Category Archives: Other Mishaps
Please Don’t Touch My Feet or Butt
I’ve had at least ten massages in my life. I’d like to think that I can distinguish a good massage from a bad one. However, I have never had such a peculiar massage like the one performed in one of the massage chains, let’s just call it M.E. I arrived 15 minutes early (as requested) …
Another Bump on the Road or, Rather, in the Groin
I came back from a work related road trip, tired and hungry. I slung my bags on the living room floor. I fished out the speeding ticket that a solemn highway patrol officer with a matter of fact approach issued to me at the beginning of my drive back, right after I was stuck in …
Lady In Waiting
That’s me minus the queen and the court. I wait. I wait to go to the doctor’s appointments. I wait for the results of scans and tests. I wait for phone calls giving me good news or shattering my life. I wait to fall asleep through my anxiety. I wait to eat because my stomach …
Trans-Vaginal What?
My oncologist called me, or rather sent the news via my chemo nurse, to let me know that I needed to go get a pelvic ultrasound because of an inconclusive PET scan. This was on late Friday afternoon, so I spent the whole weekend thinking I have uterine cancer, alternating between crying uncontrollably and feeling …
Achoo!
“Achoo!” I sneezed myself out of sleep again! It’s 5:08 AM and I know I am going to have a hard time falling back asleep. My right nostril is running relentlessly and my right eye could fill a river. I try not to think about the fact that I went to bed close to midnight …
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