May 27, 2011 marks the 20th anniversary of my Father’s death from AIDs. While participating in walk-a-thons and dance-a-thons to raise awareness and funds for HIV/AIDS was a huge part of my youth, it has taken a back seat as the years have passed.  I’ve been on the lookout for a way to commemorate his life and passing and I think I’ve found ( Read more... )

Hey Look! Two posts in one month!

Yesterday I found out that Lyon-Martin Clinic might be closing it's doors for good as of this Thursday. This comes as a great shock. I"ve been getting all of my primary and obg care there for the last 7 years. I'm currently in the middle of being followed for some serious health stuff that I only just switched to ( Read more... )

On Monday I had a meeting with my boss at the hospital. I thought I was going in to discuss me finally coming back to work, and what was happening with the interns in the program Instead I walked in to have my boss tell me that my position was defunded and I didn't need to come back.

The hospital has laid off about 250 people in the last 2 months. ( Read more... )

Surgery day is a bit of a blur, but I'll recount what I can.

Our friend Alexei came and met us at the house and he and Nathan took me to the San Francisco Surgery Center. My appointment was scheduled for 11:30 but they told me to get there by 9:30 to do paperwork. I wasn't nearly as nervous as I thought I'd be and I think I can attribute that to ( Read more... )

So much has happened in the last week! Where to begin, where to begin...

Last Monday I went into the city for another round of Physical Therapy. At that point I had an appointment scheduled for another week out to check in on my inflammation level to see if I'd be surgery ready. They had said it would probably take about two weeks from my 1st ( Read more... )

Alright, so.

Yesterday I went to visit Dr Kevin Stone at his clinic in the Marina called the Stone Clinic.  It's a fancy place with a full Physical Therapy team and their own MRI machine for limbs and all the bells and whistles.  The first thing they had me do was get an MRI. Took about 45 minutes and made a lot whirring and clicking noises that ( Read more... )

My mom's college friend has a brother who's an orthopedic surgeon in SF, so today we had a phone consult with him. He disagreed pretty much down the line with my original doctor's approach and wants me to come in immediately. So now I have a dueling doctors situation. I'm going to go see Dr Stone tomorrow. He wants me to do an MRI. He says knees ( Read more... )

I had my appointment with the orthopedic surgeon yesterday. A very sweet older gentlemen with a real bow tie and suspenders named Dr Pugh. His PA came and looked me first and moved my leg in ways no one else would dare try. For the record, it is NOT supposed to bend that way. Once he came in and she showed up the hyper-mobility of my both laterally ( Read more... )

Saturday night I had the lucky fortune of going over to 1eyedkunt 's new home to play on her 14 foot trampoline before she put it in storage. If you know anything about me, you know what a monkey I can be and how much that is right up my alley.  Hours of bouncy fun were going splendidly, until they didn't anymore.

I was jumping with a friend who decided he ( Read more... )

SF Gate is doing a poll for Best of the Bay, and I'm in the running for Best Massage ( Read more... )