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Disabled Dreamer

Category: Medical

  • Skin Cancer Surgery

    I will be brief today as I need to sleep early tonight. I will be going through Moh’s surgery tomorrow due to skin cancer on my nose. I still cannot believe I have skin cancer at 27 years of age. I suppose I have the cocktail of medicines I have had over the years or…

  • Skin Cancer Diagnosis

    The fun continues and I am no longer surprised. For a long time I had a very small bump on the side of my nose. I brushed it off since I have numerous bumps, moles, and freckles. It was just another one right? That is what I thought at first at least. Early in the…

  • Surgery Update

    I made it through surgery without significant complications. That being said, I am in very significant pain. The articles I read online, saying that the surgery does not hurt a lot are liars. I absolutely do not recommend getting a double mastectomy unless you have no better options. I cannot move my arms and the…

  • Surgery Time

    Posting early today since I will be undergoing an operation. As some long time followers know, I have extensive history with breast tumors. I have had four removed previously: two removed under general anesthesia and two under local. They are chronic benign tumors caused by estrogen sensitivity. That means they could happen until menopause. They…

  • A Different Me Poem

    I will always remember that night. The slow drip of the secondary shower head. It had been leaking from the hard water for years. The warm glow of the ceiling light made the water shine in a muted way. I was used to seeing it reflecting the early morning sun through the two frosted windows…

  • Another Health Journey

    Well here we are again. I was hoping to at least make it a year before I needed medical help again. Apparently it was not in the cards. It started a little over a month ago. Right after a stressful event I started having body aches and a constant headache. I attributed it all to…

  • The End Of a Saga (Kinova Jaco Robotic Arm)

    I beat the insurance level on difficulty extreme. Almost a year after demoing the piece equipment, I finally own it. And all it took was patience and mild legal threats. I felt like giving up at several points but the company advocate got me through it. Better yet, I helped by winning. The approval decision…

  • Please maintain the roads! -A mini rant

    Everyone hates potholes. They can damage the car and are uncomfortable. Common areas that never really seem to be repaired all the way. That I am also used to at least to a degree. What is inexcusable is when roads are neglected to a degree that causes very real pain. I went to the mall…

  • ADHD Or Something Else?

    I remember sitting in a class in elementary school. Teacher lecturing and me supposed to be paying attention. Instead I sat fiddling with a plastic pencil and staring at the clock deep in a mental stimulation of what it would be like to be able to fast forward time. This was a regular occurrence. The…

  • Surgery Progress Update

    As the old saying goes: no news is good news. Unfortunately this post is no different. Recovery has not gone well. Problems started almost immediately. As this surgery was much deeper than my previous ones it hurt much worse. Sleeping was also intolerable as I must sleep on my side. This meant I either had…