Category Archives: hospital

Healing Angels

Posted on April 10, 2016 by lana1967

I went to see Dr. Rosner on Thursday for a delayed 6 week checkup. (It was actually more like 10 weeks.) He looked at the CT scan I had gone to get before I came back to his office to … Continue reading →

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Fixing What’s Broken

Posted on February 26, 2016 by lana1967

Well, it’s back to the hospital in about 2 1/2 weeks. Dr. Rosner (my neurosurgeon) referred me to an orthopedic surgeon in Asheville to see if there was anything that could be done to correct my deformed right foot  that … Continue reading →

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I’m Still Here

Posted on February 25, 2016 by lana1967

If You Could Be Anybody, Who Would You Be? Jane Addams She changed the world By organizing their communities If it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t know we were poor. And we wouldn’t know there was something we could do … Continue reading →

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I’m Still Here!

Posted on February 25, 2016 by lana1967

If You Could Be Anybody, Who Would You Be? Jane Addams She changed the world By organizing their communities If it weren’t for her, we wouldn’t know we were poor. And we wouldn’t know there was something we could do … Continue reading →

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Posted on January 29, 2016 by lana1967

I’m trying to truck on through, but I dearly want a reset on 2016. Already. Where are my words? Where are my ideas? Would y’all be interested in reading an introvert’s survival guide to being stuck in the hospital if … Continue reading →

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Can I Pass for “Normal”?

Posted on January 20, 2016 by lana1967

I just want this over. I don’t quite know what to expect. I trust my doctor, but this is actually brain surgery. It’s a bit nerve wracking. Things could go wrong, I know they won’t,but they might. Of course they … Continue reading →

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Two More Sleeps

Posted on January 18, 2016 by lana1967

Til shunt surgery. I’m excited, but nervous. I don’t know how long I might be in the hospital. Some people I’ve heard of get out the same day or the next one. I feel like a kid again for some … Continue reading →

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