Starting Book Number Two

It is time.  I have more stories to share and want to put them in a book.  Some interesting and painful things occurred in going to two physicians 10 years ago. I will write about them using fictitious names to avoid harming anyone, but rather to delineate the difficulty of being treated for a rare brain disease such  as I have. These did not include the specialists and Doctors I was diagnosed by originally or those I have today. Hard to believe the specialists I will write about were so clueless about how to respond to a patient in my situation.  These two are not from RMC or Loma Linda and I have spoken little publicly about their treatment of Karrie and I when we sought second and third opinions.

Also, much has occurred since I WILL GO ON was written and published in 2009.  I have had brain surgery with an extraordinary neurosurgeon, and a great new neurologist/movement disorder specialist at Loma Linda University.  Most importantly, to write about how early this year (2020) I nearly died in the emergency room and was saved by the quick thinking of my wife, Karrie, and wonderful doctors and medical staff at Parkview Community Hospital.  My experiences during my time in the hospital, and subsequently in the rehabilitation facility for 6 weeks,  followed by the time of adjusting to a new normal at home as Karrie and I adapted to the tracheostomy and PEG tube feeding are stories crying out to be written. 

“Farther On” is chosen grammatically speaking because “further” speaks of literal distance and “Farther” of metaphoric progress along a continuum.  Farther On is the sequel to I Will Go On: Living with a Movement Disorder, and I hope to complete and publish it early in 2021.  

More news about my writing progress to come.  Thanks for reading.  I will end with a relevant, and one of several favorite Scripture references. -- Dan

Philippians 3:13-14 "Forgetting what is behind and straining toward what is ahead,  I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Jesus Christ."