29 july 2009 – it’s a long long road… but where to?

painful ulcers… ringing ears… vertigo… stiff joints… the jaw beginning to clamp again.. puncture marks (7 on right knee, 1 on left etc) become tiny dark red dots inside small angry bright rings… beginning to itch… rashes on both arms, angry raised lumps and welts… dark eye rings and eye bags… blotchy stressed patchy skin…
mirror [...]

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25 july 2009 – waiting on the fringe of recovery

arthritis has subsided sufficiently to allow more or less normal mobility… and being a foodie, i m so thankful i can move my jaw and eat without pain at the transmandibular joint… even the simple act of being able to brush my teeth painlessly is an item for my thanksgiving list!!!… but the joints affected [...]

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chicken droppings

dear chicken,
i learned a salutary lesson from u that day… well, that was really more than 2 months ago now… actually the same happened twice, but it was only the second time around that i woke up and realised what i ought to hv seen… still, better later than never…
the first time around, i sent [...]

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17 july 2009 – breaking down while holding up

breaking down while holding up… seems like i hv split personality?… nay… just two different parts of me at odds again… yes there are more than two but lately it’s just been these two doing the merry-go-round cum roller coaster routine…
breaking down…
“it only becomes an annoyance when u keep saying the same things over and [...]

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02 july 2009 – slow

arthritis subsiding… but slow… yet, wonder why entire lower half of body is aching so much?… especially the ankles… ligaments still super tight… but anyway, so glad i can hobble better today… thankful for small improvements… the diclofenac is working better than piroxicam…
the jaw is still painfully tight… ulcers still painful… but managed to have [...]

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