Category Archives: Health

Mostly medical

I get burned

Posted on September 8, 2007 by Marchbanks

Last week I brought up the subject of surgery again. Continue reading →

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FX: Wind in canyon

Posted on May 1, 2007 by Marchbanks

Doctor Jim Bob said I made the OR rather lively while I was in last Wednesday, and threw everyone’s schedules out of whack. Continue reading →

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Finished and conscious

Posted on April 25, 2007 by Marchbanks

Now THERE’S a notion, a warming pan for operating tables! Continue reading →

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Under the knife

Posted on April 24, 2007 by Marchbanks

The doctor’s current plan is to cut out the polyps, remove the ethmoid sinus tissue (after which I WILL have holes in my head, thank you!) Continue reading →

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When I consider how my light is spent

Posted on March 17, 2007 by Marchbanks

The prospect of losing vision is one of the more distressing things I can imagine. Continue reading →

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Out of spoons

Posted on January 19, 2007 by Marchbanks

I ran completely, totally out of spoons today. Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Personal History | 4 Comments

The next chapter

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Marchbanks

I now officially have No Idea when the hospital will let L go home. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health | 4 Comments

Can’t see her tonight

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Marchbanks

Doctor Jim Bob left L in Recovery/ICU overnight, sedated and with a ventilator in her. Continue reading →

Posted in Family, Health | 8 Comments

We’re going in, men!

Posted on January 17, 2007 by Marchbanks

Doctor Jim Bob decreed that instead of getting to have lunch, L got to have a tonsillectomy. Continue reading →

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Indeed it’s the tonsils

Posted on January 14, 2007 by Marchbanks

L continues on IV antibiotics at the hospital. Continue reading →

Posted in Health, Personal History | 6 Comments