Going the way of the MKS v1.4 board led to an interesting situation. With the separate RAMPS 1.4 and Arduino, everything I downloaded for Marlin (the onboard monitor that runs the printer) was just setup for my printer. No muss, no fuss. Once I stepped away from the safety rail I was both better and…… Continue reading The 3D plot thickens
Category: Journey
3D printing, more lessons learned the hard way
The first set of controller boards were replaced gratis. I can’t quite remember why anymore, it is even possible that the failure wasn’t due to my error – yes, I think I’ll stick with that. This third set just got fried because, even though I thought I was being meticulous about having the power off…… Continue reading 3D printing, more lessons learned the hard way
Revision surgery +~3 weeks
Things are going fine as long as I don’t push too much. Over enthusiasm is not a good idea, not disastrous, but not the best course of action. Dilation is fine with the 1.25″ dilator going in fine and the 1.375″ going most of the way or possibly all the way in. I won’t go…… Continue reading Revision surgery +~3 weeks
Revision Surgery Update 10/13
Not a great deal to say. I went to see the surgeon about a week ago. Everything way healing normally. I’ve passed that early stage of aches and pains, and I can now go back to things like ibuprofen or naproxen for my odd attacks of joint pain. I had some minor feedback from the…… Continue reading Revision Surgery Update 10/13
To Take a Knee
Up to now the protest on the part of the football players has been somewhat abstract for me. I have been sympathetic for sure, but it didn’t touch me directly. I was appalled at how a clear statement about the continuation of bigotry, prejudice and inequality under the laws of the USA being peacefully demonstrated…… Continue reading To Take a Knee
SRS – Revision – October 2017
I originally talked with my surgeon about having developed a tight spot around eighteen months ago. At the time his advice was to step up on dilation and to use my thumb to put pressure on the scar “ring” that had formed. Unfortunately, nothing I did seemed to make any difference. This was complicated by…… Continue reading SRS – Revision – October 2017
Anti Drama
It’s Sunday evening and I’ve had the last solid food before surgery. Tomorrow is about having a liquid diet interspersed with powerful antibiotics meant to kill every microbe in my gut and other powerful bactericides to kill those on my body. All of which ends with a power, well, I’ll leave the last to your…… Continue reading Anti Drama
Approaching Surgery
I spent four hours driving sixty miles yesterday. Two hours into Boston and two hours home. I had two appointments, one with the plastic surgery unit at BMC and one with the pre op unit. They went over things, checked me out, all the usual stuff. As expected they added the dreaded bowel cleanse to…… Continue reading Approaching Surgery
So you want to be a woman
(Just posted on Quora) Be patient with yourself. Understand that no matter how much you think you feel female and feminine inside right now that until you’ve actually transitioned you will not understand a woman’s world. That just takes time. What that means is that time is not your enemy, it is your friend. Make…… Continue reading So you want to be a woman
My Two Biggest Losses
I don’t think these will be a surprise, and neither could be different either, these are as they need to be. I made a choice to move forward with my life and to become Rachel and even though the other choice wasn’t an affirmative one, it was available, and if I’m entirely truthful I cannot…… Continue reading My Two Biggest Losses
My Gifted Life 