What skills or lessons have you learned recently? Lesson-wise, don’t trust everything a doctor tells you. Challenge them. Make them justify their answer. Stop blindly accepting what they say is gospel. Remember, you’re the one with the illness, you know what normal is, don’t accept the new normal without advocating for yourself. Skills-wise, I’ve re-learned… Continue reading Untitled
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Apartment Hunting
So this afternoon I started looking at different apartments. I think it’s the best case scenario of getting out of here, before things become much worse. I found 3 apartments that look like good possibilities, so hopefully we can look at them, make a decision. Then the hard part begins. Getting out of here will… Continue reading Apartment Hunting
Stop the Count
As I woke up this morning, the usual morning email came in from LabCorp for labs that were drawn yesterday at infectious disease. Unfortunately, my WBC has gone back up again. Two weeks prior, I was at 16.1, last week, 11.3, but as of yesterday, back up to 15.3. I feel like shit. I’ll be… Continue reading Stop the Count
Not Wasting Time Anymore
This morning was infectious disease. I talked about how it was so fucking hard to get on the antifungal posaconazole when I left the hospital. I got 4 days of it. It started to put the fire out in my mouth, face, neck, and ear. Even the top of my head felt better. When I… Continue reading Not Wasting Time Anymore
Eating Post Heart Attack
Since the heart attack, I’ve had to pull way back on everything. Including food. Not really by choice, my appetite has just been absolutely non-existant. Leading up to the heart attack, I wasn’t really eating much. Maybe once a day, just due to the sheer pain of when my salivary glands would turn on. The… Continue reading Eating Post Heart Attack
Dr. Lupo / Dr. Hepworth Appointments and Updates
Yesterday I had a follow up with Dr. Lupo who is the ENT who has been managing the Mastoiditis over the last 2 years. As I’ve said before, he’s one of my favorite doctors. I always look forward to my appointments with him. During my stay at Swedish for the heart attack, an MRI of… Continue reading Dr. Lupo / Dr. Hepworth Appointments and Updates
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Have you ever performed on stage or given a speech? In 2011, taught a classroom of about 120 people IPv6 Fundamentals in Denver. Participants ranged from private companies / service providers to government bodies that came from NASA, NIST, DOJ to name a few. Class was written 100% by me, which took roughly 3 months… Continue reading Untitled
Day 8
Still feeling as shit as I was yesterday. Surprisingly I pulled off 9 hours of sleep. I got up at 5am, started my vancomycin, and went back to bed. It felt good to just sleep for once. Seeing as how I averaged 4 hours while I was in the ICU. I just need to keep… Continue reading Day 8
Day 7
It’s been 1 week since I was released from Swedish. Since the 27th, my life was forever changed. The heart attack was completely out of nowhere, but maybe I was just ignoring the signs. It was probably a slow buildup from the 3 PICC lines I had starting at the end of 2022, until I… Continue reading Day 7
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What could you do less of? Oh the irony …. Doctor visits