Technology will make me better, faster, stronger
Just a quick update to let everyone know that I am back on my feet literally, and back to work. I was released from the hospital on Monday, July 11. 7-11, my lucky day, I guess. It was nice to go home. It was also time to start accepting some new realities in my life. Also time to start working on that #TR30 list, but I need to spend a little reflection time on that before sharing it with you.
Here is a quick update on what has gone on with me.
- I was in the hospital because I had a DVT (blood clot) form in my leg, which later became a pulmonary embolism when another clot formed in my lung.
- I had a short simple procedure to install an IVC filter in my vein. The filter is designed to keep a clot from breaking off and getting into my lungs, heart or brain and causing incredibly bad stuff to happen.
- I spent a week in a hospital bed not feeling bad, but facing a potentially life threatening condition. This is a very strange sort of paradox.
- I am lucky enough to have receive a warning shot without much impact.
Here is what I am going to do in the very near future:
- I need to lose some weight. I had already started that process before this situation, so I can report with some glee that I have lost 20 pounds. I wore a shirt to the office the day I came back that hasn’t fit me for a year. I am going to keep this effort up.
- Regular exercise will begin as soon as possible. I need to wait on this to let the medicine do its job on my leg.
- I am starting a new Tumblr blog to report on this progress, so most of my personal stuff related to this will be at Bionic Mike, and not here on HRH.
Why Bionic Mike? Because like the $6 million man, my doctors have the technology to make me stronger, faster, better – but without incurring the big budget hit.
Your help in making some of this work as I go froward is truly appreciated.
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