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  • Ongoing journey…

    Ongoing journey…

    It has been almost 5 months since I have blogged, a lot has happened and not much has happened. I have been on a long journey of recovery. I spent 3 months not able to bare weight on my left leg. Then another 6 weeks in Physical Therapy getting ready to go back to work.

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  • The fatigue of pain and the pain of fatigue

    First, I want to apologize, even though this web based blog is new, I have been sending out the text version for over a year and a half and the quote for several years. Yesterday was the first day I missed. I was just too exhausted, bodily, mentally, and emotionally. The pain this weekend coupled

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  • The importance of pain control

    My nerve block wore off yesterday afternoon, and I had the most horrible night so far. It is getting better, but I’m still suffering. Did you know that pain is NOT a good thing? The old saying “no pain, no gain” is hogwash. Pain causes a stress reaction which elevates cortisol and other chemicals in

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  • How does the body heal?

    How does the body heal?

    Surgery went well yesterday, and now I move on to the next phase, true healing. This is an essentially passive process, at least the first couple of weeks. It maybe passive in that my body is doing all the work, but I can do everything in my power to ensure that it has what it

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