General posts about life as an adult with a congenital heart defect
Over the course of my adult life, June has not always been very nice to me. I don’t have the best track record with avoiding hospitals in June. In college, I started getting severe atrial fibrillation in June and spent almost six weeks in the […]
Congrats; you’ve survived two months of being legally bound to my medical mayhem! As we stood in that gazebo, you became more than just my husband. You officially became the next of kin of a chronically ill person; the person viewed as my primary caregiver, […]
Six months of radio silence and here I am posting twice in a week. I just posted a blog titled “Happiness is Hard Work” only to realize afterwards that the only thing I’ve been working hard on for the last few weeks, the thing that […]
So, I realize now that I may kinda suck at this whole blogging thing…another six months has passed since my last blog post. I still want to write my blog. I still have A LOT to say about life as an adult congenital heart patient […]
“When God closes a door, He opens a window.” Everyone loves to look out a window in anticipation of what’s coming. Waiting for grandma to arrive, keeping an eye out for the UPS man with your Amazon package, watching for your loved one to come […]
I grew up in the Midwest and currently live in the South; two areas that are known for their politeness. In the Midwest we barely bump into someone and out comes “Ope! Excuse me” without pause. In the South, it’s a constant parade of “Yes, […]
So, I’m realizing that when you write a blog about your struggles with a serious chronic health condition and you don’t write anything for five months that people start to worry that you’re dead or mostly dead. Rest assured, I am still alive and still […]
As we all know, the universe giveth and the universe taketh away. After a whole lot of take this past year, the universe decided to cut me a break and it dropped an amazing person into the middle of my life. I have met a […]
I really hate the term heart failure. Nothing makes my little Type A personality heart hurt worse than having the word failure attached to it. Out of the approximately 79 diagnoses listed in my medical chart, seeing that one really breaks my heart. Last week […]
It’s been about three months since the life that I lived for thirteen years came to an end and I was presented with the opportunity to have a fresh start. My divorce process is (hopefully) coming to an end soon and I am reflecting on […]