Well, I survived the liver stabbing procedure! In reality, the actual procedure was the calmest part of my day… Let me set up the scene for you… Despite being clad in the fanciest, most magical unicorn leggings ever to be sold on Amazon, I was […]
If you are facing a big scary medical test, which you are already very nervous about and involves a very large needle, don’t be the idiot who does a Google image search for “how big is a liver biopsy needle” because you will just freak […]
I keep using the phrase “how the mighty have fallen” to joke about the drastic change my life has taken in the past month. “How the mighty have fallen…last month I was drinking Diet Cokes with abandon, today I am peeing into a vacuum.” “How […]
“You sure don’t look sick.” “You would never know that something was wrong with you just by looking at you.” “Well, at least you look healthy.” If I had a nickel for every time I have heard one of the above sentences, I would probably […]
Twenty three pounds of fluid. Twenty three pounds. Almost 15% of my body weight in less than a week. What’s my secret? A constant flow of IV Lasix and the wondrous, new fangled Pee Vacuum. Ok, it’s actually called a Pure Wick External Female Catheter. […]
The most personal reason I ended up in the hospital is dumb ass reason. Everyone that knows me knows that I am pretty stubborn. My stubbornness is legendary. Many say my stubbornness and determination is the reason I survived my Fontan as a kid. I […]
Now I need to explain the poop reason. Or the fear of poop reason. In reality, developing protein losing enteropathy (PLE) may have been unavoidable, but it could have been diagnosed a lot earlier if I had just been willing to collect my poop. But […]
There are several reasons why I ended up in the hospital: the medical reason, the poop reason and the dumbass reason. The medical reason may actually be the easiest to explain and maybe even to understand. Thirty-two years ago, I had open heart surgery to […]
Well, I’ve started a blog. Never thought I was that self important but I guess I am. But honestly, why not start a blog? I like to write; at work nothing makes me happier than getting to write an strongly worded email reminding a manager […]