Category Archives: My Life (or “More About Me Than You Ever Wanted to Know”)

Personal stories about me, Bleeding Ink. All the trials and tribulations of my life until now. Sort of a combination of confessionals and therapy. Good luck with that. ;) Disability Advocacy is extremely important to me, so I posted some of my original writings in the “Disability Advocacy” category as well, alongside things I didn’t write. But in here, all entries are exclusively written by me. :)

Clear as Mud

Posted on February 13, 2026 by My Bleeding Ink

When you have chronic illness, a headache is rarely just a headache. What you think is a horse can oftentimes be a zebra. So when you have hydrocephalus like me, it can also be a shunt malfunction. In fact, that’s … Continue reading →

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That Time I Had Sleep Apnea, and Then Had Sleep Apnea (Subtitled: When My Wife Literally, Not Figuratively, Saved My Life)

Posted on August 3, 2025 by My Bleeding Ink

So y’know that thing where people say their spouse saved their life? Sometimes metaphorical or symbolic, sometimes literal. Well this is the story of how my wife literally, not figuratively, saved my life. With a subplot about how I was … Continue reading →

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I Mean, Is It a Midlife Crisis If You’ve Felt This Way Since You Were 12??

Posted on May 16, 2025 by My Bleeding Ink

So Imma be 49 any day now. And the longer I live, the more I don’t understand why. Why I’m still alive, or really why I was born in the first place. I’ve always struggled with the meaning of it … Continue reading →

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