Six weeks from getting sliced and diced and put back together with screws, rods and a little bubblegum and bailing wire to finish it off. Last week, we had my first follow-up exam, and everything seems to be on track and might even be a little ahead of normal. Now allowed to bend, twist, and…
Three years ago, this month, I decided to create a blog site as a mental health experiment and an opportunity to release the annoyance of thoughts floating around in my head without the ability to fixate on any one particular item. Things that didn’t deserve the time in occupying mind space and they needed a…
About half of every day, I shake my head at what is going on in America. More specifically the Republican Party politics until I think about things and realize both sides are playing games with our country. Politics is so filled with buffoonish characters that I struggle to understand how any reasonable minded person could…
This country has become a country of you either identify with this or that, you support one but not the other, and belief is real or fake. We seem hell bent to force people to choose, and our middle ground continues to shrink as a result. Others decide the issue instead of us taking issue…
Week One: One week since my surgery and I’m doing surprisingly well. Not sure why I was expecting a difficult time in walking, rising, etc. I thought that I would come out of this surgery more like my first one when it seemed I had to teach myself to walk and stand again. Maybe it…
3:30 comes early: The alarm clock sounded early and proud while I woke nervous and alone. Jen, next to me, but still asleep. Alarm clocks havn’t been used since retiring, so it came with some shock being startled awake by an Irish Sea Shanty. I had to take the second anti-bacterial shower inside of six…
Eve of My Change: On the eve of my surgery, I’m nervous and looking for things to do today to keep my mind off of it. Yesterday, we went for our monthly massages and my last one for a few months. I’m not sure it was a good idea as it was, quite simply, the…
1/12/2024: Since Pre-Op Day, I’ve been trying to get everything done that can go on pause for a few months in hope that I’ll be able to get back to some semblance of normality. It generally kills me to have to pay people to do things that I usually wouldn’t give two thoughts about doing…
Two weeks from my surgery date. Twelve years ago, thirty years of bad habits and a philosophy that I was invincible, I blew a disk out in my back. The first twinge came three or four days prior while helping my daughter look for some of her things in our storage building. I actually felt…
2024 may go down as the most consequential year of my lifetime, if not of all time. This country is on a collision course with one of the most unethical, self-centered, democracy hating, constitutional demising person ever. Donald J. Trump, the wannabe Czar of America, is making another run at being president. But not as…
