This was edited April 2014 from its original first published as part of my Christmas 2010 letter. This letter was going to be a rambling tale of sadness and gloom; literary Blues; a declaration of despair; a melancholy manifesto of misery. A true opus of self-pity and oh-woe-is-me the likes of which would make Eeyore […]
Help Me, Doc. I Still Feel Like Crap!
Edited April 2014 from letter dated April 2010 Good Afternoon Doctor. I wanted to take a quick moment to update you on my current health situation. It’s been well over a year since I saw you last and I thought it would be helpful to provide you with some recent news on my situation. On […]
I’m Better. Kinda, Sorta, Maybe.
This was edited April 2014 from its original first published as part of my March 2010 letter. Yes, my body remains decrepit. The back and neck issues remain, annoying and painful as ever. If I didn’t know better I’d swear a dyslexic mistakenly input my birth year as 1972 in the government record rather than […]
The Sarcoidosis Diagnosis
I might as well get to the biggest news of the past few months. In my July letter I talked about how I’d managed to exercise my way into a bit of a relapse with my chronic fatigue issue. Well things sort of snowballed from there in the months after that letter was written. As […]
Hey Doc, Here’s My Impression of an Hypochondriac
Edited April 2014 from letter dated September 2007 Good morning Dr. I am writing you this letter to provide a detailed update on my seemingly never-ending medical issues. I find that during appointments, with the limited timeframe, I inevitably forget to mention a certain symptom or cannot fully explain a certain experience. Hopefully this format […]