Nobody has offered to remove anything yet. This is new.
Day two of pain rehab. Still Keeping it Together While Falling Apart. After thirty-four surgeries, I’ve developed certain expectations of medical buildings. You walk in, someone finds a part that isn’t working, and you leave a little lighter. Mayo Clinic’s Pain Rehabilitation Center is a different animal entirely: sixteen appointments, and the plan is to…
Wednesday Before the Monday to Come.
Next Monday, I start the first of sixteen appointments at Mayo Clinic’s Pain Rehabilitation Center in Rochester, Minnesota. That same day, I’m launching a GoFundMe campaign to help fund the final professional edit of my memoir, Keeping It Together While Falling Apart. Here’s how I got here. I started working on this book just over…
No Longer in My Medicine Cabinet
On July 6th, I will enter Mayo Pain Rehabilitation Center for its 16-day program. I will be in Rochester, MN, for over three weeks. 2026 got off to an inauspicious beginning. I had my 34th surgery—a left shoulder revision. Shout-out to the Oconomowoc Memorial Hospital staff for their incredible care. Then came the left hamstring…
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