Update

Hey All, just wanted to give an update as to what has been going on health-wise with me. As my friend Lisa adequately put it, "You don't get sick often but man when you do, it's a doozie."

I probably over-extended myself last Friday. It was the first day that I felt pretty good in the past few days and then I went and worked a fourteen hour day. I woke up Saturday feeling like total junk. It never got any better over the weekend so on Tuesday, I worked about 6 hours (got everything loaded and the drivers dispatched plus did my paper/computer work and filing) and left. I went to the doctor after going home and showering.

The doctor's office did some bloodwork. They are pretty concerned about some of the results that turned up. My liver enzyme count was pretty high, so that prompted the doctor to make me two appointments. One with an Internal Medicine Specialst and one with a GI. They are saying it could be anything from jaundis to some form of tuburculosis. Whatever it is, I need to get it taken care of. The appointments are on October 30 and November 10.

Other than that, I haven't had any strength or energy to do anything special at all. I am just tired of being sick and especially tired of this stupid liquid diet! I want some FOOD! :-)

Anyway, I will try to keep y'all posted periodically as to what I find out. Hope y'all are doing well!

Hi

Hey everyone...I am still here....sorta anyway. It's been a very busy and frustrating couple of weeks in some ways. In others, it's been great. Earlier this week I took two days off so that I could have a really long weekend to go home and see my family. I got to spend plenty of time with my parents, my middle sister and oldest nephew and niece. That was good and it's always great to be able to spend time with family. This was my last chance to see them before Christmas and more than likely before the first of the year. As you can imagine, life as a FedEx manager gets really crazy from November until the end of the year.

The bad part is that I have gotten really really sick. Let's just say that I have been running an almost constant fever since Tuesday and that food has not exactly been agreeing with my stomach. NO FOOD has been. Not even simple stuff like crackers and pudding. If I don't feel any better by Monday I will make a doctors appointment here in Tuscaloosa. The bad part of that is that I have to find a doctor taking new patients and one who accepts my insurance. I dunno if it's a bug that I caught or what, but this is miserable.

I need to find a doctor here anyway so that I can get some work done. It's been about six years since I had any scans/work done on my 'cancer' so it's probably about time to have those checked out. Considering that it is a genetic disorder and I have really had no problems in the past few years, I don't know what, if anything that the insurance company will say. Regardless, I need to have it done.

Other than that, life is pretty boring. Keep your fingers crossed for me as over the next month, I will be teaching at least two and possibly three week long classes to new drivers with our facility. It's a pretty challenging thing to do, and I expect to hit some rough spots, but I think I'll do alright.

Hope that everyone is doing well. Keep your comments and emails coming as I really do enjoy them.

God Bless