No, nobody punched me. No, it was not from flapping my gums too much. It is from that mouthguard I got about a week back. WTF? When the dentist was taking the mold, he kept telling me I was biting down “wrong”, and kept making me adjust how I was biting. I asked him, “Isn’t…
Yes indeedy. Turns out this fat old lady clenches and grinds in her sleep. I assure you, this is not to be confused with bumping and grinding. I am clenching and grinding my teeth while I am sleeping to the point where the pressure is making my teeth spread apart. So, off I go to…
It’s like your birthday, it only comes once a year – thank God. And I, like most women, have an endless supply of bitching to do about this once-a-year ordeal. As I get older (and I am so getting older), my concerns about getting a mammogram aren’t so much about pain – the technology has…
I had to go to my HMO today. Big surprise – parking is a nightmare. Actually, even worse than ever because they are doing some kind of construction with half of the parking lot. But, they have people there to direct you to parking places. That was nice. And then the guy directing people to…
THE CIGARETTE COMPANIES ALREADY TRIED IT!!!! Shame on Weight Watchers®. Shame on you Oprah. Society has finally started to catch wise to the fact that dieting doesn’t work for the vast majority of people. Weight Watchers, itself, revealed in an internal memo that it relies on repeat customers for a large part of its revenue. …
My fat old lady ass has been at half-mast for quite a while now; and it was getting really bad during and after this last heatwave. All I wanted to do was sleep. And I would fall asleep lying in bed and reading or sitting in front of my computer. And all that sleep…
No, I don’t think I have a cold. The problem is I was at the set shop (1776) today and I have a mega snoot full of sawdust, paint dust, and spackle dust. Kudos to Jeffrey, king of the shop, for keeping us all productive doing things within each person’s abilities. For me that…
(BYTW – this is painting by another of my favorite fat artists – Des Brophy; to see more of his work, check out my Pinterest Board – Fat Art – Des Brophy) I’m starting to understand the appeal. I knew that when I take Prednisone I get a huge burst of energy for as long…
For the second time in my (very long) life, I seem to have had an ocular migraine. I had one some years back – but the symptoms were a bit different; but close enough that I feel okay with my self-diagnosis. I was checking out at the grocery store, and suddenly had bright flashing…
“Total and annual percent change in age-standardized death rates and years of potential life lost before age 75 years for all causes combined and for heart disease, cancer, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), stroke, unintentional injuries, and diabetes mellitus.” http://jama.jamanetwork.com/article.aspx?articleid=2466136 YAY! Between 1969 and 2013, for All causes of death there was a 42.9% reduction.…
Thoughts from a Fat Old Lady 