Headaches
Brett and I played tennis today. I hadn’t done that in a long time! It seems my shoulder is feeling normal. (Remember I had shoulder surgery in March 2010?) My game is pretty good, I just need to practice my serves. Seriously, if I could have served better I wouldn’t have lost 6-2. I had...
A letter to The Liz Army (May 2010)
Written by Brett, and sent via e-mail to friends Dear Friends of the Liz Army, Greetings! As you may have noticed, it has been quite some time since there has been a Liz related update. Well, as they say in the movies, “sometimes no news is good news”. This applies to the medical field as...
Obligatory pre-MRI post
The last MRI of my brain was on February 24. A week after that I had a shoulder surgery. I went six weeks without Temodar chemo (as opposed to the routine 4 weeks) because of the surgery, and then last month Temodar was pushed forward a week due to a low platelet count. Why am...
Them bones
My previous post promised an explanation of the mysterious bodily images. Most of you can probably guess what it was–the inside of my (right) shoulder. The soft, white/fleshy looking stuff sf the torn labrum in need of repair. A big surprise occurred during surgery when Dr. Z saw that my humerus was not just (repeatedly)...
I love this stuff
I am too tired to even justify this post with an explanation, but let me just say that what you are looking at is neither brain nor crab meat. It is, however, mine. Ponder that for now and I will explain tomorrow.
Body stress makes you tired, duh
I left work about a half-hour early yesterday. I was at a good stopping point and had already completed quite a few things. As I traveled along Interstate 80 toward home–which is the worst commute ever–I just felt so tired. You know when you are watching a movie on the couch, or reading a book...
The soup can routine
Is brain cancer and a recently operated shoulder a good excuse for not exercising? I mean, I take walks a couple days a week… but I certainly haven’t been breaking a sweat lately. I haven’t gained any weight, but I am certainly getting soft. I need to get motivated to get out there and KICK...
Tired, so tired, must… stop… typing…
Reminder: Still typing 1 handed. I was talking 2 thee kaiser advice nurse and was telling her thhat I was feeling really tired after returning 2 work after shoulder surgery. She said that i need to remember tht general anesthetia really messes w/u and it can take up 2 6 weeks 2 return to ur...
I’ve got the straight edge
This hurts a lot more than it looks. (Stll typing 1 handed, by the way.) Leading up to surgery I thought I was going to have all these big incusions and that my tattoo would be destroyed. I had even come to terms with the tattoo destruction. After surgery I had a big ‘ol bandage...
The third time’s the charm
Note: One-armed typers can get away with typos after surgery. Typing 1 handed now that shoulder surgery is over. (48 hours ago.) First they had me on Vicodin then Percoset. Now I have to switch bavk and forth between the two for daytime and nightime. I hate drgs. They make me sick. UAgh. I am...
Shoulder pain
Ahhhhhh! Sorry, just had to get that off my chest. I guess the stuff they used to numb a nerve in my arm/shoulder (called a “nerve block”) officially wore off about 2 hours ago. This blog was posted from my iPhone.
Fishy, fishy, in a brook…
By this time tomorrow, the koi swimming over my right shoulder will be hooked/mutilated/wounded in some way. I am not sure to what extent the damage will be but I can guarantee a new photo will be posted to track the fish’s progress. At some point more than a year from now, when I am...
