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I am an East Coast expatriate hiding out in the Midwest...

I am an urban gal living in the suburbs and occasionally hiding in the country

I am a yoga practitioner, fitness enthusiast, believer in the mind-body-spirit connection...

I am a mid-life "revert" to the Roman Catholic faith in which I was raised and which has become an enormous source of support, encouragement, inspiration, and joy in my life...

I am a mom, sister, daughter, and wife...

I am an explorer; adventurous and curious about the world and people around me...

I am educated in the formal sense but I gain insight through everyday living...

I created this blog at a time of great fear and apprehension in my life. I chose to sustain it because of the discoveries about myself and the world around me that it has revealed.



What you can expect to find here:
  • the documentation of a love-hate relationship with the greater Philadelphia area
  • reminiscing about the good-ole-days (the 80's!)
  • complaints about my various ailments and injuries, both real and imagined
  • pictures and stories of gardening, decorating, shopping, sewing
  • my love of irony
  • links to kooky news stories
  • way too much scatological musing for sane people


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    Some of my faves from the archives:

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    The Sounds of Silence and Smell of Bum Wine

    The War of the Shmatte

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    East Coast Stylin' in Photos and Words:

    More Fun on Passyunk Avenue

    Me and the Girls

    Back In Town

    Pygmalion



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    Monday, May 31, 2004
    oh no, its back...

    Ugh. I thought with the Zelnorm that my IBS/chronic constipation and side pain would be gone but it's back. I do have an appt. with the gastroenterologist tomorrow but I doubt he has many more options for me to try. Apparently Zelnorm works well for the first month but then its efficacy wanes over time. Damn! This pain is so bad on my side (lower left quadrant) and I have had every test, including CT scans, colonoscopy and ultrasound (to make sure it wasn't a gyne issue). NOTHING structural - just the fact that food gets digested and then just sits in the colon, building up and putting pressure all around, thus causing the pain. I am so frustrated with this.  When it is bad, it gets hard to walk; similar to the pain of an ovarian cyst.

    I will have to go back to a liquid-only diet for a while until the pain subsides because the more food that has to pass through, the worse it gets. *sigh*.

    Posted at 04:07 pm by brandy101

    brandy101
    June 1, 2004   10:54 PM PDT
     
    thanks for all of your nice notes. I am dubious but the GI doc wants me to stay on the medication and change my dosing schedule slighty so we shall see...
    I am headed to Philly tomorrow for a week. Yay!
    princessdeirdre
    June 1, 2004   09:05 AM PDT
     
    Hope you feel better soon B
    Gigglesbee
    June 1, 2004   07:38 AM PDT
     
    Awwww...that does sound painful! I know I'm not very regular...usually I go 3-4 days in between. I know...TMI, right? hehe
    Marnee
    June 1, 2004   12:55 AM PDT
     
    Hello, I can so relate to what you are saying I have exactly the same thing, wish you luck with the liquid diet, it did not work for me.
    "smiles"
     

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