My Motorcycle Injuries

I’d like to draw a bit of an analogy today as I watch the Red Sox beating the Twins by a fairly wide margin just now. The Sox have been in either first or second place all season long. Recently they have slipped into third place and they are playing with a level of inconsistency that has them looking like heroes one game and goats the next. It’s getting too late in the season for this, but it’s baseball and you never know… I’m hoping that this is a pattern that does not develop in my life when dealing with the aftereffects of my accident injuries. The past several months have had me going from feeling athletic and strong one week to then feeling like a beat-up guy who needs to rest for a while the next week. I get so tired of this pattern and at times it causes some frustration when thinking about the future. I don’t want my life to go in this type of direction, but the truth is that my body doesn’t care what I think lately. I’ve always said that you can’t give up hope with the Red S...

I have started to take care of my  2 ½ year old niece again after an eight week Summer break . Her mom's a teacher, and school has started again this week with the need for staff to report in and prepare for the kids to return on Monday. I take care of my niece for the better part of the work day from Monday through Friday. I must admit, as corny as it may sound, that I fall a little more in love with her each day. She has gotten more active with age, but she's a really good kid and doesn't challenge me with her behavior (much). Today I took her sixteen year old sister out for breakfast and a little shopping as an end of the Summer treat. We have always been close and I enjoyed spending a little bit of time with her this morning. I'm sitting here on my couch now while watching a Red Sox game and hoping that they don't embarrass themselves the way they did last night in Toronto against the Blue Jays. YYYYeah... The reason that I'm sitting here (aside from the ga...

I went for my two week post-op appointment today with the surgeon. He said that everything is fine and that I will be able to function normally after another two weeks. He said that he removed a small tumor during the surgery, and I must have looked a little shocked as he spoke because he immediately told me not to worry because it was a common thing with this type of surgery, and said that the tests came back as benign. Whew! The weird thing is that when I told my wife about this later today she said that the surgeon told her about it immediately after the surgery and she told me later that day at home. I don’t remember the conversation at all, but I’ve always been a little goofy with the process of recovering from anesthesia. Good thing there wasn’t a swampland salesman at the surgical center. I really hope that this is my last accident related surgery for, I don’t know; let’s say the next thirty years or so. I’m feeling much better now with only a hint of discomfort, and the pain is...

I had an appointment with my endocrinologist yesterday morning. I go every four months for a checkup to monitor my diabetes. This disease remains a lasting gift due to the damage done to my pancreas by the accident. All of the numbers directly related to blood glucose and such were good. It seems that I’m managing this disease very well thus far. However, there was a problem with my triglycerides level. Triglycerides levels involve the amount of fat in your blood. Triglycerides serve the purpose of providing you with energy by storing unused calories in your fat cells. Too much of them can cause damage to your pancreas and liver, along with increasing the risk for heart disease and strokes. I had damage done to both my pancreas and liver in the accident, and diabetes helps to create major problems with the threat of heart disease and stroke. Yeah, needless to say this wasn’t good news. The doctor couldn’t understand how this happened because I’ve been in such good shape with all of my ...