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My tow away zone!

Every day, management at my apartment parks in the towaway zone behind my handicapped spot, making it hard to get out.
I’m going to take a picture every day and send it to corporate and city of Houston parking. Bastards.

A bad case of the “What if”s.

About a week post-accident, I started up on the “what if” in my life.
What if I’d never gotten injured and was still a musician?
What if I’d been able to stick with UH and Honors College?
What if I’d never gotten that scooter? What if I’d waited a few days to get it? 
What if I’d been running [...]

Exhaustion…

I’m sick of being tired all the time. I’ve been back at work for two weeks and I can feel that my body hates me for it. I’ve been sleeping like a rock, but still wake up tired. Every morning after I sit at my desk, I take a handful of Ibuprofen in hopes that [...]

Light at the end of the tunnel!

I got a call from someone at the hospital that does the insurance stuff. She told me I have a $178,000 lien on my name now. I told her about the social worker who gave me the name of the shysters I can’t get rid of. 
It’s apparently very very veryveryveryveryvery wrong to give a patient [...]

Returning to Almost-Normal Life…

I went back to work today for the first time since the collision. They left my desk exactly as I left it: all my toys were still there. Hee.
I was actually happy and excited to wake up at 6:30 again. The only time I got kind of anxious is when I was on my way [...]

Duress and Capacity

I’ve been meaning to write this for about a week now. I haven’t been able to focus for much longer than a few minutes. 
That contract should NOT be valid. I was under a ridiculous amount of stress, on enough pain pills to put a herd of cattle to sleep, I’d had several surgeries in the [...]

Sleep

Sleep isn’t coming as easily anymore. I was up until 4 this morning, trying to sleep, losing the battle. I finally wheeled into the kitchen for one of mom’s ambien. Slept from probably 5 to 10am. Not nearly enough. I need to see about getting some sleeping pills of my own. Trazodone doesn’t cut it [...]

Before and After…

I have a whole bunch of random pictures on my iPhone. I went through my iPhone camera to find some before and after shots. It’s just an interesting (and sobering) comparison.
My calves before the accident. Yes, they weren’t the most spectacular, but they were my calves that were slowly getting to cyclist-nice. 
    
My feet…. and just [...]

My Mental, Emotional and Psychological Response to the Trauma of the Collision and Being Permanently Disfigured: Backstory on Mental Health

The night before I signed the contract I posted “It would have been easier if I had died in the wreck.9:54 PM Apr 30th.”

Much-needed Relaxation

I’m so Zen right now. I just got home from a one-hour massage. I really needed it. Flying from my poor scooter at 35 MPH, landing 20 feet away on concrete will really do a lot to make you tense up. Add to that tension the fact that I’ve been in bed for over a [...]