When did politics become health news…

It didn't, but if you take a look at Google News, there are a ton of non-healthcare related stories on the healthcare page. I am sick of politics. Part of the advantage of living in this castle was being away from society (for the most part). Then came the internet. Oh yes, the information superhighway, …

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What being triggered really is…

Because I have been!     Anyone who knows me, knows I have PTSD (I know I never shut the fuck up about it).   Being "triggered," as I talked about in a blog almost a year ago, is way different than anxiety before a test or seeing something that frightens you or bothers you …

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Where the hell is Nursie poo?

    I took a break, Mark's death took a lot of energy.  I honestly needed to step back from the weirdness of losing a co-worker in such a violent self-inflicted manner. I thought that after I got the story out on the last podcast, I would be good, the catharsis would happen, and I …

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First day, wow…

I went through some old journal stuff and started looking at the things 20 some years ago when I was first a nurse (an LPN) Its scary to see some of these patient stories in print, still all this freaking time later. Back in the dark ages when I first became an LPN (this was …

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