Mar

13

Personal Update

Posted by Sarah R

March 13, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia For those of you who have been reading for a while, you know that I was accepted to the University of South Carolina for their master’s program in public health education. I accepted their offer and went to visit. I fell in love with the city, the people and the program. I [...]

Mar

10

Umbilical hernia

Posted by Sarah R

March 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia As you’re reading this right now, I’m either still in surgery for or recovering from an umbilical hernia repair surgery. Not quite the way that I wanted to spend my Tuesday, but it has to be done. The pain was unbearable and annoying and eating only worsened it. People have to eat [...]

Feb

10

*peeks around the corner*

Posted by Sarah R

February 10, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image by Qba from Poland via Flickr *looks around carefully* *her face goes red* How did it get to be the 10th of February? How did I not post for a week? What is going on? Oh, yeah, real life. My life has been really real lately and my blogging everywhere has taken a downturn. [...]

Jan

30

Eye Update

Posted by Sarah R

January 30, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Image by Martin LaBar via Flickr Remember that twitchy eye? It’s still twitching. I’m going on day 25 of twitchiness so I broke down and called my ophthalmologist. Her recommendation? “Calm down, take a break, close your eyes and try to relax.” I thought she was funny, until I realized that she was serious. I [...]

Jan

26

Triggered depression

Posted by Sarah R

January 26, 2009 | 1 Comment

Image by doegox via Flickr Depression is not caused by a single factor. Three factors must be present for a woman to live with this mental illness. Depression is a combination of psychological factors, genetics and personal biology. With that in mind, a past traumatic experience can be a psychological factor that “triggers” a depressive [...]

Jan

18

Five minutes at a time

Posted by Sarah R

January 18, 2009 | 1 Comment

Image by Migraine Chick via Flickr In July of 2006, my world was turned upside down with five words: “I’m thinking about leaving you.” He didn’t just think about it, the next day he solidified it and left me. He then promptly left on vacation with a friend of his, a vacation that I was [...]

Jan

1

Happy New Year!

Posted by Sarah R

January 1, 2009 | Leave a Comment

Welcome to 2009! 2008 was a pretty abusive year for quite a few people, and so I’m hoping that 2009 is nicer to us all. I am mentally preparing a slew of posts for ya’ll and apologize for disappearing throughout the holiday season. I am ready for a new year and my old routine. Most [...]

Dec

19

Here we go again …

Posted by Sarah R

December 19, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image by Getty Images via Daylife I live with chronic pain. My pain has had a flare up and I’ve been going to bed early and being so tired in the morning I hardly drag myself out of bed. In the rollercoaster of life with chronic pain, I am at the bottom. That means I [...]

Dec

10

Holiday destressing tips

Posted by Sarah R

December 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image by Getty Images via Daylife The holidays are stressful for a lot of people. I have two gifts left to buy and am hoping that getting those two gifts won’t be a stressful process, so I’m not too freaked out. For those of you who are stressed right now. Calm down, finish reading this [...]

Dec

3

I’m not dead …

Posted by Sarah R

December 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment

Image via Wikipedia … but my laptop was for a few days. I ended up having to reinstall my operating system so everything is essentially gone from the computer. I’ll get it back on and get back to really writing some quality women’s health stuff soon! I promise! If there’s anything you want to read [...]

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