I wake today with painful awareness that I have holes scarring my abdomen where I did not have them previously. My very infected gallbladder was removed and I’m lying in a hospital bed hopped up on morphine with a drain in my side.
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reframing femininity
I wake today with painful awareness that I have holes scarring my abdomen where I did not have them previously. My very infected gallbladder was removed and I’m lying in a hospital bed hopped up on morphine with a drain in my side.
Read MoreAt the end of December, I was hosting a Christmas party at my house for some friends when I started feeling ill.
Read MoreI had a long-awaited cataract removal on my right eye in May.
Read MoreThe surgeon’s words caught me and left me unbelieving, numb, and fearful. “The arthritis has eaten away the cartledge. It’s bone on bone. You need a hip replacement.”
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