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The Daily Doings of Steph

Yesterday was quite the day - Seattle to Salt Lake City and back. My CFS (Chronic Fatigue Syndrome or as Scott monikered the acronym, Chicken Fried Steak) doc is in Salt Lake and I was due for my annual check-up. So, it made sense to hop over for the day from Seattle.
The traveling itself was […]

Read: Whirlwind Trip to Salt Lake »

Ugh…
There are periods of time where the wheels seem to just seem to sort of fall off, all at once. For the past ten days, I’ve had a deep ache in my left mid-back. I finally saw a doctor yesterday and I either have a kidney infection or a kidney stone that’s moving around. The […]

Read: Tough Few Days on the Slat Rat Physicality Front »

It’s taking me a bit longer to recuperate that I had anticipated. I’m still pretty wobbly and not up to doing much - even though I thought I should have at least been able to meet the Sunday morning running group at New Sagaya for coffee. However, the Slat Rat body begged to differ. I […]

Read: Recuperation: Baseball and Smallville »

I’m puttering along on the recuperative front. I’ve been very lucky - just a small amount of pain which advil takes care of quite nicely. More than anything, I’m just massively fuzzy, pretty tired, and easily mesmerized. I’ve been watching Smallville DVD’s and have been absolutely hypnotized. Obviously, I still have a fair amount of […]

Read: Doin’ OK »

My surgery went quite well. It was a bit longer than I had anticipated - I foolishly thought that my two-for-one deal would only take about a half an hour. But I was out for almost two hours. I don’t have an official report yet, but I did get to look at some totally nifty […]

Read: Not Bad at All »

My poor right foot has had quite the week - sort of a one thing leads to another deal. Sunday, I sprained my ankle and the entire foot swelled. The swelling cut off circulation to my toes. Which led to a very unpleasant flare-up of chillblains on my big toe and middle toe. By yesterday, […]

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This winter is turning out to be one of my all time favorites - tons of snow and no Chinooks (knock on wood). Although we have had major wind. As a result of the wind and snow, phenomena such as drifting and cornices, which normally occur only in backcountry, are literally in our backyard, and […]

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This post probably falls under TMI but, sometimes being a woman can be a little less than fun. I’ve been in perimenopause for the past two years and up until two months ago, it hasn’t been too bad. However, the rate of change has started to accelerate and is now causing some problems. Fortunately, the […]

Read: The Change »