thebitterbabe

I established a new doctor here last week and she told me I was doing well with my chronic condition and to keep up with all the exercise I’ve been doing. I have all the markers for a severe form of my disease, but most days I can’t even tell I have it.

Our conversation made me a little more determined to make this city work out for me. It is not as exciting as Los Angeles, but it is way less stressful. At this point in life, I think I need to stay in the place that is best for my health. The promotion I turned down in Los Angeles would have made it extremely difficult for me to get any kind of exercise at all or to eat well for four days out of the week. Taking it might well have torpedoed my health.

I liked this blog post comparing the pros and cons of the smaller city of Portland to the city of Los Angeles:

http://www.laimyours.com/32679/things-well-miss-about-portland-things-we-missed-about-los-angeles/