So. My discharge from the hospital caused more questions than answers. Yes. 3 weeks ago once again I passed yet another massive kidney stone.  It was no joke. It took about 2 1/2 weeks to pass it once I felt it start. If you’ve had one, you know exactly what it starts out as.  For… Continue reading Troubleshooting

Well.  One could say that the past 3 weeks have been absolute hell. Passing that stone was … painful. The amount of relief that came after was immense. However, the nausea never went away.  The week following the stone, my face just started to hurt. Pus started to come out of my ear lobes and… Continue reading Familiar Place

No not the neat movie with a flying dragon and a stupid horse. It doesn’t pale in comparison to the past 3 days. So. For starters I went back to the oral surgeon last Monday who pulled the drill bit out of my jaw. From what he says things “look” ok, however he immediately went… Continue reading Neverending Story

Identifying your faults it’s probably the first step to improvement. As much as I’ve talked about the past 3 years, it’s done some damage. Prior to my downward spiral from what I remember, I was laid back. Only cared about the now. Was simply enthusiastic, and energetic.  When the wife and I moved to Colorado,… Continue reading Reconfiguration

I guess it’s time to talk about something new for a change. The past 2 years has been literal fucking hell. I would have never imagined that this is what was to be.  I had a bad day at work today. Just out of the blue. Things felt ok when I woke up, but a… Continue reading Something new

Growing up as a kid sucked. I won’t go into all the detail of it, but the only real family member who actually loved me for who I was, well was my mother. After mom died in 2012, I thought to myself that “this is it” for the family. Wasn’t wrong As this illness has… Continue reading The Downward Spiral

I don’t know how else to title this one, so I’ll just put up what it is. Around 2pm my phone went off thinking it was just an notification from some annoying app on my phone. As I turned my phone over, lab results from Mayo. Last month based on the recommendation from the immunologist… Continue reading Ataxia Telangiectasia

Wow. All I can say is wow. To my surprise, today I found out that the metal that was lodged into my jaw was infact a 5mm piece of drill bit left by the best periodontist in the world.  I cannot fucking BELIEVE the amount of negligence that has gone on for so long. I… Continue reading What the actual fuck

Look. I’ll be honest. This has been a shit storm of epic proportions. Today has kind of sucked. The pain came and went. The overall pulsing in my jaw was a constant reminder of tomorrow can’t come soon enough.  I’m dreading it.  Why?  Anyone who has gone through surgery knows how anxiety takes you over… Continue reading Dreading tomorrow, but hopeful

Today was actually a good day.  Aside from the insane amount of pain I feel all the time, I managed to put in a full day at work at the same time getting this jaw thing figured out.  I met with a new OMFS today, since the other OMFS is “too busy” to return my… Continue reading Relief in Sight