This week marked four weeks that I've been having right-sided neck pain. Today is day 31. In August, about a week before Railbird Festival, I woke up with neck pain so severe that I couldn't really move my neck without intense pain. After a few days, and luckily before Railbird, my neck pain went away.... 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 →
2020 Visions | IT COULD BE WORSE BLOG
I ended 2019 with a double blog post, Colonoscopy #5 and Thoracic Follow-Up. At the end of November and beginning of December, I had been really sick, and I had been avoiding people and doing anything I could to rid myself of that cold. I had mentioned previously that I was coughing so much -... Continue Reading →
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back | IT COULD BE WORSE BLOG
Since my last post, Two Months Time, it has roughly been around two and a half months, give or take a few days depending on when I finish this blog. I've been so negligent, I feel like I can never get caught up, like I'm pulled a million different ways all at once. I add... Continue Reading →
TWO MONTHS TIME | IT COULD BE WORSE BLOG
Well, shit. It has been over a month, almost two, since my last blog post, and it'll probably be exactly two months time by the time I get this written and edited, photos added and the post uploaded. I know, I'm still slacking. I feel terrible about it. I do apologize for the delays, every... Continue Reading →