Her Highness Sascha, Queen of Our Hearts, enjoys the sun of a day filled with early spring promise. Of course, the Royal…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 29, 2016
Monthly Archives: February 2016
Me Homer
Today's Facebook Quiz:Which MRI image is Homer Simpson and which is me?
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, February 25, 2016
A somewhat weird good morning Rochester today as steam from a power plant drifts across the rising sun. Wind is calm, …
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 1, 2016
The Things Ya See …
Our neighbors must include an IT nerd and some Different Strokes fans. Heh.(Betcha can't guess which WiFi networks are ours! (Oh the things insomnia makes you find funny at 6 a.m. on a Saturday morning.))
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, February 20, 2016
More Ugly Hospital Cactus Booties
Guess what came back with me from Minnesota? Yup, the ugly green hospital cactus booties. But for some reason, His…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 15, 2016
I Have a Brain!
The whole Minnesota experience was mostly Minnesota Nice, always efficient and highly effective. It was also at times…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 15, 2016
That Was Rick
[An anemic attempt to define Rick, who was undefinable.]Rick Stewart, Feb. 2, 1966 – Feb. 11, 2016.Three months or…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, February 13, 2016
Hello Nashville!
Hello Nashville! It's so very good to see you again! After a DQ bacon cheeseburger, it was lights out in my own bed by 7:30. Amazing what being free from a monster adrenal can do for you!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 8, 2016
Party Like It's 1999
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 8, 2016
Ugly Cactus Green Hospital Booties. Yes, Again.
[Posting all this here for everyone, 'cause my phone is temporarily misplaced. Thanks for understanding.]Guess what's…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Saturday, February 6, 2016
Ugly Cactus Green Hospital Booties. Part Deux.
Again with the teal booties; at least this time, they match the chair!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
Huggy Bear
I WANT this thing. It has a hose that hooks to your gown and it blows cold or hot air up your jumper. Called "Bear Paws," it's pretty awesome.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
Pokey Pokey!
Pokey pokey!!! Here we go!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
Et Sanavit Omnes
"Et Sanavit Omnes." Lobby of St. Mary's Hospital, Rochester, while waiting on my escort to the spot I've been trying to get to for 12 years."Et sanavit omnes" translated: "And he healed them all"
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
Good Morning St. Mary's!
Good morning, St. Mary's and Mayo! Two degrees, huh? Beautiful day for yank/slice/dice! Let's get it on!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
Bye Bye Alien
Remember that movie from 1979, "Alien" ? THIS is how I've felt for 12 years. It's time to take out the trash, you alien adrenal. Hope Dr. McKenzie and his team can handle this thing!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
A Fun Little Video While We Wait
Hey! Wanna see what the excellent Mayo endocrinological surgical team will be doing to me at 10 this morning? No? Then…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
Farewell Doc!
As Sinatra would say, "So make it one for my baby and one more for the road."Farewell Dr. Pepper! I'll see you in recovery around noon!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
Farewell to My Little Friends
A few hours ago, I took the final dose of the drug that has kept my adrenal glands in check dor over six years. Why…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Friday, February 5, 2016
We Are Minnesota.
Coats? Coats?! 20 degrees outside and snowing, eh? We don't need no stinkin' coats. We. Are. MINNESOTA!!(Two movie references there, sorry.)
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, February 4, 2016
Mayo History Room: 1880s Beagle Reading Chair
I knew this place and I would get along when I saw the history museum and found out the Mayo brothers had a reading…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, February 4, 2016
Uh Oh.
In the clinic's history museum.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Thursday, February 4, 2016
Closed For a Little Snow?!
Closed. Closed? Closed?!!!!!!! <Shakes ice-cream-starved fist at snowy sky> NOW you've gone too far, snowy Minnesota…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
My Home for the Next Eight Hours
My home for the next eight hours. Spiffy.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Ugly Cactus Green Hospital Booties
Booties. Not my color.
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
It's What Time??!!
Mayo's St. Mary's Hospital admitting area is like an airport at 5:30 in the morning. Now boarding: Passengers carrying small, screaming adrenal glands in need of chastisement, gate 2. Board!
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Good Morning Rochester!
Good morning, Rochester! Blizzard coming, ready?
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Good Morning Adrenal Glands!
Good morning, adrenal glamds. We have a surprise for you! (5 am…SUCH an ugly time to get outta bed!)
Posted by Steve Pollock on Tuesday, February 2, 2016
Snow's A-Comin'!
The sun is gone, swallowed by white fog. Flag is limp on the mast. Blizzard warning begins at 6. The sun is not hidden;…
Posted by Steve Pollock on Monday, February 1, 2016