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Well, That Did Not Go As Planned
My week of medical appointments had some surprises
First, I want to thank all of my community at Medium.com. I had some medical issues this past week that was supposed to be pretty routine, and no big problems were expected.
However, that is not exactly how it worked. Those minor medical issues I had, went terribly wrong. I was side-lined in a bed longer than I expected.
The whole time I was side-lined, I would think back to some of the stories I read from the community over the past 10 months. After all, I had no phone.
When I Needed to Laugh
When I needed a laugh about most anything, you know where I went. I would be thinking of some very humorous, wacky, funny, zany stories from Lu Skerdoo, Ginger Cook, and Pam Winter.
When my Mind Needed to Wander
When I needed to think about a place far from this hospital bed, I would think of articles Gerald Washington had written. Some of the exotic locations he had visited, and of course stories from his, Great State of Texas; my adoptive state by the way.
Challenges
To challenge my mind, and to help keep my mind sharp, I would think of poems TzeLin Sam had written. She…