Hello. If you're reading this, I'm on a one-way trip where I'm either going to end up treated, killed, or at least able to have my body be useful for the sake of understanding a new way of how our bodies can get sick, and why certain spine and neurological conditions happen.

In the meantime, I'm using video games as a workout and challenge:

Learning how to properly sit down and keep my neck up without falling unconscious > having two shoulders hang at a keyboard without my clavicles shredding my neck + face tissue > being able to use my hands to type and use a mouse without ripping my trap and pec areas...or "jazz hand seizure" > speaking with a partially detached face and a lot of pain, in some form of coherent English > Being able to endure a gaming session with a rigorous physical posture and a sound mind that can make big brain moves when you've chosen the "TBI" challenge.

Some of you will call ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ - and that's fine, because I'm just a stranger with words. But I have faith that what I do outside here and what happens after I'm gone...will be validated in my meaty bits getting refined into biomedical findings.

And then comes the juicy bits behind what -and really, who, because this was preventable - really killed me. I suspect the NIH and Lisa Sanders might have a field day with that.