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I am still walking, breathing, talking, and I’m ok with that.

Originally posted 2014-04-23 13:35:05. Ok, from the first time I got sick, to the first surgery to the last. They all were needed for something. After 19 surgeries…let’s see. One of the bigger ones was the spinal fusion. November 2004. Went to the doctor for a CT/MRI follow-up. He tells me…you broke your spine. I literally thought he was playing. I mean come on. You are still walking and can feel yet you are telling…

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What Title?

Originally posted 2019-12-30 07:38:22. Yeah, I wasn’t in a mood to try to figure out a fitting title this morning. As I sit here waiting for my pain medications to kick in I was just thinking. Though that’s hard for some of us natural blonde’s 😉 It started in 2017. My husband lost his grandmother so we went to Tampa to be with family. To celebrate her life, the matriarchal legacy. Even though I knew…

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Wireless pacemaker

Originally posted 2019-01-07 10:00:35. In order to find new and better ways to treat neurological diseases, scientists have created a wireless ‘pacemaker for the brain’ that monitors brain’s activity and stimulates electric currents simultaneously. Researchers at University of California, Berkeley, have created a device called WAND that works like a ‘pacemaker for the brain’, as they call it. The device works similar to a heart pacemaker, monitoring brain’s electrical activity and stimulating electric current in…

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Meet Rylei

Originally posted 2019-01-05 07:31:33. For starters, I want to warn you. These are very sensitive photos. Any negativity will land you banned. – C. Tilley Photography Have you ever seen a organ donation worker be brought to tears?? Well here’s your chance. Meet Rylei. The baby who will save many lives. This beautiful baby girl has a rare condition called Anencephaly. What happens with this condition is unlike most. Anencephaly is a serious birth defect in…

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Second Session

Originally posted 2023-02-13 07:35:36. Here’s my second tattoo removal session. Now, I admit, this hurt more than the first session even with her putting the numbing cream on it. But, as you can see it I was able to tolerate it. You’ll hear her tell me why it hurts more than the first. Which I imagine it will likely hurt more next amd hopefully final session. Have any of you had tattoos removed? What was…

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It’s a tragedy just waiting to happen

Originally posted 2014-04-20 15:00:40.   OK, so I recently saw a commercial for the at home test kit for HIV. I am sure there are some of you reading this that think its accessibility is awesome. Personally, I feel it is the next tragedy waiting to happen. My reasons? Let see…. If you read the post about my rapes you will recall the person that helped me out that had HIV. Well that same person ended up…

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Touch Note

Originally posted 2019-01-04 10:00:56. So my momma’s 90 yr old step-mom said she didn’t have any photos of my momma to look at. She may or may not. I am not sure but I was trying to find a way to send her some pictures of momma for her to enjoy. My momma spent alot of time with her in momma’s last years. She would go to her house 2 to 3 times a week.…

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