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Remote Support for Surgery: Part II
This is for people who are more inclined to working with Deities and spirits rather than physical healing. Here is the core of the visualization, written by my friend Hugh: INTENT: to convince Her that...
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While I Am Gone
Through the magic of WordPress, this will be published at the exact time my surgery is scheduled. I know that I’ve been pretty honest here that this is more than just a routine panniculectomy. Not only...
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Hopped Up on the Goofballs
I am, as my friend Stephanie would say, hopped up on the goofballs. That is, I am on high amounts of dilaudid through a PCA pump. Yes, this means I made it through the surgery. However, there was a...
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He’ll Look Around the Room; He Won’t Tell You His Plan
Maybe it’s all the opiates, but I keep wanting to say something profound about how this year was full of upheavals for me and sound all poetic and mystical and intelligent. But really, I think it would...
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I Want It As Much As You Do
I get the gentle reminders, the emails, the comments in conversation. I hear them and I feel kinda guilty. I sit in front of my keyboard, the ragged notes hastily jotted down in the ICU by my side, and...
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What about it?
“What about Dying for a Diagnosis?” Winter asks, in that way good friends, or sometimes shamans, ask someone about something they’ve been overlooking for longer than they should have. “I know, I know…I...
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Maryland House Bill 1453
You may have read some of this on my Facebook page, but it’s so vitally important to me I’ve decided to develop an entire blog post about this. I’ll start by providing you the link to the NORML page...
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Own Your Own Happiness
Your happiness relies on you. You rely on your happiness. It’s a reciprocal relationship, one where you feed into your happiness bank, and it pays you in dividends. When you are feeling less stressed,...
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Third Verse, Same As the First!
Although the title up there is jaunty-sounding, the news is not. Please remember that I am a human being, who has been trying to do an awful lot of things the last few weeks, not the least of which has...
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Even the Predictable Isn’t.
This will be short, as I can still feel the effects of the Versed, Fentanyl, and Morphene in my system. Today I went to JH to get the new drain put in via Interventional Radiology. I’ve had it done...
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The Unexpected Blessings of Pain Management Medications
It’s easy, sometimes, to get negative when you suffer from chronic pain. I mean, I’m almost afraid to open with that statement, lest my reader go “duh” and skip the rest of the post. I’ve written a lot...
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Just When You Thought We Were Done With That Silly Business
This is a quickie entry, because I’m in the G-d da*%$#@ hospital again. The short version of the story is that for two weeks, I was feeling much worse than usual. Vacillating between sleeping 20 out of...
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Don’t Panic
The theme of this hospital stay seems to be “Don’t Panic”, like the large friendly words they put on the cover of the Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. Except in my case, I keep being told not to panic...
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The Three Sided Coin
If you just want the short version, you can skim/scroll down to the “Here is the TL:DR Bookmark”, and start there. You’re welcome. As you all know, I had a panniculectomy in late December, from which I...
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This is a Sacred Space
I’ve been doing this balancing act for a few days now. I don’t feel comfortable sharing all the details of my medical situation on the Internet any more, not even here. That feeling defeats the purpose...
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Opening Up Yet Again
I am having another surgery. We’re not sure exactly when, but it will be before the week is out; my best guess right now is either Tuesday or Wednesday. The surgery will be very similar, but not...
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Surgery Tomorrow
12 days after being admitted through the ER and the decision has finally been made: I am having surgery tomorrow. In a way I guess it’s a good thing we waited, as I have a very clear understanding that...
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What NOT to Say to Someone in Chronic Pain
Reblogged from Oh What a Pain in the...: I will be the first to admit that living in chronic pain can make me a bit…sensitive. I think when you live with pain or a disability, there is a tendency to...
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Am I Lying?
It’s been a difficult time. This past trip to Johns Hopkins has left me running on very low energy. There’s been a lot of sleeping, a lot of powering down, a lot of what I call “spoon banking”, times...
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Helpful Things TO Say To Someone in Chronic Pain
Reblogged from Oh What a Pain in the...: Supporting someone in chronic pain can be difficult. There is nothing that can be done to ease someone’s pain and sometimes, it leaves friends and family at a...
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