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Observations About Week 6 Post-Op

posted in Thoughts on June 4, 2026 by Star LaBranche 0 Comments

I have had a low body temperature since high school. Somewhere around the low 67s was normal for me. I never thought much of it. My mother told me she had the same low temperature and I chalked it up to some inherited quirk. Until I just recently started getting average temperatures when I went to the doctor.

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Ghosts of Spice Past

posted in Thoughts on June 2, 2026 by Star LaBranche 0 Comments

Come to find out, when you have chronic sinus inflammation and the cornucopia of problems I had with sinuses, it can change how you experience spices. Namely, spice hurts. Every Scoville level higher is torture and there is no flavor when there’s heat. There is only heat.

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Almost to 6 Weeks

posted in Musings on May 25, 2026 by Star LaBranche 0 Comments

Healing is an interesting endeavour, because the timelines given are always averages or estimations. I stand in the middle of week 4 post-surgery and there have been many wonderful changes so far. But come week 6, it looks like I will have even more.

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I am my own Favorite Science Experiment

posted in Musings on May 24, 2026 by Star LaBranche 0 Comments

I’ve reached the point in my surgery recovery where I am starting to see staggering changes. I’m also starting to test the boundaries of what I wasn’t able to do previously.

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Surgery Update: Things are Better and Weirder

posted in General on May 19, 2026 by Star LaBranche 0 Comments

So the good news: I am no longer dealing with intolerable sinus pain. Here is some of the progress I have already made post-surgery. More to come as I continue to heal!

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