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  • 💖The Plastics💖#onwednesdayswewearpink #youcantsitwithus #october3rd #meangirlsday #theplastics
  • 🍑 Ate the most delicious peach and burrata salad @coquinepdx a few weeks back, tried to recreate this evening. It’s no Coquine but it’s pretty damn good. . Bed of arugula, grilled peach, burrata, balsamic glaze and cracked black pepper. Nom. . Check out what else I’ve been cooking on my stories now, been trying to use Sunday evenings to cook ahead for the week! . #iphoneographers #onmytable #peachseason #flashesofdelight #seasonaleating
  • 65 and Sunny (yesterday.. haha). The best weather. Instead of worrying about where Summer went and whether I hiked enough, swam in nature enough and got enough sun, I’m focusing on Fall. Basically me and seasons? We’re still in the honeymoon phase 😂
  • Happy Birthday Gran Anna. Miss you forever. Love you forever.
  • TL; DR I’m broken. Don’t be me. Go to your doctor, be your own advocate, take care of YOU. . Sit back folks. I’m going to tell you a story. . For the past 10+ years I’ve had horrible migraines, some could be attributed to triggers; champagne, white wine, some red wine, dehydration and hormones. All instant migraines. But over the past 5ish years the migraines have come from neck and shoulder pain more often than not. I told three doctors this, and every time they prescribed triptans. One even tried to prescribe me antidepressants and beta blockers (beta blockers which could kill me if I stopped taking them!). The last time I went to a doctor in Los Angeles I suggested physical therapy might help and he LAUGHED. . As per my last post, I finally found a doctor to listen to me, since the pain had become chronic. She ordered a series of X-rays and discovered I have degenerative bone disease (osteoarthritis) in both my thoracic and cervical spine. In fact in my C5 and C6 vertebrae (where I carry most of my pain) the cartilage has worn away so much I have bone spurs. This is trapping nerves and causing the muscle spasms and migraines. . An answer. Not a great one. No cure, but I can start physical therapy to prevent it getting worse and manage the pain. . During this process I also casually mentioned, in case it was related, that for a few years I had struggled with my hearing in my right ear. The same doc (basically my hero) had a little look and let me know there was fluid behind my ear and referred me to an ENT specialist. . Today I saw that specialist. And after a really fun procedure, where he inserted a very long microscope up my nose, we found out that I have adenoid hypertrophy. I’m not a child, I shouldn’t have this, it’s actually very rare in adults. So now I have to take medication for a month to see if they shrink (and if, when they shrink, the fluid drains itself) otherwise I have to have them surgically removed and the fluid surgically drained. The doctor said most adults can’t stand a day with fluid behind the ear... I guess I’m not most adults 😂. . (Continued in the comments, because I actually hit the Instagram character limit!)

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