Author Archives: Jocelyn

…a little better all the time…

Posted on May 29, 2012 by Jocelyn

Memorial Day weekend is my sickiversary. Eight years today. Things are looking up, though – I think I’m doing better now than any point since the end of 2007. Among the indications of improvement: I’ve been playing Words With Friends … Continue reading →

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A Crash Course in Healthcare

Posted on May 10, 2012 by Jocelyn

I’ve written before about the series of events that ended in me falling ill, but one thing I haven’t told you about is the transition after that – the transition from being a healthy person to being a chronicially ill … Continue reading →

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Fear Itself

Posted on April 19, 2012 by Jocelyn

I have two major phobias that I’ve had as long as I can remember: A rational one (as phobias go, at least) and an irrational one. I have a fair number of minor ones, too, but I’m going to keep … Continue reading →

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The Post-Appointment Post, 2012

Posted on April 5, 2012 by Jocelyn

I’ve been away from the blog because of my annual appointment with Dr. Cheney on March 20th. First I was trying to rest up to get ready for it, then I was trying to recover from it. This was the … Continue reading →

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The End of IRIS

Posted on February 26, 2012 by Jocelyn

Well that sucked. Some of you may remember that I’ve been dealing with IRIS caused by my experimental treatment, GcMAF (see my previous posts, “Everybody Gets Through IRIS” and “Further Adventures in IRIS”, and if you want a brief explanation of … Continue reading →

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Nulliparous

Posted on February 2, 2012 by Jocelyn

Nulliparous: of, relating to, or being a female that has not borne offspring. New Latin nullipara, one who has never borne an offspring, from Latin nullus not any + -para -Latin, from parere to give birth to. One night in April 2001, at the age of 25, I went to … Continue reading →

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Happy Blogiversary to Me

Posted on January 22, 2012 by Jocelyn

No Poster Girl is one year old. It took a long time for me to be convinced to start another blog. Many, many people had suggested it to me, including a bunch of friends who’d followed my old food blog, … Continue reading →

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My Sergeant Pepper Moment

Posted on January 14, 2012 by Jocelyn

[Edited 3/28/22 to add: I pulled this up to link back to it recently and I realized it has the order of events reversed. I’m not sure how I made this error, but I seem to say below that I … Continue reading →

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Chimp Speaks, Part II

Posted on December 16, 2011 by Jocelyn

This is the second half of the contribution my husband, Chimp, asked to make to the blog. Part I is here. Maybe you went to bed last night with the whole thing figured out, and you think you’ve written a … Continue reading →

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Chimp Speaks, Part I

Posted on December 11, 2011 by Jocelyn

This is an entry by my husband, Chimp. No, I’m not actually married to a philosophizing simian – “Chimp” is his longtime internet handle. – Jocelyn Jocelyn asked me if I’d contribute something to No Poster Girl, and I wrote … Continue reading →

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