Pardon Our Progress

You’re not too far gone. You’re just under construction.

Tag: health

  • The Deafening Silence

    There wasn’t a single sound that could be considered loud, offensive, or out of place… and it was literally driving me crazy. What You Can Get Used To I wouldn’t ever go so far as to say a hospital room is peaceful. Especially not in a CICU. When you’re laying in that bed you hear…

  • Bandwidth Of The Brain

    Entertainment is the world’s substitute for joy. An Age Of Distractions Gone are the days of houses having a “study”. Rare is the house with a dedicated “library” in it. If a home has books in it, they’re probably centralized in one room where they sit more as decorations rather than a reference section. But…

  • The Hospital’s Nickname I Refused to Accept

    Clearly, she didn’t think it through… And that was the ONLY time anyone ever called me… The Problem With Life Support There’s no doubt that life support saves a lot of people who, without it, would die much earlier than necessary. But it does have it’s complications. Almost all of this happened to me… but…

  • Living Without A Safety Net

    The celebration ended abruptly when we realized that there was no longer a medical team around for the “what ifs”… The Path To Home I’ll never forget when we decided we’d had enough rehab and chose to go home. Like I describe in my book, it was such a liberating feeling. The lab sent their…

  • The Most Surprising Thing That Nearly Broke Me in the ICU

    Oddly enough, the extreme boredom drove me crazier than the immense and constant pain. It May Sound Nice… But… For me, the coma was the easy part. I simply went to sleep one day and, 24 days later, woke up. Granted I suffered nightmarish hallucinations that still plague my mind even 7 years later. You…

  • Ketosis “Fat Bomb” Coffee: A Recipe For Fat Loss

    It’s like an unwritten rule that keto foods have to taste like garbage. This one tastes like dessert and helps you burn fat. The Recipe Here it is. No back story or any of that necessary. Enjoy and please use the affiliate links to buy some of the things you may not have around your…

  • Twisting Testes To Stop A Seizure

    It was real. She did it. I remember it as clear as day. The Situation I was intubated. Naked except for a sheet draped across my midsection. There was a lot of machinery around me and a bright light above me, somewhat blinding. My wife was there. Always there, loyal and beautiful. And, much to…

  • The Time I Tried To Put A Hit On My Nurse

    Nurses have to put up with a lot of “crazy” with patients who are out of their mind. But I often wonder if I’m the only one who tried to put out a hit on one. Ok… Let Me Explain Myself When you’ve been in a coma for a month, things are already bad enough.…

  • My First Time Standing – And The Horrifying Discovery

    For the first time I realized just how absolutely dead and useless my legs truly were. Legs Like Wooden Blocks Not everyone will know this, but it is common practice to move a patient in the hospital every couple of hours. This: However, in my incredibly critical state, most of my nurses didn’t consider “moving…

  • 5 Essentials To Help You Succeed In 75 Hard

    75 Hard is no walk in the park… unless walking in the park is one of your 2 45 min exercises… Gallon Or Half Gallon Water Bottle 75 Hard requires you to drink one full gallon of water per day. This: Several people have complained that it’s too hard to keep track of their intake.…