Well, I was right. I have another hernia. The surgeon confirmed it yesterday. My surgery is scheduled for later this month. I was glad I saw the same surgeon I had before. The level of competence displayed by him, his RN and his finance specialist are top notch. I am duly impressed. After the visit…
Author: Steve Ainslie
We Are Not Alone
I’ve mentioned my upcoming hernia operation to a few friends. My mother and an old friend both offered to drive in from out of state to stay with me as I recover. That’s very sweet of them to offer but I declined. The last thing I want is company when I will be miserable, cranky,…
Pointing The Finger
We like to assign blame for misfortune. When my wife had lung surgery, radiation and chemo and then died from lung cancer anyway, I was angry at the surgeon for doing unnecessary surgery, the hospital for delaying the procedures by weeks allowing her cancer to spread, and the oncologist for stringing us along for months…
Mask On Mask Off
On July 30, 2021, all Covid restrictions imposed by executive order for North Carolina ended. Three days later on August 2nd, in response to the Delta variant causing a surge of coronavirus cases, Wake County and the City of Raleigh reinstated mask wearing requirements for government facilities and other public venues. Here we go again.
WTF AntiVaxers?
As much as I disdain and distrust big Pharma, big government and big corporations, I would like to smack the people who refuse to get a Covid-19 Vaccine. Of course, I don’t believe all of the statistics reported on Covid, the vaccines and the data trends. We know that the best efforts to gather exact…
The Meaning and Purpose Of Life
“I was put on this earth to do something special.” I used to think that my role was cure cancer, solve world hunger, transplant eyes so the blind could see , save lives doing brain surgery or t the very least, run a huge successfully tech company that made many people wealthy. When…
Whining About My Second Hernia
<<<<<<I wrote this post about a week ago after I accepted that I have hernia and will have surgery. >>>>>> I have a second inguinal hernia that has steadily worsened over the past 9 months. It’s on the opposite side of where I had my first hernia operated on 14 months ago. Fuck me. I suspected I…
DIY
In Michael Crawford’s book, “ShopClass as Soul Craft”, he has a passage about repairing on an old motorcycle. In it he describes how he’s trying to remove a gas tank but the screw strips. He tries various methods to remove the screw but eventually has to drill it out and do subsequent repairs to the…
Me and My Hernia
I’ve got another hernia. I’ve suspected (and feared) this since I had my first hernia repair surgery last year. Unfortunately, my suspicions have been confirmed. It pops out just like my other hernia did. It sometimes goes away or can be pushed back in. It’s on the opposite side of my body, in an identical…
Falling In Love
I have fallen in love with my house. I started out liking my house. After all, I had moved from living in my truck and tiny camper into a 2 bedroom house. I had a garage to protect me from the elements while I exercised I had a real fridge vs a tiny 12V portable. …