Happiness & Health Category
“Happiness and health to you on whatever path you chose” used to be the sign off line at the magazine I worked for back in the ’90s. Now it’s the category name for all my mental and physical health-related posts.
Gratitude
17
Jul
2006
In: Happiness & Health
As the eyewitness reports of Dre’s bike wreck start to come in, I’m going through shock all over again. People could hear the crack of his helmet on the pavement from 30 feet away. He went into convulsions before he regained consciousness. One rider thought he was dead. I’m having aftershocks of mortification and terror and then I creep into the bedroom and watch Andreas sleep for a few minutes and almost start crying at it all … but see the eye surgery I had messes with your tear production for a little while, and so no tears come and so I just pet his scabby head and am thankful. Because what else can I do?
- 4 Comments
- Tags: andreas, bike accident, eyes, injury, lasik
Andreas update
16
Jul
2006
In: Happiness & Health
Who wants to take a look at how Andreas is doing? From the neck down, he’s just fine. Sore shoulders and a couple patches of road burn. Nothing serious. I took some pictures as he lay snoozing this morning at the hospital, and I just now got patient relase permission to share them with you all. So! Here is he:
Let’s take a look at sleepy Andreas in the hospital this morning …
Oh hey! He doesn’t look so bad…
How about from the other side of the bed?
…Oh wait. He does look pretty bad.
Dre is now home and doodling around the house comparing himself to Quasimodo. I told him he was more like the Phantom of the Opera, and then he asked if I would be the Beauty to his Beast. Aww. Such a charmer, even when he’s bruised and broken! Anyway, here’s a picture of my favorite little patient enjoying the wall of emails, Flickr comments, and Electrolicious messages you all have sent. Thanks, everyone!
- 14 Comments
- Tags: andreas, bike accident, hospital, injury
The Andreas report
15
Jul
2006
In: Happiness & Health
Thank god for helmets, originally uploaded by .Ariel.
This weekend Dre was doing the annual Seattle to Portland bike classic. Just south of Seattle he hit a train track wrong and had a pretty serious head-crash. His helmet here tells the tale.
The damage? Broken nose, missing tooth, cut that went all the way through his upper lip, and numerous facial lacerations, road rash, etc. He got 30 stitches in his face. I almost fainted (not figuratively) when I first saw him, because I’m a wuss and he was covered in blood.
He’s been conscious the whole time, although he has no memory of the accident. As I’m freaking out about possible skull fractures and potential spinal injuries, he’s saying things like “But I really wanted to ride!” and “Did someone take care of my bike? I’m worried about my bike!”
We’re staying overnight in the hospital … since he lost consciousness after his fall and had a little amnesia in the ambulance, they want to watch him to make sure he’s ok. I’ve been with him all day and am on a quick run home to grab a couple things he requested. Happy thoughts appreciated!
- 20 Comments
- Tags: andreas, bike accident, hospital, injury
I can see!
14
Jul
2006
In: Happiness & Health
Those of you who had been waiting with bated breath will be pleased to hear that I AM NOT BLIND! My Lasik was a raging success, and the doctor even complimented me repeatedly on my calmness and ability to stay totally deathly still as a small mechanized scalpel cut a flap in my eyeball and then a laser burned my flesh! (Dude, worst part? I could totally smell it. It was like catching a whiff of a barbecue, except for it was my cornea on the grill!)
I told my doctor that my state of exceptional still calmness was thanks to my coworker Nick, who had advised me to go into “the yoga zone” during surgery, but it also may have been thanks to the valium they gave me and the squishy stuffed fish they insisted I hold onto during surgery (uh…wtf??). Anyway: IT WORKED! I slept for 12 hours and now … I CAN SEE!
For those of you fretting over the green glasses (raise your hand if you’ve been losing sleep!), I’m going to go get them fitted with clear lenses today so that I can continue to use them as a smart person prop and color-coordinated accessory when needed. My friend Patrick has informed me that this makes me a traitor — a four-eye poseur. This may be true.
- 9 Comments
- Tags: eyes, lasik, vision
Flap ‘n’ Zap
12
Jul
2006
In: Happiness & Health
Have I mentioned that my LASIK surgery is tomorrow? As part of my research, I forced myself to look at pictures of the procedure. Tomorrow that will be me, Clockwork Orange-style. I will be wide awake, but heavily sedated and in that special place that I can go into during yoga, pap smears, dental work, and other times of out-of-body calmness.
- 4 Comments
- Tags: eyes, lasik, vision
Bling
27
Jun
2006
In: Happiness & Health
The facts:
1. This weekend I bit a small rock and knocked out a crown, the tooth just to the right of my front teeth.
2. I’m getting a new porceline crown put in.
3. When I dismantled my grandmother’s wedding ring two years ago, there were several small diamonds left over. They are currently sitting in a box unused.
Then the issue becomes, should I have one of the teeny diamonds put into the crown? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for tooth bling! Andreas is moritifed by the idea, but I’m facinated. What do you think, dear blog readers? For a sample of what it would look like (but think one tooth over), I give you this picture.
- 22 Comments
- Tags: dentist, diamond, teeth
Gratitude
17 Jul 2006 In: Happiness & HealthAs the eyewitness reports of Dre’s bike wreck start to come in, I’m going through shock all over again. People could hear the crack of his helmet on the pavement from 30 feet away. He went into convulsions before he regained consciousness. One rider thought he was dead. I’m having aftershocks of mortification and terror and then I creep into the bedroom and watch Andreas sleep for a few minutes and almost start crying at it all … but see the eye surgery I had messes with your tear production for a little while, and so no tears come and so I just pet his scabby head and am thankful. Because what else can I do?
- 4 Comments
- Tags: andreas, bike accident, eyes, injury, lasik
Andreas update
16 Jul 2006 In: Happiness & HealthWho wants to take a look at how Andreas is doing? From the neck down, he’s just fine. Sore shoulders and a couple patches of road burn. Nothing serious. I took some pictures as he lay snoozing this morning at the hospital, and I just now got patient relase permission to share them with you all. So! Here is he:
Oh hey! He doesn’t look so bad…
…Oh wait. He does look pretty bad.
Dre is now home and doodling around the house comparing himself to Quasimodo. I told him he was more like the Phantom of the Opera, and then he asked if I would be the Beauty to his Beast. Aww. Such a charmer, even when he’s bruised and broken! Anyway, here’s a picture of my favorite little patient enjoying the wall of emails, Flickr comments, and Electrolicious messages you all have sent. Thanks, everyone!
- 14 Comments
- Tags: andreas, bike accident, hospital, injury
The Andreas report
15 Jul 2006 In: Happiness & HealthThank god for helmets, originally uploaded by .Ariel.
This weekend Dre was doing the annual Seattle to Portland bike classic. Just south of Seattle he hit a train track wrong and had a pretty serious head-crash. His helmet here tells the tale.
The damage? Broken nose, missing tooth, cut that went all the way through his upper lip, and numerous facial lacerations, road rash, etc. He got 30 stitches in his face. I almost fainted (not figuratively) when I first saw him, because I’m a wuss and he was covered in blood.
He’s been conscious the whole time, although he has no memory of the accident. As I’m freaking out about possible skull fractures and potential spinal injuries, he’s saying things like “But I really wanted to ride!” and “Did someone take care of my bike? I’m worried about my bike!”
We’re staying overnight in the hospital … since he lost consciousness after his fall and had a little amnesia in the ambulance, they want to watch him to make sure he’s ok. I’ve been with him all day and am on a quick run home to grab a couple things he requested. Happy thoughts appreciated!
- 20 Comments
- Tags: andreas, bike accident, hospital, injury
I can see!
14 Jul 2006 In: Happiness & HealthThose of you who had been waiting with bated breath will be pleased to hear that I AM NOT BLIND! My Lasik was a raging success, and the doctor even complimented me repeatedly on my calmness and ability to stay totally deathly still as a small mechanized scalpel cut a flap in my eyeball and then a laser burned my flesh! (Dude, worst part? I could totally smell it. It was like catching a whiff of a barbecue, except for it was my cornea on the grill!)
I told my doctor that my state of exceptional still calmness was thanks to my coworker Nick, who had advised me to go into “the yoga zone” during surgery, but it also may have been thanks to the valium they gave me and the squishy stuffed fish they insisted I hold onto during surgery (uh…wtf??). Anyway: IT WORKED! I slept for 12 hours and now … I CAN SEE!
For those of you fretting over the green glasses (raise your hand if you’ve been losing sleep!), I’m going to go get them fitted with clear lenses today so that I can continue to use them as a smart person prop and color-coordinated accessory when needed. My friend Patrick has informed me that this makes me a traitor — a four-eye poseur. This may be true.
- 9 Comments
- Tags: eyes, lasik, vision
Flap ‘n’ Zap
12 Jul 2006 In: Happiness & HealthHave I mentioned that my LASIK surgery is tomorrow? As part of my research, I forced myself to look at pictures of the procedure. Tomorrow that will be me, Clockwork Orange-style. I will be wide awake, but heavily sedated and in that special place that I can go into during yoga, pap smears, dental work, and other times of out-of-body calmness.
- 4 Comments
- Tags: eyes, lasik, vision
Bling
27 Jun 2006 In: Happiness & HealthThe facts:
1. This weekend I bit a small rock and knocked out a crown, the tooth just to the right of my front teeth.
2. I’m getting a new porceline crown put in.
3. When I dismantled my grandmother’s wedding ring two years ago, there were several small diamonds left over. They are currently sitting in a box unused.
Then the issue becomes, should I have one of the teeny diamonds put into the crown? This is a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for tooth bling! Andreas is moritifed by the idea, but I’m facinated. What do you think, dear blog readers? For a sample of what it would look like (but think one tooth over), I give you this picture.
- 22 Comments
- Tags: dentist, diamond, teeth
Hey there. I'm Ariel Meadow Stallings, a native Seattleite who's written my way up and down the Left Coast. Electrolicious is where I post daily randomata, but I also write for a living. My first book, Offbeat Bride, was published last year.
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