Tuesday, Oct 16... Mark

It feels good to be free of the IV use. It's great to know that I can take pills for the same effect. Doctor said it could last for three years or more, depending on what the other doctor says about my titanium plate (to be test later this month to find out how it's doing). Betty changed the wound dressing on this spot last night and said the improvement is going so well. It was put in one of those places that I can't see so I will just take her word that it's going good.
It was good to read the words written to Betty's BLOG yesterday. Janet and Megan both realized what tomorrow is. And Megan was right on the years, too. For those of you that don't know, 26 years ago from tomorrow, this wonderful woman that has saved my life many times, changed her name to Bradley. The actual date was October 17, 1981 and it is as important today as it was back then. She is my savior and would not trade her for ANYTHING!
We had a good time seeing people yesterday at the hospital that took such good care of me. A lot of them only saw my when I was in ICU. I did not remember most of them, but the looks on their faces made it a special time for me, too. Most of them did not realize I was this tall because they only saw me laying down, but they nursed me back to life time and time again. Betty and Megan knew them better than I did, but that did not take away for this experience for me! We might have put a few extra feet into my exercise yesterday (I was a little sore this morning), but I still got out and walked this morning and will do more tonight, too. I can not get better with out pushing my fitness to these new levels. Only time will tell how I am doing. I went a little further this morning that I did earlier in the week, but further is better.
Who wants to hear about these stupid headaches? Me neither, but here it is anyway:
Monday night, I had one about 11:30PM and it was not as bad as they had been, so instead of the shot, I took my 2 pills. It faded in 15 minutes so I went back to sleep. I did not get another one ALL NIGHT! If this holds up, getting rid of the IV will turn out better EACH day. The place where the IV went into my neck was removed yesterday at the hospital. Betty watched them take it out and thought I would be sore because of the size of it. I was about a foot long and she said the doctor had to dig the spot it went into to get it out. This morning, I had no pain in this area at all. And no lines to use and clean up or get caught on my shirt, either.
Life is great and I love everyone that reads my notes. Thank you all!
Mark 10/16/07