I am hoping to make this a frequent part of this blog, time will tell. I have had the rare ability to train with some of the best firearms and close quarters combat instructors in North America over the last three decades, the emphasis was always on winning a gun fight, which includes the principle Read More…
Category: Life Outside
Finding Forgiveness.
Two years ago yesterday I had my internal hemi-pelvectomy with limb sparring surgery, throughout this blog I have given updates and kept a running theme about my recovery and my journey to become healthier and more functional. The last two years have certainly brought their triumphs and their defeats and through it all I have Read More…
New Year, New Adventures
I spent many days trying to write up my thoughts on 2017, I struggled because 2017 was a volatile year for me, I had some incredible highs and some terrible lows. I will say this, 2017 was a year that found me in the ‘Waiting Place” as described by Dr. Seuss in “the Places You Read More…
Follow Up to Yesterday
I have had a little over 24 hours to digest what my doctor had to say yesterday, I have spoken to two trusted friends about things and was surprised at their response, both felt that I would be better off losing the leg. This of course is not something I am at all interested in Read More…
Sometimes everyone’s armor gets dented.
This past weekend marked a year since I legitimately became functional, if not very graceful on my feet. I also had probably the worst fall I have had in the last year, I did my best to hide how i injured myself but it was a rough few days, it also made me afraid. I Read More…
Feeling Un-Sure
I am feeling rather unsure of myself right now, that’s the best way to put things. I left the world of full time user experience design in 2015 because my soul needed to be out outside, I simply put couldn’t handle another lay off, another cubicle job, and yet another disappointed look from Mrs. ZM Read More…
The Zombie Medic did Convergence
This past weekend the Twin Ciies was host to one of its larger Sci Fi conventions Convergence. It is a 4 day Con with guests and panels and a great deal of people watching. This years Con had a very special meaning for me, lasy year I was in a coma for most of it Read More…
Dogs, Scars, and the No Good Terrible Bad Day
Today has been a rough one for The Zombiemedic Family. To begin, a year ago today I had my big surgery, I am still pretty much a cripple in many ways, I am sore all the time, and I am unable to be intimate with my wife in the same way. For the last few Read More…
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