tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post7285493802518555933..comments2024-01-01T20:33:52.554-08:00Comments on a moon, worn as if it had been a shell: Real vs. Bourgeois, Round OneElizabethhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03313726816776097840noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-61729426534204073862012-04-27T01:37:17.872-07:002012-04-27T01:37:17.872-07:00This *is* a great new feature--the contrast is str...This *is* a great new feature--the contrast is striking, but I like the way this contrast both drives home what's really important and lets the bourgeois problem have a small amount of space at the same time. Because honestly, the stuff that bothers us bothers us--no good denying it or shoving it aside.<br /><br />As for the real problem, what Birdie said. You can only do your best with the information you have at any given time. And you are clearly doing your very best for Sophie with all the information you can find.Amyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05060981990418144426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-46036296938019375022012-04-26T15:04:45.739-07:002012-04-26T15:04:45.739-07:00Crap. This is what I hate. The Teenager went throu...Crap. This is what I hate. The Teenager went through 3 drugs before we found something to control her seizures. Lamictal.SECRET PEPPER PERSON:https://www.blogger.com/profile/06434583043459305729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-18442038486549907172012-04-26T13:37:00.372-07:002012-04-26T13:37:00.372-07:00Fabulous new feature. I love the way you echo the...Fabulous new feature. I love the way you echo the mundane problem at the end of the serious one. <br /><br />It is so hard to do the right thing with the limited and/or wrong information that the "health care industry" give you and that "right thing" is a moving target.<br /><br />I know you are doing your very best by Sophie.<br />Sending love. N2N2https://www.blogger.com/profile/09508740809219902631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-36202353285028402762012-04-26T13:03:35.886-07:002012-04-26T13:03:35.886-07:00I recently read a story of a mom whose 3 y.o. son ...I recently read a story of a mom whose 3 y.o. son was on Lamictal and experienced the heinous side effect of suicidal ideations. <br /><br />I just can't imagine hearing my baby say, "Mom, I hope when I go to sleep I never wake up again." It would slay me. So heartbreaking. It seems there's almost no extent to the impact these pharmaceuticals can have on our brains and bodies and spirits. The neurologists sure don't seem to get it.Ajaxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15272210468592329126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-20643654210749903432012-04-26T10:06:25.107-07:002012-04-26T10:06:25.107-07:00Yeah, this is a great new feature on the blog.
An...Yeah, this is a great new feature on the blog.<br /><br />And I appreciate the wisdom of your readers' comments.Alison Piepmeierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17972854288403934814noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-8755366631019289342012-04-26T08:39:06.977-07:002012-04-26T08:39:06.977-07:00I hate that this happened, too.I hate that this happened, too.Vesuvius At Homehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02783271096885148080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-81112740872964677022012-04-26T05:57:34.305-07:002012-04-26T05:57:34.305-07:00I love bourgeois problems. Not so much the other ...I love bourgeois problems. Not so much the other kind.Noanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01300868872496481473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-4247226866638444482012-04-26T03:35:07.104-07:002012-04-26T03:35:07.104-07:00A powerful post, elizabeth. We can get so caught ...A powerful post, elizabeth. We can get so caught up in what is essentially trivia when there are matters pf much more importance as you highlight so well here.Elisabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04015624747225433940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-43872563905397147922012-04-25T23:39:01.537-07:002012-04-25T23:39:01.537-07:00I like this idea. It's funny how wrapped up pe...I like this idea. It's funny how wrapped up people (including me) can get in "bourgeois problems." (Mine have nothing to do with hair, though.)<br /><br />I guess you ARE addressing the medication -- you're monitoring Sophie's reactions as she takes the drugs, so you're doing exactly what the epilepsy group has asked. I hate that it happened, too.Steve Reedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11684120060438252945noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-8026314018679607332012-04-25T21:53:19.048-07:002012-04-25T21:53:19.048-07:00I loved the comparison of the two problems. We do...I loved the comparison of the two problems. We do live on so many different levels, don't we? And the way you tied them both together with your ending sentences was wonderful.<br /><br />I also love that you've been doing some really nice things for yourself. The trip, your beautiful walk on the beach and now highlights. Yea!livhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00091094639074377780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-55764133168437102582012-04-25T21:18:06.834-07:002012-04-25T21:18:06.834-07:00I know yo already know this but you can only do yo...I know yo already know this but you can only do your best with the information at the time.<br />My mom took Premarin in the 80's and 90's to deal with menopause. Now we are told that it causes Ovarian cancer (among many other things.) I don't doubt that the pharmaceutical companies knew this when they were telling women that it was a cure for all things menopausal. But the almighty dollar rules and my mom, not knowing did what she thought was right. And it did help. She did feel better. But now... Well you know what now. I can't bare to think on it right now.<br />Elizabeth, every day we have to put our feet on the floor and do the best with what we have. We make choices based on the best information that is handed to us. Sometimes we make the right choices and sometimes we don't. Remember that song "Everybody's Free (to Wear Sunscreen" when he says, Your choices are half chance, so are everybody else's"? Incidentally even sunscreen now is said to be cancer causing and dangerous.<br />So no, you could not have already addressed it. You are doing the best you can every day.Birdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03479872783727855901noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-27330974779231498872012-04-25T20:30:51.587-07:002012-04-25T20:30:51.587-07:00Been there, done this. Scares the hell out of me. ...Been there, done this. Scares the hell out of me. My son is 26, and the side-effects he endured when young were debilitating. I don't know if what he deals with today is a result of drug side effects or epilepsy itself. Will I ever know? <br /><br />This makes me cry.<br /><br />I don't know what else to say.T. https://www.blogger.com/profile/16509409207991963533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4863417462909147257.post-88244449101567904002012-04-25T17:31:54.723-07:002012-04-25T17:31:54.723-07:00I seriously canNOT wait until we know more about t...I seriously canNOT wait until we know more about the immune system and its potential to make such drugs as chemotherapy OBSOLETE. I don't know whether that sort of research has the potential to replace the anti-seizure drugs your are talking about, but PLEASE...we must get to the point where we have better options than poison, or using things that we really don't understand, on our CHILDREN, for goodness' sake. It's such an awful feeling, when the best they have to offer us is a crap shoot with horrid side effects.Gbergerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08895779471612397202noreply@blogger.com