Introduction

Dear Readers,

I have long thought about starting a blog. Somewhere to record ideas, thoughts, feelings etc. Even though I am on Facebook, twitter a little, Google+, have a website dedicated to a fantasy world I am slowly creating and am a computer geek, blogging is new to me. So here I go.

I recently found out that I have a serious medical condition, albeit not life threatening, called a volvulus. What is a volvulus? Well, in a nutshell, it’s a twisting of my sigmoid colon which causes sudden nausea, severe cramps, severe constipation and a golf ball like feeling in my left side. It can eventually lead to a blockage and necrosis. I know, fun right?

Now, as I said, it’s not life threatening as long as I get it taken care of, and the surgery is pretty straight forward but it is indeed a major surgery where, essentially, part of my colon is removed.

Being a bit of a hypochondriac, the idea of the major surgery freaks the hell out of me. Sure I am probably over reacting but it’s got me thinking about the past, present and future. Did I mention my wife and I are expecting our first baby in October, that we are moving to a new city very shortly, that I am starting a new job there and that I am trying to sell my house now while completing renovations? Oh and my wife is already moved to said new city and thus I sit alone with may be a tad bit of stress and anxiety?

Wow, having written all that out, it makes me sound really whiny haha. Don’t get me wrong readers, I am happy and looking forward to the future but I guess being sick will make anyone re-evaluate their life.

So here we go. I will jot down my thoughts about the past and the present and the future and maybe something will come of it. Maybe I will start writing one day and decide to actually work on my book or take that long awaited vacation or take up photography again (I love photography). All i know is that I feel like this is something I need to do.

Perhaps no one will read this. Maybe it will sit in a dusty corner of the internet. Or maybe, just maybe, my ramblings will reach someone and they will realize that even if life gets hard, whether it’s a death in the family, a crisis at work or just some stupid surgery, it’s not the end of the world. Things get better and worse. Easier and harder. Life goes on and everyone has problems they need to deal with.

You only live once, but if you do it right, once is enough.