Numb with endless disappointment

Thoughts about my birthday have barely come to mind this year. I used to be such a Taurus desiring to celebrate the whole month of May. Celebrate all the lovely Taureans; celebrate May Day; celebrate Beltane; celebrate Star Wars Day; celebrate moms; celebrate Lemuralia, birds, turtles, goths, geeks, composting, limericks, irises, archery, decency, paper airplanes, …

Don’t Look Now! It’sssss –

Just when you think you are getting better- ANEMIA! When you’ve had multiple bacterial strains dipping into your iron stores and you keep on bleeding out every month, it becomes difficult to keep iron-ated.. ferrated… ferreted… ferrets?  Yeah, I’ve been taking supplements, but, well, taking them unsupervised by a medical professional- and not really knowing …