Here it is mom! The same bird from a different angle! haha from my old Nikon!
Thursday, October 3, 2019
Wednesday, October 2, 2019
Spare time and a little bit of a new hobby
Hello and good morning or good afternoon/evening to everyone or anyone reading this!
So I had kind of made a promise to myself and anyone reading this that I would share some of my new hobby. Well its more of an old one that resurfaced and was resurrected from the deepest parts of my past years ago. Well here they are! These are just a few and there are many more to come! If you have any questions about the gear or the birds or whatever it may be, feel free to ask in the comments! I would love any comment! Lol
I will be updating this weekly and probably even sooner than that so keep an eye out lol.
Take care everyone!
Wednesday, September 25, 2019
Positively Bad Days
Hello and good evening again!
So my plan today was to start maybe updating my blog and then also do some vlogging for the first time too as I have camera equipment also. Well of course to no avail life strikes again lol. The day started out as a peaceful uneventful morning which seemed to be a good start. First matters of the day? Get the kids to school ✅ Get my tux for the wedding I’m going to be in ✅ Get my medical supplies I’m short on? Yep thats where it all starts to go slightly south.
I have an ostomy bag from a colectomy that I had done amongst other things a few months ago. For those of you who are wondering what that is, this next section is for you. I had a section of my intestines removed not long ago due to a condition called diverticulitis. It’s a nasty thing that leaves you writhing in pain and can put even the toughest of us down and on our sides completely out of commission. It also can destroy parts of your intestines besides causing great pain.
As for how it went for me? It went unchecked after its second flair up due to many reasons and an extensive amount of time waiting for referrals. You’d think with medical insurance and all of the contact I had with my doctors that it would have gone faster but it really dragged out. I ended up going to the emergency room by ambulance and was given the worst news I have had in a while. The news was “your CT scans came back really bad and we need to do a colectomy removing part of your sigmoid colon”.
The rest goes on to explain that for the next 9 months to a year or longer that I will have an ostomy bag attached to the outside of my abdomen for any “output”. That was a real life changer for me that I’m still dealing with daily. Anyway, after having part of my lower colon removed, a mass removed, a hernia repaired and my smaller intestines repaired and rerouted inside me I’m sent to my room and put on some really strong stuff which was also an interesting ride lol. I spend 16 days in the hospital learning to deal with my new upgrades. I say upgrades because that makes it sound better lol.
Oh yeah, where was I? Sorry its the A.D.D. It strikes again! So what are these upgrades? These upgrades are the bag and flange that I have to replace every few days and clean and care for daily. Not a fun task for anyone at first but I speak from experience when I say you get used to it and it becomes tolerable after so long.
These two piece upgrades come with one flaw. What’s that flaw you say? Well, not everyone carries the one you may or may not need. Each one fits each patient differently and some medical supply carriers don’t have all of them. My supplier usually carries the ones I like and need but today was different. For some reason they weren’t carrying them! Lucky for me they had something that will do for now and they put in a special order for the others I usually get.
It’s a pain when you cant get your medical supplies you need and especially when its the only place in town that has it! Lucky for me it worked out this time. I haven’t always been so lucky in the past few months with it and its sad because I know I’m not the only one that has to deal with this and the condition. It’s not fun and I would not wish it on anyone. There is so much more I could write on this about diverticulitis but I will save that for another blog.
My real main point to all of this is that even with all of this, I’m still alive. I’m very lucky to be. It had gotten so bad to the point where I could have gone septic and could have died. So for me, I feel now that every day is more of a blessing from god. I could have had a worse outcome and that is the same for today. Even though things went wrong, I’m still alive and breathing and able to fight through the next days to come as god is my witness and is my strength.
As I wrap up this blog, I want you to think of your blessings and the hardships that you have crossed and made it through. You are living proof that you can still make it through those things. As for those who are possibly going through hardships right now, I want you to realize you are not alone! Reach out to those around you because you never know what the next man/woman has been through. It may be helpful and you may make a long lasting friendship. Know your not alone. Count the positive and forget the negatives. You’ve got this and god has your back!
So my plan today was to start maybe updating my blog and then also do some vlogging for the first time too as I have camera equipment also. Well of course to no avail life strikes again lol. The day started out as a peaceful uneventful morning which seemed to be a good start. First matters of the day? Get the kids to school ✅ Get my tux for the wedding I’m going to be in ✅ Get my medical supplies I’m short on? Yep thats where it all starts to go slightly south.
I have an ostomy bag from a colectomy that I had done amongst other things a few months ago. For those of you who are wondering what that is, this next section is for you. I had a section of my intestines removed not long ago due to a condition called diverticulitis. It’s a nasty thing that leaves you writhing in pain and can put even the toughest of us down and on our sides completely out of commission. It also can destroy parts of your intestines besides causing great pain.
As for how it went for me? It went unchecked after its second flair up due to many reasons and an extensive amount of time waiting for referrals. You’d think with medical insurance and all of the contact I had with my doctors that it would have gone faster but it really dragged out. I ended up going to the emergency room by ambulance and was given the worst news I have had in a while. The news was “your CT scans came back really bad and we need to do a colectomy removing part of your sigmoid colon”.
The rest goes on to explain that for the next 9 months to a year or longer that I will have an ostomy bag attached to the outside of my abdomen for any “output”. That was a real life changer for me that I’m still dealing with daily. Anyway, after having part of my lower colon removed, a mass removed, a hernia repaired and my smaller intestines repaired and rerouted inside me I’m sent to my room and put on some really strong stuff which was also an interesting ride lol. I spend 16 days in the hospital learning to deal with my new upgrades. I say upgrades because that makes it sound better lol.
Oh yeah, where was I? Sorry its the A.D.D. It strikes again! So what are these upgrades? These upgrades are the bag and flange that I have to replace every few days and clean and care for daily. Not a fun task for anyone at first but I speak from experience when I say you get used to it and it becomes tolerable after so long.
These two piece upgrades come with one flaw. What’s that flaw you say? Well, not everyone carries the one you may or may not need. Each one fits each patient differently and some medical supply carriers don’t have all of them. My supplier usually carries the ones I like and need but today was different. For some reason they weren’t carrying them! Lucky for me they had something that will do for now and they put in a special order for the others I usually get.
It’s a pain when you cant get your medical supplies you need and especially when its the only place in town that has it! Lucky for me it worked out this time. I haven’t always been so lucky in the past few months with it and its sad because I know I’m not the only one that has to deal with this and the condition. It’s not fun and I would not wish it on anyone. There is so much more I could write on this about diverticulitis but I will save that for another blog.
My real main point to all of this is that even with all of this, I’m still alive. I’m very lucky to be. It had gotten so bad to the point where I could have gone septic and could have died. So for me, I feel now that every day is more of a blessing from god. I could have had a worse outcome and that is the same for today. Even though things went wrong, I’m still alive and breathing and able to fight through the next days to come as god is my witness and is my strength.
As I wrap up this blog, I want you to think of your blessings and the hardships that you have crossed and made it through. You are living proof that you can still make it through those things. As for those who are possibly going through hardships right now, I want you to realize you are not alone! Reach out to those around you because you never know what the next man/woman has been through. It may be helpful and you may make a long lasting friendship. Know your not alone. Count the positive and forget the negatives. You’ve got this and god has your back!
Hello and good morning/afternoon to whoever is reading this!
So I took a few years off of this blog and I’m back! A lot has changed since I last posted. Lots of twists and turns to this life! I’m going through somewhat of a journey right now myself along with my family and I wanted to kind of share some of my experiences I’ve had in this time and the ride I’ve had along the way. It has been crazy. That’s the best way I can put it. I hope that in this I’m able to help whoever reads this blog in the upcoming weeks or months and however long this ride goes!
I’ll be updating it as time goes on and sharing some things that changed my life recently. So don’t go anywhere! Unless I redirect you to some other facet of my crazy life lol. So stay tuned if your into stories involving near death experiences and things that open your eyes and new doors! God has been great to me and given me a new direction and new lease on life. Count your blessings!
Ps. If your into photography. Definitely stay tuned!
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