Twelve & a quarter hours from now, I will have finished washing up with a special soap I received at pre-op on Tuesday, gotten dressed, & be in the car with my wife & in-laws, heading to Surburban Hospital, where they're expecting me at half-past five ( Read more... )

After Elizabeth & I have a nice breakfast, I plan to do a small load of laundry to make sure that my pyjamas & my new bathrobe are good for my hospital stay. Not sure what else we have on our slate, except maybe picking up the living room again, until Elizabeth's parents arrive in town. We'll have dinner with them & otherwise spend a lot of time ( Read more... )

Last night was the first Family Science Night for the '12-'13 school year at the Owens. It may be the only evening wher I'll volunteer this month. Maybe, if I recover enough, I might show up at the public planetarium show on 11/16, but even if I did, I'd be pretty inactive. Elizabeth & I weren't going to let any pre-op jitters wreck last night. ( Read more... )

While I am cleaning off my desk, it's not because I won't be back, but because it was a jungle of old printouts & other rubbish. I could scarcely reach my phone! Besides, we've got a new contract, & it just seemed like a good idea ( Read more... )

Elizabeth & I are okay. The swift atmospheric pressure change as Sandy came through gave her a headache, & her back wasn't all that happy, either, but we aren't running short of painkillers. As of now, we haven't lost power(just some flickers), & we only had a brief blip in our Internet service. As a precaution, we shut off our desktop computer-I'm ( Read more... )

I have to wonder about shopkeepers in my area who are opening up in this crap, even though nobody but cops, firefighters, & repair crews are going to be on the streets. Unless you sell coffee, doughnuts, or hot dogs, nobody will show up today, so you've wasted your time & energy, just to claim that you're "better" than your neighbor, who works for ( Read more... )

Prepping for my operation was put on hold as we prepared for the oncoming storm. As most people know, I'll be home today, as the Feds have closed. Right now, there's still utilities service to Belcrest, but I can't say how long that will be the case. It's raining quite steadily & I can hear occasional gusts. We laid in plenty of supplies that don't ( Read more... )

Had a bit of a brief scare when I got a call from my insurance company and my cardiologist on Thursday. However, it looks like all my insurance company wanted to do was make a courtesy call to me, laying out what my surgery and the next several weeks would be like and adding to my knowledge of my recuperation that they'd cover my post-surgery rehab ( Read more... )

I was informed earlier at work that all o9f my paperwork is complete, & all the HR guy needs to do is just file the disability claim on the fifth. I suppose they may be holding off in case my operation is postponed ( Read more... )

Friday's appointment with my cardiologist was mostly spent in paperwork. A doctor needs to state that I'm not malingering, the surgery is necessary, & heart surgery is going to leave me incapable of doing much of anything for several weeks. I did get some advice from my cardiologist & one of the nurses. Among other things, I need to remember to be ( Read more... )