Surgery, Birthdays, Etc.

I had another surgery on Monday. A little neurological thing (two actually) called a Gasserian Ganglion Block and a Radiofrequency Ablation. I've had them before, so no biggie, right? Wrong. They couldn't knock me out! The anesthesia wouldn't work. I laid there for 15 minutes with the anesthesiologist telling me to breathe deeply the whole …

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Random Stuff

Hi. I can't believe how long it's been since I last wrote here! I just feel like I have nothing of value to say. I've also been feeling very unmotivated lately too and I'm not sure why. Well, what's going on in my life? I'm having another minor neurological  surgery a week from Monday. Hopefully …

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It’s Been a Year

My father died one year ago today. He died unexpectedly, mowing my grass. He collapsed and died, just like that. It was a huge shock. And it's been difficult to get over. I can still see him rolling around on the ground, can still sense the futility I felt as I tried to aid him. …

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Reflections

Hi. It's been awhile since I've actually written anything here, besides book reviews. Sorry. A lot has been going on. My mom moved from Chattanooga to Knoxville and we've been back and forth between the two cities a lot lately. In fact, we've seen my mom four of the past five weekends, which is more …

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My 400th Blog Post

This is my 400th blog post. That's pretty big. I started here on WordPress back in June 2011 after leaving Xanga. I don't write every day like I did for years on Xanga, but I try to put something out there on a fairly regular basis. Of course, over the past year or so, many …

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