It’s been almost a month since my last post and I probably should have let it go for another 5 days just say I did but since this period of not posting was not intentional on my part I probably don’t have much of a say in the matter.

As an explanation as to why I have not posted I’ll draw your attention to Just Thinkin’s tag line at the top right of this blog above the header image. It states the following:

Thoughts and Ramblings of a Disabled Vet

The key word here being “disabled”.

Now this post here isn’t meant to be any cry for sympathy or anything like that. Veterans are usually adverse to such things as that, I know I am. We tend to go more for silent empathy as it were from those we actually allow close enough to give such a thing. And although I can still walk, talk and chew bubble gum (but not at the same time and consistency in any of the 3 is not guaranteed) while still appearing mostly normal for all outside appearances this does not mean that the injuries are not there. Not all those labeled “disabled” ride a wheelchair or have missing appendages. I keep having to remind myself of this even today.

So here it is, short and sweet. I feel like shit (or ‘shite’ rather for all friends from the UK) and there’s no sense sugar coating it. Actually I’ve felt like shit for quite a number of years now and it became bad enough that it eventually it forced me out of the work force 4 years ago after 30 years of keeping my nose to the grindstone which probably explains why it’s so sharp looking. And all this feeling like shit falls under the category of “chronic” and it becomes more chronic as time goes on. Or is it the pain becomes worse over time? I forget. All I know is for the better part of a month now I’ve felt bad enough to the point where I haven’t been able to write anything. Chronic pain tends to dampen the creative spirit you know. I also take a serious pain med at bedtime that allows me to get some semblance of sleep during the night and function somewhat normally during the day, the effects of which are also not conducive creative thinking.

So I’m taking this time to let everyone know that posting to this venerable old blog of mine is probably going to be catch as catch can from now on. I’m simply down to the point of taking one day (one hour?) at a time from now on and if the day comes along where I’m feeling good enough to post something then I will. And not being the type of person who likes to drag things out…

We now return you to whatever it is you were doing before you came here to read this.