burnout and fear

making the "right" decisions with our purchases

Helping your loved ones recover when and how you can. And their loved ones.

Reposting this information.  Did you know that the incidence of meningioma is supposed to be 1:1000?  Why do I know 5 people who have had...

This is the OG link from prior post on STD information. From 2.22.24, "Not your mom's gyno visit" Yes, that was less than a year ago. ...

Sometimes. It's validating to have experts endorse the things we live by. My personal favorites are: go to bed when you're sleepy drop...

Do our consumer choices really matter?

Apolitical comfort food; as always better the next day

Assuming that if you read this, your algorithm has taken you down a rather lost path, or you care about women's health and their bodies....

Rare things are still rare, even when the risk increases

A privileged rant, to be sure.  The problems of excess, particularly now that the pets outnumber people in our home, and the home itself...

Pain and clinic procedures.

taking a break this summer

Once upon a time, in the Kingdom of Cul-de-Sac: A family of two queens and two princesses moved from the Land of Lakes and Cakes to a...

IUD for period control and birth control

Progesterone birth control for period management

Cuz we’re supposed to, right?  It’s the cultural stereotype, daughters conflict with their mothers and whine about it. There’s a...

I wish that I weren’t writing this to you.  Everyone is hoping and praying that this is benign, that surgery goes well, that you will...

We’ve all played it as a hypothetical game, right?  Would you rather touch a dead rat for five minutes, or lick your dog’s poop for a...

hormones for treating periods, not just preventing pregnancy