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Dec. 8th, 2004 09:24 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
sereneAmid all the happiness in my life lately (and god, is there a lot of happiness), the only things of substance that mar my joy are homesickness and pain. The homesickness I can help a little by seeing more of my San Diego family, and I'm trying to do that. Other than that, there's not much I can do but be homesick.
The pain is something I'm trying to do more about. I got some cortisone shots for the hips, and I'm trying some dietary things for the joints in general. (Gonna go without dairy and caffeine for a while and see if it helps -- if not, several people have suggested giving up gluten, and that would be harder for me, but I'll try it.)
One of the reasons I'm going this route for the time being is that I lost my health insurance. In the ramp-up to visiting my family at the end of last month, I forgot to send my premium, and COBRA cancels if you don't postmark the payment by the end of the month. I really, really don't need to be chastised about this. I'm going to do what I can to stay healthy. I'm also going to do what I can, once the new year begins, to find a job with health insurance.
When we decided to move up here, my one condition was that we maintain my COBRA payments, and I'm chagrined that I let it lapse, when we have the money in the bank and we've made it such a priority. Whatever. Gotta move on. And gotta get an appointment with Planned Parenthood soon so that I can get more birth-control pills before they lapse (although I suppose I may be able to renew them at Kaiser and just pay full-price -- does anyone know?).
I'm just rambling. I don't really need encouragement or advice. Just letting folks know what's going on, because y'all have been so supportive.
The pain is something I'm trying to do more about. I got some cortisone shots for the hips, and I'm trying some dietary things for the joints in general. (Gonna go without dairy and caffeine for a while and see if it helps -- if not, several people have suggested giving up gluten, and that would be harder for me, but I'll try it.)
One of the reasons I'm going this route for the time being is that I lost my health insurance. In the ramp-up to visiting my family at the end of last month, I forgot to send my premium, and COBRA cancels if you don't postmark the payment by the end of the month. I really, really don't need to be chastised about this. I'm going to do what I can to stay healthy. I'm also going to do what I can, once the new year begins, to find a job with health insurance.
When we decided to move up here, my one condition was that we maintain my COBRA payments, and I'm chagrined that I let it lapse, when we have the money in the bank and we've made it such a priority. Whatever. Gotta move on. And gotta get an appointment with Planned Parenthood soon so that I can get more birth-control pills before they lapse (although I suppose I may be able to renew them at Kaiser and just pay full-price -- does anyone know?).
I'm just rambling. I don't really need encouragement or advice. Just letting folks know what's going on, because y'all have been so supportive.