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The Calm Before the Storm

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Connie and I went to my post-op checkup on Friday.  Yes, I drove.  While there we had a more light-hearted conversation with Dr. Katz.  He’s very down to earth and easy to talk to.  We had a nice discussion about colleges as we are in the middle of our college search for Grant.   During…

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The date is done!

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My surgery went well yesterday.  Dr. Katz told Connie that he really wouldn’t know how successful it was until my follow-up appointment on June 29th.   As of right now, my vision isn’t as good as when I went in for surgery.  Connie and I think that’s mostly due to a little swelling.  This is…

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We have a date!

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Not that kind of date. I have a date for my first surgery on my eyes.  It’s June 20th at 10:30.  This has been a long time coming.  The distance between steps in the road to recovery has been long.  It’ll be great to start the next chapter. Telling people that I just had brain…

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Another good week

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It’s been quite nice here in Ohio since I last wrote.  That means when I’m not working I prefer to spend my time outside.  That can involve helping Connie in the yard, visiting with friends on the patio or sitting in a folding chair at Colin’s baseball practice.   There’s nothing to report on my…

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A Plan

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Right-hand turns are safer for most people.  Think about it.  Some people actually will make 4 right turns instead of 4 lefts.  When I worked at IBM one of my coworkers, Paul Carrick, showed me a different way to the office.  He said there were fewer traffic lights and it was a safer route.  While…

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I’m just not feelin’ it

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The favorite thing these days is to change the radio station in my car. I don’t always notice them going for the button until it’s too late.  It’s the whole right side, right eye scenario. They’re catching on that I’m going to change it back.  As I’ve told them “it’s MY car”.  They have pointed…

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New Growth

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When I look out the windows into our backyard I can see so much more than I did a year ago.  In August of 2008 we did a major landscape project.  Where there was only grass and a swing-set, there is now 8 norway spruce, 5 arborvitae, service berry, 1 japanese maple and a magnolia…

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A fool and his money

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When I was much younger I remember hearing someone say, “Don’t ever play poker with a guy they call Pops, don’t ever eat at a roadside restaurant call Ma’s and ….”  I’ll have to finish that thought in a minute. Last Friday Dr. Spetzler’s office called with the good news.  The other Cavernous Malformation is…

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Why?

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Many people have asked me if I’ve gone through the stage of asking, “why me?”.  I don’t know.  That seems like a stupid question.  Who’s going to answer and will it change anything?  Maybe I have, but I just don’t remember it.  I can remember nights where I couldn’t get to sleep.  While on heavy…

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I did it!

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I was as nervous as a long-tailed cat in a room full of rocking chairs this morning, but I did it.  At both church services I gave the following speech on my progress.  It’s amazing how much it took for me to stand in front of a crowd and speak.  It used to be so…

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