An Overdue Overall Update

12/31/17 Hi. Last day of 2017 and I've blogged almost nothing at all this year. I regret that, but it's been the toughest year, toughest two years, of my life and I haven't had the ability to blog or even write book reviews like I once did. I started an "Update" blog about 6-7 weeks …

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A Shocking Discovery

I had an appointment with my neurologist yesterday and in discussing some problems I had last Thursday, among several topics, I was shocked by what he told me. He said that I had had a minor stroke! I was stunned. I didn’t believe him. He said he was 100% certain I had had a stroke. …

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End of the Year Post 2015

I wrote this blog post quite early this morning and didn't post it. I wasn't sure about it. Since then, I've reread it twice and have had second thoughts about posting it. I usually post an End of Year post on the last day of the year, but this one is too depressing, too negative. …

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Correlation?

So if you've been reading me for any time at all, you're familiar with the fact that I have and battle severe head pain. I have trigeminal neuralgia and have somehow also been diagnosed with cluster headache, both of which are supposed to be among the most painful conditions there are in the world. My …

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Pain Issues Update

As I've written about before, I have to deal with extreme pain and have had to since about 2010. However, it's gotten worse since around April 2014 and, if possible, even worse than that since about six months ago. I have Trigeminial Neuralgia, which is one of the most painful disorders known to mankind. Wikipedia …

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