well let me see... i am back in A- Fib, the shock treatment didn't work.

have another procedure due this Thursday.

But on the good side of all of it......

I am back in the gym

Eating nuts, twigs, roots, and stems... some Fowl and Fish Fish Fish.

i am now taking 10 pills a day... which is not good.

I hope to be going down on the pill count soon.

I will keep you posted.

i had my procedure done today.

I am back at the house.

All went fine.

I realized today, laying in the hospital bed that I was one step away from being rolled out with a sheet over my head.

That this was the first step in a long progression of medical happenings that might be on the horizon if I don't get my shit in gear.

I do not want to be on some bed, having some orderly wipe my ass ..while I drool from the mouth.

I will do better!!!!!!

Meds Meds Meds

As I walk down this road of medical techonolgy you must read the precautions on all the meds that you put in your body.

I am on five meds a day now: two of which have had incredible side effects on my body.

Pradaxa and Coreg CR


One causes bloating the other one causes tremendous weight gain. I have experienced both in the short time I have taken them.

I am now a naked weight of 268, increase pants size from 40 to almost 44, anytime I have certain foods I bloat instantly.

I have a almost 20 pound weight gain within the last two months... !!!!!

The Plan:

On Wednesday, I go into day surgery to get me out of AFib. After that I hope I can get off of some of the two meds.

Back to the gym, decrease in the intake of all food. Become a Veggie Head... I hope it all works...

more than a month

Gee.. its been more than a month since i last posted ....

well, a follow up to the last post.... I decided to stay with the city job, try to modify my work schedule and see if I could get some of my medical concerns under some sort of semi control.

The medical concerns all center around the stress and what has taken a toll on my poor body over the last 30yrs. I was doing rather well going to the gym before I came to the city work 2.5 yrs ago...but seemed to have drifted away from the exercise routine in favor of more food and more food along with a healthy dose of red wine.

Now that has posed a concern from my cardiologist and my internist. So, I am back to the gym, back to cycling.... and trying to modify my work schedule so I can live for another 20 or so years give or take a few... lets hope it giving rather than taking.

one of the joys about blogging has been keeping up with my friends... whom i have noticed have fallen in the slump of not posting as I have... but I don't think blogging is dead...

here is my facebook link... just in case any of you would like to be friends: http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=781803999