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My Pet Demon
Quackery Alert.
- By theGardener · Posted August 11, 2008
- 16 replies
- Heads up people. It is shameful and despicable; but on the coattails of Bernie Mac's death there have been, and will be, all manner of quacks and snake-oil salesmen trying to make a buck off the untimely ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 47-50
- By theGardener · Posted July 3, 2008
- 0 replies
- LINER NOTES: Okay. I admit it. The following is weird. After an annoying time trying to get her eyes checked for Sarc in the wrong place, Sally tries to get some rest before her correct Ophthalmologist ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 36-46
- By theGardener · Posted June 17, 2008
- 2 replies
- LINER NOTES: Yes. As always, these are based on true life experiences. Reality is truly stranger than fiction. Even more disturbing, Braneesha and her ilk will be tending to me in my declining years ...
Ask Dr. Zaius
- By theGardener · Posted June 13, 2008
- 4 replies
- Ask Dr. Zaius As I am sure many of you are well aware, in the year 3978 A.D. the very accomplished orangutan, Dr. Zaius, holds the prestigious titles of Minister of Science, as well as Chief Defender ...
Summertime, Fresh Cut Grass, and Re-Runs...
- By theGardener · Posted June 11, 2008
- 7 replies
- Hello all, theGardener here... I thought I might post some links to theGardener's Symptom Series... that collection of rants that I jot(ed) down awhile back in my bloated journal (formerly; a blog). Perhaps ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 28-35
- By theGardener · Posted June 5, 2008
- 5 replies
- LINER NOTES: So I thought we might follow Sally and her inevitable dally with conventional treatment, which is often no picnic in itself. I thought Sally's perceptively sharp wit would make a good foil ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 24-27
- By theGardener · Posted June 5, 2008
- 0 replies
- LINER NOTES: I've introduced the Sarc Ghost as a recurring character. He's the hip-hop manifestation of everything thing that is pervasive about having Sarcoidosis in our lives... like that annoying guy ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 9-23
- By theGardener · Posted June 5, 2008
- 4 replies
- LINER NOTES: Here we are introduced to young Sally a short time after she has received her first diagnosis of Sarcoidosis. Like most of us, she is in the dark about this mysterious disease, and it very ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 5-8
- By theGardener · Posted June 5, 2008
- 0 replies
- LINER NOTES: Carl represents the average hard working guy that gets tossed into the world of Sarcoidosis and barely understands what is going on, nor does he really care and just wants to get on with ...
Rabid Barking Lymph Nodes 1-4
- By theGardener · Posted June 5, 2008
- 3 replies
- LINER NOTES: I thought I might start consolidating these a little and adding liner notes. I started RBLN because I wanted to convey some of the more subtle and outrageous experiences about dealing with ...
Hey Kids! Time to put on your Thinking Caps!
- By theGardener · Posted May 20, 2008
- 6 replies
- In our ongoing mission to promote Truth, Justice, and the American Way (yes I said it)... From our good friends at the VERY competent Cleveland Clinic is this most informative and concise page on Sarcoidosis ...
Peddlers, Scammers, and Snake Oil... oh my!
- By theGardener · Posted May 8, 2008
- 25 replies
- Peddlers, Scammers, and Snake Oil... oh my! Isn't this a great site? Want it to stay that way? I'm sure many of you will agree that it has a friendly and deeply caring atmosphere; and full of informative ...
My One Hundredyth Post… or so
- By theGardener · Posted March 17, 2008
- 16 replies
- Well, well... my one hundredth post. I'm sure some new people are still curious about the name of my blog, "My Pet Demon." It refers to my sarcoidosis, a condition that was "diagnosed" in July of 2005 ...
The Unbearable Wetness of Sleeping
- By theGardener · Posted March 4, 2008
- 14 replies
- The Unbearable Wetness of Sleeping Night sweats. Who thinks this crap up? I mean, seriously, you can’t make this stuff up. I’ve been reading your posts; all of your posts, and I don’t think I’ve ever ...
Disjointed Thoughts V
- By theGardener · Posted February 15, 2008
- 15 replies
- Disjointed Thoughts V For the fifth time, averaging about one for every twenty blog posts, I hereby dredge the swampy rippled expanses of my saucy, spongy skull-stuffing to harvest the tadpoles and tidbits ...
On the Care and Feeding of Your Non-Sarcoidosis Persons
- By theGardener · Posted February 7, 2008
- 6 replies
- On the Care and Feeding of Your Non-Sarcoidosis Persons Those of you who enjoy reading this blog must be of the understanding that well over 60% of it is due to the miraculous head-smacking and caretaking ...
itch itch itch itch itch itch!
- By theGardener · Posted February 6, 2008
- 5 replies
- itch itch itch itch itch itch! Oh, I have a gaggle of things that I would like to blame on Sarcoidosis; some real doozies. But since no one seems to have the definitive list of what, precisely, is a Sarcoidosis ...
Sarc Street Blues
- By theGardener · Posted February 5, 2008
- 1 reply
- Sarc Street Blues Meanwhile, in the well worn, coffee stained halls of the body’s 56th Precinct Immune System, white blood cells of the Leukocyte Brigade gather for this morning’s roll call… Sergeant ...
Sarc, Drugs, & Rock-n-Roll
- By theGardener · Posted February 1, 2008
- 20 replies
- Sarc, Drugs, & Rock-n-Roll As my three immediate neighbor’s police reports will testify, I have recently purchased a new Gibson electric guitar and a Hi-Watt amplifier stack that is larger than our washer ...
The Marshmallow Protocol
- By theGardener · Posted January 28, 2008
- 14 replies
- The Marshmallow Protocol FREE Cure!** Order Yours Today! I have been working too hard. And I am kind of cheesed-off that I just found out I don’t have to. It has come to my attention that I can supplement ...