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On the Other Side of PERCS: The Best is Yet to Come! (Part 4)

Learning to Walk All Over Again: Part 4 When I awoke from surgery in the recovery room, I found myself still intubated with a breathing...

PERCS: Serendipity All Around as My Worries Fade to Black (Part 3)

Learning To Walk All Over Again for the 3rd Time: Part Three I didn't sleep much that night before surgery. I wasn't nervous for the...

Stepping into Month 7 Post-SDR: October has its "Percs!"(Part 2)

Learning To Walk All Over Again for the 3rd Time: Part Two At 8:30 am, my Aunt Mary and I started our 14 hour drive down to St. Louis,...

Wrapping Up 6 Months Post-SDR: Choosing Hope Over Fear (Part 1)

Learning To Walk All Over Again for the 3rd Time: Part One. I've blogged often here, about my post-SDR "highlight reel" since coming home...

6 Months Post-SDR: Wild, Wobbly & On My Way!

When was the last time you were truly happy to take the trash out on Garbage Day? Have you ever actually looked forward to this chore...

Surprises in Scarborough

Last Saturday, our SDR Ontario community gathered at Variety Village for the 4th Annual Summer Picnic. It was a special day for us as a...

Light Legs, Light Feet and Light(er!) Steps!

It was a beautiful day for a "WHOA!" moment at the lake... And then THIS happened... (Look closely at the photo...) See all of those...

Behind the Numbers: Celebrating 4 Months Post-SDR

This past Monday marked 4 months post-SDR in my journey and I reached a milestone that felt really special, personally. To do the moment...

Two Years "YES!"

We've all had THAT moment. A moment in time on a particular date where something special happens which marks a clear "before" and "after"...

Victories at the Vineyard!

In these early months following SDR, it's easy to constantly be thinking "forward" - in the sense that friends and family, as well as my...

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