EDIT - UPDATE: I called the clinic and spoke to the nurse in charge. And I explained what was going on, and he said “Not to worry.” My doc is booked until the 4th of March which is when I can get an appointment. He believes it is my hemorrhoids. I also told him I stopped taking the Lipit...

Pity: sympathetic or kindly sorrow evoked by the suffering, distress, or misfortune of another, often leading one to give relief or aid or to show mercy: to feel pity for a starving child. Mark 1:40-45 A Man With Leprosy A man with leprosy came to him and begged him on his knees, “If you are w...

I have so many things wrong with me (medically) but my parents won't take me to the fucking doctors. my main two:- scoliosis- that bump on my wrist of course we don't have insurence either. and even if we did my parents still wouldn't take me....

I’ve been collecting data for my year end review 2008. So here are some stats for you to take a look at. What will you be doing tonight??? I wrote 595 posts in 2008, this one would be number 596 I have taken 8 classes for my Pastoral Ministry Certificate this year I have read 53 books this yea...

I sit here and I watch the traffic come and go across the stat page, and I wonder who you are and why you are reading certain Pages… Gnosis and Mary Magadlene The Seven Deadly Sins Living with AIDS Coming Out Twice People come and go so quickly here. I wonder who you are and if you have found ...

I have a wonderful, beautiful amazing 7-year-old niece that my brother and our family first met last year.  We get to have her visit a week or two in the summer. My brother goes out of his way, driving 5 hours one way to get to an airport to meet her so she doesn’t have to take a connecti...

Do you have a child who is medicated for ADHD? Did you know that some doctors advise an occasional break from their medication? Many parents of children with ADHD are opting to keep their kids off of the medication during summer break. However, this is a matter that must be discussed with your ped...

As some of you know, I have recently taken my son off of his ADHD medication. Many factors contributed to this decision, too many to get into now. However, we are doing other things to combat his ADHD symptoms. We are no longer bandaging the problem, rather, searching for answers as to the cause of ...

It’s a beautiful day in the neighborhood. I’ve spent the last few nights reading from an old book by Paul Monette called Borrowed Time. This is one of the first books I read after I was diagnosed because I thought it had wisdom that I needed to know about going into the rest of my life. ...

As summer begins I am often reminded that I live on borrowed time, that for the last 14 years I have lived on borrowed time. In a few weeks, we will cross the 15 year mark on July the 8th at 12 noon. I have been spending time at night reading books by one of the first authors that I met shortly afte...