Author: kelsblog

”You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes. You can steer yourself any direction you choose.” – Dr. Suess Before I start this short post I want to take this time to do a shout out to all my family, friends, coworkers, and church members who have been praying for me […]

”Whatever you think you can or think you can’t, you’re right.” – Henry Ford The day before surgery finally is here. Because I was going to be off work for a month I opted to work the day before. At 6pm on 11/29/2023 when I clocked out one of my brothers, his wife, and my […]

”Smile in the mirror. Do that every morning and you’ll start to see a big difference in your life.” – Yoko Ono My mom and I headed to Ohio State for my pre-op appointment. I’m not sure why I had it in my head I was meeting with an anesthesiologist and also just getting blood […]

”Sometimes it takes only one act of kindness and caring to change a person’s life.” – Jackie Chan I remember the day pretty plainly when the surgery scheduler Sunny called with the good news. I was a candidate for bilateral DBS surgery. It was a Friday and although it is usually a day off for […]

”If you get up in the morning and think the future is going to be better, it is a bright day. Otherwise, it’s not” – Elon Musk My mom, sister in law Debbie, and I drove to Columbus for what was my fourth visit at Ohio State. We met with Dr. Dalm who is a […]

”Change your thoughts, and you change your world.” – Norman Vincent Peale It’s MRI day and we are headed to Columbus yet again. It’s about an hour and twenty five minutes each way to the different facilities we would have to go. I didn’t mind as everyone so far treated me and my family that […]

”Life is like riding a bicycle, to keep your balance, you must keep moving.” – Albert Einstein Seeing the Nurse Practitioner for the first time was a good experience. She did a neuro assessment and also had me do some cognitive testing. She also filmed my visit so she could see my tremors. She had […]

”One of the happiest moments in your life is when you find the courage to let go of what you can’t change.” – Unknown Examples of things hard to do with Essential Tremors I was referred to the Neurology Department at Ohio State in January of 2023. My first of many appointments was not until […]

”Believe you can and you are halfway there.” – Theodore Roosevelt I saw my first Neurologist back when I was 30. My tremors were not too bad at the start. I feared that I was going to find out that I was going to be told I had Parkinson’s Disease. The physician kinda laughed at […]