'Twas the night before surgery, and all through my house, All the people were prepping, especially my spouse; The laundry was hung to be...

Today is a bad day. My entire upper torso feels like it is made from shards of glass and barbed wire. I am painfully aware of every...

Have you ever been admitted into a hospital? When you are still really sick for whatever reason led you there, it is so nice having...

It's been about seven weeks from getting my lower spinal cord stimulator and about four weeks from getting the upper one in place. This...

Today I had my mother lovin STAPLES taken out! Oh happy day! As painful as it was getting the ones under my arm removed, I loved every...

Surgery went well. It is a weird surgery because I need to be awake for it to determine the lead placements, and then they knock me out...

This is the second time that I am receiving this pamphlet. The second time I am receiving this thin plastic card. It's thinner than a...

Today is the first day home all day. Today is the day all the good pain meds wear off. Today the spinal cord stimulator is still off....

Alright it is finally time to start this process all over again. This isn't my first time at the rodeo, but I am missing some comforts...

It sounds kind of crazy to have a specific surgery over and over. To be cut into the same spot repeatedly and heal from a familiar...

Well it's about effing time, right? I started the process to get my spinal cord stimulators wayyyyyy back in November, which included...

Last Friday, I started getting a low grade fever. What didn't make sense to me was that I was on antibiotics, so I shouldn't have an...

So, last week I almost died. It doesn't even feel completely real when I put it into words. And the craziest thing is that this all...

Its Friday. And I have ow been in the hospital for 5 days. And today, I have heard that I might be going home today.... maybe...

Some of you are locked up with your families like I was and I thought that was isolation. How about being in the hospital without your...

Two days after surgery and I am tired. I am feeling toll this has all taken on my body. It was pushed physically and emotionally to such...

I woke up early and was not in complete pain. But I was afraid. Afraid to lift my head. Afraid to sit up. Afraid to stand. Afraid my head...

Originally today should have been the day I got my 2nd implant installed. So in some sick irony, my first one is going to be removed...

I woke up with my muscles in my body so intensely stiff and seizing, that I actually couldn't do anything about it. And, so I just tried...

The night before my 36th birthday and I go to bed thinking... How grateful I am that my family is healthy (and no fevers, just checked!)...