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I write and write and write until I like it. Then I rewrite and rewrite and rewrite until everybody likes it. But those damn words keep filling up my head till I have to get them out!

• New Hip, Old Body: Just in case…

  By jkchumbler on October 5, 2015 • ( 1 )

  I am as prepared as I can be. I wanted to write a post before going to the hospital but I don’t think this will be a very long or informative one. I’m exhausted. On Friday, a nurse called to… Read More ›

• New Hip, Old Body: Cutting Through the BS.

  By jkchumbler on September 25, 2015 • ( 1 )

  One of the best things I like about the surgeon who will do my hip replacement is that he recognized my need for a specialized rehabilitation and that area was not his area of expertise. When I had my consult/meet… Read More ›

• New Hip, Old Body: Face to Face with the Guy who has the Knife.

  By jkchumbler on September 17, 2015 • ( 3 )

  The great thing about a surgeon who is the Chair of Orthopedic Surgery in a teaching hospital and college the size of the university where I work is he is highly respected in his field, has performed a bazillion hip… Read More ›

• New Hip, Old Body: The Beginning

  By jkchumbler on September 13, 2015 • ( 4 )

  I’m 62 and I’ve been a bi-lateral, below the knee amputee since I was in a car accident in 1971. But I have tried to not let that be an excuse or something that held me back. I carried my… Read More ›

• Fast forward

  By jkchumbler on September 27, 2014 • ( 0 )

  In the last four months… Met a writing friend from an online writing group.  Had a nice time “talking shop” I wrote a book Enjoyed an Outstanding birthday party for my grandson who turned 5.  Way to go, Bennett. I’ve… Read More ›

• And SOMETIMES… You just get LUCKY!!!!

  By jkchumbler on May 21, 2014 • ( 0 )

  After several days of being scared out of my wits, a call came from the Doctor’s office. The doctor… the same doctor who was so sure I would need surgery to remove skin cancer… was totally wrong! My biopsy came… Read More ›

• the cold sore that wasn’t

  By jkchumbler on May 20, 2014 • ( 6 )

  For the last forty odd years, it’s been one thing after another for me but I’m not that unusual really. To be human is to experience setbacks and go on with your life. Many of us have a litany of… Read More ›

• (…)

  By jkchumbler on March 19, 2014 • ( 1 )

  Yup. This is me not writing. And feeling less and less guilty about it.

• “Let it go”

  By jkchumbler on January 23, 2014 • ( 1 )

  

  It had been a particularly rough day at work. Snow piled up outside the night before so I had to wait until the plow came through to attempt to navigate my neighborhood in trying to get to the main roads… Read More ›

• I wrote this weekend

  By jkchumbler on January 13, 2014 • ( 2 )

  

  I did keep my promise.  Not by a lot but I did write some everyday so I consider it a triumph! I’m playing around with a short story that is born out of a writing challenge.  I enjoy writing the… Read More ›