Wow, really? You just want to jump to… OK. Let’s do this. Who, What, Where, When, Why. Who – Rob Rex, that’s who I am a 41-year-old marketing professional and entrepreneur that up until ~2 weeks before the launch of this blog was enjoying a nice quiet life in suburban Severna Park Maryland with my … Read more
In this post I’ll provide an update on what I am going through physically from surgery through the first 10 days of recovery. There is a lot going on so I’ll add sister post shortly that covers more of what life is like in the facility
1) Surgery – The Good Part I really cannot say enough positive things about Johns Hopkins, and Dr. Weingart. My prep and surgery were handled in the Zayed Pavilion at Johns Hopkins and incredibly well run, spare no expense, highly staffed neurosurgery experience where I really don’t think I encountered anyone who had been doing … Read more
The time between the meeting with Dr. Weingart, where we came up with the surgery plan and answered all the questions to the evening before my surgery on the 23rd was a pretty chill and fantastic time. I had some hard conversations sharing the news with folks, and there were a lot of tears and emotions involved. Still, the groundswell of support very quickly became strong in the best and most genuine way, and my body responded to the steroids that Dr. Weingart prescribed to prepare me for the surgery.
Waking up that Thursday morning the 17th, if you had asked me if I had ever had a seizure my answer would have been no. Three hours later I learned that wasn’t really the case. The morning progressed pretty calmly, getting ready for the meeting with Dr. Weingart. Maybe I did a little too much … Read more
I love music videos and have for years. I get sucked into rabbit holes watching them and and can not stop myself from dancing along even as I watch the same one for the 3rd straight time. While I’ve been away for all this extra time restricted by COVID rules I have been trying to … Read more
I came into Tuesday September 22nd expecting this to be the last day of preparation for my back surgery at 6 AM Wednesday. The problem was that the other issues with my body had been mounting and there was something that just didn’t feel right about this being up early a pinched nerve in my … Read more
I have had lower back problems for years. Ten years ago they flared up once every couple of years. And over the last few years as I’ve entered by 40s they have flared up a little more often – maybe once or twice per year. But they have always been manageable and I’ve always known … Read more
A giant hole in my head, COVID rules, and potentially a couple of marbles I lost along the way before this crazy adventure even started leave me wanting to hit a lot of topics. But this is not a book, so read what you want. There are 3 types of content Adventure Log – updates … Read more