Oy, I am SOOOOO allergic to dilaudid. The first and only time they gave it to me the nurse injected me and immediately left, not even checking to see what my reaction was. My mom (I'm lucky she was in the ER with me that time) had to run after her as I itched and swelled). They didn't get the benedryl to me in good…

Why can't they let us be human?

People are douche canoes. I don't even tell anyone about having anxiety/depression because I know how badly they'll react. Scars from cutting? Oh, those are just scratches from my cats. No, people cannot handle emotional disabilities at all.

Oh, oh yes.

"Even at the time it creeped me out because it seemed to imply he should be defined other people's reactions to him, and deny the sort of complexity described here."

Just about every day I'm reminded that yes, people really don't know that those of us with disabilities are complex human beings. It makes me fucking crazy, too.

I really appreciate this article. I hate the "You're so special for having a disability" or "disability as inspiration" attitudes. It's both condescending and fetishizing. I've been disabled all of my adult life. I'm still surprised at people's attitudes (and then I'm surprised that I can still be surprised). I…

Meh, it's ok. I'm fond of my fucked up brain. Thanks for the hugs, though. I will put them in hug storage.

Also seizures, also didn't work. The first one was to remove a cyst, though—that worked. The subsequent ones were to remove scar tissue and stop the seizures caused by the cyst.

Yeah, I looked kind of like this after my five brain surgeries. I wish I'd known it was a fashion phenomenon.

I think Cyndi Lauper had it WAY before Kelis.

I am glad my kitties grew out of the kneading stage, it was horrible, especially because the only thing that can get me to put on clothes is cold weather (and I'm from Idaho, so my measure of cold is pretty damn cold). I did have trouble for a while with the kitties trying to climb my legs while I was dishing out…

Cleaning bathroom in underwear is the way to do it. Honestly, why get clothes dirty while you are cleaning? It seems so counterproductive.

I just put a blanket between myself and the kitties when they want to sit on my lap. They are mostly past the kneading stage anyway. For awhile, I was a mass of scratch marks. Even kitties cannot force me to wear pants!!!!

Read this whole thread and wondered "does no one just lounge in their underwear anymore?"

I must admit that I loved that show. LOVED.

Axe body spray smells of puberty and desperation. My brother wears it, but my brother is kind of a desperate pube.

Oh, I know. The town I used to live in had three schools that had been condemned. None of the schools had heating that actually worked (this was in Idaho, so non-functioning heating was a really, really bad thing). Every bond measure to improve these things failed.

I thought Milk of Magnesia.

Most of us would be happy to pay more taxes for education. In fact, most of us would be overjoyed to divert some of the money that's currently in the defense budget to education.