Whether weather matters

August 1, 2011

Weather is a real pain in the you-know-what.  We can’t control it, we can barely predict it, and it can have a huge impact on our quality of life.  So many chronic conditions are affected by the weather.  People have said, “Why don’t you just move?”  Yeah, that’s easy for you to say.  Have you ever moved to a new city without knowing anyone there?  I’ve done it.  It’s hard.  It’s really really hard.  And the weather was great, but I didn’t like the city, so I was pretty unhappy there.  Where would I be happy?  And where would I even feel better?  I can’t be in a place that’s too hot and humid, or a place that’s too snowy and dark.  And since I’d need a job, and I’m not a citizen of any other countries, it would probably need to be in the U.S.  That’s pretty limiting.

I don’t want to move.  My family is here.  My friends are here.  I would hate to leave the people I care about.  But I know I’ll move some day.  Every summer is worse than the one before.  Every year I question how much longer I can stay.  My seasons in Boston are limited.  I love this town, and I’ll be sad to say goodbye.  Until then, I’ll enjoy it as much as I can.  And stay indoors with the a/c.

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For no reason at all

July 25, 2011

It’s amazing how suddenly symptoms can pop up.  There you are, just minding your own business, and they hit you.  Or at least, they hit me.  There I was, working on the computer today, minding my own business, when I felt the pain.  It was sudden and severe.  Now, since I was working on the computer, you’d think it would be in my back, my neck, my fingers, my wrists, my shoulders.  Nope, it was none of those.  That would make too much sense.  There I was, typing away, and I felt this horrible pain in my *toes*!  And it gets worse.  I was sitting cross-legged (yeah, yeah, it’s horrible for my posture, so sue me) and it was the foot that was off the ground that had the pain.  There it was, mid-air, and the pain attacked.  What’s up with that?  Ok, these things are unpredictable, I get that.  But are you kidding me?  Pain in my foot while it’s just hanging out?  That’s just so wrong.  If the pain’s going to hit, it should at least make a tiny bit of sense.  I know that’s asking too much, but sometimes I just fall back to wishful thinking.

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