Catching Up is Hard to Do - So, let's do a video blog!

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  10/21/2016

  Catching Up is Hard to Do - So, let's do a video blog!

  Catching up - Post-operative instructions,  information, and experience. Update on recovery and my current pain management regimen.

Pre-surgery instructions, pre-operative clearance, post-operative report

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  9/16/2016

  Pre-surgery instructions, pre-operative clearance, post-operative report

  I am posting three documents at the bottom of this entry for your viewing pleasure. Yay! This will be a gripping page-turner that will thri...

General surgery and hospital experience (Friendships by His Design)

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  9/08/2016

  General surgery and hospital experience (Friendships by His Design)

  If you read some of my previous posts, you know that several of us women who had connected on a Facebook support group page had grown close...

I've Been a berry bad blogger - 8 Months post-op

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  9/07/2016

  I've Been a berry bad blogger - 8 Months post-op

  Nope, I'm not dead. Yep, I survived surgery. And, yes, I have been a very, very BAD blogger. I have totally dropped the ball on this on...

How Do you Handle Difficult Seasons - Part 4, God keeps performing miracles!

• 12/31/2015

  How Do you Handle Difficult Seasons - Part 4, God keeps performing miracles!

  This is continuation of my series on Handling Difficult Situations. For Part 3 click here . “I have the strength within me to get throug...

How Do You Handle Difficult Seasons. Part 3 - True or False

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  12/16/2015

  How Do You Handle Difficult Seasons. Part 3 - True or False

  Continuing on in the series of difficult seasons , here is another phrase we commonly hear and contemplate. Is it True or False? These are...

A Great Morning

• 12/13/2015

  A Great Morning

  I just had to say, I've had one of the best 4 days in 6 months today. There has been no rhyme or reason for it. I've done nothing di...

Shut up and Ride the Pig

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  12/10/2015

  Shut up and Ride the Pig

  Piriformis Steroid Injection (Round 2) The last steroid injection I had into my right piriformis muscle was awesome...for the 3 days it...

I have a date!

• 12/05/2015

  I have a date!

  Last week I got a call from Peg at Dr. Feigenbaum's office and we have the green light from my insurance to proceed with surgery!  For ...

The Cut That Killed Me

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  11/28/2015

  The Cut That Killed Me

  Well...I had planned on posting my part 3 of Myths and Facts about Difficult Season s, but life just hasn't worked out for that yet. ...

Return to Pain Management - Shots and Meds

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  11/20/2015

  Return to Pain Management - Shots and Meds

  This past week, I returned to my pain management doctor. I was terrified. Due to a mental health condition that I have, the psychologist wh...

How do you handle difficult seasons? Why do they happen? - Part 2 True or False

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  How do you handle difficult seasons? Why do they happen? - Part 2 True or False

  In today’s post, I’d like to continue discussing how we can handle difficult seasons. Our outlook and attitude makes all of the difference...

Difficult Seasons - Part 1

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  11/14/2015

  Difficult Seasons - Part 1

  How do you handle difficult seasons? Why do they happen?  - Part 1 Even though I’ve been going through a difficult time with pain and ...

Whatever Works

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  11/07/2015

  Whatever Works

  Yesterday I had my first aquatic physical therapy session. I have to admit, I was scared to death. Scared to ride in the car. Scared to be ...

Grieving the Life that Was

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  11/02/2015

  Grieving the Life that Was

  Yesterday was NOT a good day.  When I said I was going to start a blog, and I wasn’t going to sugar coat it, I meant it.  So, here you have...