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They Have a Word for It

So, Darling Ones, I found out they have a word for what landed me in the ER on Friday, “recrudescence.” Officially the ER doc wrote in my after care summary, “He [the neurologist] suspects likely recrudescence from prior thalamic infarct.” Both my primary care doc and physical therapist mentioned recrudescence, because like me they’d never heard the word before. According to my highly scientific and not all full of AI-trash and SEO-garbage Googling, post-stroke recrudescence is the “re-emergence of post-stroke…

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Stroke Me Day 348: Oh No, Not Again

Hello Darling Ones, I feel so foolish. Last night I spent roughly six hours in the ER only for them to determine I was NOT having another stroke. While this is a load off my mind, it feels like I wasted everyone’s time and money because I’m melodramatic. UGH! Around dinnertime, I called Sister #4 to take me to the hospital. I skipped 911 this time because I didn’t need to have my house full of men who didn’t believe…

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Appreciation 2.24

Hey Darling Ones, Earlier this week while I was deep in grief I read some of the archives to see what I had written last year around this time. I wrote about the movie “Reality Bites” and my nihilistic streak and why I was mad at Dave Grohl Writing about pop culture is one of the Before Jodi things I missed the most. It is also the thing I have the most control over. So, this year I’m gonna try…

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Stroke Me Day 337: All of the Grief

Hoo Boy, Darling Ones, I got some grief kicking my ass. I knew it was gonna come, and here it is. Earlier today 3/4 of the Tea Ladies gathered on Zoom for our monthly catch up. I’d love to tell you some of the life-stuff we discussed. It was a conversation filled with brave and beautiful stories from my friends that are not mine to tell. One of the Tea Ladies asked how I was doing as the year anniversary…

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Eye Day

Hello Darling Ones, Two letters in two days? Count your lucky stars! I wanted to write today because it’s Eye Day and I want to bellyache about it. There are a lot of really great things about Eye Day. Namely, not losing my entire sight to macular edema and diabetic retinopathy. That’s not even exaggeration for humor’s sake. That’s the actual, factual truth. Without this treatment I will go blind. Another good thing about Eye Day? The security guy who…

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Before-Jodi & After-Jodi

Hi Darling Ones, Spotify just tried to play Gwen Stefani. Out loud. Where my ears could hear it. Not now, Spotify. I am not in the mood for such shenanigans. To be fair, I’m not in the mood for any shenanigans. I’m cranky and out of sorts with a viscous case of the Fuck All Y’alls. This is par for the course as January turns into February. It’s hard to discern what is usual seasonal crankiness and stroke-related. . .ennui?…

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