6:30 AM
getting ready for the day
time to get going

Sunday in Maine

Madonna with Child

Sunday in Maine spring
today is claiming its name
what an awesome day.

OK so I've decided that I won't put each piece in each relatively active place.  Sadly in some places that means within the last eighteen months.  I will now post different stuff to different places.  still not sure if I will do it but I'm gonna try to do something new each week.  Which means that if you want to see everything I put up you'll have to surf a bit, I'll provide links as I can.  It also means that I'll be paying more attention to some of my more neglected pages.

If you like it please donate something, anything, anytime.  There's a link on the right. For those who already have thank you and your pictures are on their way sometime this summer.  Sorry it takes me so long.

so not always text here.  maybe a haiku.  pretty much always a picture.

tcahf
sky

Warm and Safe

howling wind outside
my feet are a bit chilly
my blanket is warm

Not much to report recuperating very nicely in South Bristol, ME.  Gotta say one of the nicest places on earth.  

Still have a couple of tubes etc coming out of me but they have become routine and are merely an inconvenience.   It's nice to be warm and comfy on a cold, windy night.

Dr's appts tomorrow.  

tcahf

sea sounds loud tonight
waves crash upon the dark rocks
glad to be inside.

you waited how long to start your blog again?

So I spent the last several months in and out of the hospital, including an colonostomy surgery.  Seems I am destined to carry a bag with me for the rest of my life.

Things I have learned over the last few months...
It really important to be hydrated.  I was hospitalized once because I was so dehydrated.
It's also important to eat.  My doctor said I wasn't eating enough, so she snaked a tube down my nose with nutrients.  That was beyond uncomfortable and my throat is just now recovering.
In rehab I learned that exercising really does make you stronger.  I am able to walk longer and longer distances daily.

So I am in my last days of rehab going back to my parents house to finish my recovery.  I still have a lot of healing to do.  I have two wounds from the last surgery that are healing with what is called a wound vac.  It pretty much sucks the nasty stuff from the wounds and allows them to heal from the bottom up.  It is a relatively fast process compared to normal packing a wound but my wounds are quite big.  One of them was  a 14 inch gash in tum 6 weeks ago.  Now it has shrunk to 5 still pretty big but healing quickly every day.

been resting in bed
been off my feet way to long
get back in the game

post surgery.

Surgery was supposed to go fairly quick and easy.  A 3 or 4 hours in the OR and I'm out with an ileostomy bag on my side for a couple of months.  Maybe a day or two of recovery in the hospital to make sure everything went fine.

I went in, the anesthesiologist suggested an epidural and I accept his suggestion.  Seven hours later I'm in recovery with a huge wound on my stomach as well as the ileostomy bag.  Turns out that it's really hard to do laproscopic surgery on a three hundred pound man.

The next week in the hospital is a blur of clear fluids, morphine, a catheter, and doctors looking at the wound in my side with a worried look on their face.

No blog for three weeks
Just not ready to write it
starting again now

Saturday, a week after surgery still in the hospital

 Well things didn't go exactly as planned.  But I've gotten a lot of rest.