Day 15 10/30/08
October 30th, 2008
To my wonderful wife; happy birthday and I’m sorry I’m missing it for the first time in the best 17 years of my life. I’m the luckiest man alive. I love you, and I miss you and the kids more than I can begin to express. All I can say is only 17 days until I see you. After all, this is a family blog.
Another day of physical therapy, needles in my body, and voltage in my legs (this wasn’t in the spa brochure). But there was a variation to the theme. Amanda, one of our terrific interpreters, was kind enough to set up a day for us with a reflexologist. Now I’ve gotten a lot of massages in my time, I used to go once a week in my Broadway days, and I’ve always said, the harder the better. Until now. I feel like a beached jellyfish. Total invertebrate. The spinal tomorrow should be a cinch, as there’ll be no resistance whatsoever. For someone so slender, this guy was incredibly strong.
PT was more of the same, with new twists every day. Today, I was on my back with my legs crossed, arching my back, playing catch with Jason (hurry, hurry, come see the dancing bear!). Did Godzilla through Tokyo with ankle weights. I’ve been on my back, lifting my butt, and balancing on my shoulders and feet. I started this with 20 lbs. on my stomach, then with Jason (all 150 lbs. of him) trying to push me down. Now he’s sitting on me, and I’m still pushing him up. I may be uncoordinated, but I’m still strong.
After PT, I hit the steps with the ankle weights. I slipped and hit the big step, cutting my shin. In acupuncture later, Jason notices this, and without warning, puts a swab soaked in alchohol on it. I let out a yell that scared everybody in the room.
Called my mother-in-law today, my father-in-law passed away just before I left (Great week for my wife, fly to Florida for 4 days for her dad’s funeral, then hurry back to pack up your husband for China) she was tickled pink to hear from me half way around the world. Skype is great.
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1. Aunt Sandy | October 31st, 2008 at 6:18 am
Another day begins for you and you’re one day closer to NYC. We all miss you and besides skype it’s wonderful to hear via your blog that you’re doing well and everyone around you is helpful & supportive. FYI, I’ve determined that I need to return home for my various appts./(routine) tests etc. and will be leaving Manhasset on Sunday for the ride home. The ride up was great as I split it up into three segments seeing friends along the way. I will not do the same on the return so it will be a lot more driving per day, that is if I feel like it – playing it by ear and giving myself plenty of time to get home. When I was at Stevie’s last I purchased a video cam so when I get home I’ll set it/Skype up and hopefully we’ll be able to “visit” with eachother. For now I’m off to do some errands etc., and look forward to hearing from you in the morrow.
Love, Aunt Sandy & Rigoletto too!!!!
2. warren | October 31st, 2008 at 7:29 am
Hey Mongo, sorry to hear about father in law Sue should know that I’m here i fl if she needs anything. Good to hear that your a pincushion and are getting more resistant. you have a lot of great family and friends that write you and you know that i am always here for you. If you kneed someone to come there an slap somebody around a little just let me know.(ha ha)No seriously give time time and all this will seam like a dream. I miss you but you have all my positive energy pulling for you.Always and forever your friend Warren
3. Geo | October 31st, 2008 at 10:54 am
Hey – I would ask how you are doing but I can pretty much tell
that you are getting beat up quite nicely by PT’s. Alcohol, great way to treat an open wound! I’m shocked that he did’nt reach
for the steel wool to buff it out a little. This guy must have gotten his training at the Hilton, you know…..the one in Hanoi?
In all seriousness I guess the idea is to avoid infection. I am
not surprised that you are showing the strength to support this
150lb man. You always have had a strong back/neck…..and breath for that matter. I know all of the hard work and treatment
is doing great things for you both mentally as well as physically.
I’m tipping the scales at 215lbs these days and could use a little physical activity. When at lunch I try to shove the food into my face vigorously…you to try to burn the calories as I ingest them.
I wonder how much fat I burn when I light the cigarette really
fast and inhale deeply, I’ll have to be sure to Google that later.
I’m happy to see that they lubed up the lower back so
your spinal will go a little smoother. Cathy and I are positive
that you will find great success through this entire adventure.
You are a tough cookie and I know that they can’t break my
brother. Aside from Dad, you are the strongest man I know!
And I’m not just talking about the smell that billows behind you
after your done leaving a biological time bomb in the bathroom
that would require the services of a bunch of guys in orange
jump suits and gas masks.
I have to do the light hearted cheap shots, beacause if I tell
how much I miss you and think back 15-20 years ago when
we would hang out on the 3rd floor of 315 Manhasset Woods playing Gin and watching Star Trek…Life was easy…Be Good
and figure out why my Web cam is working as well as our economy. I love you and I’ll see you soon.
4. melissa tantillo | October 31st, 2008 at 10:53 pm
Jesus, the last time I saw Warren, he made me cry. And he did it again with his blog comment!! Granted, it is very easy to make me cry, but everytime I hear from the guy???? Of course, all said with love!
Wow, who knew you were such a sentimental guy? I’ve known you for 39 years (did your eyebrow go up?) and I don’t know if I’ve ever seen or heard you be so schmaltzy! It warmed my heart!
We are going to have to work you really hard when you get back. I don’t weigh 150 (will you put that eyebrow down!) but I will be happy to help you out w/your P/T. It is so hard to be so disciplined as to force yourself to work out to the point of pain when nobody is standing over you making you do it. But why should you pay someone $150 an hour to yell at you when you have many friends and family who will gladly do it for free? Still feeling like the luckiest man? Yes, you are!!!!
It’s Halloween, trick or treat. Bet you’ve never been a pin cushion (or play dough, or a dead jelly fish) for Halloween. Do they celebrate in China? I get a mental image of a bunch of Chinese nurses and Drs. dressed up like Luke Skywalker and Batman~ very funny! I”ve been eating way too much chocolate, no discipline here! I’m sure I’ll get sick of it sooner or later. Until then, my new favorite is $100,000 Grand bar. Yum. Remember when they were just Nestle’s hundred thousand dollar bar? I’m sure they sell much better with the new name….
Happy Halloween~ Love you so much and you’d think I’d be losing weight from all of the good thoughts that have been leaving my body. Oh, if only it were true!!
XOXOXOXOXOXO~ Melissa
5. Charles Cona | November 1st, 2008 at 3:52 am
It’s amazing how time flies when youre not paying attention.
I realized that it’s been two weeks since I last checked on your progress. Notes on imperfect medical treatment brought me back a few years to my own experiences 1 @ St. Francis when a first time (male) nurse tried to insert a blood pressure IV monitor into my Index Finger. They let him try and fail for a good 30 minutes before the electrician(surgeon) interrupted and inserted it into the back of my hand (Not a very meaty part of the body even on me!!) not to mention countless other mishaps & lack of attention inflicted upon my son during his 6 years of treatments.
My last Dr.visit concerned the cardiologist. My elevated pulse rate had him convinced that I was mainlining caffeine so I need to make appointments for stress tests and ultrasound. The last appointment was at 6pm in Manhasset, I wonder if he ever drove the LIE from the Sag at that hour, I know why my pulse rate was elevated(aggravated).
I will send you a note about a mishap clusterf**k we had recently with the Nassau County PD. A long but short story.
Spoke to Susan briefly to see how she is holding up. You, My friend, are a very lucky man.
What do Barack Obama and John McCain have in common?
Next week, win or lose, they will still be members of the US Senate.
The tone of the campaigns has gotten decidely nasty(don’t know what you can follow from there) and several questions which should have been answered months ago are being rehashed.
I love how the right wing media asks the left leaning (main stream) media why they have not investigated stories without actually investigating the stories themselves. As if their merely asking the question in an accusatory tone suffices as proof that they are on to something. Also, you never hear them accept blame for the last eight years of national shame the candidates they helped elect infllicted disgrace on the nation.
The just want to prolong the oligarchy without explaining how that could possibly benefit the country. (but will keep them from having to pay their fair share of the bill for the deficits this country has rung up under their rule.)
Thiis just in….5 major oil companies made a THIRD QUARTER profit of $45,000,000,000. So glad I could help them by paying $4.59 a gallon at the pump in August. (Gas only $2.69 now that the Oil commodity prices have plummeted).
Enough about my take on justice in the world. Feel well, keep on improving (even if it is two steps forward and one step back) and I am looking forward to speaking you and seeing you in the very near future
Chuckie
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