Clean Scan

Healthy looking liver, blood supply good, no signs of re-occurrence of cancer.  See me in 3 months.

Just ate at Cracker Barrel, yum, yum

God Bless, Captain

Been Fine But Busy

First......... Happy Memorial Day

Second............Since the colonoscopy on Friday, I have been fine.  We stopped at O'Charlies and my wife and I shared a Combination platter appetizer thingy.  The rest of the night I was just sluggish, tired, and took naps and rested.  They removed a polyp to be sent to the Pathologist for testing, will know something in 7-10 days.  But my recovery was fine, on Saturday morning AM I was spreading mulch at 9 AM

I've included some pictures of our side yard down below, as I have been spreading mulch since last Monday.  41 bags of Cypress mulch for the walking and sitting/entertainment areas. And so far 38 bags of Black mulch for the flower beds.  I don't think it has ever looked this good.  Usually we run out of energy and never get 1 part finished.  And yes, I was listening to the race, spreading mulch, and resting as I went.  I and the wife just finished up about 10:30 this AM.  And I'm ready for a shower and brat on the grill.

 It's like our little park setting in our side yard.  We started off with all open space, and added a couple of trees, and things went wild and crazy from there.

Sitting area

 Side door we added for easy access.

Fountain I built, ( not this year ) had to rebuild it 3 times to get it right.











Just showing why I need 2 colors of mulch and so many bags, and the fact that I've been away from the computer.  Obviously, I don't mow much grass.

I'm feeling fine, will let you know results when I know.  This Weds, the 30th is my first CT scan since the Surgery in March. This will be our first chance to see what is happening in there since then.

Thanks for your prayers and support, God Bless you all, Captain

It's 5:30 AM

And I've drank my last mystery potion for the test.  YUCK, in the worst way.  Although the stuff I was provided did have a cherry flavored taste to it.  Kind of like cough medicine.  But it is down the hatch, and I'm on the downside to the test.  It's amazing how in the last 24 hours my mind has thought of all the different foods and restaurants to eat after I recover.  I will be out with anesthesia so I don't know when I will really be ready to eat, tonight or tomorrow?????,  but I'll be ready.  I keep thinking of 6 left over pizza slices in my refrigerator,  I keep seeing Red Lobster commercials, even Wendy's is starting to look pretty good.

Anyways, now I just stay awake, no liquids or food of any kind till after the test at 1 PM, and be ready to hit the bathroom.  What a life????????????

Will keep you posted on results when I know something.  Thanks for the prayers, God Bless, Captain

AAAAAHHHHH Chicken Broth

The breakfast of Champions. 

If you forgot or missed a day I'm having a Colonoscopy tomorrow to check on a couple of things, and today is prep day.  So as of now I'm on a clear liquid diet.  No pizza for lunch, no french fries, nada.  Maybe some clear, plain jello.  Just liquid.  Tonight at 6 PM is the start of the actual clean out time.

So I'm done with UPS for this week, should have a check in the morning for last week.  I'm kind of in the 50 % mood as to whether the check will be there or not.  They can't figure out that direct deposit still applies, that I'm really working, you know all the reasons they can come up.  We'll see.

So my test is around 12 noon tomorrow, so who knows when I will be mentally ready to blog again, maybe Sat. AM sometime.

Am going to try to to some weeding this am, while it is still on the cool side, suppose to get hot this week end for the big race.

Thanks for all you do and the prayers are still there with the support.  God Bless, Captain

Working, Working, Working

Sorry for the delay.  Yes, UPS last night. Went fine, I'm pretty pack in the swing of things.

Yesterday and today I have spread 22 bags of mulch in the side yard,  Planted 1 more flowering bush, and kept the new stuff watered.  We have a few more weeds to go and then we will spray weed killer in that area and mulch that.  Making up for lost time earlier in the spring.

Thanks for all your prayers, God Bless, Captain

1 Complete week back at Work

I know it's not too important to others, but trust me, there were days when my mind started trying to think of other options available if I couldn't return to work.  I did fine.  Never lost my balance and fell, didn't faint, didn't have to actually sit and rest to get out of the building.  Yes, I'm taking it easy, and I believe they are helping watch the situation.  So all is good there.

I'm feeling fine, appetite is good, back up to 144 pounds this early am.  Been doing some landscaping this week.  Not moving rocks and building water fountains, just normal stuff.  Yard is looking better.  Joan is out there now picking weeds.  For some reason they don't care that I was down and out, they just did there best at growing faster than normal.  Now it's payback on the weeds.

So thanks for all your prayers we have reached this far.  I have my first CT scan coming up on 5/30 since the surgery to give us a reading on what is happening inside and if we need to make any changes.  Next Friday I have another Colonoscopy, just as a precaution.  I decided to fix everything at the same time.

Have a great week end, God Bless, Captain

Work Going Good

I've completed day 3 of my return to UPS.  All is fine and last night I went back to the job I left just before the operation.  We are all watching the progress and are aware of not over doing it.  By the same token I will return to better shape by working at it, not thinking about it from the recliner.  All is good.

Have mowed the grass this week, moved some bushes in the ground to see if more sun will help them.  Planted a couple of new ones.  Things are progressing back to normal.

Have a dentist appt. today, and the weather in Indiana is great if you like sun, 75-83 degrees, and low humidity.  Enjoy.

Thanks for all your prayers, God Bless you all, Captain