One of the most difficult things about being immobile is that I have to depend on other people so much for what I need to do. I don’t know how I would live alone. But one of the hardest parts of adjusting to a life of needing help is learning to wait for everything. I […]
The following will include a vivid description of a medial surgery that is quite extensive. If reading things like this bothers you, stop reading now. If it bothers you to read it imagine how scary it is for me to consider having the surgery done to me! Crazy surgery. What is Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy? This description from […]
I get a V/Q scan once per year, give of take. It’s a radioactive test and you get a little sticker afterward that says you had a radioactive procedure and might test positive or up to three days and then you get the date written on it. They said that’s mostly if you are flying, […]
I can watch you on the water, struggling to breathe, reaching for the safety of the shore. And I cannot save you. I can reach for you and try to pull you in, but you must reach back and help me. I can throw you a life preserver to keep you from sinking, but this […]
Do you lurk in the shadows watching me? I am so exposed. I put everything out there, hoping you will see, will read me, will view me—will watch me and know how I feel, how I still feel. Open, my life is a book, written on pages before you, and everyone can read it, read […]
The first thing we must do when walking a new path is to determine what we should or shouldn’t take with us. For me, I heard a wise man say once that we should only keep those things in our life that are useful or beautiful. Everything that is not useful or beautiful, we should […]
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