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On the third day of recovery my true love gave to me---Well, a few things actually. The best one: a…

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I don't know what time I "woke up" for the day. I watched church at 9 a.m. so I was…

ACDF Anxiety

I think most of my life is spent expecting the worst. Maybe that helps me when things don't go quite…

This week, I went through COVID testing, pre-op registration, health history, found an old echocardiagram and dropped off my MRI…

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With just six days before surgery, I'm unpacking a lot of feelings.

My doctor gave me the a-ok to have surgery today. Honestly, I’m relieved. This process seems to turn up surprise…

ACDF health

When the doctor told me I needed to see a surgeon about my neck, I thought there was no way…

As I wrote a few weeks ago, something is funky with my thyroid and I had to have an ultrasound.…

Honestly, I have no idea how I ended up here. I'm 25 days out from cervical disc replacement and fusion…

They weren't doing ultrasounds in the medical pavilion that day, so I'd need to go to the hospital and have…