The Gatannah Files

Do you ever just have a time where it feels like you can't get your head above water? Nothing terrible has happened this week. In fact, ...

  This little idiot gots the diabetus. We found out Wednesday and have been scrambling the rest of the week to get things ready to start him...

Two years ago when I was getting multiple biopsies to try to ascertain whether or not I had cancer in my neck, I wasn't that fussed abou...

 Remember this? It's that time back in May 2024 when I had a bunch of throat hardware yeeted to save my health and maybe even my life! B...

I am sitting in the parking lot of The Home Depot waiting for James to get off work. Driving him to and picking him up from work was not on ...

You guys. I'm tired! Want to hear something I don't like doing? Talking on the phone!  Want to hear what I did most of this morning?...

He did it! James walked into the VA clinic last week and pretty quickly managed to make an appointment for labs (which he did yesterday) and...

It's been a year since we lost our insurance, and James hasn't had a physical in much longer than that. The other day, I decided to ...

I met with my endocrinologist today for the first time since my surgery. She told me that I needed to get a neck ultrasound ASAP, as I reall...

In 2018, I got off of Facebook for mental health reasons, and it worked! Unfortunately, I have missed some major life events in the lives of...

That was a long title! Thank you for staying with me. This past month has been an education, for sure. When James got laid off, he got a sti...

Yesterday, I had my follow-up with my surgeon. She took the Steri-strips off of my incision site, and I had been thinking, "Yay! No mor...

One last thing before we get off of the subject of my glandular heave-homent: This whole thing started because we had insurance (have, until...

First full day back home. I took a nap this morning from 10:00-10:30 but was otherwise pretty normal, energy-wise. James filled you in prett...

Hello, fellow Americans (and any other nationalities, honestly... all are welcome)! Yesterday was Mother's Day in the US, and my local f...

Can't believe it was more than three weeks ago when I wrote that last entry! Time flies... Since I posted that, we had a visitor for a c...

It's been a year, people. Actually, it's been slightly longer, as bloodwork from January 2023 indicated that I have hyperparathyroid...

Do you ever have one of those weeks where it feels like the only time you are sitting down is when you're driving? Last week was one of ...