Isn't it funny sometimes how Dr's don't listen to a thing. I hope you aren't as upset as earlier...damn the man.

If you don't mind me asking...how is recovery coming? You sound in very high spirits and it is very refreshing to hear that through the hard times.

Jessica

Actually I consider myself very lucky. I have a caregiver who is a wonderful person and I have very minor if any side effects from the stroke and TIAs I have had.

I also consider myself lucky in that my stroke was mild. There were no debilitating consequences. In fact, if you didn't know that I had had a stroke, you wouldn't be able to tell it.

What this stroke has taught me is to try to make lemonade out of lemons as much as possible. There are times (we all have them) that I get down. There are times my dear wife gets down.

It is very rare that we get down at the same time.

Thank you again for the kind words.

Charles

charles, i had the SAME thing. that crappy hosptital i was confined to for 3 weeks that i HATED, almost everything and everyone there SUCKED, they sent me a "survey" as well.

i spent HOURS filling it out and added PAGES of comments. i doubt that they care at all, but it made me feel better!!!!!

i enjoy reading what you write because in ALL of the turmoil, you seem to find a way to make me laugh and GOD knows i need it !!!!!

kim

Kim,

Thank you for those kind words.

I am glad I was able to brighten your day with laughter. As you can tell, I do have a dry sense of humor.

During my graduation from Dale Carnegie Training, I had to give a 2 to 3 minute talk on what I had what I had gotten from the training. My supervisor was there to give me my diploma.

I started talking about how managers and supervisors really don't want to hear bad news. I said that they were kind of like piranas. They seemed to smell fear.

That brought the house down.

Charles