It was a good morning.
Woke up around 4am after a fairly good night's sleep. Was able to get out of bed without the leg hurting and actually walk without my cane, the first time in over a week. The last few months have been a blur of pain and sleeplessness. Back surgery (L2-L3) followed a month later by a blood clot in my lower left lung. THAT was followed by a bout of cellulitis in my right foot (the bad leg). Shortly after that, a kidney stone decided to descend. We clear that up (quickly thank you!) but the cellulitis decides to come back! The last several days were painful enough but I was also preparing myself for an endoscopy/colonoscopy double-header. The worst problem there was the god-awful stuff you have to drink to clean yourself out! However that gives me a clean bill of health, at least for those areas.
Treated my son and myself to Chinese food to break my fasting and watched "Ghost Dog" with Forest Whitaker before an early bedtime.
One of the few bright spots these past months was finding an all-Western-all day channel on cable, a StarzEncore station. Western movies from the early days to the 80's and 90's from 8pm-2pm, then all TV-series the rest of the time. Maverick, Marshall Dillon, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train just to name some. A lot of the movies are good ones, they play the same a few days in a row then change the offerings. And NO commercials during the shows, just between each movie/show. Just about lived on old westerns until it got to the point where my son asked me if I had watched anything but westerns since I found that station.
So this morning I wake up, feel pretty good, take my morning meds and then watch the sun just start to peek over the horizon on what promises to be a beautiful day. I then settle into the recliner with a cup of coffee to watch Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum in "Five Card Stud". Good action flick, you "know" who the bad guy is, but there is enough of a plot to make you wonder.
Recuperation is slow and painful sometimes. But a steady diet of good (and sometimes not-so-good) westerns can help make it better.
Life is good.
Woke up around 4am after a fairly good night's sleep. Was able to get out of bed without the leg hurting and actually walk without my cane, the first time in over a week. The last few months have been a blur of pain and sleeplessness. Back surgery (L2-L3) followed a month later by a blood clot in my lower left lung. THAT was followed by a bout of cellulitis in my right foot (the bad leg). Shortly after that, a kidney stone decided to descend. We clear that up (quickly thank you!) but the cellulitis decides to come back! The last several days were painful enough but I was also preparing myself for an endoscopy/colonoscopy double-header. The worst problem there was the god-awful stuff you have to drink to clean yourself out! However that gives me a clean bill of health, at least for those areas.
Treated my son and myself to Chinese food to break my fasting and watched "Ghost Dog" with Forest Whitaker before an early bedtime.
One of the few bright spots these past months was finding an all-Western-all day channel on cable, a StarzEncore station. Western movies from the early days to the 80's and 90's from 8pm-2pm, then all TV-series the rest of the time. Maverick, Marshall Dillon, Wyatt Earp, Bat Masterson, Wagon Train just to name some. A lot of the movies are good ones, they play the same a few days in a row then change the offerings. And NO commercials during the shows, just between each movie/show. Just about lived on old westerns until it got to the point where my son asked me if I had watched anything but westerns since I found that station.
So this morning I wake up, feel pretty good, take my morning meds and then watch the sun just start to peek over the horizon on what promises to be a beautiful day. I then settle into the recliner with a cup of coffee to watch Dean Martin and Robert Mitchum in "Five Card Stud". Good action flick, you "know" who the bad guy is, but there is enough of a plot to make you wonder.
Recuperation is slow and painful sometimes. But a steady diet of good (and sometimes not-so-good) westerns can help make it better.
Life is good.
