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…
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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…