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I remember the COVID-19 pandemic. I remember our whole world shutting down. And in all that time, we were hoping there was an answer for this insidious virus that could either kill you quickly – or leave you battling lingering after-effects. I remember it well. Which is why, when the first vaccines rolled out, I…

Once in the left arm, and twice in the right arm. Yep, I got my COVID-19 booster and the flu vaccine. Simple procedure. I went to my local Walgreens drug store and simply asked if there were any available walk-up appointments. The pharmacist said she could take me, she just needed to finish some things…

Last Friday, I visited my podiatrist for a regular checkup. He was involved in the team that saved my life – between podiatry, vascular and all the other medical professionals last February, they fought back a diabetic abscess and bloodflow issue in my left foot that nearly cost me my life. But on the road…

There are corporate monoliths that piss me off. Allstate. Spectrum. Verizon. You know, the usual cesspool of vermin. We can now add KCI to this mix. KCI is the manufacturer of a portable negative pressure wound vac machine I used during my recent foot surgery. See, when I was in the hospital last February, I…

I’m currently in the final states of recovery and repair from my recent surgeries. Because my left foot had to be opened up to remove the infected tissue and bones and whatnot, there wasn’t enough natural skin left on my foot to seal it back up with stitches. So we now have to turn to…

That sounds like a way-cool superhero concept, doesn’t it? I can see it now. The evil villains have Silver Star City in its grip. And just when all hope seems lost … Out of the sky … like bolts of lightning … there they are. Silver Star City’s two guardians of justice, the superheroes Prisma…

I finished my wound vac therapy on Friday. Thank heavens. If you’ve never worked with a wound vac before, it’s a device that applies suction over your open wound and helps the tissue and muscles heal from the inside out. Once healing commences, then the patient can move to a different treatment. During the wound…

Regular followers of my blog know that I went through a serious health crisis. It involved a vascular bypass in my leg and the removing of an ulcerative and infected abscess in my left foot. For the past two weeks, I’ve been using a wound vac to suck out any of the remaining post-surgery toxins…