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June 2, 2023

That’s Not Something You Do Every Day #19

The reason I keep hitting 15,000 steps on my Fitbit here on Kauai—besides spending hours at the beach and walking along the shoreline—is because every night around this time, I love to walk back and forth in front of our condo.…and again at 8 o’clock, and 9 o’clock, and 10 o’clock….

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March 27, 2023

That’s Not Something You Want to Happen #9

This is what I feel like after 3 nights in the hospital. I feel like I’ve entered the Twilight Zone: go to a doctor’s appointment Friday afternoon, get ushered to a bed instead, and they won’t let me out. Of course, today did not go according to plan. Shocker, I know. I had a lengthy […]

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March 26, 2023

That’s Not Something You Want to Happen #8

The doctor is keeping me here another night. He is withholding all food at midnight which means I’m going to stuff my pockets full of cookies and chips. Uh….what I meant to say is, he is wanting to remove my gallbladder tomorrow. We had a good, lengthy discussion this morning. I know I wanted to […]

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March 26, 2023

That’s Not Something You Want To Happen #6

Yup, only lasted 3 seconds in the MRCP machine. That Ativan didn’t do a blooming thing. After a lot of discussion with the tech and full-on panic on my part, we resorted to taking out both pillows so that I could tilt my head back in a very unnatural position and see the opening above […]

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March 25, 2023

That’s Not Something You Want to Happen #5

First a nurse drops this food off and reassures me it’s okay to eat it. I don’t get a chance to eat it because I’m on the phone with Dr. C who has called me from home to apologize that the one test she wanted done cannot be done on the weekends. While I’m on […]

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