My bowel and bladder....

are still there.  They still don't work normally yet, but indeed are there and available for function if/when my recovery gets to that point.  I have seen some improvement the last few weeks.  It just hasn't been in the department of bowel/bladder function.  My head has continued clearing to the point that I feel "with it" most of the time.  My back soreness has also decreased in the past week.  Most days since my injury, back pain would pull me out of my sleep.  Five out out of the last six mornings I've woken up noticing that my pain isn't preventing me from sleeping!  It's funny how much we learn to appreciate the little steps forward after a major injury.  Anyway, I continue to ask for loads of prayer to get complete bowel and bladder function back.  I also ask for prayer for energy and managing my days.  I have a tendency to overdo it, and my body just shuts down on me when I've done too much (fever, soreness, bowel/bladder issues, can't hardly get off the couch).  My mind is ready to be normal, but my body just isn't there yet.  That being said, we're still less than 3 months out from the injury, and doctors give patients like me an 18 month time frame to make our recovery.


Thanks for hopping over from Caring Bridge.  A number of people in the past few years have mentioned to me that I should start a blog, and like many things in life, I had just never gotten around to it. Sometimes it takes a real jolt to make a change in life, and my accident in October (see Matt Pfingsten on Caring Bridge for more info) seems to be the starter for actually doing the blog.  It's been nice to have the chance to update folks about my physical condition over the past couple of months, but I've also realized that in no way, shape, or form does this injury define me....yet for some reason, that's all I'm writing about!  


Friends (and strangers), the time has come to let you in on my life.  As many of you who already know me are aware, I have a tendency to talk a little too much and be a little too transparent. Somehow, that seems like the right recipe for a blog.  I've made a personal commitment to update my blog at least once per week for its entire existence....if I can't keep it updated, then there's no reason to keep it out there.


Going forward, I'll be updating this blog site much more frequently than Caring Bridge (if you are looking for medical-only updates).  Granted, you may wind up with more information than you care to know about me.  Oh well.  Join the club. If the only person that reads this blog is me, and it just turns into a life journal, then that's just fine as well.  By the way, the humor in this blog is for me, the writer. If you think something I'm writing may be a joke or might not be true, feel free to ask someone who knows me.  And if it's still not funny to you, then once again, join the club.  My wife has been dealing with me for over 20 years, and I'm only 34 (insert joke here).


Thus, as The Joker said in Batman: The Dark Knight: 


and here.....we......GO!