My arm is getting better, thins are stable enough to try and get more done, nothing exciting to report but nothing bad either. :-)

Good news: my right arm is fine, my left arm is pretty much stable, I'm home, and I've got a load of photos of my spine and brain.

Upfront disclosure. This is a downer of a post. There are things I want to get off my chest that might not happen otherwise. A few IRL friends were wondering what I’d have to say in a blog and this is the closest entry I can muster. Advice, armchair psychology, and armchair psychiatry are anticipated and welcome. Heck, I’ll emotionally detach ( Read more... )

This will be a disjointed update ( Read more... )

Mom is in the hospital again and I am happy. There can be little denying her need for PTSD/Phobia focused therapies. The latest trigger was a photograph of her dead sister/my godmother Rosemary's. Mom has a history of trauma/phobia related triggers. There is no evidence of Traumatic Brain Injury outside of a begning brain lesion which is regularly ( Read more... )

I'm getting a sleep study tonight. I'd like to give them a nice letter. This was the best I could come up with though ( Read more... )

Mom went into the hospital about month ago, she got out of the hospital a week ago. Things should be stabilizing soon. I'll assume that there's an all clear, safe to go to bed if she doesn't come back downstairs in the next 30 minutes. If she does than I'll just try to keep her away from caffinated sodas and anything she could accidentally hurt ( Read more... )

Okay, very busy week. Mom had seizures, I took care of things until help arrived, she's on anti seizure meds now and off a few of her other meds. Things are looking up ( Read more... )

Things haven't been going well for the past...how long has it been? Four months ( Read more... )

Obama won, Carmen won. Now we can get to work :-)