Yesterday, I discovered the podcast service I had archived my podcast, so The Mighty Turtle podcast has moved. It will be in Apple Podcasts in a few days, but if you’d like to check out the reposted episode one, check it out HERE.

I’m still recovering from calcinosis from hell, which I address later in this post. I originally started this blog in 2012, but I had to move it and instead of reposting, I’m going through my posts from the past 11 years. My original blog posts were too long and all over the place. It’s taken graduate school and lots of therapy to help me understand how to tell a story without launching myself in an entirely different direction from my point. So instead of reposting them here, I will just chop them up and revise them and post them. If you’re into self-punishment or need help falling asleep, you can see some of my old posts Here.

About my calcinosis wound on my right leg; I feel like I have a handle on it, but I’ve been out of circulation for almost a year. It began with a lump on my right leg. I had it a while after I banged my shin on an open dishwasher door in 2018. Thanks to “The Rule of Ouch”- that’s where the sight of an injury or wound is repeatedly banged in the same place. When an impact happens over and over, antibodies are deployed by our immune system which in my case kills some healthy cells. Where do those dead cells go? If they are not broken down, they accumulate. The lump on my leg was an accumulation of cells in their final state, calcium.

Don’t let the name Calcinosis fool you. It has nothing to do with our calcium intake or diet. Calcium is the final state of living cells. I learned that from a podcast about aquamation, in addition to what doctors have told me.

This calcinosis wound from hell on my leg has been open since March of 2021. (Yes, I feel dizzy just thinking about it.) Luckily, I’ve had enough of these overwhelming wounds that would make the toughest person cry, tell all the secrets and beg for their mommy. So as angry as I was about having to sit still, I knew that these wounds would heal and I’d be out and about soon. And now, after pushing these calcium rocks out of my leg, they are gone, and my wound is finally closing. That’s right, I’ve been pushing rocks out of my leg for over fifteen months and counting.

Unfortunately, these rocks were ugly so I couldn’t make jewelry. (I saw something like that in the Beck episodes of Futurama.). It also meant not only did I have to avoid standing or walking, but I also have to elevate my leg constantly to keep the swelling down. I found the more active I was, the longer it took to close. I have reached the part of my recovery where my wound is almost closed, so I’m easing back into action, slowly.

I am hoping my lack of activity and weekly wound care appointments will continue to speed healing. Right now, I’m doing a lot of stretching yoga, with some great mobility exercises taught by Rachel Lando. She’s also the guest on the first episode of my podcast. She was going to cohost, but she’s super busy teaching fantastic yoga and she will definitely be back as a guest.

Right now, I’m doing 20 minutes at a time at my computer desk. It’s not impossible for me to work from bed, but it does a number on my back, so I’m not doing that. It does make me a million times slower.