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Archive for March, 2010

My heart’s been stolen…

1 Comment// Posted in Life, Photos by on 03.31.10.

By 2.57kgs of this:

Why I’m blessed…

2 Comments// Posted in Random, Thoughts by on 03.27.10.

Because sometimes, we just forget. So I remind myself by listing things I’m grateful for. I’m blessed because… 1. The medical world has neurosurgeons who fix herniated discs. 2. I have family and friends who love me dearly. 3. I get special deliveries of homemade soup and the world’s best brownie. 4. Hospital food isn’t [...]

A berry smoothie…

2 Comments// Posted in Random by on 03.26.10.

On my lower back, I have an incision about 6 centimetres long. It was made to remove quite a piece of inter vertebrae disc that was broken off and lodged into my spinal cavity where all nerves run through. It was putting pressure on the particular nerves running down my left leg leaving me unbearable [...]

Packing checklist…

2 Comments// Posted in Random by on 03.24.10.

1 x BlackBerry charger ☑ 1 x MacBook Pro (with a collection of DVDs, movies and series on standby for after surgery) ☑ 1 x iPod (on standby for after surgery) ☑ 1 x Notebook, pen and pencil ☑ 3 x Books to read (and I’m still adding books) ☑ 2 x Sets of pyjamas [...]

Can you say Laminotomy and (Micro)Discectomy?

No Comments// Posted in About Me, Random by on 03.23.10.

The surgery I’ll be having on Thursday: Laminotomy and Discectomy The traditional way of treating a herniated disc is to perform a laminotomy and discectomy. The term laminotomy means “make an opening in the lamina,” and the term discectomy means “remove the disc.” This procedure is performed through an incision down the center of the [...]

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