What can I say about 2020 that hasn't already been said? I wanted to write one more blog post as a catch-all for the end of the year. So much has happened and yet so little has happened. With 2020 coming to a close, I have come to realize how little my health has changed... Continue Reading →
Slipping Rib Syndrome – Ribs Not Healing & WV Consult Scheduled
There is a lot to catch up on since my last post at the end of July which focused on these wonky ribs of mine. During my last post, I was only a few weeks post-op from my right-hand surgery for De Quervain's Tenosynovitis and I was around 6 weeks post-op from my latest rib... Continue Reading →
Seven Scars & My 10th Procedure
I am just a few days past my one-month post-op date and I just had what should be my last surgery for a while - my right-hand tendon sheath release for De Quervain's Tenosynovitis. A month ago, I had more work done on my wonky ribs. With two new incisions, that makes seven scars on... Continue Reading →
Any Way You Slice it – Thoracic & Hand Surgery, Again
Long story short - Thoracic surgery is confirmed for Wednesday - with my COVID test #1. Then, just shy of 2 weeks later, I'll have my first surgery on my right hand - with my COVID test #2. Any way you slice it, June is really going to be fun for me. 😂 But anyway...... Continue Reading →
3 Months Post-Op Slipping Rib Syndrome
April Showers Bring May Flowers - or so the saying goes. April focused on social distancing, with stores still closed and quarantine still in effect to keep everyone safe until late May. And May has included rain, which brings me migraines, and it has included spending my days on the phone with the VA, so... Continue Reading →
March Madness – Social Distancing | IT COULD BE WORSE BLOG
Well, since my last two full blog posts, the world has been through some real March madness. Let's start with my ribs. After my Slipping Rib Syndrome blog was posted in mid-February, I had just gotten a diagnosis of Influenza Type A. Let me tell you that this was one of the worst sicknesses I... Continue Reading →