My wife and I were huge fans of the TV show House. We watched every week for all eight seasons and if we did miss an episode we dutifully downloaded it from a torrent site (did I just incriminate myself?) and watched it on the computer as soon as possible. I was already dealing with […]
The Embarrassment of Over-Exposure
Well that was quite the chore. In the hope of quickly boosting the volume of material on my brand new blog I went about cataloguing all the mentions of my health battles in the various letters I’ve sent to family & friends over the years. I took everything from single paragraph snippets to multipage rants […]
I’m Cured! Again! Apparently!
This was edited April 2014 from its original first published as part of my March 2014 letter. I’m cured! I’m cured! Thanks be to the great sacrificial kitten, I am cured! Oh, I don’t feel any different whatsoever, but I am cured! Behold the healing powers of dried platypus testicle elixir, I am cured! Chronic […]
Whither Thy Brain?
This was edited April 2014 from its original first published as part of my July 2013 letter. I even have a schedule. A weekly schedule in handy spreadsheet format reminding me which day is Laundry Day, which day is Veggie & Fruit Cutting Day and which day is Cleaning Day. I hang up the laundry […]
Best Doctors® Report
Back in 2011 the company my wife worked for offered access to Best Doctors® as part of the company health benefits plan. I used this opportunity to try the service out in hopes it might magically determine a cure for my health problems stemming from Pulmonary Sarcoidosis. Unfortunately, nothing new came of this process as […]
Ahhhhh. Depression.
Is it better to burn out than to fade away? For me this question becomes ever more poignant as my experience with Sarcoidosis grows ever more familiar. From a short term perspective, I have no doubt that my symptoms increase in intensity the more active I am. The more I do, the worse I feel. […]