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  1. Yesterday was my 67th birthday. I went over to visit my Mom in the Alzheimer's unit. She had remembered it was my birthday which was a very pleasant surprise. One of the Nurses Aides went and bought my Mom a birthday card to give me. That just made my day. It was a great visit I took Mom a hot fudge sunday which she loves. She ate even last drop! My Father-in-law is making great progress physically recovering from his surgery. However he is very confused and sometimes doesn't know where or why he is in the nursing home rehab unit. If his mind doesn't clear, he may not be able to return to his independent living apartment. That would be very sad for him and of course all his loved ones. Rita and I spent yesterday's evening with her youngest son and his family watching the Olympics Opening Ceremony. I was somewhat disappointed but its hard to follow the China Olympics Ceremony! I had a very good time with Rita's family. Or I should say our family! Today we will be going to my oldest son's home to have a family dinner with him and my youngest son and both of their families. Good times! I feel very fortunate to have so many people to love in my life and receive their love in return. I'm feeling a little better today and I hope to begin to at least do some light exercises on Sunday. I really want to get back to a more regular routine once again. I have had so many barriers in my way the last few months. I can only keep trying and not give up. On Thursday I have a Skype session set with my new alternative medicine Doctor. What I have so far been able to learn about him fills me with so much hope! We will see!
  2. SeaSiren, You have no idea what your response does for me. My late wife's, Linda, nickname was the Mermaid. She had been called that by her family since she was a very little girl. When Linda was an adult, she wrote mermaid stories for her extended family's children, collected mermaids, etc. I still have most of her collection except for a few pieces I have given away to several of Linda's mermaids -in-training. When Linda passed away I bought a large biodegradable clam urn to hold her ashes. Our two sons, her brother and his family (including the first mermaid-in-training her niece Erin now an adult and her little daughter who was the last mermaid-in-training), and my new wife Rita all made a road trip a few years ago to the end of Long Island. There we released the clam urn into Linda's beloved ocean on the same beach she used to swim at as a child. It was a very moving and uplifting experience for all of us who love and miss Linda so much. A few days ago I was praying to Linda which I am in the habit of doing, and I asked for her help in dealing with my health concerns. So yesterday I was "fired" by my Oncologist who couldn't or wouldn't help me. That afternoon Linda's brother Bruce called me to ask how I was doing. He is in total support of how I am trying to address my cancer. Anyways he called back to day with the name of his Doctor who practices alternative medicine. Bruce had talked to him and he is willing to communicate with me by phone or "skyping" (Sp?). So I called the Doctor and left a message. I'm waiting for his return call as I write this. Is it a fluke that Linda's brother calls me out of the blue after I pray for Linda's help? And the Doctor who can't/wouldn't help me is gone and a new alternative medicine Doctor becomes available? And then a "SeaSiren" writes on my blog she supports me and is praying for me? Wow! This is amazing stuff! I really don't know whats going on but I'm beginning to wonder if prayers are really answered? Keep dreaming SeaSiren! And take wonderful care of your self! Thank you so much! [/users/lawrencemsmith/Desktop/DSC_0063.JPG/img]
  3. Well yesterdays visit to my Oncologist was a very interesting experience. I have mixed feelings about what happened. Rita, my wife went with me and her reactions were very much like mine. The Doctor reviewed all the recent tests and results I have had over the past few months, asked me a few questions about how I was feeling. Out side of my current throat problems, very well. No pain in my bones, or when I urinate, etc. She asked me about my refusal to do chemotherapy. She gave me the standard lecture about how I would get a "positive response" from chemotherapy. What they mean is that the cancer tumors will reduce in size for at least 3-4 months. What they don't tell you is that while the chemo (poison) will be killing the cancer cells, it also kills good cells including wiping out your immune system. What they don't tell you is that the chemo will not kill all the cancer cells. 30-40% will survive the process and with your immune system compromised, the caner they say is "knocked down" then comes roaring back with a real rapid growth with out your body's ability to fight it! Beside all the side effects of the chemotherapy (loss of hair, extreme weakness, chemo head i.e you are unable to think clearly, lots of aches and pains, sickness to your stomach, and with out your immune system you are open to any and all infections that may come your way, etc). The Doctor was very polite as she told me I should do the chemo and that I should reconsider my decision. I've heard all the current Oncology propaganda before and I just politely declined again. That when to my surprise she told me that then she wouldn't be able to treat me and she was closing my case, but I could recontact her if I changed my mind. My wife and I looked at each other in shock. So if I wasn't going to accept the only type of treatment she knows or offers, I'm on my own. While I expected her try and convince me to do her standard type of treatment, I didn't expect she would not at least want to follow my progress and test me occasionally to see if my cancer was stabilizing, maybe going away, or advancing. Rita and I walked out very angry at her. In a way, I'm glad it happened. It just reinforced my opinion that the current "standard of care" by most Oncologists is just following the pharmaceutical model of poisoning the body as their only way to treat the cancer patient. And of course that is a huge profit making business for all concerned! The pharmaceutical companies can't make money off food and natural supplements so they attack that method and anyone who advocates it. Alternative treatments Doctors have to be very careful as they are in constant danger of losing their medical license if they don't follow the pharmaceutical "standard of care". I hate being a cynic but my experience over the past 18 months has left me no other way of thinking about the current cancer treatment in our country. But I will follow my own path and try to do the best I can to fight my cancer with the most healthy and natural methods I may discover! For my family and friends sake and love, I pray I will be successful!
  4. I'm so tired of posting negative entries about my poor health problems. I am usually a very up beat type of person and it pains me to have so many negative problems. I keep hoping I am turning the corner on my problems and then my next post is bad news again. Not right. Anyways I continue to cough a lot, my voice remains weak and high pitched, and it is difficult to breath at times. The good news is that I continue to hold to my vegan and whole food diet. I will not let my problems deter me from that positive path. I see my original Cancer Doctor on Tuesday. I'm sure she will order a new PSA test. I will find out if it continues to rise or hopefully will be going back down. I'm afraid with all the recent health problems that it has had a negative effect on my immune system which only will let my cancer to progress. We will see. I also see the oral surgeon on the 26th and I hope that will be a positive step towards getting better over all. I want to post positive entries once again that reflect good heath.
  5. Been coughing up a storm all day long. I have good days then bad. But always never with out some coughing. My voice is still very weak and high. I'm trying not to speak at all to reduce any stress on my voice box. Thank God I can sleep fairly well at night. I wear a CPAP due to my sleep disorder. The forced air in my throat helps keep it open so I don't cough very much during the night. All of this is really having a very negative effect on making any progress losing weight, etc. I gained 9 pounds in the past 10 days, mostly water weight I believe. I go and see an oral dental surgeon on the 26th. I will have an upper molar and an impacted wisdom tooth removed hopefully a few days after that intake appointment. Then go back to my regular dentist for follow up work to have my sliver/mercery fillings replaced with a more natural fillings. I have to wonder if my teeth that have to be removed are driving my throat problems? I don't know but I'm hoping something works!
  6. Well, the past couple days has been a real roller coaster ride. Ups and downs. I thought I had turned the corner with all my recent health problem but I took a turn for the worst late Friday. I woke up Saturday feeling very ill. I had to cancel a private consulting client I see on a regular basis and also my road trip with my three buddies/teammates for this weekend. I was really looking forward to see them lift and to have all the fun we always have together. This was a very big disappointment. I took it real easy all day Saturday and felt a lot better on Sunday. Well enough that I felt I could risk going with my wife to watch her son, my stepson, graduate with his Masters in Education. His name is Brad and is a very remarkable young man who we are are all so very proud of. Listening to all the student speakers and the faulty speak, plus the main speaker was very uplifting. All the hope and promise that they have is so inspirational. It did make me feel so much better at least emotionally! And that is at least half the battle in conquering any illness!
  7. Woke up with a massive headache this morning but after I was up for awhile, I feel great. Sometimes a headache is not a sign that something is wrong but that your body is releasing a lot of toxic substances and this is how you feel as it's getting ready to release it. That can be a good thing. I choose to think I'm just getting rid lots of crap I have stored in my body over the past 60-65 years and I'm going to be the better for releasing it.. Let's hope! With all the antibiotics I have had to take, the last this morning, I have to focus on building up my probiotics over the coming week. A healthy gut is necessary for over all health! Tomorrow I meet up with three of my old teammates who are competing in a powerlifting meet on Sunday. Road trip! Really looking forward to it. Just hope I continue to feel well over the weekend! This type of fun with my friends always motivates me to keep going!
  8. My plan today is to ride my bike and to take a long walk later. I've almost completely recovered from my throat problems but my voice is still weak and high. I also still have coughing bouts. But so much better. I'll be happy when I'm 100% again and up my training again. Still taking it somewhat easy so as not to bring on a relapse.
  9. 20 minutes on my recumbent bike. Light upper body dumbbell workout. (Flat bench and incline bench DB Presses, Incline bench flys, Standing DB Presses, Side Lateral Raises, Bent over Lateral Raises, DB Curls, Lat machine triceps push downs, DB Rows - all for three sets with 12 - 8 reps) Knee rehab. (TKEs w/ medium band, Standing toe raises, Shin raises - three sets of 20-15 reps) Ab Bench -( three sets of 20-15 reps)
  10. Went to Columbus today to have my nutritional IV treatment. Missed it last week due to being in the ER. Good to get back on track again. Stopped at Whole Foods and picked up some natural personal hygiene products. I want to get rid as many of the chemicals, toxins, additives, dyes, etc as I can when I shower, shave, wash up, etc. Looking for a good shower water filter to eliminate lead, chlorine, etc too. We inhale all of that stuff or absorb it as we shower. The more you know about this junk, the more you understand why it makes us sick! Trying to plug all the leaks in the toxic boat, that is keep the toxic substances out of my system the best I can. Eating vegan/organic/unprocessed/whole plant food is only one part of my total approach. Just keep kicking it up a notch!
  11. Here I am awake at 4:00 AM. Couldn't sleep but feeling great. Good day yesterday and looking forward to the new day. My brother-in-law Wayne spend the day with his Father in ICU. Lester is making good progress and even sat up for two hours. He was in a lot of pain but this was a necessary step in his recovery. With Wayne here to help out, it freed my wife Rita to go into work and get several projects done at the University where she works. She had to take a lot of time off work this past week and she was relived to be able to catch up somewhat in her work. I stayed home and cleaned house, and cooked (made about a dozen veggie burgers from a recipe I found on this site that Robert had posted.) They turned out great and will become a new favorite go to meal in the future. I'm still pounding down my green smoothies too. And lots of big salads. I'm eating about 80% raw these days. I don't think I can go 100% raw all the time but I think I'm going to try every other day, or maybe just make a total commitment and go raw for 90 days and see how I feel. Just got to keep fine tuning my diet and making progress. It was real good to workout yesterday a little. Plan on riding my bike again today at a little higher resistance for 20 minutes. Then do some light box squats. Yesterday I tried on a new squat belt I had bought several months ago but was still too small for me to use up to now. Well, it fit great! The waist line is going down! I'm at 280 now and it continues to slowly melt off. I want to be down to at least 275 by my birthday at the end of the month. That would please me greatly! Rita and I are planning on going on a cruse in late November if things settle down around here. I would love to be in the 220-230's by then. I could be a lot more comfortable taking long walks during the cruse seeing the sights! We took a cruse at the same time of last year but I was a lot heaver and it did hold me back from doing everything I wanted that trip. No more. So I will keep on setting and reaching reasonable goals.
  12. Just watched a very interesting video by Chris Wark who had been dx with Stage three Colon cancer at the age of 26. He had surgery to have the tumor and over a third of his colon removed but he refused chemo afterwards. He choose to go a vegan/raw food diet and has done remarkable well some 7-8 years later. He Doctors told him he would die in a few years without the chemo. To see his video, an interview on Barbell Shrugged go to http://chrisbeatcancer.com/interview-barbell-shrugged/ As Chris warns, the language gets very salty at times so use your own discretion if you want to hear it all but it was very good! There is also lots of side talk between the other four guys talking in the interview but it's worth wadding through to hear Chris's story. Chris has his own website which you will be able to access when you link to his video. Enjoy!
  13. Well, I feel very good today and I plan on slowly beginning my exercise program again today. I will ride my bike and do a light upper body weight workout. I'm so looking forward to getting back in the gym! I just need to proceed carefully. I still cough a little so I will not exert myself too much. I truly believe in finding the right balance between not making excuses to do nothing and doing just enough to stimulate a conditioning response without over training. This is especially important when dealing with both acute or chronic illness. First do no harm. But do something! Don't just give up! I had a very profound experience last night. Rita and I went to watch my son play and sing with his band. They were totally assume. I can't talk but fortunate I can listen! They brought the house down. The owner of the bar got on stage and called Wrong Sauce the best band in Ohio at the present time. And he has a band of his own! He schedules them in his bar at least once a month and he says he will as long as they want any gigs. Anyways as I always do at some point during their gigs, I say a silent pray in my heart and say "Linda can you you hear our son play? Isn't he great!?" My late wife Linda was my sons biggest fan and loved his musical talent as much as I do. Anyways right after I finished my silent prayer, Larry Jr. introjected into the lyrics of the song he was singing "Mom can you hear me?" It was like an electric shock went through my body. Larry Jr had no idea that I was just asking the same prayerful question in my heart. Immediately after he finished that song, he told the audience that even though his Mother had passed away several years ago, he felt she was with him tonight. It was a very joyful moment for me and Rita shared the joy with me. Larry Jr. gave a loving shout out to both me and Rita at that point and said there is nothing like the love of ones family! I was at such peace the rest of the evening and during the hour ride home afterwards. And I'm feeling it right now. Life is so precious and we should all take the best care of ourselves and our loved ones as we are able. As I wrote in a previous blog, this journey to regain my health is not just a physical journey, it has become a spiritual quest also. We need to heal on so many levels! Rita's brother flew up from Florida yesterday. I picked him up at the airport and we went straight to the hospital so he could see his Father. He is going to stay with us for several days to help with all the care and arrangements that his Father may need as he recovers and adjusts to the major surgery he just received. My Father-in-law had been living in an independent apartment at a local nursing community up to now. But it is most likely he will need to move into a unit that offers much more assistance and supervision to help him learn how to do whatever self care he maybe able to learn in how to care for his colostomy bag and hygiene. Lester has been having a development of some dementia over the past few years so we need to maintain a reasonable level of expectations of how much he may learn to do himself balanced with how much assistance and supervision he may need. We all want him to keep as much independence as he is able but maintain his safety! All of the above issues with Lester are stressful. As is the ongoing care of my Mother who is also in an Alzheimer's unit in a local nursing community. Stress reduction and management is so vital for both Rita and I right now. Stress can be very destructive to my cancer recovery and fight. The question all caretakers have to ask themselves is "Who takes care of the caretaker?" Of course I depend on the love and support of my family and friends but I must always be sure I am taking good care of myself. I can't be of much help to anyone unless I take good care of myself also! Life goes on!
  14. Thank you for your kind thoughts. As I began my personal journey to try and regain my health and fight my cancer, I did not know that it would also a kind of vision quest. This is not just about the foods I eat or the exercise I do, but it is also a very profound process of emotional and spiritual grown. Is is a process of deepening my already intense feelings and love for my family and friends. It is very interesting to me how embracing the eating concept of veganism has also been an opening up of the profound philosophy of life that I didn't give much though about at the beginning of my journey. While I have always held many personal values that comfortably coincide with those values, it had been a real awaking of my sensibilities of how important all life in all of God's creatures is so vital to us all. As I expand my love to all my family and friends, I find that love expanding to the sacred nature of all living things. I was a child of the 60's but I don't think as sensitive and care person I believe I have always been, I still never grasped the immense nature of it all before.
  15. Well my 93 year old Father-in-law Lester come through his surgery in very good shape this morning. We spend the rest of the day watching over him in the ICU. He was sleeping 98% of the time. He was really out of it which should be expected. I have not really explained how much this man means to me. I met him about five years ago soon after Rita and I met and began dating. My wonderful wife had passed away about 12-15 months previously after I had taken care of her in our home the last 4 years of her life. Those 4 years had been the most important and meaningful years of our long and loving marriage. When I met Lester he was doing the exact thing for his very ill wife, little Nanny. He was taking such good care of her. I immediately felt a bond and very deep respect for the man. He had the same loving family values that I held so dearly for my late wife Linda and the rest of my family. I can say I love the man as if he was my grandfather, which he reminds me of so much my own grandfather. A hard working, down to earth man who never shied away from taking responsibility for the care, safety, and well-being of all his loved ones. Just last year Lester and I would take long walks together in many of the local parks in the central Ohio area. One of those walks was at a park called Clifton Gorge that has a three mile path up the side of the gorge and back down the other. There were a lot of steep climbs up and down the banks of the river that ran through it. It was a very difficult walk for me and I was 30 years his junior but he did it in fine style. Very impressive. On those long walks we talked about a lot of subjects but I loved listening to his adventures as the top Military Policeman in England during World War II. That is where he met his little Nanny, fell in love, married her, and brought her State side after the war. A real love story! They has a wonderful and long marriage together until her passing about 4 1/2 years ago. So I do deeply care for my Father-in-law. I pray every night for his recovery and for many more years he can be with and enrich the lives of his family. I look up to the man and his real personal courage in facing the adversities of his life. I draw a lot of strength from him in so many ways. Life is worth fighting for not only for one's own sake but for all that we love and love us!
  16. Well, we received the worst news we were hoping would not come true. My 93 year old Father-in-law does have lower colon cancer and they do have to operate tomorrow morning. He will end up with a colostomy bag for the rest of his life. My wife is very upset and feels so bad for her Father. Quality of life for her Father is very important to her. With my own prostate cancer, she is feeling very overwhelmed. I can deal with anything that may happen to me but how it effects Rita, my sons and grandsons, and of course the rest of my family and friends is what tear me up inside. I've always been the one who takes care of others. To be a source of possible pain and worry for others about my health and life is a burden that almost overwhelms me at times. But I know I must stay strong and give them the assurance that I am doing everything in my power to win my fight. It is the fight of my life and the stakes can't be any higher! I pray for grace and healing in the name of all those I love. And please join me in praying for my Father-in-law and his family! And please play for Rita and all loved ones who have family members with cancer or other life threading diseases!
  17. Woke up feeling great. Very good nights sleep. I'm on the mend. I'll hold off exercise for a day or two more to be sure I'm ready and not dig a hole by try to come back too soon. However I will try to walk a little bit more. Go by feel.My voice is still a little high but at least I don't sound like Mickey Mouse anymore. And my coughing is greatly reduced. I want to go with my wife to the hospital to spend the day with her Dad. We still haven't received the results from the biopsy they took this past Saturday. But his Doctor is very sure it is advanced colon cancer. I hate cancer and what it does to people and their loved ones!
  18. I woke up this morning and felt much better. Maybe I've turned a corner on this throat thing. Little or no coughing and my voice sounds almost normal, but I was instructed to try not to talk very much for the next several days. After seeing the x-ray of my lymph node tumor in my chest yesterday, I'm taking up my nutrition another notch. I'm going to fight like hell! More green smoothies every day especially those developed by Jeff Primack as found in two of his books Conquering Any Disease and Smoothie Formulas that I wrote about in a recent entry. Just keep upping my game!
  19. Well, I spend the day in the ER. My GP stated me on antibiotics this past Tuesday and they weren't doing a thing. I called her office and she told me to go to the ER. I was dx with a sinusitis infection and laryngitis plus some bronchial obstructions. They gave me some I.V. steroids as an anti-inflammatory, and a much more stronger antibiotic than what I had been taking. Also had me do a lung treatment with a strange inhaler what looked like smock was coming out of the end I had in my mouth to relax my bronchial area. They x-rayed my throat and upper chest which I went along with but didn't like. I have had way too many X-rays, CT scans, bone scans, plus the 8 1/2 weeks of radiation therapy since February of last year. About 15 scans in all. That's way to much. All that radiation can cause cancer too. It just seem counter intuitive to fight my cancer by having treatment that increase the risk! That's modern medicine for you! I know I may need more CT, etc in the future as my Doctor's monitor my progress but I want to minimize them as much as possible in the future! They discharged me with oral anti-inflammatories, more antibiotics, codeine syrup, and albuterol breath inhaler. Load me up Docs! More junk I will have to fight to get out of my system when all of this settles down! The only good news is that I was at 285 this morning but I have mixed feelings about this much weight loss at this time. May not be good while I am fighting an infection. I have been losing about a pound a day over the past 10 days or so. Not the way to lose in a healthy manner I think! Strange and upsetting thing happened while I was talking to the ER Doc just before I was discharged. He asked me if I even seen the inflamed lymph nodes in my chest, that had been dx with prostate cancer several weeks ago. I told him no but I would like to see them. Well it looked like it was one instead of several but the size of it was about the size of a silver dollar! That's huge! While it of course somewhat upsetting I am glad I do know now. I can let this defeat me or spur me to fight even more! There is no question which way I'm going to go! I will fight!
  20. Persistent cough. So tied of this. I want to feel better and I want it now! Well that rant worked good! Not
  21. I weighed in this morning and was at 288. I have lost a pound a day for about the past 5 days. No wonder I'm tired. I really haven't been doing anything much different but the weight just really melted away. I tend to hold weight for up to 6-8 weeks in a row and then drop all at once. So I try not to get discouraged when I hit those plateau and just hold my course. With my reduced metabolism due to my hormone depletion therapy ( little or no testosterone) it's very hard for me to lose. Most men on this treatment gain weight and the risk of heart attacks and strokes go up. Not for me. That is why it is essential for me to keep exercising, both cardio and reasonable weightlifting to keep up my metabolism and hold on to as much of my muscle mass as possible! I am determined to continue to slowly lose weight and get down to the low 200's, and then reassess then if I should lose more. This is also a psychological trip for me too. I was always very happy being a big and powerful man and to lose so much weight and strength is very different for me . I have had to make the emotional and cognitive changes in my mind that I rather be a much smaller but healthier man than being big and at higher risk of an early death. Seems like a no brainer but has been a difficult emotionally journey nevertheless. I guess I'm a hard learner! LOL With all of the above it is essential that I keep a very close watch on my nutrition. One of the first things I had to learn when I became a vegan was even as a vegan there was still lots of junk food vegan products out these and I must eat as close to the vine as possible and avoid "processed vegan food". I also eat as much of my produce organic and avoid GMO fruit and vegetables like the plague! And little or no sugar as that is the main fuel of cancer cells! While I do take a lot of supplements that I have researched help fight my prostate cancer, none of it is any good unless I have my real food right. Otherwise I'm just throwing my money away on the supplements I take. Over the past two month or so I have been slowly incorporating more and more of the cancer fighting protocol as developed by Jeff Primack as found in two of his books Conquering Any Disease and Smoothie Formulas published by Press On Qi Productions. I am drinking more and more of the smoothies he developed and eating more and more of the foods he recommends.His nutritional methods appear to be the most solid I have read anywhere! Link to his website is http://www.qigong.com/default.aspx My blood pressure was 116/68 this morning. I will be talking to my Doctor about reducing and eventually stopping my blood pressure meds fairly soon. Blood pressure meds are known to make you tired too. Also want all possible toxic substances out of my system even/especially medications that have so many side effects!
  22. Hit the wall last evening after a long day at the hospital with my Father-in-law. Not all the tests are back but the Doctors are very sure it is rectal cancer.He may end up with a colostomy bag on his side if they can operate. This of course has been very overwhelming for everyone concerned. Both a physically and emotionally draining day. I tried to be as supportive as possible to everyone especially my wife. Did a lot of walking into and out of the hospital, to the vending machines to get everyone drinks, etc. I had to eat my lunch at the hospital and I was shocked at the total lack of healthy alternatives in what is suppose to be a place of healing. I was able to get a small salad, tea, and an apple but I'm sure nothing was organic. I will pack a lunch to take with me from now on. Due to how tired I was after my long day at the hospital I may have to delay my start of hitting the weights another day or two. Bummer! I have a Dentist appointment Monday afternoon. Besides the usual general check up and cleaning I am going to talk to him about having my mercury containing fillings replaced. Been reading a lot about the daily damage they do to the immune system. Need to plug all leak in the boat so my immune system can be fully functioning on my cancer and not draining dealing with mercery poisoning from my teeth!
  23. Life must go on. Spend most of the day at the hospital yesterday. My 93 year old Father-in-law was admitted due to possible rectal cancer. This will of course be the top concern this weekend and beyond as we wait for tests, etc. My place is by the side of my wife as she tends to her Father. She lost her Mom just a few short years ago and this is very difficult for her. It just brings home to her how worried she is also about my health concerns. So no excuses for me to backslide and "anxiety eat". I weighted in at 289 this morning. First time I have been in the 280's in about 20 years. I must take care of myself. Too many people depend on me. Make that so many wonderful people depend on me. And I love them all so much. My throat feels much better this morning. My voice has come down an octave but still not at my usual deep voice. Some time this weekend I will try to hit the weights for the first time in about 10 days. I feel my energy returning. Easy goes it but feel the need to hit the gym once again!
  24. Thank you for your support. Sad to hear about your friend Carmen. I did see one or two of her clips. Very remarkable lady! RIP
  25. Feeling better but still sound like Mickey Mouse. At least I'm not coughing as much and my blood pressure is coming down to a more normal level. Also have more energy. Just keep putting one foot in front of another and keep my hope alive!
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