Winter at the Gimp Compound

The holidays and the new year went well for me, though my computer needed some repairs that kept me from writing here for about a month. Hap...

And November begins

I’m having trouble getting and staying online these last few days. I’ve a few posts I’m trying to finish and publish but my connection keeps...

Mid-September Already....

I'm here. And doing well, thank you for thinking of me, those who have emailed me in concern. I've gotten out of the habit of writin...

Minnesota Spring

A bunch of photos, unrelated to disability except in the " stay in your house! " sense: The first four were taken at the Minnesot...

Hiya gawkers!

Yesterday I went to Great Clips to get my hair cut. The hairdresser I've had for the past year got a job at the local bank around Chris...

Legs and other miscellanea

A follow-up to last week's post about "My fat (but actually very normal-sized) legs" to illustrate that I speak the truth: My...

One more try for Sara

Big family dinner today. Blogging? This is all you get here: Image description: Me and my twin again, skinny legs and all. We're posed a...

My fat (but actually very normal-sized) legs

Almost a year ago, I mentioned some good news about weight gain . Recall that I was starvation-level underweight just two years ago for a va...

The wild life

It feels like winter coming here at the Gimp Compound. This past weekend, my father put up his little hand-turned wooden dish bird feeder an...

Lately, at the Compound

I love unpredictability in my friends. People who say or do things it wouldn't immediately occur to me to say or do either intrigue or f...

Back

So, it was actually a lousy vacation. I've spent the bulk of my time with ugly digestive complaints or working through the various manag...

Medical professionals who are excellent, asses and part of a failing system

My posse and I trekked into the Twin Cities this morning (despite threats of dangerous weather that have come true all around Minnesota ove...

Red Robin and Armadillos at the Gimp Compound

It's warm today, and while the morning began with miserable fog that didn't bother me at all because I slept through its evil opaque...

A letter to my Dad on his 76th birthday from... some enemies

Hey Old Guy Wearing that Ridiculous Hat with the Pom-Pom on Top, Every day lately, you move those Bird Feeders around under the eaves. We se...

Anniversary -- Escaping institutionalization

This Tuesday, March 6, was the one-year anniversary of my returning home from my four-month hospital stay. What makes the date so important...

Like a lion -- A rant

Last weekend we got 15 inches of snow here at the Gimp Compound. Since I'd managed a successful Parts Replacement Event with my feeding ...

Random Parts Replacement Fun

Ventilator traded in for one which does not randomly turn itself off: Check. New ventilator's obscure nonprescription default settings ...

Neglect

Yesterday's list of glorious gimpiness failed to mention my fabulous elbows, one of which I lean on to type. Today it registers jealous...

Like a sieve, only not so much

I had that ABG draw this morning, as scheduled , to determine if recent dizziness is caused by my ventilator settings or something else. Tha...

Friday at the Gimp Compound or Dizzying up the Girl

So, about ten days ago, my trach's cuff burst. In my throat, in the middle of the night. And just for fun, this happened when I was just...