My Life Self Improvement
Is my opinion just more noise?
I don't share anything inspiring, trendy or ground-breaking. I'm not a debatrr nor am I the top choice for a…
Family Travel
Upper Peninsula Trip 2021
After our dog needed stitches, we were late starting on the road to our Upper Peninsula camping trip. But Day…
Random Thoughts
Women’s marathon swimming makes me laugh
Simone Biles is amazing and Katie Ledecky can swim fast but have you seen women's marathon swimming? It's amazing. And…
Anxiety My Life Self Improvement The SAD Reality
Just say it out loud – Facing depression and anxiety
Say it out loud. Say quietly if you need to. Just say it. Just say, "I'm tired and I need…
ACDF
It’s a process – ACDF recovery
It's been a while since I wrote about my recovery from anterior cervical disectomy fusion, or ACDF. Let me tell…
COVID19 Family Mom
This time last year
Sometimes, I wish we could go back to lock down, our bubble and simple times. Sometimes, I wish I could…
ACDF
ACDF recovery incision irritation
I thought getting my stitches trimmed up and my steri-stips off was going to be easy. And while the process…
ACDF
Two week ACDF check-in with my surgeon
At my two-week appointment, my surgeon took a look at my incision, pulled off my steri-strips and trimmed up my…
ACDF
ACDF Surgery Recovery Week 1
I've made it through the first week. I had taken a few days off writing for the holidays, and mostly…
ACDF
ACDF Recovery Day 4 – Trust the Process
I'm a horrible patient. Surgery is over, I'm supposed to be moving on. While I knew there was going to…