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russ

About Me

i've done a little of everything, and allot of nothing. i'm into photography, bikes, rock climbing, beer and music, in about that order. i'm glad i live in a city where public nudity is not a crime.

My Interests

I'd like to meet:

sarah packard, travis bickle

My Blog

3 years

Three years, It's been three years yesterday since the first disk ruptured. One day I'm riding my bike naked through Golden Gate Park, the next I'm barely able to dress myself anyway. I had to run som...
Posted by on Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:32:00 GMT

discogram

i had my discogram yesterday, that's the procedure that recreates the pain so they can pinpoint it and figure out what to do next. my options were another procedure called an IDET or surgery. i can't ...
Posted by on Sun, 17 Aug 2008 05:24:00 GMT

im falling apart.

what the hell is going on here. like it wasn’t bad enough just dealing with my back. last week i had an ekg and an echocardiogram because my doctor heard something strange in my heartbeat, then ...
Posted by on Wed, 19 Mar 2008 06:36:00 GMT

i need some help

i haven't been on here in awhile, not really sure if anyone reads these anyway. i kinda went into a self-imposed exile for a bit, now i'm back. at least for a bit. my current situation is that my doct...
Posted by on Fri, 29 Feb 2008 21:36:00 GMT

doctors and drugs

i had another flair up last month. there was over two weeks of barely being able to get out of bed. some of the meds i'm on now are causing me to puke up anything i eat or drink. i lost over ten pound...
Posted by on Thu, 03 Jan 2008 22:35:00 GMT

the difference now?

the only difference is now i'm better at concealing it all. the pain, the depression, the loss of what life was. i asked someone at work for a ride the other day and he looked at me surprised, i told ...
Posted by on Fri, 27 Jul 2007 01:00:00 GMT

10 weeks later

well it was more than a couple weeks of feeling like i got kicked in the back. it's been 10 weeks of being constantly kicked in the back. the pain has been caused by my back being in a constsnt state ...
Posted by on Wed, 18 Apr 2007 20:11:00 GMT

that really sucked

six needles. one had to be repositioned four times, and another three times. the whole thing left me drained. now i'm in the most pain i've been in in a long time. tommorow it's going to get worse. th...
Posted by on Mon, 12 Feb 2007 17:17:00 GMT

Radiofrequency Ablation (Rhizotomy)

i know i've already talked about this, but i did some research today and realized it's a little more than i thought. i guess ignorance really is bliss. looks like i may be out of commission for a few ...
Posted by on Wed, 07 Feb 2007 17:23:00 GMT

treat st.

i recieved a phone call from damon that my bar was closing that night. the bar i've been going to since it opened about 10 years ago. it was my living room, my meeting place. it was where i went when ...
Posted by on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 18:22:00 GMT