Bill Walton

Yesterday I had the privilege of meeting Bill Walton.  I honestly didn't know much about him until a few days ago.  Considering that most of what he accomplished was before I was born and that I don't really follow basketball didn't help.

His speech mostly talked about having a plan B for life.  Bill thought he would play basketball forever.  He kept putting that in front of everything.  But after his career ended, he realized that family and health were more important.  He mentioned having 34 orthopedic operations in his lifetime.  That's crazy.  But he hasn't let them get him down.

I walked away from meeting him and his speech that I need to spend more time caring about my health and my family.  Even though my family is my life, I still need to spend more time taking care of myself.  If I don't do those things, what good am I to my family?  They will always be there for me.  I know they will.  So I need to take care of myself so I can be there for them.

Thank you, Mr. Walton, for your inspiration and kind words.  They are really appreciated.

Post surgery update #1

I saw my doctor today for my first post surgery appointment.  He removed the packing from my ear and cleaned it out.  He was very happy with how it looked.  He did say that it may be a month before I am completely healed and may not know if the surgery was a complete success for a few weeks.  But things look good.  For now it seems like my hearing is partially restored.  I am hearing better on the affected side.  Now we just wait and see.

This is great news!

NFL

So the NFL and NFLPA can't agree on a new contract and a lockout appears to be in the future.  They're bitching about 9 billion dollars.  9 billion.  We pay enough money for a sporting league to make 9 billion dollars a year.  Meanwhile my child's future school needs new textbooks, can't afford gym equipment, can't afford tissues for the classrooms, etc.

I know the NFL generates a ton of jobs and whatnot, but it's amazing how much we spend on a sport.

Surgery update

It's been a week since surgery.  So far so good.  I don't have any lingering issues other than being tired.  The pain has gotten better.  There is still bleeding every so often but it has subsided.

I see the doctor Monday.  We'll see how it goes.

Surgery #2

I had surgery #2 yesterday to attempt to restore the hearing in my left ear. After 11 months of waiting, my doctor agreed that we could try. So I had surgery yesterday to implant a few pieces of titanium in my left ear. Of course right now I have no idea if it helped as my ear is full of packing and needs time to heal. WE will find out how things went in a few weeks.

Aside from some pain I feel good. I've been able to eat and I haven't felt as nauseous as my first surgery. I'm slowly on the road to recovery!

Will post updates as I have them.