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the decision to not have kids, moving abroad, body image, jewelry recs, fighting in relationships, everything

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alivia
Nov 19, 2024
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as i sit here recovering from an invasive procedure to patch the hole(s) in my spine, now feels like as good a time as any to answer some questions

how is your recovery going? baby, it’s going! for those who don’t know, for the past 13 years i’ve dealt with debilitating daily migraines. my condition stumped a dozen neurologists + even more specialists, and i was left with the collective response of “you will experience daily pain for the rest of your life”. i guess i have a horseshoe shoved up my ass, because i ended up getting diagnosed with a CSF leak a few months ago. that’s when holes tear in your spinal dura, leaking CSF fluid into your body, creating a ton of pressure, imbalance, brain fog, and generally so. much. pain. i’m now 6 days post-procedure, and everything has gone well thus far. i’m out of the hospital, and what follows is 5ish weeks of heavy restrictions. hoping to start participating in what you healthy people call “normal life” in a couple months. honestly, i’m still in shock that i’m living with reduced pain already + i’ve got a laundry list of things i want to do once i’m out of this spinal purgatory. for the past 10 years i’ve been telling my husband that i’ve only been operating at 18% capacity, i can‘t to see what 100% alivia is like

top 3 cookbooks? i literally can’t pick, that was rude. but, the first 3 that came to mind were the gjelina cookbook, salad pizza wine, and cooking for artists

thoughts on having kids with the state of the world? i recently chatted about the decision to not be a parent on tiktok

where do you see yourself living in 5, 10, 20 years? i always want to have some roots planted in canada, because family. in 5 years, paris, with summers spent in BC. 10 years, i’d like to own some shack in BC and split time between that and a sunny european destination. 20, semi-retired in a sleepy euro town bordering a fun city

how do you deal with body image issues? i feel the the older i get, the less i think about my body? every now and again i’ll meltdown about my lack of abs, or that my fat ass is disappearing, and then i’ll just move on. i celebrate it when i feel hot, and i move on when i don’t

can you link to your pinterest? right here mama

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