It’s been a minute since I just did a life update, so let’s take a minute to do so! I’ll break it up into categories for ease:
Physical health – Thank God, the Topamax increase seems to have helped the migraines quite a bit. They aren’t gone entirely, but have been much better lately. Still having some digestive issues, so I’m seeing the GI doctor soon. We suspect Gastroparesis or some other motility disorder might be at play. I’ve already been following a gastroparesis diet and it has been helping my symptoms, but we won’t know till I get a test obviously. That condition is really common with Ehlers Danlos though.
Mental health – Uh, all over the place. Anxiety like crazy. Kinda hyper. Hard to concentrate and focus…that one has been a real pain lately. Even getting stuff like this done isn’t easy. My brain wants to go in fifty million directions, none of them what they are supposed to be doing. Depression too, but kind of medium level. Like just the blahs. Apathetic. Need constant positive stimuli to not start feeling blah again, but that isn’t reality, is it?
My writing – Finally, some good news!!! First off, I was contacted by a music professor at Central Washington University in Washington state who wants to use one of my poems to set to music for a project she and her colleagues and a few students are working on. They will compose music for the poem (for instrument and voice) and then put together a concert music video for it (because covid and all I assume) and it will be released in April. Of course, I will be credited for my part in the project, and will share the video when I can.
Also, I just got an email today that the educational resources website Twinkl has chosen my blog to be one of their Top Autism Blogs of 2020! They get pretty high traffic on their site, so it is quite an honor and I’m psyched about it!
Wow! Maranda this is indeed an honor. Congratulations my dear. Hope your health keeps on getting better too.
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Thank you Sadje 🙂
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You’re welcome 😉
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Lots of good news! That’s awesome, and congrats!
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Some good news here you have. That’s brilliant! 🙂
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Yeah, it’s been a good week relatively speaking.
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May those tablets continue to help with your migrains.
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I sure hope so!
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Oh, good news indeed, Miranda.
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I’m so happy to read this update! Congratulations on how impactful your writing is on many and being asked to be a part of the projects you higighted here….amazing!! Sending you lots of ❤
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Thanks so much! It means a lot to me!
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Great news all the way around! Hopefully your health will continue to improve which will have a large effect on all the rest of it! Bloggy hugs! 🙂
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Thank you! ♥♥♥
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I’m glad there’s a little relief from the migraines, that’s a great start! Hopefully the GI doc can shed a little light on the digestive side of things. A huge congrats on how your poem will be used by that music professor, how amazing! And you’ll be featured in a top list of blogs, so cool!! You should absolutely be psyched, I’m psyched for you!
Caz xx
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The writing related things made me super happy and proud!
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Congrats on being chosen for a top blog! And congrats on the music project! I hope you dont have gastroparesis!
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Thank you! I have a visit with the GI dr soon, so we’ll find out before too long hopefully.
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Many many Congratulations Dear on the music project, so happy for you. . Well written and wonderful article full of information.
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Thanks so much!
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