THIS FAT OLD LADY IS SO INSULTED

Had my appointment at UofM with a hematologist regarding my ITP (immune thrombocytopenia purpura).  Read the after-visit Notes: “Well-developed well-nourished [I’m guessing well-developed/well-nourished simply means “fat” and I have no argument with that] female who appears her stated age …” WHAT???????????????????????? I DO NOT LOOK LIKE I’M 71!!!!!!!!!! 71 IS OLD!!!!!!!!!!!! RUDE. (Okay, maybe the…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S HIP SLIP

Well, this is embarrassing – but when has that ever stopped me before? I pulled something in my left hip area. Owwwww. How did I do that?  I’m so glad you asked. I was sitting on the recliner in the She Cave, minding my own business, reading this strange Shirley Jackson book, when uh-oh. Down…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S BATTLE FOR SANITY AND KNEE SURGERY

It’s a long one. Sorry. Kind of. But a fat old lady’s gotta vent, ya know. I’m trying.  Really trying hard, to get my knee surgery scheduled. The prerequisites seemed deceptively simple.  1)            Get a bunch of blood work done; 2)            Schedule MRI; 3)            Get clearance from my oncologist/hematologist; and 4)            Get clearance from my…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S WEEK THAT WAS – THE FINAL CHAPTER 

As you may remember, our whole neighborhood is having storm drains installed by the Township.  We are doing this because some people have bad flooding problems (we do not, but it was everyone or no one with this project, and it won’t help anyone’s property values to have the Okefenokee Swamp bordering our neighborhood).  We…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S WEEK THAT WAS – EPISODE 3 

As stated before, I do appreciate and respect healthcare professionals.  But sometimes … This week was sometimes. Third. At least this one didn’t threaten anyone’s life, per se; although the pharmacy employee at Walgreens did have a near death experience, she just didn’t know it. Okay.  It’s that time of year.  Time for old farts…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S WEEK THAT WAS – EPISODE 2 

As stated before, I do appreciate and respect healthcare professionals.  But sometimes … This week was sometimes. Second. My darling and much loved Cousin has been having some issues, much the same as I faced some years ago – where, despite my advanced age, I was having bleeding.  My gynecologist first tried a D&C and…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S WEEK THAT WAS – EPISODE 1 

I do appreciate and respect healthcare professionals.  But sometimes … This week was sometimes. First. In preparation for my knee surgery, I need to get an MRI.  (I also had to have a ton of bloodwork done – 6 vials of blood later and that’s checked off the list.) I was told this on May…

THIS FAT OLD LADY CELEBRATES HER BIRTHDAY

How do you celebrate your birthday? I’m getting a mammogram. Yippee! I wanted something special to put on my boobs for my appointment, but sadly it didn’t occur to me that you can get such things on Amazon and (even more creative, of course) Etsy! Although, I couldn’t find exactly what I want. I WANTED…

THIS FAT OLD LADY’S BUCKET LIST

I don’t have much on my bucket list.  If an opportunity comes up, great; but I don’t yearn for it.  Well, except for certain shows I’d love to do – but I have no control over that; but there was one thing I really wanted to do – sing with a big band – and…