Category: Whats The Matter With Me? Podcast
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First Wheelchair Ride
I have a wheelchair and I busted it out over the weekend. It was kind of a big deal. I’ve never ridden around in a wheelchair before. We’ve talked about it before on the podcast that I’ve got the wheelchair, but also that I’m kind of apprehensive about riding around in a wheelchair. But I…
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Grief and Trauma
Check the Get The Whole Story: Please check the Microvascular Decompression tag page to hear all the updates about my MVD surgery. Welcome to the What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast, “grief and trauma” Overlapping grief and trauma and my new post-trigeminal neuralgia existence are causing anxiety and fear. My brain chemistry, the amygdala, stress, fight-or-flight…
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My Life Feels Totally Different Now
Get The Whole Story: Please check the Microvascular Decompression tag page to hear all the updates about my MVD surgery. I record this podcast to let people know when bad things happen you don’t have to quit. You can keep going. I’ve learned things along the way. I started out thinking that I was sick but…
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Recovering from microvascular decompression (MVD) surgery
Get The Whole Story: Please check the Microvascular Decompression tag page to hear all the updates about my MVD surgery. So they were like, “Something is weird. We got to put the EKG on him.” But I’m like a hairy individual, you know? So they got out the trimmers, they’re like, “What?” They’re just like, “What…
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The Pre-Op + Amy’s Wedding
Get The Whole Story: Please check the Microvascular Decompression tag page to hear all the updates about my MVD surgery. What’s The Matter With Me? Podcast Season 3, Episode 14 Excerpt: “Flapping My Arms” One thing I did notice about the last episode is that I’m flapping my arms again. I first figured out of it…
