Journal Journal: Aftermath
Hi Journal, 's me again. I am *still* dealing with the loss, from delayed apoptosis, of brain cells after the last pulse cleared out a lot of infection. This is hard work - sorry if I've not been real "here" lately.
Hi Journal, 's me again. I am *still* dealing with the loss, from delayed apoptosis, of brain cells after the last pulse cleared out a lot of infection. This is hard work - sorry if I've not been real "here" lately.
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Hi Journal, 's me again. Today, I received the blue-to-pink colorchange garnet, to go with the Cybele/Attis denarius in my Gallae key pendant. I think I'll bezel-set the stone, and front/back prong set the coin in a hole drilled in the key. I want the key to look more archaic than ancient, because Roman keys look more like an "L" than a key.
I'm also planning my "Sun, Moon and Stars" work. That one should be fun
Both these pieces are full of serious Power-laden materials and symbolism, for Pagans like me, yet are not going to look Pagan, ideal for living in a less-tolerant environment.
Just bought 4 pieces of the sunstone rough, and 5 of the rainbow moonstone rough. The meteorites I'll get next week, along with another faceted cc garnet.
After this, I buy metal
Hi Journal, 's me again. Just a fast note. My left hand, and my brain, were hit hardest this time, but both are coming back now. I wish it went faster, because patience has never been "me."
Hi Journal, 's me again. I seem to have survived the round of metronidazole. Only a gazillion more to go till I'm free from MS. I'm weary, but I will only lose if I quit.
I am now officially a woman 8^/ I've been losing weight by eating less. I need to shed inches from my thighs and waist, but it seems to have been coming mainly from my breasts, which were fairly small to start with. Oh well, c'est la vie.
My Jewelry Muse is after me again. I found all 3 stones for a perfect jewelry gift for anyone's lover - exactly what they all secretly want, the Sun, the Moon and the Stars.
Hi Journal, 's me again. Started my 11th 5-day-long "pulse" of the antibiotic "metronidazole" (generic Flagyl) today. Of the three antibiotics I take, this is the only one that actually kills off the bacteria Chlamidia Pneumonia that seems to have been the main cause of my case of secondary progressive multiple sclerosis. The other two, bacteriostatics, prevent CPn from producing more spores, and lock CPn into its dormant, "cryptic" phase, until the third kills it off. One supplement, NAC, kills off the circulating spores, to prevent immediate re-infection, while the other supplements ameliorate the toxic waste from dead CPn and provide materials to rebuild healthy new cells.
Each pulse kills off some, but not all, of the bacteria. As I've been infected for over 15 years, there's a lot of it to be killed. However, killing the bug also kills the infected cell. As CPn has spread throughout my body, killing it all at once would also kill me. Hence, I kill some, recuperate, and repeat, for years, gradually getting better as I go.
An example of my improvement is here, in my typing. A year ago, I could not type at all. Now, I can type, if slowly, and even that is speeding up. I can now handle eating with a spoon, and sometimes a fork, too, tho that's harder. As my MS lesions were concentrated in my brain, each pulse tends to make me temporarily both dumber, and slightly insane. Getting past that will take a long time
On other, trivial notes, today Fraidycat lived up to his name. Vikki put our flag up, and the flag waving in the breeze terrified Fray. Cats
Hi Journal, 's me again. I start my next pulse tomorow. This last pulse temporarily took my mind away while I bought lots of great rocks - at least I'll have plenty to do this monsoon season
Hi Journal, 's me again. Doing fairly well today. Fingers are working ok, legs are marginally better, mood is upbeat. Better still, for the jewelry fans, T-folk, and Pagans (especially Cybeline ones), I won the two eBay auctions I needed to make another jewelry project. I plan to make an ancient-style key, in fine silver, with this coin, a silver denarius of Cybele and Attis, and this gem, a baby-boy blue to baby-girl pink garnet. Should be quite a work, no?
Hi Journal, 's me again. My Jewelry Muse has been working overtime lately. One idea is a necklace, of rose gold, rose quartz and this pink peristerite. Sounds cool, no?
Meanwhile, I'm doing ok, just trying to stay cool. MS sucks.
Hi Journal, 's me again. Day 3 post-pulse, doing ok. Legs are a bit unstable, which probably means they're beginning to return to function as the plaque dies off to be replaced by new myelin. My typing is still improved, even during the "bad hours" of late afternoon.
Recently won some fire obsidian rough, and I can hardly wait to cut it. Think of the brightest broadflash Lightning Ridge black opal you've ever seen, in large cabochons. Yummy!
Also getting geared up to try making my own gold alloy for some of my stones that warrant a unique setting. I'll need to do it outside, as cadmium fumes are *nasty*.
At present, I'm hoping to be back to cutting gems by early next year. That'd sure be a nice birthday present, no?
Hi Journal, 's me again. Currently halfway through day 5 of what has become pulse 0x0A. Doing rather well, all considered. I can tell I'm on the right tack - I'm fast recovering the dexterity, if not yet the strength and flexibility, that I lost, starting with my left hand. Recovery is going to come LIFO, so the next return will be my left leg, followed by my bladder, right arm, right leg and, lastly, my sense of balance. While I may never fully recover, I expect to be nearly functional in another 2-3 years.
I'm fast heading to where PT and exercise will be as useful as medication. Who knows, I may even continue losing weight as my health returns. That'd be a nice benefit.
Hi Journal, 's me again. There's a break in the weather for the next ten days, so I started another Flagyl pulse today. So far, all is going great. I even got V to help me stand up, and I did 0x18 knee-bends. I'll take five 260mg activated charcoal capsules before bed, to pre-empt toxins from dying CPn.
I am going to defeat multiple sclerosis.
Hi Journal, 's me again. Doing ok, staying cool. Next pulse is on hold, pending cooler weather. Meanwhile, I'm keeping my jewelry muse entertained by investigating different-colored gold alloys. The most intriguing to me is 14kt blue-green gold, which should mesh well with my fave blue-green cabbing material, gem chrysocolla with malachite, better known as gem silica chrysocolla. I might even be able to make up 5+ grams of this alloy on my own - wouldn't that be cool? If that works, I might try making mokume gane, with 14kt rose gold, 14kt yellow, 14kt blue-green and
Hi Journal, 's me again. I just bought some great Ellensburg blue agate, at a steal. 8+ ounces that should cut out to several hundred carats at $25 a carat. Whee! This chunk is far better saturated than the chunk I won earlier, hence the higher per-carat finished price.
The major difference between bonds and bond traders is that the bonds will eventually mature.