Jody

The Johnny-Shirt Diaries Day 46

OK - So after a long week we finally have (at least the outlines) of a plan and or plans. The good news is that the piece of disease that has been causeing me so much grief definatly being removed asa...
Posted by Jody on Sun, 29 Jan 2006 08:07:00 PST

My Life, As Explained to My Friend Jesse, In a Letter.

Dec.3rd,2005 to my friend jesse, currently in pariswritten dec 3rd.Jesse,I cant tell you how much I enjoyed reading your email. Im glad we got in touch, even if it was only on msn, and Im looking for...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 26 Jan 2006 09:49:00 PST

The Johnny-Shirt Diaries, Day 39

yup. I've been awake since a quarter after 4. I had this dream that was just insanely intense and charged me with all this creative energy that I tossed and turned and finally had to get up and write ...
Posted by Jody on Wed, 25 Jan 2006 06:15:00 PST

Be A Kid Again

Be A Kid Again Do a cartwheel. Sing into your hairbrush. Walk barefoot in wet grass. Play a song you like really loud, over and over. Dot all your is with smiley faces. Read the funnies. Throw...
Posted by Jody on Tue, 24 Jan 2006 11:15:00 PST

Karma....

The only that is keeping me sane is my friends and family but more specificly the two men in my life. My boyfriend and my son. The other night they called me togther from my house and were s...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 19 Jan 2006 05:09:00 PST

The $45,000 Disappointment

Well, it's been 12 days since my infusion of Remicade and the doctor's are giving up hopes of it working and starting to get my affairs in order for surgery. The only side effect I've felt is fluid in...
Posted by Jody on Wed, 18 Jan 2006 11:31:00 PST

The $45,000 Gift

Well, Yesterday I found out that my doctor got the go ahead from thr pharmecutical company that they would sponsor my treatment of Remicade. Remicade is a very risky drug, not very old, but very succe...
Posted by Jody on Fri, 06 Jan 2006 09:52:00 PST

The Johnny-Shirt Dairies, Day 16.

Still here. Nothing much has changed really'. I've been medicated on morphine for almost 400 consecutive hours on increasing doses to help manage the pain. I've settled into a sort of hazy-numbness. I...
Posted by Jody on Sun, 01 Jan 2006 03:14:00 PST

The Johnny-Shirt Diaries, day 6.

Cameron left for Cape Breton with my mom yesterday. He's so stoked about waking up to presents on Christmas morning. It breaks my heart that Í'm going to miss it. Two days until Christmas. Things aren...
Posted by Jody on Thu, 22 Dec 2005 10:16:00 PST

The Johnny-shirt Diaries day 3

Well, in typical Jody fashion, I had a massive attack saturday night and landed  myself in the emergency room for 8 hours. This of courseled to an admission - tests, IVs, painkillers, CTscans.......
Posted by Jody on Mon, 19 Dec 2005 09:27:00 PST