Category Archives: Wellness

Kittens and KonMari

Posted on August 7, 2023 by Thistle

L and I were meant to leave on our roadtrip yesterday, but we canceled. 1) The weather was alternating between excruciating high temps and severe thunderstorms for the entire week of travel and being outdoors, and that didn’t sound like … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Wellness | Tagged , , , , | Leave a comment

Wellness Wednesday – Precipice

Posted on June 28, 2023 by Thistle

In the spring of 1999, one of my French classes was visited by a professor to talk about a summer study abroad program to Bourges. It was exciting and fascinating, and I really wanted to do it. I came out … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged , , | 7 Comments

Wellness Wednesday – A New Milestone

Posted on June 21, 2023 by Thistle

Ten days ago, I woke up to a new milestone. I stepped on the scale and had entered a new “decade” as they call it. When I started Mounjaro on Aug 30th last year, I was near the top of … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged | 2 Comments

Wellness Wednesday – Peanuts

Posted on May 10, 2023 by Thistle

Y’all. This is a weird one. Let’s take a quick trip back in time to a series of events. • 2018: Lost my sense of smell (but not my taste) due to a bad cold in January. Smell didn’t return … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Meet & Greet

Posted on May 5, 2023 by Thistle

It was a very, very busy weekend last weekend. In addition to the Murderbot party and the trip to Nowhere on Saturday, I had an event to attend on Sunday afternoon, too. My hiking group was hosting a large meet … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Wellness Wednesday – Doctors Who Don’t Listen

Posted on April 26, 2023 by Thistle

I haven’t done one of these Wellness Wednesday posts in awhile, mostly because I haven’t really had a lot to talk about, health-wise. But something big has happened this month, and I need to get it off my chest. (Warning: … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged , | Leave a comment

WW – Bastrop Birthday Bash

Posted on March 15, 2023 by Thistle

This past Saturday, a group of friends and I drove up to Bastrop for a belated birthday trip. I’d never been to Bastrop State Park before, and I’d learned that there was an indie bookstore in Bastrop as well, so … Continue reading →

Posted in Personal, Wellness | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

Wellness Wednesday – Note To Self

Posted on February 8, 2023 by Thistle

One of the side effects of Mounjaro is that it slows gastric emptying, essentially making you feel fuller for longer. I don’t know how it does this, or what the point is in terms of what the medicine was originally … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged , , | Leave a comment

WW – A Food Time Capsule

Posted on December 7, 2022 by Thistle

Back in 2011, I was deep into the process of losing the weight I’d gained during the 11 years of hidden teeth infections (1998 to 2009). My goal was to lose 100 lbs, and that summer, I’d hit the halfway … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged , | Leave a comment

Sunday Coffee – So Covid Isn’t Fun

Posted on December 4, 2022 by Thistle

Good morning! I’m alive. Barely. Heh. No, honestly, things aren’t too bad. Covid wasn’t fun. I had a couple days of feeling like absolute garbage, and then I had a really severe reaction to the antiviral that nearly landed me … Continue reading →

Posted in Wellness | Tagged , | 1 Comment