Monthly Archives: January 2009

You may be wondering, “Hey, Todd, how’s your ear thing?”  Well, tomorrow marks 3 weeks since my surgery.  As I wrote in my last post on the topic, nearly a week ago, we’re into the stage of small, slow improvement.  … Continue reading →

For  a while there, I was trying to write a blog entry every day describing how my recovery’s going. But it’s been a few days, so I’ll just try to bring readers up to date. On Tuesday, I did lots … Continue reading →

Here’s a note about the progress of my recovery from ear/brain/skull surgery.  Today is Monday January 19, 2009, which is 11 days post-op. Yesterday afternoon, while I was resting from our visit to Hammond, Beth went birding and discovered the … Continue reading →

Here’s a quick note about the progress of my recovery from ear/brain/skull surgery.  Today is Sunday January 18, 2009, which is 10 days post-op. Beth and I spent the morning on a country drive from Covington to Hammond, Louisiana, taking … Continue reading →

It’s Saturday.  Beth and I spent the afternoon at Fontainebleau State Park walking around a big loop Nature Trail they have there.  We’d visited this park a few days ago, and I walked out the pier onto Lake Pontchartrain, and … Continue reading →

Todd’s big event for Friday January 16: spinal tap.  And I mean that with lowercase “s” and “t”.  Though I’m a huge fan of the band and the film, this was my first opportunity to get my very own spinal … Continue reading →

Hi, everyone.  Today’s big milestone with respect to my SCDS surgery recovery was my one week checkup with the surgeon.  Hurray, I survived the first week!  Dr. Gianoli said immediately that he thought I was looking good, as if perhaps … Continue reading →