I Wish I Hadn't Seen It: PTSD, Grief, and Learning to Live With What Happened
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Building Wildwood: The Application, the New Brand, and a Longer Story Ahead
Wildwood began as a collection of pages and ideas and gradually became a complete publishing application. This is the story of building the platform, separating posts, stories and articles into distinct systems, refining…
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TLIF L4-L5 Spinal Fusion: Surgery, Recovery, and the Road Forward
On August 4, 2026, I underwent a TLIF spinal fusion at L4-L5. This is a personal look at what the procedure involves, why surgeons use it, how fusion develops, and what recovery can look like after major lumbar spine surgery.
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