The war against obesity

Today I tell you a story (ok 2) of healthcare.

Resigning from adulthood

I would like to turn in my adult card please, thank you. Seriously. I am done! It’s one big racket! Don’t fall for it!

All your life, being an adult is seen as the ultimate goal. Grownups know what they’re doing, they have control of shit like the TV and…

If you do not cut me, I will still bleed

It’s been a bit of a week! Things have been super busy — all in a good way — but just to fuck with me, I’ve had a migraine aura for most of it. I’ve had migraines most of my life. They were very bad when I was kid, and they got better for a long time, with…

When you don’t trust yourself

You can’t do anything.

This is really the biggest lesson I have learned in (almost) 40 years.

I tend to come off as someone who is supremely confident — which I am about many things, but that confidence was earned with…

New Beginnings…

I sit here looking out at this view and all I can feel is awe for where I am today.

Digging deep

It’s funny how we think that things that happened to us many years ago — the “distant” past — have become, by virtue of our having…

The black dog

This week I have been depressed. (I almost didn’t write you this blog post as a result heh.)

People are often upset when I say that I’m depressed. They hurry to hush me, to distract me, to tell me it’s not true. “Cheer up,” they say, “don’t overthink.” It reminds me of how…

Am I too fat for the vaccine to be effective?

I got the first dose of the vaccine ten days ago. I went with friends which was a real blessing. I have parking anxiety, hospital anxiety and needle anxiety and so being with them just made it really easy. Once we were done with the injections, we…

Something has changed in the Matrix

Last night, I went to an event with Pallavi. It has been over a year since I went anywhere nice…

Ignorance is bliss?

The year was 2007, the purpose was tax relief and the instrument was a medical insurance policy my father would get a commission on. I was 28 but was advised to write the incorrect weight on the form because otherwise my BMI would be too high for the form to be accepted. And that my friends…