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The doctor said I could start playing basketball on November 1. I figured today is close enough. I’m a little out of shape, and my shot is off — especially later in the morning as my legs got more tired. But it felt good to get out and run again. Now if I can just […]

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Prior to my collarbone surgery, I had to get a pre-op authorization that included a blood platelet count. Platelets in the blood help with clotting, so if it’s too low the surgeon will not operate. Mine did turn out to be low; high enough to continue with the surgery, but low enough to merit further […]

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That’s how much rain we had yesterday in the big “100 year storm” according to my digital rain gauge. That’s almost an inch and a half more than they measured at the airport (3.29″), but less than some areas in Chandler (5.85″). We had about 2 inches in the first hour or so, between 2:00 […]

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After more than 2 years of putting electricity into my Volt, it is finally prepared to give a little electricity back. A company sells kits that allow you to wire into the Volt and use it to generate 120 volts. You can actually do this with any car, of course, with a simple inverter. But […]

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I went back for my 3 week surgery followup today. Doc say’s I’m 3 to 4 weeks ahead of schedule in terms of healing, flexibility and range of motion. He used the word “amazing”. The biggest concern is that I will feel so well that I will try to do too much too soon. But […]

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… it’s another, and the other is a broken clavicle (collar bone). Playing basketball this morning, my feet got tangled up with the feet of another guy who is bigger than me, I fell on my shoulder and he fell on top. I heard a crunch and got the wind knocked out of me for […]

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Gisele and I drove up to the Mogollon Rim for a couple of days this week and spent some time with Richard and Dianna. It was a great, though short, trip. We arrived Sunday evening (after making a couple of wrong turns…), and enjoyed a nice barbecued dinner at R&D’s house. We spent the night […]

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I saw the cardiologist again today, for a followup after wearing the Holter Monitor for 24 hours, a couple of weeks ago. Everything looks good, my heart is functioning normally and efficiently. However, just to make sure the block doesn’t extend to the left ventricle, I will go back in 6 months. If there are […]

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A heart block is a condition where the normal nerve impulses that cause the heart to contract are blocked or delayed. Yesterday my cardiologist told me that I have a complete block of my right bundle branch (RBBB). In this condition, both atria contract normally, and then the signal progresses down towards the ventricles to […]

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Derek started working this week for Aetna Insurance company as an Actuarial Analyst. It’s kind of an apprentice Actuary, and he hopes to move up to a full Actuary soon. After interviewing with companies all over the country he finally found a match at an office about 4 miles from his house; a 5-10 minute […]

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