wrists to move my right arm and a hand supporting my spine to keep my head from lolling to the side. And a rag for the drool would be nice. Probably that is [...]
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health, marriage, works for me
WFMW: Sex Therapist
03.26.08 | Permalink | 10 CommentsI have long wished that I could be a spokesperson for Getting the Help You Need. To reduce the stigma that some people feel still attaches to those who are depressed or anxious or addicted or in need of any kind of medication, therapy, or other help to be happier people. I loved Dooce’s testimonial [...]
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advice, breastfeeding, health, motherhood, vacations, well-meaning strangers
Well-meaning strangers
03.25.08 | Permalink | 5 CommentsA funny thing happened on the way out of an Arizona Costco last week. The cashier (who was maybe early 20s) looked from my 2% milk to 18-month-old Spot on my hip and asked, Are you buying this for your daughter? When I said, Why yes, he persisted: You asked the doctor and he said [...]
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health, Susan
Susan’s Frankenstein Impersonation
02.27.08 | Permalink | 2 CommentsI finally got to see Susan’s stitches. We went back to the ER to get them checked out. You’ll be glad to know that her temperature and blood pressure and pulse are all normal too. Anyone else think medical procedure is sometimes a tad . . . ridiculous? Not that I would switch our medical [...]
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health, motherhood, Susan
There is nothing like a head wound . . .
. . . to remind you that you would rip out your own beating heart if a) you knew how to transplant it and b) your kid needed it. Susan fell off the back of the over-stuffed chair in our living room tonight and hit her forehead on the window sill. It bled. Then it [...]
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health, Jane
Could be worse
02.22.08 | Permalink | 8 CommentsI have a bum shoulder. It’s not my only unfortunate physical characteristic. I also have a Down Syndrome palm. Well, two of them if you’re counting. Dick likes to say Just think how smart you’d be if you didn’t have Down Syndrome. I think he wrote an “Ode Down Syndrome Girl” when he was courting [...]
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