Ignoring The Crossroads

2020-07-21 Miss Poison Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Facts, Growth, Honesty, Learning, Life, Musings, Observations, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Relationships, Truth, Writing

When I decided to take "Poison In Lethal Doses" from a printed, exclusive, personally publicized format to an online, public, still personally publicized, but zero profit format, I opened it up in a way I wasn't quite expecting. I won't lie; having experience helped. Having confidence helped even more. In no way was I "just … Continue reading Ignoring The Crossroads

Objects In The Rearview Mirror Are A Mindfuck

2020-07-022020-07-06 Miss Poison Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Anti-Semitism, Character, Faith, First Amendment, Harassment, Integrity, Laws, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Religion, Slander, Social Media, Threats, Writing

A few days ago, a Facebook group claiming to aid in eradicating anti-Semitism decided to start harassing me to an intolerable degree. For the past two years, which is how long they've run their page, they would immediately attack anything I said that interfered with their hateful "message". They are trying to mask hatred under … Continue reading Objects In The Rearview Mirror Are A Mindfuck

Mars and Venus Issues

Quote 2020-06-262020-07-01 Miss Poison Quotes, Writing Bravery, Margaret Atwood, Men, Molly Ivins, Poison In Lethal Doses, Privilege, Quotes, Self-Defense, Strength, Women, Writing

“Margaret Atwood, the Canadian novelist, once asked a group of women at a university why they felt threatened by men. The women said they were afraid of being beaten, raped, or killed by men. She then asked a group of men why they felt threatened by women. They said they were afraid women would laugh … Continue reading Mars and Venus Issues

June

2020-06-012020-06-04 Miss Poison June, Writing Honesty, June, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

Thus far, 2020 has not gone anywhere near as planned. If you've felt that way, too, then you are most assuredly not alone. The reality that it's June is daunting. I still have moments where each day blends into the next. It's a gorgeous 58 degrees here and that's not common at this stage of … Continue reading June

Essential Appointments

2020-05-132020-05-16 Miss Poison Writing Chronic Migraines, Doctors, Healing, Health, Life, Musings, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

Today, I went to an essential appointment with my headache specialist. Not surprisingly, she acted like nothing ever happened via phone between us. This month is my two year mark as one of her patients, and aside from a few appointments where she actually knew my name, and my medical reasons for seeing her, this … Continue reading Essential Appointments

Telehealth and A Scheduled Appointment

2020-05-082020-05-12 Miss Poison Health, Mental Health, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing Healthcare, Honesty, Mental Health, Migraine Treatment, Migraines, Musings, Observations, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Treatment Methods, Writing

After a failed attempt last month to have a discussion with my headache specialist regarding my migraines getting worse, today was my first successful Telehealth discussion, and it felt good. Really good. If you have a doctor who actually cares, regardless of their field, this is not a difficult process. However, it has lead me … Continue reading Telehealth and A Scheduled Appointment

Facing The Pain: Part I

2020-05-012020-05-01 Miss Poison May, Mourning, Writing Facing The Pain, Family, Loss, May, Mourning, Suffering

This was a full blown post and the written content didn't publish. I will try to recreate it later on.

Out Of Order

2020-04-302020-04-30 Miss Poison Writing Images/Photos/Quotes, May, Musings, Out Of Order, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Writing

This is my self-portrait at the moment. I genuinely wish I had more to offer today, but my pain levels are sky-high and my doctor has decided that he won't be treating my pain after all. This agitates me to be told one thing and have another thing entirely occur. It also means I will … Continue reading Out Of Order

Confrontation

2020-03-312020-04-01 Miss Poison Anger, False Friends, Friendship, Writing Ambivalence, Behavior, Decisions, Errors, Friendship, Handling Things, Honesty, Intuition, Jim Butcher, Musings, Observations, Peace Talks, Pieces Of Me, Poison In Lethal Doses, Promotion Number One, Reality, Relationships, Situations, Writing

Anyone who has read my work for more than a month or two can likely tell you basic things about my character. My friends can tell you precisely who I am and what I stand for. My own brother has described me as, "The last person I ever want to disappoint because you're scarier than … Continue reading Confrontation

A Splash of Humor, A Heap of Honesty

2020-03-31 Miss Poison Honesty, Humor, Writing Chronic Pain, Honesty, Humor, Migraines, Poison In Lethal Doses, Suffering, Writing

Started a post early this morning that isn't done yet. When a migraine threatens to birth enormous puppies of agonizing torture through your skull, you need to sleep and hope it'll help. Unfortunately, I woke up and it was worse, so I left a message for my doctor's office to get back to me. My … Continue reading A Splash of Humor, A Heap of Honesty