Data-gap juggling ham-handed, fat-headed amateurs Shape-shifting them sands of speculation & surmise Experts in just the other room; whom among … More
Category: hijo
Our son took wing without a prayer
Last night When the moon reeled When the gulfstream veered: Off the white cliff Took wordless wing Our son, sans … More
We are fine grasshoppers
We are a fine pair of grasshoppers, a-clutch the Craning, like us, Stalk Down the south branch Speargrass takes his … More
Less culpable at her funeral?
M, B In the spirit of helping out, thoughts below, longer & more poorly-organized than I’d hoped, but work calls … More
Expect Trainspotting
Expect Trainspotting What addict wouldn’t object to a disruption in her supply? This week’s firing of the John’s Hopkins Pain … More
Panic in the Baltimore waiting room …
Panic in the Baltimore waiting room … Gaps and shape-shifting sands of speculation & surmise. Who among us wonders “What … More
Different kettle of fish-facts
Braddock, re your question: For me it’s not a matter of which datapoints are in/accurate. For me the concern is … More
For want of some fucking Valium, or weed …
For want of some fucking Valium, or weed … For want of a nail: 1. Ma doesn’t eat. 2. Ma … More
Did Ma actually ever get off the smack?
Missed Ma opportunities
Missed opportunities for us, Ma Getting off the smack Dietician for Ma Physical therapy Flies-on-wall at TeleHealth video calls via … More
What does it take for the hip surgeon to say“yeah, maybe later”
What does it take for the ambitious hip surgeon to say “yeah, maybe later” to a patient w necrosis at … More
Tramadol’s for chumps
Ma’s catastrophic anxiety: Is this the best 22nd century Johns Hopkins can do? Really?
Dictator her
Braddock, bringing your reply to me to our sub-group here: “I hope you realised that she wasn’t fired from JH, … More
7 months with a Fentanyl patch
After 7 months with a Fentanyl patch, and Oxy chasers: who among us wouldn’t be certifiably addicted? what addict wouldn’t … More
Is Trainspotting the best?
Ma’s catastrophic anxiety: Is this the best 22nd century Johns Hopkins can do? Really?
What addict doesn’t object
What addict doesn’t object to a supply-chain interruption? Expect Trainspotting.
Vote me off this island, please
Ma, not dismissing your fears. Not a one of us knows WTF we’re taking about. All of us civilian laypersons … More
Where’s the dumb Valium?
Consider the following: How have we effectively & persistently improved Ma, your and yours’ quality of life in the past … More
Convinced that morphine pump
whaddya think of Ma’s 7 months on the smack-train now?
Dragnet and the phone game
M, P, I agree. It’s really hard. Everyone knows that in any situation, the first report is always wrong. Like … More
She wasn’t trainspotting?
P, thanks for answering the questions. Sorry that you’re dealing w this full-time w zero support, in Covid-fucking time. Misery … More
Rumors of health are as gusty
SibsI think that efforts to shape an agenda are a fine start. I smell a threat to its fruition. On … More
This our family has failed to rally
Below, in f/u to B’s text J ——— Kudos for your efforts. Not sure, though, what googledoc deltas … More
Inscrutable, shakes-head
Same river, many wells … Decades ago, AK shocked me with: “Everyone grows up in a different family.” Our lives … More