Hi David,
It's great to see that things are moving in the upward direction. Now you have to keep the rest of your body in shape. The important thing is too keep moving no mater how slight.

(By the way, the only wood I've been getting goes directly into the airtight stove. )

Keep on the mend - and save a little of the Trick or Treat candy for yourself.

Have a Happy Halloween.
Jeff

Post Edited (Worried Guy) : 10/31/2010 3:48:33 PM (GMT-6)

Jeff,

Thats why I am doing the PT twice a week at home. It's hard, but am doing what the PT person tells me to do. No candy for me, still haven't started back on sweets yet.

My gift of wood will have to wait till I feel up to the task, lol. One less thing to worry about.

David

thank you, ed, good as always, to hear from you

Hi David,

That's really great to hear that you've been off the prescription pain meds so long. That is a significant step.

As you improve physically, your mental outlook will be better as well.

Thanks for the continued updates, and wishing the very best for you and your patient and mentally strong bride.

Barry

Glad things are going well.
Regarding your weight loss, energy levels, have you tried using shakes?
I own a Vitamix blender (similar to blendtec, and a host of others), and was making my father fresh fruit/protein smoothies daily.
A very healthy/tasty/easily digestible source of calories.
Typical recipe of mine:
1 cup of orange juice (add more/less to get desired overall consistency)
1 cup frozen blueberries (if not frozen, then you may need to add some ice to get the smoothie cold)
1 banana
1 apple (cut it up, but leave the red skin on!)
Few tablespoons of sberry yogurt
Few spoons of wheat germ.
1 heaping scoop of protein powder (whey).

I also add spirulina powder to mine, but my father didn't want it... :)
This is my breakfast almost every morning.

Post Edited (gibson00) : 11/2/2010 8:13:44 AM (GMT-6)

Gibson's drink/smoothie sounds great, but it sounds like the sort of thing that might affect your BMs too. When you make them fresh you end up with a large volume that can be too much if drunk in one go and go off if left in the fridge. (I'm currently having real problems with urgency and frequency BMwise, which get worse when I have more fruit, veg, juice etc.) I remember having an amazingly nice thick orange-flavoured drink when I was about 10 years old and recovering from meningitis.

Alf