Tag Archives: Health

The Pill, Me, and NOT the Catholic Church

People generally accept that the Catholic Church is unreasonable, so they are shocked to find that she allows doctors to use scalpels to cut people! Can you believe that?! A Church which supposedly opposes physical mutilation has no objection to … Continue reading

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Risk and Reality

My coworker stared at me with horror: “I can’t believe you’re still using those plates!” I half shrugged as I took the paper plate in question out of the microwave. My stoneware bowl was at home and I had forgotten my … Continue reading

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Hubris

The thing I love about the word “Hubris” is that only people who embody it use it. Life would be so much simpler if all words worked that way! And I can’t help but thinking that it is the perfect … Continue reading

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Premenopause: 30 Is The New 50

Not so very long ago I got an email1 from a Twitter follower who mentioned, among many things, the fact he was surprised to learn that I was 25 because I sound like a middle-aged woman. He seemed to assume … Continue reading

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Endometriosis and Me – Part 3

Lessons Learned from Endometriosis I am usually pretty negative when I think about endometriosis, but I realize that it has given me some valuable lessons. Money matters for health. I took a class on health economics in college, so I … Continue reading

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I am thankful 2/21/2010

For socks. Well-made socks are one of life’s best comforts. For relatively pain-free days. It only takes a little pain to remind me of how very blessed I am most of the time. For liturgical seasons. There is something incredibly … Continue reading

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