http://www.haloscan.com/ Latest comments for amandaw. Syndicated by HaloScan http://www.haloscan.com/ http://www.haloscan.com/halolink.gif http://www.haloscan.com/ 88 31 Commenting Powered by HaloScan.com http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7899590612725014860/?src=hsr#71693 Wed, 21 Oct 2009 19:57:54 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7899590612725014860/?src=hsrs#71693 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7899590612725014860/?src=hsrs#71693 If I understood your article correctly, you are saying there are no physical nodules, lumps, bumps, or areas of mass to been seen or felt in the person dignosised with fibromyalgia ? Are you yourself a victim dignosed with this label of disease? Or are you intimately involved with a chronic pain fibromyalgia patient? Or are you considered an expert in a field of knowledge, any knowledge? Simply... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/4483240854294686213/?src=hsr#67423 Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:18:07 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/4483240854294686213/?src=hsrs#67423 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/4483240854294686213/?src=hsrs#67423 Good post, and good points. I think you're absolutely right that those people who really try not to be racists personally, get very upset when told that they can't escape the system that places them above POC. Heck, it's upsetting for everyone who cannot get beyond a system they disagree with, but really, a white person's systemic privilege has far fewer consequences (and none of them are negative... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsr#64865 Mon, 11 May 2009 23:22:28 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsrs#64865 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsrs#64865 It's always interesting to read other peoples opinions on this stuff. I have an immune deficiency, which has a double bonus of being invisible and mostly unknown. Had a doctor last year try to send me home with 'lemon juice and honey and bed rest' Found myself another doctor. Have been back once for a new referral for my specialist - she'd never heard of him and was openly dubious about my CVID - http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsr#64125 Sun, 19 Apr 2009 20:38:43 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsrs#64125 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsrs#64125 I certainly hear you, I've had chronic lung disease since childhood, and have been on O2 for about 6 years. My O2 tank is 'visible,' and sometimes, I even carry around a portable IV pump #due to having chronic lung infections, IV antibiotics# which is placed in my purse, but still the tubes are visible. Yet, despite seeing the tubes, people say "oh, you look great," or "You must be better!," and m http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsr#61522 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 09:09:20 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsrs#61522 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/1228614451885845795/?src=hsrs#61522 My God, this is true. And I hate the ones who say it in such surprise with That Look - you know, the one that says maybe you're making it up. Because of course if you look OK, what could be wrong? And the ones who push you to Go Out And Do Things. Goddammit, I wish I COULD. I'd love to WANT to do the things I used to do. Those were the things that helped define me to myself. I am no http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7442368874348246035/?src=hsr#40267 Sun, 18 May 2008 04:01:20 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7442368874348246035/?src=hsrs#40267 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7442368874348246035/?src=hsrs#40267 You look great. Well, apart from looking pissed. But your body looks great. You look like you are going to snap in half in the earlier pictures. But it isn't about the weight, it is about how you feel. Other than the weight gain, does your body feel better? I hope it does. Personally I would love to weigh what you do, but I know that means nothing. Your battle to accept this new shape is perfectly... http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7442368874348246035/?src=hsr#40241 Sat, 17 May 2008 15:11:32 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7442368874348246035/?src=hsrs#40241 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/7442368874348246035/?src=hsrs#40241 The shitty thing is it's not just a matter of "not liking" something -- it's a matter of involuntary gagging and heaving. I was -- well, still am the same way (try to feed me peanut butter, see what happens). However, I still have my tonsils, so bonus points for me. You look fine. You look normal (well, a bit pissed in that one picture, but...). I can understand the issu http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsr#40154 Fri, 16 May 2008 11:01:52 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsrs#40154 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsrs#40154 thanks for writing this! the call for Clinton to drop out feels a little like trying to take choices away from the voters who have yet to have their say. the foundation of the Dem party, at least IMHO, is that people matter. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsr#40141 Fri, 16 May 2008 10:07:40 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsrs#40141 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsrs#40141 Yeah, error. Three weeks til the voting is over -- the convention is in august. Thanks for catching that; I got the two tied up in my head while I was writing. http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsr#40139 Fri, 16 May 2008 09:57:31 +0000 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsrs#40139 http://www.haloscan.com/comments/amandaw/8941733667097741146/?src=hsrs#40139 Amanda, Thanks for writing this post. I agree with you that those who are wringing their hands over the "damage to the party" are going overboard. That said, could you clarify your statement that "there are less than three weeks left until the convention"? The Democratic National Convention is at the end of August, more than three months away. Is this a mistake, or are you referring to a sta