Since my last blog update in February, 3 Years & 5 Surgeries, the past month and a half have been chaotic, to say the least. I ended my February blog by updating you all on what was to come, so it is long overdue that I fill you in on what happened and what is... Continue Reading →
3 Years & 5 Surgeries- Slipping Rib Syndrome
2021. Crazy to think it is already the middle of February and March is just around the corner. I have spent the majority of this new year at home and preparing for the next steps in my healing. I have been out a few nights and tried to see friends, too, but only because I... Continue Reading →
Goodbye 2020, Hello 2021
What can I say about 2020 that hasn't already been said? I wanted to write one more blog post as a catch-all for the end of the year. So much has happened and yet so little has happened. With 2020 coming to a close, I have come to realize how little my health has changed... Continue Reading →
Slipping Rib Syndrome – Ribs Not Healing & WV Consult Scheduled
There is a lot to catch up on since my last post at the end of July which focused on these wonky ribs of mine. During my last post, I was only a few weeks post-op from my right-hand surgery for De Quervain's Tenosynovitis and I was around 6 weeks post-op from my latest rib... Continue Reading →
Any Way You Slice it – Thoracic & Hand Surgery, Again
Long story short - Thoracic surgery is confirmed for Wednesday - with my COVID test #1. Then, just shy of 2 weeks later, I'll have my first surgery on my right hand - with my COVID test #2. Any way you slice it, June is really going to be fun for me. ๐ But anyway...... Continue Reading →
3 Months Post-Op Slipping Rib Syndrome
April Showers Bring May Flowers - or so the saying goes. April focused on social distancing, with stores still closed and quarantine still in effect to keep everyone safe until late May. And May has included rain, which brings me migraines, and it has included spending my days on the phone with the VA, so... Continue Reading →

