Read My Personal Account of Life With Spina Bifida
I’m an odd duck.“A bird in this world,” Andy Taylor might say to Ol’ Barney.And I know it. My doctor might even say it’s my body’s chemistry.I mean, I have to take a lot of pills for things my body is “low” on, such as Testosterone Injections.So, I blame that for many of the things…
Read More—To Family and Friends Who Keep Up with My Health— I have some news regarding my Diabetes. When I was first diagnosed with Diabetes, my A1C was 9.7, and my Blood Sugar was a whopping 950.Doctors like for your A1C to be 7 or below and for your Blood Sugar to be around 100.I believe…
Read MoreI spent the day out in the country, sitting on the porch with my Aunt and Uncles.I love it out there.The woods have grown up over the years. Their place is shaded.The Great Turkey Creek flows nearby. While sittin’ on their porch, memories of good food from my childhood come flooding back: Turnip Greens, Fried…
Read MoreI got invited to a Sunday School Class Fish Fry. I’m friends with several people in that Sunday School Class, and they know about my Spina Bifida, so I knew I would feel comfortable being with them. And I love fried fish.Not Baked. Not Broiled. Deep Fried. With Hushpuppies and French Fries that got Deep…
Read MoreA foggy early morning on the mountain. I get in my truck to take a ride.It’s five am-ish. Still dark out. We live at the top of the mountain, and it’s foggy.The lower on the mountain I drive, the thicker the fog. I reach the bottom. Driving about 25 mph., headlights on dim, a duck…
Read MoreA boring post. That’s what it is—a boring post.I know this is not the type of Journal Entry that people like to read, but dadgummit, I don’t want to upgrade my computer. I love Microsoft. I do. I have too.I trained in Microsoft and got MCP, MCSA, and MCSE certifications.I worked for twenty years setting…
Read More“I’m gonna stop complaining all of the time. I don’t like it.” “Mom, I want you to complain. If somethings wrong, then complain.” “Nah. I’m stopping.” All of this got said in jest, but what I said next,…hit home. “Mom, if I complained about my Spina Bifida fifteen times a day, would you want me…
Read MoreYesterday, Easter 2023, was a pretty great day. It started with me going to the gas station.I noticed a Red Dodge Charger parked. The driver gets out, and I do a double-take.He looked just like my late brother.I stopped, looked, and even tilted my head a bit.He faced the other way as he got gas,…
Read More“Otis.” I decided on “Otis.” I got up a little after 4:30 am today. With my Spinal Cord doing its usual thing and shocking the fire out of me, I decided to go for a drive and maybe grab a drink at the gas station.I decided to let “Tommy the Dawg” sleep and go by…
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