Near-Death Experience...

Thanks Guys.

Yeah, weird about the port breaking. I know I never knew there was any risk of that at all. Sure, I knew about infection risk, etc., but not this! Actually, the surgeon who put it in is really good. I know he had a harder time getting it in than most, but when he heard that this had happened, his jaw about hit the floor! Crazy, but kind of a wakeup call.

Well, next Monday I'll find out if I can get my Stem Cells harvested, and thus, if I can get a new systemic kind of treatment. I sure hope it works out, because all this "spot treatment" is getting really aggravating. But either way, it could sure be worse.

Thanks again, guys. Happy New Year, and I hope that 2008 is a good year for you all.

Thanks,

Chris
 
It is a natural tendency of the human male to think to oneself, "Oh, it's nothing! I'll be OK in a few minutes. Just let me sit here." WRONG. That's what gets some of us killed. After six decades of being a "tough guy" I am finally beginning to learn that there are times I need to tell my wife, "I think I'm getting into trouble now. You're in charge. Get me some help." Friends, when you are not certain if you need medical help or not, you probably do. Don't wait. Get help.
 
Glad your OK Chris. Prayers continue from Texas. You definitely have something yet to do.
Terry
 
That was a wonderful account of your experience, Chris; thank you.

You are tough. Your body wants to live.


munk
 
Jeff Clark said:
So I went to a funeral this summer for a guy who had one of those routine tests send up red flags. He showed up for a physical before starting a summer intern job at Los Alamos. When they checked his blood test results they wouldn't let him out of the building. He asked if he could go out and get a book from his car, and they said "no way". His creatinine level was something like 27 (when you reach 8 you are a candidate for a kidney transplant and you are usually dead well before you reach a level of 20). He had noticed that he wasn't quite up to snuff at the time.

It wasn't big news to him that he had kidney problems, back when he started college he almost died of a kidney infection that the student health service diagnosed as a simple case of the flu. He actually felt pretty lucky to have made it 10 years before this event and finally having to start dialysis. I wasn't surprised when he died, I was surprised that he lasted 40 years from the time he entered college to when he finally succumbed. In that time he had a full life and remarkable career. He actually had a chance to make a difference in things like the air we breath and the water we drink. His pioneering research was in helping place a value on things as intangible as blue skies and then helping to find the least expensive way of maintaining blue skies. He got his 40 bonus years after his first wake up call (and 30 from that second wake up call).

I hope that you get a good run out of your wake up call. I challenge you to beat the odds and the statistics. Go out and make your mark.
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