2021. Crazy to think it is already the middle of February and March is just around the corner. I have spent the majority of this new year at home and preparing for the next steps in my healing. I have been out a few nights and tried to see friends, too, but only because I... 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 →
Slipping Rib Syndrome | IT COULD BE WORSE BLOG
I'm going to begin this blog by discussing Slipping Rib Syndrome and these wonky ribs of mine. I know I have mentioned it many times but I am hoping this is the last time I have to think about it. I will repeat some things you may have already read in prior blogs but I... Continue Reading →