How are you???

Good day sir/miss, how are you?

How many times have we walked into a store and heard those very words uttered in a manner that resembles the care we put into throwing a glass bottle into the metal recycling bin? They ask as a matter of fact and so too we answer in a matter of fact manner… does it really make a difference? I mean, when they ask do they really want to know how our day actually is, and when we answer do we always tell the truth? Truth be told I am no different than anyone else who has ever asked that question, sometimes I want the truth sometimes I don’t.

The Sandwich part 2

The Sandwich part 2

Well there’s a title for ya… especially since there was no sandwich part 1. Who cares, I was just trying to sneak in a reference to lettuce, tomatoes, and Mayo. Yes ladies and gents I am here and I can finally start to update you as to what’s going on down here in lovely Rochester, MN (that’s right, NY is not the only place that has a Rochester, Minnesota has its own).

Olive Green, fresh and clean.

Olive Green, fresh and clean.

In 2006 when I went to the world cup I blogged to let family and friends enjoy the journey because many of them could never have made it even if they tried. I’m thinking that the sentiment is similar, but very different now in that I hope none of you want to experience Rhabdomyolysis on your own, but you read because you want to get a sense of the experience that I am going through… or simply you think I’m hot and want to see me in spandex. LOLOL I had to do that just to make one friend truly miserable for a day.

Don’t you, forget about me…

Don’t you, forget about me…

I must apologize, it has been a long time and many people have contacted me saying… well yelling “WHAT ON EARTH IS GOING ON???” There is no easy answer to that question, and truth be told, the answer is not a short one neither. I am currently having my sandwich with a spoon or two full of Mayo, but honestly that will come in the following message. For now I say to you, yet another doctor (or doctor’s office) has slipped up. My lovely brother introduced me to a wider variety of music and movies than my parents did, and for this I will be grateful for a few more years… but seriously, does every doctor’s office staff people with simple minds?

The glass is half full of chamomile tea…

The glass is half full of chamomile tea…

Sorry for the delay in writing, but much is going on at a feverous pace, so I am starting this entry at 1:54 am. I have no normal clock left in me, I sleep when I can and for some reason that’s not very often any more. I think when the stress is finally released from this trip to Minnesota I will sleep for three days straight, or I will find out I have insomnia (hmmm that would be a half empty glass). "Half full!" I say in a wicked English accent!!!

What is this guy mumbling about… glass... full... tea...

The Good, the bad, the ugly…

If I remember correctly it was the name of a Clint Eastwood movie. Clint’s cool and all, but I was never a big fan of westerns. In fact, the only two films I can remember watching that had anything to do with him were The Million Dollar baby and Grand Torino. Now I know my wife and brother will have much to say about that fact, but for me, movies and television shows are about instant entertainment. I don’t try to etch into memory the name of the dude who owns the bowling alley, that lady with the perfect putt I saw at mini golf, or the winning hand I saw someone else get at poker last Friday. Instant entertainment I say. Any hoo, why the title you ask? Well, many have asked me what is it like to have Rhabdomyolysis, and now that the pain hasn’t gone away, what is a normal day in your life?

Well here goes… the good, the bad, and the ugly.

Lettuce, tomato and a whole heap of Mayo…

Lettuce, tomato and a whole heap of Mayo…

Mmmmmm  sandwich! Most of the sandwiches that I enjoy would be topped just like that. Not a lot of lettuce, because if I wanted a salad in a bun, I would make a salad and put it in a bun. But just the right amount of lettuce with fresh ripe firm tomatoes and yum!!! Then you add mayo. Mayo mayo mayo…. Mmmm mayo.

Confession… my obsession with mayo does not stem from sandwiches, nor does it have anything to do with mayonnaise. Click here for more info.

Eye Eye captain…

Happy Sunday. It sure is happy because I had a lovely dinner with some amazing friends who made me laugh til I cried, and the Indian food ohhhh the Indian food (that’s for another day… Indian food I love, my internal plumbing is very anti tandoori and butter chicken!!!)

So my eye, my darn eye!!!

Rhab who???

Well,

I have been promising and promising to restart this lovely blog of mine – and here we are. I hope in the upcoming weeks I find the energy to chronicle all that has happened because it is pretty spectacular in all its highs and lows. What I do know for a fact is I AM ONE LUCKY MAN.

hellooooo 2008

I think what I like best about this whole blogging thing is that for the most part no one comes in here too often, so it's like a journal but with intrigue... someone may just see what you wrote so at any given time you are taking a chance. well here goes... what was that? did I just hear a tree fall in a forest and no one heard...lolol sorry, here goes-