bobthehobbyguy

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Another glorious day. Crafted a routine yesterday for getting my strength back. Just finished my first round of that routine. I have set myself a goal of being home in two weeks hopefully. At this time all am focusing my energies into my recovery. Feels really good to be making progress. I am so grateful and blessed that I have managed to come through all of this without any major health issues. The difference in how I feel has been amazing since the pacemaker surgery on May 10.

Say what you want but unless it based on the facts it is nonsense.

Sure you can participate. It's not finished until it's painted.

Thanks Tom that would be great.

I think this is a great idea. It would be the greatest tribute to our lost friend. I have been working up a list of my unfinished projects. Have a couple of potential candidates. I would offer to manage it but I'm in the process from recovering from several surgeries and my primary focus is getting my strength back. Hoping to get back home in a couple of weeks.

Nicely done. Great color. Lots of nice fabrication work.

Enjoy each day of your life as you never know if it is your last one.

Started getting my physical therapy to rebuild my muscle strength. Had lost a lot of muscle mass becuase of my recent health issues.

Yes that is the orange crate body

Well pleased is monumental understatement. I went to my kidney Dr. Today.. in Febuary my kidneys were close to completely failing. Today he told me my kidneys are back to normal function.Truly a miracle. I am truly blessed. I also got my issues with my medications straightened out. I also got an evaluation done for my physical therapy and can get started on building my muscle strength back. Could not wish for a better day. I am totally overwhelmed with joy at this point.

In my stay at the hospital I 3 other patients. Each was at a different stage in the journey of life. The first had had a stroke and lost the abitility to speak. He was cognizant. Can't image not being able to speak. The second patient still had ways to go but what was dealing with lots of health issues. His world was closing in around him. The last patient was in the final days of his journey and receiving hospice. My guess was less than 10 days based my experiences with hospice with my parents. That's why it is important to focus on the positive. We need to appreciate what we can do and not focus on what can't do or don't have. We have some cont I remember a saying I complained I had no shoes and then I saw a man with no feet.

Feeling really good this morning. Pleased that my bathroom functions are back to normal we all can take for granted the simple things

I was aware of some of the issues with the hospital and it wasn't my first choice . All my Dr are under the umbrella of the hospital. I had my pacemaker surgery done in Chico . The hospital over there is light years above. Unfortunately due to the circumstances I didn’t have much choice but to get the care here. However as I said the higher tier was great . It's basically the lower level care levels that are substandard. It is obivious that the poorer care is driven to cut corners financially. I was just stunned by the incompancy. I am also having a second battle over medications. My cardiologist and primary both have made changes to my meds recently because less serves my needs better. The less I take is better as some of the meds are very hard on the kidneys. The med that they are giving me now are ignoring those changes. So have have been taking what I've been prescribed and refuse the others. Bottom line I don't want my quality of life damaged by gross incompetence. I don't stress about this I put my energies into positive action. I firmly believe that when it's your time it's your time. For me the good Lord has let me hang around longer. Two other thoughts. I put my energies into doing the things I have control of and not waste the energy on the things I can't I also refuse to be a victim when I have the ability to control my situation.

Is there any updates?

Cool project.

SO in the what pleased me I have talked about the positive aspects of my recent health issues. Well this is the otherside of the coin. This is the case of total incompancy. As related I have congestive heart failure and all my doctors have told me to use the minimum amount. So in an act that is totally unfathomable I discovered that I was not a low sodium cardiac diet. They bring me a bowl of soup that tasted like was eating spoonfuls of salt. I have no faith in the compentcy of that dr.. I had to request it. I have faith in all of my regular doctors and was totally appalled. The other issue was the elevated care tier I was in which was a step down was great however the lower level I was in was dirty and horribly understaffed. Unfortunacy if I wrote my opinion of the hospital I would be on a timeout. If I wanted to it would easy to win a malpractice suit at the cost to my quality and as the adage goes money doesn't buy happiness. Lots of money is not good trade off for quality of life.

Great concept.

Thanks guys for the well wishes.

Variety is important to having a multidimensional life.

Got my issue today. I have been enjoying another great issue.

Nicely done. Great color.

I appreciate all of the well wishes guys. This has been the most profound experience in my life. When I had my heart attack in 2014 I was told that they were surprised I made it. I dedicated my energies to making the most of that second chance. Fast forward to now. The situation on the surgery provided three possible outcomes; I wouldn't survive it, I would end in worse shape possibly a stoke, or the surgery would be a success. This all boils down to a coin flip. I would have positive or a negative outcome. Basically a coin flip. However the it wasn't necessarily even odds. That coin was baised towards the negative. Would you want to make a coin flip to make that decision. There wasn't the option not to make that choice. For me I am extremely grateful for a positive result.

There was a time yesterday evening early this morning that I could not get to the. I had no issues with other sites.

More than pleased I am grateful to still being around. Had pacemaker surgery on May 10 and it has dramatically improved my quality of life. Had followup and everything is really good. However then I hit a sppedbump. I had a hernia and strangled bowel which happened Wednesday. Got got diagnosed on Thurs and had surgery on Saturday. It was high risk surgery due to my heart issues and although cardiology didn't sanction there was nothing more to mitigate the risk. No choice at that point but to roll the dice. Got released from hospital yesterday and now in convalescent to get my strength back. I have been given a new lease on life and am going to take advantage of every minute of it. Can't wait to get back to make bench for some quality building time.