Category: Blog
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When the Obvious Isn’t So Obvious
It’s a 45-mile drive from where I live to my girlfriend’s house. There has been a lot of road construction this summer, forcing me to take a longer than usual route. Last Thursday, I took Interstate 96 to Telegraph Road. At that intersection, a large yellow sign read “Need A Prayer.” Two men were sitting…
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Measure Twice Cut Once
When I was in my early twenties, I lived in a Yoga Ashram. We raised most of the food we ate. I was responsible for looking after a flock of chickens. As the number of people grew so did the number of chickens. It quickly became obvious that a new coop was needed. It was…
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Someone Gave Me the Secret Code
Like most of us, I get a lot of “stuff” pushed to my phone and computer. This quote was part of an article that caught my attention. “There’s a phenomenon in nature where all systems descend toward chaos without the maintenance of an outside force. This is known as the second law of thermodynamics or…
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Catching My Breath
The surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in my large intestine was five weeks ago. The initial diagnosis was the best I could have hoped for. The tumor was located in splenic flexure, an anatomical term that defines a location near the descending colon that is close to the spleen. The surgeon removed 13.5 inches…
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Where Do I Go From Here?
A child’s graduation from college is a momentous occasion for any parent. I remember helping my daughter clean her dorm room for the last time. There was a “shit ton” of stuff. Walking out of the dorm for the last time, my daughter started moaning about some perceived injustice she recently encountered. Her final words…
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I Found A Potato In My Bed
My surgery was last week. Exactly four days ago. The procedure is called a colectomy. Considering the procedure’s complexity and the length of the surgery, my recovery feels easy. I was discharged after only two and a half days. I’m feeling tired and sore. Lined up on my kitchen counter are all the medications I…
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Come Stumble With Me
My surgery is 12 days away. In the last ten days, I have had four related hospital appointments and a lot of blood work to ensure I was up to a 3-hour procedure. The surgeon and the hospital wanted to make sure I knew what to expect both pre-and post-surgery. I felt seen and taken…
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Bigger Than a Bread Box, Smaller Than a Refrigerator Facing my Mortality
I have been smacked in the face by the reality of my life. I have always been healthy. At 69, my blood work is perfect. I don’t take any prescriptions. I eat well. I’m not overweight, and I am physically fit. I thought I was exempt from the diagnostic testing that, at my age, we…
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I Received Some Very Unsettling News!
In my previous blog, I had written about being diagnosed with severe anemia resulting in the need for an immediate transfusion. I had also mentioned that I was scheduled for several medical procedures to figure out the cause of the anemia. A colonoscopy and endoscopy were performed. The results were not what I expected. I…
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This Is Not Supposed to Happen!
For a 69-year-old man, I am in reasonably good shape. I regularly do 30 to 40-mile bike rides 3 to 4 days a week. Add to that some rigorous hiking in the foothills of Tucson. I had been noticing that over the course of the last 2 to 3 months, my endurance began to diminish. …
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