Joe Rogan and Dr. Phil do not understand clinical depression
There are times I like Joe Rogan and there are times I don’t. His interview with Dr. Phil is a perfect example of when I don’t like him.
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A lot to be thankful for this Thanksgiving
Today is Thanksgiving. It’s the one day a year we Americans are required by federal law to overeat, watch football, and think about what we’re thankful for. I have a lot to be thankful for. I’m married to the greatest woman in the world. The life we have together is pretty awesome and continues to get …
I’m extremely thankful to have health insurance
I’m so, so thankful I have health insurance. I received a statement in the mail from the University of Maryland Medical Center for the surgery to remove part of my large bowel last month. Because I have health insurance, my out of pocket cost for the whole thing was zero. I’m lucky to have health insurance. …
After tomorrow, I will have less large bowel than I have now
Tomorrow morning I check into the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore to have part of my large bowel removed. It’s the part that has been damaged by Crohn’s. The damaged portion is constricted and there’s no way to make it less constricted. That’s why it has to come out. The surgery will be done by …
I have Crohn’s disease and will have surgery
I went to the University of Maryland Medical Center in Baltimore yesterday and met with a professor of medicine and the director of the inflammatory bowel disease program who is a Crohn’s disease and ulcerative colitis expert. I’m so glad that I did. He was like a human lighthouse in the fog of medical confusion I’ve …
When you get sick in this country, you better be sitting on a pile of money
In response to my recent health scare which resulted in spending ten days in the hospital, nine of those days in intensive care, I vowed to myself that I would do whatever I needed to do to never let that incident ever happen again. My diabetes was a contributing factor to the problems I had. Since getting …
Another update concerning my health problems
This blog post is part of a series of posts that began with what I wrote about how I almost died. Make sure to first read that one first and then the follow-up post after that before reading this one. Things will probably make more sense that way. The good news is that I’m totally off …
A timely update on my health problems
This post is going to be very self-indulgent as it pertains to my health. If you have no interest in reading this, please accept my apologies. Then again, this is my personal blog. Remember those? I should be entitled to write about myself here without apologies. Also, I have a few family members back in …
Not to sound overly dramatic, but I almost died
I got very sick on December 20, 2017, and took an ambulance ride to Meritus Medical Center, the greatest hospital in the world, and spent over a week in intensive care. I had a lower G.I. blockage, which resulted in a severe and nearly deadly infection. The infection caused me to go into Diabetic Ketoacidosis. You do …
Memorial Day and why I hate communists
Today is Memorial Day, the one day a year we officially recognize the ultimate sacrifice many, too many, military men and women paid in service to our country. I spent over nine years in the United States Air Force, and in that time, I personally knew only one person who paid that ultimate price. His …