My Motorcycle Injuries

I have had so much medical “stuff” done to me within this calendar year that I will no longer have a deductible on any major medical procedures throughout the remainder of 2020. Hooray for me, right? I guess. Anyway, this recent development set me to thinking about surgery again. My knee has been hurting in new and inventive ways the past several weeks without any provocation, and I started thinking about the fact that I could save a bunch of money on the insurance deductible for a surgery that will inevitably have to happen if I just go ahead and get the knee replaced within this calendar year. The Mr. Krabs in me loves to save money. Still, the more rational side of me says that the pain is not even close to being a quality of life issue, and I should just mellow out on the whole topic of saving money. My leg is unpleasant at times and has been getting worse over the past six months or so, but I plan to live well past my mid-seventies and personal longevity means that I would in all ...

June is almost over and July will bring with it various blessings and challenges. I always consider Independence Day to be a milestone within a calendar year. Summer will push forward from there toward the autumn months, and before you know it we’ll be celebrating the Holiday Season. I think that the important thing is to enjoy what you’ve got while you have it. Life’s an adventure to be appreciated every day. I’ll be going to a bunch of different medical appointments related to diabetes over the next couple of months as the summer advances. I find it all a little annoying because it takes up a lot of time and it will be costing us bookoo bucks. The most annoying part of it is the fact that I wouldn’t be diabetic if I hadn’t received some type of mystery damage to my pancreas in the motorcycle accident. It took a couple years to manifest itself fully, but yeah, it was the accident that did it. When I’m finished with all of these various appointments throughout the summer I won’t be dea...