Medical

A Bachelors Christmas – Final

By pwsadmin / January 2, 2024 / Comments Off on A Bachelors Christmas – Final

—A Bachelors Christmas Final— It was New Year’s Day 2013, and I was waiting to get discharged from Huntsville Hospital in Huntsville, Alabama. I had been brought to the Hospital by Ambulance on Christmas Day. I had several Infections in my body, including a bad Kidney Infection, and a White Blood Cell Count that was…

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A Bachelors Christmas Part 3

By pwsadmin / December 31, 2023 / Comments Off on A Bachelors Christmas Part 3

—A Bachelors Christmas Part 3— It was Christmas Day 2013, and I was in Huntsville Hospital. Much like the rest of America, I was supposed to have gone to my family’s House for Christmas Day. That wasn’t happening, though. I had several Infections in my body.A bad Kidney Infection being one.My White Blood Cell Count…

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A Bachelors Christmas Part 2

By pwsadmin / December 31, 2023 / Comments Off on A Bachelors Christmas Part 2

—A Bachelors Christmas Part 2— I woke up as the EMTs were taking me out of the Ambulance and taking me into the Hospital. In the Hospital, the Doctors and Nurses attended to me immediately. An X-ray was taken, as well as Urine and Blood. Talking required oxygen, and my oxygen was so poor at…

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Part Two – Colonoscopy

By pwsadmin / December 4, 2023 / Comments Off on Part Two – Colonoscopy

I’ve never had this happen to me before. —Not for a procedure, that is. In the ’80s and ’90s, in a movie or T.V. show, when something “Off the wall” with a character happened, you would hear the sound of a record on a Record Player scratching, and the scene would “Freeze Frame.” The record…

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Latest Update 10/18/2023

By pwsadmin / October 18, 2023 / Comments Off on Latest Update 10/18/2023

I haven’t really posted in the past few days. The truth is, on Saturday morning, I woke up sick. Sick-as-a-dog.I might have picked something up at the Hospital when I had my Procedure, but that was Wednesday, and it was Outpatient.I didn’t feel it came from the Hospital.Friday night, we all went out to eat…

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Birth

By pwsadmin / October 14, 2023 / Comments Off on Birth

She opened her eyes—a cold room, Bright lights shining in her eyes and over her body. She remembers going to the hospital to give birth. The doctors had put her under to deliver the baby. She can hear people talking: “Did you see his back?” “What was that? It looked like a bubble —a balloon.”…

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The New Colorectal Doctor

By pwsadmin / October 6, 2023 / Comments Off on The New Colorectal Doctor

—Health Update For Everyone Who Keeps Up with Me— Today, I was reassured that God is always in control. He even knows what you will need in the future. He’s amazing. I was amazed. After Forty Years in the field, my previous Colorectal Doctor Retired from Surgical Practice. I thought he had just changed to…

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C-Diff Update

By pwsadmin / August 28, 2023 / Comments Off on C-Diff Update

—Gross Post Warning— —To Family and Friends Who Keep Up with My Health— This is my second time with C-Diff, and this time has been easier than the first time.The past week has been rough, though. I even had to buy a pack of diapers.If there is ever one thing you shouldn’t lie to yourself…

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Clogged Urethra

By pwsadmin / August 17, 2023 / Comments Off on Clogged Urethra

My Urostomy, aka “Lenny,” does require maintenance at times. I do not have a proper Bladder inside me. —No indoor plumbing.The Bag that hangs on my stomach is my “Bladder,” I guess. A long time ago, my Colon was taken apart and used for my Urinary System and, my um…number 2 System. —I tried to…

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Spina Bifida Feet

By pwsadmin / June 29, 2023 / Comments Off on Spina Bifida Feet

People with Spina Bifida have to take special care of their feet.Then, people with Diabetes have to take special care of their feet.I have both.My feet are atrophied and deformed. I basically cram my feet into my shoes. A foot Doctor once told me that there is no Medical name for a Spina Bifida foot.…

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