ElmoFromOK not a muppet

If you follow my twitter feed, you saw that I spend the day in misery and the night in the ER, from what I had been describing as “I can’t swallow anything” or something similar. What the heck does this mean? Am I choking? Am I gagging? What would cause that?

When I went in, I did not know what was happening but now I do: Impacted Food. Eosinophilic Esophagitis. Dysphagia.

WTF are those you may ask. I know I did. read more »

Running has never been my friend. I have loathed the idea of laps and cannot stand conditioning. I spent the majority of my youth running around and around soccer fields and high schools in order the be in shape for soccer, the game i loved. I put up with it for soccer, but only barely. It was the price I was forced to pay in order to play.

I would grudgingly admit that the more I ran and the better my conditioning, the better I played and the more fun the games were for me. Yet still I avoided it as much as I possibly could.

I find the act of running to be incredibly tedious and boring. read more »

So I got a new job. I was hired to do web design and development for OPUBCO, here in Oklahoma city. I will doing my new job orientation today. It's not my first official day of the new gig, but it will be my first taste of the Oklahoma Publishing Company world. I imagine that I will learn about benefits and company policies. Which will likely include some form of blog guidelines. I am not sure how this will effect my blog or podcast, but I will let you know if it is drastic enough that I have to change what I say. read more »

It's been a long while since I last had an asthma attack. I had almost forgotten what it feels like to lose your breath. How lack of oxygen effects everything you try to do. You act a little goofy and start to make mistakes. You find yourself skirting the edges of panic. You get frustrated to be surrounded by so much oxygen and unable to get it into your lungs. read more »