Lazy Days and Well Earned Vacations

I have never been much of a nap person. Even as a little kid I couldn’t find myself laying in my bed under my Return of the Jedi comforter when I could be on the floor of my bedroom playing with actual Star Wars toys. Naps felt like wasted time where I could be concocting […]

“I’ve fallen(but I was able to get up with a little help)

Early last Thursday morning I woke up at 3:30am because I had to go to the bathroom. Those fellas over the age of 50 out there should know this feeling well. A side effect of all these BP meds I take is that I get dizzy and lightheaded if I get up too quickly, even […]

walks are therapy

Man, I’ve missed my walks. Walking was always two things for me; one it was obviously for my physical health. I was never an athlete, unless you count backyard Badminton. I was a very physical Badminton player. But then following it up with a 64 oz Mountain Dew and a Jeno’s frozen pizza pretty much […]

Anger is an energy

I’m definitely getting back to my old self. I know that because our town’s traffic is making me angry again. I feel in my heart of hearts that our town has the worst drivers per capita in all of the Midwest. Turn signal? What’s that? 4-way stops? Who goes next? Flashing lights? Whaaaa? And don’t […]

Am I Straight Edge Now?(For Your Health)

Last week I had my usual weekly phone call from the nurse from the Heart Failure Center to check in and see how I was doing. At my first cardiologist appointment the nurse said they wanted me to be a part of the Remote Health Check Program where they send me a scale and blood […]

Greetings From Room 1139

Hello everyone. I’m reaching out from my lovely room at Parkview Regional Medical Center in Fort Wayne, Indiana. Why am I in a hospital room in the cardio unit of a major hospital you ask? Well, simply put last Friday I was in the throes of heart failure. Turns out that after three months of […]

Check-In : Extended-Release Anxiety

Man, this week has not been the best. Started out Sunday where I had that weird little twinge in the pit of my stomach that usually indicates anxiety is just around the corner. Ended up going to the Y and walked three miles which helped that twinge. It went away, thankfully. But once I got […]

Back In Business

Hello everyone. It’s been a minute since we talked. It’s actually been one whole week. That’s the longest I’ve gone without posting in a very long time. I’ve been on vacation. Had Thanksgiving and the Friday after off, then took all of the following week off. It was a full week for sure, filled with […]

Long Weekend, Under The Weather, Sad Dad Blues

Decided at the beginning of last week that I was going to treat myself to a four-day weekend. Work hasn’t been very busy, so it seemed like an opportune time to take a Thursday and Friday off and give my brain a break from the 9 to 5. I’d been itching to dig into some […]

It’s Time To Move On…It’s Time To Get Going

It’s feeling better around here. Things are starting to settle into our new normal and it feels good. There’s still things that need to be done, like painting and installing a cabinet in the main bath so our daughter can store all of her hair and make-up products. The spare room downstairs needs some shelving […]