All is Returning to Normal - again...

I have been getting better and better since I have been home. But, things aren't quite like they use to be. It astounds me how much muscle tone I have lost in just six weeks of no exercises and having my left leg starving for blood and oxygen. I have always had muscular legs and now my thighs seem to just hang. I have got a LOT of rebuilding to do to the old body. The doctor says I cannot do yoga for a few more weeks, which I think is BS. He just doesn't know anything about yoga and thinks it is going to somehow destroy all his work. I am going to start soon, just keeping away from the asanas that might stretch those areas that he has messed with.

Thursday night, we were watching TV on the couch and I got up to do something. Pam said "Wow you are really walking much better than you have in a long while". I took a mental review of how I was walking and realized that I have been dragging around my left leg and now was walking like a normal person again. That was good news...

Then, Friday, we went into town to do some errands that sort of got dropped with the ambulance ride and week stay in the hospital. I had to check out some shipping supplies and pick up some printing that I was having done for the business. In both places, I got out of the car and as soon as I inside to the business I was about ready to pass out and had to find someplace to sit or lean against. The shipping business was a little oriental woman and she was real impressed with my action. Luckily Pam was there to explain it. So, the bad news is that I am having a real issues with fast movements and my body's ability to provide enough oxygen to all necessary parts. This is a sort of 'normal' event for me, due to only having one jugular vein. I don't know if it is part of all the meds I was loaded up with lately or not, but I can usually manage it so I don't have to resort to such immediate action. I have passed out a couple of times in the past and it is not much fun for me or whomever is around.

So, we have been staying at home since that trip. Pam has been taking great care of me and making lots of good food. Without her being here, I would probably not be able to make it for the next few days. So, she is going to have to stay home for a few more days until things get more 'normal' again.

We have been sitting on a number of orders that have been placed since all this medical 'fun' started and since everything is new with the needles, packaging and shipping, Pam and I will be doing these first shipments. The new needles are so great that everybody will just love them. And, now they are all coming with a 8 page instruction booklet. They will be a big hit. I haven't been able to start offering our products to any new dealers yet, but will start as soon as I recover.

Pam took the Christmas tree down yesterday. It was one of the cutest Christmas trees we have had. If you remember, we weren't going to have a tree and then decided to at the last minute. So, we went to Lowes and got a nice tree and all the trimmings, lights, decorations, etc. for about $ 60. All of the decorations were in one box. They were all plastic, read cat proof, and the lights were two nets of LED lights, which could just be wrapped around the tree in about a minute and it looked like all the lights on a professional lighted tree. We only used out tree stand and top angel, which were out from last year. Our biggest issue with having a tree was having to dig out all the decorations and stuff that we keep buried under the garage stairs.

My pool league was down during Christmas and News Year and the first match was last Thursday night. Storm rescheduled the match for next Tuesday. I sincerely hope that I can make it as I really do want to win some titles for the league. Plus, I have a side bet with Storm that will get expensive if I quit now. So, we shall see if I can do it or not. I will have to only drink bottled drinks though, as this antibiotic I am, on has the same characteristics as Anibuse. If any alcohol gets inside my body, I will get violently sick very fast. Its interesting in that what anibuse does is stop your liver from processing the alcohol and lets you 'enjoy' the full effects of the poison like qualities of alcohol. The rush you normally get are the little side effects of your liver processing the poision.

This new Wholesale and Manufacturing Premier version of Quickbooks is a great program. It is really going to help us manage our business. I am learning more about it all the time, but they have really added a lot of great features in it.

I am sleeping well again, which is a major improvement from the almost total lack of sleep in the hospital. And, my sleeping buddy, Felix the Cat, is already ready for a good nap. In fact, he pretty much 'naps' most of the time when he is not up and driving Cali crazy or eating...

Yesterday, I rebuilt our bedroom computer. I just built it a couple of months ago, but the motherboard had some problems and would always screw up and drive us crazy in the process. It wouldn't record shows we wanted or would need to be rebooted in the middle of recording shows. Anyway, it how has another motherboard and so far is working great.

Most of the snow is gone now, except for the giant mountains of it in every large parking lot in town. Right after the last big snow storm, the temperature rose and it rained heavy. The real problem when that happens, is when it then returned to sub-freezing temperatures and all the melted snow turns to ice - big driving fun...

So, that is about all there is happening here in DaHo...