Thinking about Epilepsy: Featured Questionnaire #2 (The “Child Hippie to Adult Academic” Edition)

The author of the second featured questionnaire and I go back to when we were child hippies unschooling on the West Coast. Now we've both moved east and are both in academia. Life's so weird. How much did you know about epilepsy before meeting me/before I was diagnosed with epilepsy/before reading my blog/before … Continue reading Thinking about Epilepsy: Featured Questionnaire #2 (The “Child Hippie to Adult Academic” Edition) →

Thinking about Epilepsy: Featured Questionnaire #1!

If you know me in real life/are Facebook friends with me, I probably bugged you a few weeks ago to fill out a questionnaire about epilepsy. While I finish analyzing the resulting data (i.e., while I procrastinate and let the files fester somewhere in the depths of my computer), every few days I'll post excerpts … Continue reading Thinking about Epilepsy: Featured Questionnaire #1! →

OCD and the iPhone

Continuing the series debuted with "OCD and the Fitbit," I'd like to further embarrass myself by providing you with another window into my dysfunctional relationship with portable electronics. I got an iPhone 6 on Saturday. It's truly a thing of beauty. Aesthetically, anyway: I can't tell you much about its functionality beyond what I read … Continue reading OCD and the iPhone →

Voluntarily Jabbed with Needles

I went for my first acupuncture appointment last Monday armed with a healthy degree of skepticism. A well-meaning but ill-informed acquaintance once suggested that acupuncture could "cure" my seizures. Medical science isn't on her side (Google it). However, I have bad nausea from the medications I take and almost-daily headaches due to my messed-up brain. … Continue reading Voluntarily Jabbed with Needles →

Interview with My Husband: A De Morbo Sacro Exclusive!

A few people have recently asked me to describe what it's like to have a seizure. I sat down to do so but quickly hit a massive and obvious roadblock: though I've discussed my auras and the postictal phase in previous posts, I'm unable to write in detail about what happens during the main event … Continue reading Interview with My Husband: A De Morbo Sacro Exclusive! →

Doing (Almost) Nothing

I came to an interesting realization this morning: I’m becoming exceptionally and uncharacteristically good at "wasting" time. Indeed, it’s Friday, and I have almost nothing to show for the week. Sure, I’ve had several appointments, seen friends, knit a hat, and kept myself alive, but I’ve accomplished very little else. Six months ago, I’d have … Continue reading Doing (Almost) Nothing →

Topamax: Five and a Half Months Later

I'm sure all y'all have been eagerly awaiting an update on what's been happening with Topamax, the antiepileptic medication that caused me to function at the level of a second-grader drugged on sleeping pills when I started taking it in May. Well, you'll be pleased to know that tremendous progress has been made: I now … Continue reading Topamax: Five and a Half Months Later →

Giving Thanks

My husband and I got back to Ontario a few hours ago after spending the long weekend at my parents' house in BC. We woke up before 5 a.m. We're both incredibly tired and grumpy. Happy Thanksgiving! Every time I leave Victoria (or NC), I'm reminded how hard it is to be so far from … Continue reading Giving Thanks →

Swissair

Last Friday, I flew from Toronto to Seattle to visit two of my favourite people for a few days before visiting more of my favourite people in Victoria. You know that feeling of nervous anticipation when you’re boarding a plane and waiting to see who’ll be your seat mates for the next several hours? Well, … Continue reading Swissair →

In Anticipation of Winter (Bad Circulation, Bad Attitude)

It’s rapidly getting chillier outside, and I’m rapidly getting more panicky about how I’m going to handle the winter months. Some people joyously welcome October and the changing leaves, donning their leggings and oversize sweaters and ordering their pumpkin spice whatevers (OK, I do this too; don’t judge). I agonize about the coming snow and … Continue reading In Anticipation of Winter (Bad Circulation, Bad Attitude) →