We got things to catch up on here, and not a lot of time to do it. So here are a few quickies just to make me feel a little less guilty for leaving the blog so blank for so long. Sorry, blog. I’ll go longer on some of these later … Politics Clinton and… Read More Quickies
Yesterday marked three months. Thirteen weeks, if you’re counting that way. But three months, from Jan. 21 to April 21. I am healed. From cracked open and splayed all about to wired shut and ready to go. In 13 weeks. Amazing, isn’t it? When you’re down, physically, sometimes it’s impossible to imagine being up again.… Read More Thirteen weeks (three months)
So, for some reason over the past couple of months, I’ve been thinking a lot about health care. OK. I’ve covered those reasons pretty extensively, I guess. In fact, I thought I was through thinking about that stuff. But then, there’s this, on the right. Click on it to get the full effect. (This isn’t complete,… Read More Who’s picking up the check?
When I was living in Pensacola, Fla., in either 1987 or 1988, I was tooling downtown from my home in the northern part of town. I made a left turn off the exit ramp off the only real interstate in town (and because it was a north-south highway, it was about to end anyway), just cruising… Read More Waking up
Hi, all. To catch you up, I posted on a Caring Bridge page about my last few days: http://www.caringbridge.org/visit/johndonovan2 It’s been a painful, humbling, terrifying, life-affirming few days. Those who I know, those who I don’t, thanks for going through them with me. I’ll have more posts here, as I feel better, in the days ahead.
Went for pre-op testing today. The kind nurses at Emory St. Joseph’s sucked some blood, ripped off a quick EKG (seriously, like, two minutes), asked me about my medications, took some money (more painful than the blood), then checked my armband somewhere between 900-1,000 times. The people there were ridiculously nice and professional. For the first… Read More Countdown
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