Stephen put a message on my last post and said I needed to update more often. I can tell you that it is not simple neglect that has caused me to post so seldomly. It is the same problem I had when using Xanga.com I just figured nobody cared to read anything I had to say. It is hard to figure out how much to post. I don’t want to write in detail about EVERYTHING that happens in my life because it all just seems SO mundane to me. I will try to strike a balance.
One thing I did NOT talk about in my last post was a little “event” that happened to me in November. I had gone to my neurosurgeon, oncologist and radiologist at the beginning of November (2009). I talked to the surgeon about getting off the anti-seizure medicine because it has side effects that are not too thrilling (runny nose, dizziness and fatigue.) He told me to cut my dose in half for a week and then go off the medicine completely. I complied with that by taking ONE tablet in the morning for a week instead of one at night as well. The following week, I went off the medicine completely. After a few days of that, one Saturday I was at my office working on some things when I started feeling very sick at my stomach and extremely fatigued. I laid down on the floor of my office for a while, I was the only one in the whole building, and finally was sick enough to sit up and throw up in my trash can. I laid back down for a little bit and worked up the energy to drive myself home.
Once I got home, I wasn’t feeling any better, in fact my symptoms were starting to get worse. I had Lehua drive me up to the hospital where they took me into the emergency room. While they had me on the exam table, taking off my shoes/socks I guess I had a seizure. I say I guess because I don’t remember it. I just remember “coming to” with the nurses standing over me telling me I had just had a seizure. That was very disconcerting, so long story short (TOO LATE) I went back on one pill a day and have been on that ever since.
My life has been pretty normal since then and I feel pretty good most of the time. I still have the undesirable side effects of the medicine (Keppra) so I’m hoping to get off of it for good somehow on my next visit. I spent most of November and December at school working with my honor choir and concerts, etc. The kids sounded really good with their songs and now we are working on our Spring concert music. Facebook has become an interesting, yet sometime annoying diversion for me. The thing that keeps me coming back to Facebook is keeping track of friends, etc. Yes, the games are an interesting pasttime but I’ve never been much for games.
Along the line of games, I do have a funny story to relate. Back when Nintendo was ALL the rage, we finally put together enough money to buy the boys a gaming system. We actually bought it about a month before we gave it to them, so I set the whole thing up in my study at the house. We would put the boys to bed and I would go in there and play Mario Bros. with the sound turned down real low. I completely mastered that game before the boys ever played once. We finally gave them the game, so whenever I played them, they wondered how Old Dad got so good at the game. They would always call me in to get them extra lives because I had gone online and learned all the tricks, etc. I’ve since told them about it, but it is a good story to think back on.
I’m still doing the once a month show with the Down Home Music Show in Neosho. I really enjoy that and it’s been a nice outlet for me and a good way to develop my guitar playing skills. I’m going to try and video some of the show sometime and maybe put it up here. Motivation….so easy to say….so hard to “get!”
I’ll post more later. We’re currently in a Gospel Meeting with Bill Fergerson and I must say Bill is doing some good preaching!
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Okay, fix that “About” page, buddy!
DONE….now I just need to figure out how to change some of the other things like the quote, pictures, etc. I’m working on it….slowly but surely.