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If you’re new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting!I got a phone call yesterday afternoon from my eye doctor. They were calling to let me know that my right eye is scheduled for June 30. On the one hand, I’m really looking forward to getting this done because […]

I had the cataract removed from my left eye three days ago and, while my vision in that eye is still changing as the swelling inside my eyeball goes down, I can’t get over how clearly I can see.
Since removing the cataract means removing the lens itself, the first step in the procedure is to […]

We were talking about the school’s project of remodeling their library and Daughter Number Two cheerfully informed us that the school she graduated from last year was remodeling their chapel (yes, they had a chapel. They also had dormitories and the kids stayed there all year even though they were just in high school) so […]

By the time I was 15 years old, I can only recall one or two trips to stay in the hospital… I didn’t really start falling apart until I hit my 30’s.
Back in my day, hospitals were absolutely NO FUN at all. I’m pretty sure that fact had to have been written […]

Those of you who follow this blog on a regular basis may remember that back in January I mentioned that Daughter Number Three was going to have to undergo surgery for scoliosis.
The aforementioned surgery happened on Wednesday, April 15. We arrived in Little Rock bright and early Tuesday morning so she could get to her […]

Does anyone remember the song I’m Driving My Life Away by Eddie Rabbit from the early 1980s? That’s my new theme song.
We got a phone call from Daughter Number Two saying that she didn’t have a ride home for the weekend. Since we were planning on celebrating her grandmother’s birthday on the day before Easter, […]

I have been taking prednisone to fight the effects of rheumatoid arthritis for about the last 12 years. There are several side effects of long-term use of corticosteroids (which I’ll probably be listing in an upcoming post), but the one that I consider the biggest annoyance - even more than always being hungry and looking […]

I just finished another round with my stomach. That was a whole lot of no fun at all. I swear, I’ll never need to take a diet pill. All I have to do is get my nerves all frazzled and keep them that way for most of a day and there it is: instant involuntary […]

Wednesday is the big day. That’s the day I drive Daughter Number Three to Little Rock for a pre-surgery MRI on her back. The reason for the MRI is si that during surgery they will know exactly where her spinal cord is in all that mess.
They’ve also told us that after the MRI they’ll schedule […]

Daughter Number Three has had a problem with her back for the last couple of years. When it wasn’t noticeably improved after seeing a chiropractor for a year, her general practitioner referred her to an orthopedic surgeon.
We knew she had scoliosis, and we knew it was more than just a mild case, but this […]