My Motorcycle Injuries

I finally went to the follow-up visit with the orthopedic hand specialist yesterday. It's been a while, but I've had to wait because of the appointment that he ordered for me with a neurologist, along with having to endure some time with a case of COVID-19 (I was 100% asymptomatic, so a free supply of antibodies for me). The neurologist made it seem as though the nerve damage in my hand was not treatable, and I drove to the appointment with the orthopedic surgeon yesterday convinced that I was going to be told that there wasn't much that could be done for me. I was actually told that there wasn't a single thing that could be done for me. The surgeon said that the nerve damage was not treatable and the issue with my trigger finger should wait until it gets worse. He told me that I should set up an appointment with him if the trigger finger should ever actually lock in an open or shut position. Um, sure, I'll call right away. So I've basically been told that altho...

In my last post I was griping a little about a few of the setbacks that I've been dealing with lately. I guess I should have kept my mouth (or keyboard?) shut. Since then I tested positive for COVID-19. Yay for me. I've been in isolation at home all week and the flip side of it is that I've been able to get a lot of stuff done because I'm not watching my niece while I'm in quarantine. The good news is that I'm completely asymptomatic. I took the J&J vaccine months ago, so yeah, maybe it paid off. I wouldn't have known that I had this virus at all except for the fact that my little niece's dad and sister got sick, so I took a home test to be cautious. I then went to a clinic to confirm the result. The diabetes given to me by one of my accident injuries hasn't caused any problems with COVID-19, and I anticipate that in a few days I'll test clear and be able to join the outside world again.  As a result of my diagnosis I had to cancel my follow-...

Tonight I had dinner with over a dozen family members at a burger restaurant nearby. We sat outside because of the size of our group and we had a nice time together. Our table was located about twenty feet from the entrance to the place where I got my haircut on the morning of the accident. The crash occurred as I rode home from getting a haircut at that place. I have absolutely no memory of the haircut or the ride to and from this place, but I’m a creature of habit so I know pretty much where I pulled in and where I parked. It is currently an empty storefront (thank you Covid-19) but the place looks the same as it did years ago. I sat in a chair at the dinner table tonight that had me facing directly toward the front entrance of the former storefront. It makes me feel stupid, but I kept thinking that this was the last place that I walked without having so many problems with my body. I knew where I would have gone between the front door and my bike in the parking lot, and I couldn’t ...

Why, you may ask, do I feel like using British slang? Because my wife and daughter are presently binge-watching a TV show made in England and I’m in a good mood. I had a visit today with the endocrinologist. COVID-19 has really changed the way in which these visits are done. I had to sign a couple of forms confirming that I have been, am, and will always be germ and illness free. I had to have my temperature taken before they would allow me to sit in the waiting room. Everyone within the building was wearing a mask and gloves. I was eventually seated in the examination room, but in the farthest corner of the room, away from doctors and nurses alike. I felt as though I was in trouble and thought for sure that they would place an old-fashioned dunce cap on my head and make me clean a chalk board later. The doctor wouldn’t even physically touch me. The whole thing was a real freak show, but it made me laugh a little inside. Anyway, the point of this post is to report that my diabetes ...

So yeah, the nation is going a little nutty concerning the coronavirus (COVID-19). I absolutely agree that we should be observant, cautious, and responsible. What I don’t fully understand is some of the things currently happening such as the toilet paper rush. My guess would be that people are preparing in case of a mandatory quarantine being put into place by the government under emergency measures. I assume that old leaves and pages from a Sears catalogue just won’t do the trick any more. At least everyone will have enough hand sanitizer to spray on their charcoal grills when the fire won’t cooperate a year from now, right? The title of this blog entry is a Latin phrase and it literally translates “remember you must die”. Figuratively, it is a phrase that signifies a reminder of our mortality and can be symbolized through things such as artwork. It’s an old phrase that dates back to ancient Rome. Having experienced a horrific motorcycle accident and knowing that I wasn’t really e...