Today is a watershed moment in my climb back to normalcy as I prepare for my round of golf this morning. It is going to be sunny and 70 degrees here in Arizona and that does not suck. I will be attempting to play golf for the first time in about 2 years. My legContinue reading “Take THAT Diabetes!”
Category Archives: Amputee
Speak Up!
Keeping with the schedule, I am reciting another excerpt today from my first book Emotions: Not your Mama’s ABC’s! and I invite you to examine yet another twisted side of my psyche. I did the first two stories under the letter “A” so today, under the letter “B” I have included the single, (but powerfulContinue reading “Speak Up!”
Baby Steps
I took my first steps without the aid of a walker or cane today. It is the first time I have been able to perambulate in 16 months. One more time God: Thank you. The doctor spent most of my appointment time explaining the details and machinations of my new prosthetic leg, one that allowsContinue reading “Baby Steps”
Pain
I have a very high tolerance for pain, as evidenced by the still-full bottles of Oxycodone in my cabinet. I have had a total of 20 surgeries, 6 of which were considered “major.” I do not like pain pills, I don’t like ANY pills. I am sure this stems from my inherent distrust of BigContinue reading “Pain”
The Gambling Bug
Well here is a subject I can speak about that I actually know something about. I spent the last years of the 70’s and the early 80’s in Las Vegas. I loved every second of it, and I hated every second of it. I succumbed to the gambling bug which has bit so many. IContinue reading “The Gambling Bug”
