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I can give you a little insight acupuncture . Piece of cake. Very unique experience. Calmed me down. Which was a good thing . I wished I would have tried it earlier. Cost is very expensive. I would want to do every week. I did't so I quit. I do not believe it is a cure all but it is amazing what it can do. And do not be nervous, the needles are extremely small. You have to try. Terry

I think Mike getting back on the bike is a big accomplishment! Roll on!

Ok . Bon Scott is awesome and Angus Young. Well is Angus. Now I was very young when this one came out. : ) T.N.T.

Kind of like a legacy. Your gone and what you leave is memories. : ) I will have plenty. I want it that way. Some good…. some…. well, maybe not as good. But still some story to tell. I have been very unpredictable after my stroke. My family has always stood by me. From my anger of having a stroke, myself dealing with the deficits of the stroke and my own acceptance. My family has always stood by my side, even when it was'nt very pretty. I am by no means an angel. Sometimes I do fall from the sky, but one thing is certain….. for some reason I have plenty of people that care about me. I am not complaining just sometimes can't believe they are always behind me. Got some funny stories and some not so funny stories. My granddaughter just got done with a little visit tonight. She was born on my birthday. We were talking tonight while I was grilling out. She was talking about her other grandfather and ( he passed away from a stroke) she asked me why I quit smoking. ( She is a very smart 8 year old) I said, because of you. I told her the doctor told me I would not live past her 3rd year in school if I did not quit. I told her I quit then, because I want to see her past the 3rd grade. : ) Who knows…. I hope for more, almost 7 years and still counting. Just kinda bittersweet tonight. I guess I should't have to worry about the 7 years and still counting, but I'll take what i can get……. Terry

Truck drama…. I sold my beloved truck last year and have to replace it. That is if i want to pull my Airstream this summer. But it has been very stressful. My BIL owns a car lot and sells trucks as Fleet sales. So I am able to "twist" the system a little and get the fleet discount for my personal truck.( Better then employee pricing) So I ordered one. I started the process about three months ago. And it looks like in another month I should have it delivered. So I get on all the truck websites and read about delays, parts shortage, recalls to factory….. just a little hype right now. Not to mention how much these things cost, and of course I am a little OCD, second guess kind of guy. I live in Ohio and I have to pick the truck up in Atlanta. I talked to the sales guy today, he actually surprised me and said he would pick me up at the airport with my truck. So he is going to drive my brand new crew cab dually to the Atalanta airport. Now of course I am thinking the worst. Only time will tell. Terry

Sounds like everything turned out ok for your Easter activities. Looks like you kept busy. We always have every holiday at our house. We all live pretty close and it is easy to get everyone together so I am very lucky on that aspect but glad it is over as it is alot to prepare for.

Well glad everything turned out ok with the extension cord! Sounds like you have been pretty busy outside. It was very nice weather for Easter. i need to get my yard ready for the mowing season. I guess I would rather mow the yard then plow the snow out of the driveway!

I know I like to enhance your lives with music..... and just so happens that Red Light Kings have a little bit of ink of the arms. This one is pretty easy to listen too and the lyrics are pretty cool. And sometimes..... Times are hard Terry

I think it is neat that you are involved in so many things that basically benefits and helps others. Not too many people have that type of commitment . The approaching winter months to me are just well depressing. Hopefully you have a mild winter. Our's has been way too long for me. ( Supposed to be in the 20's tonight!) And you would defiantly not be a with wheel, just start asking! I know you have to have a huge circle of friends. We have a social club here we call the Moose which is family oriented and where you can go to meet up with your friends from the week before. ( I joined because my family goes there) Just a place where everyone can catch up and talk. It's a mixture of young and old. I also am usually the one to ask my friends to go out to dinner or plan something. I think it is just pretty common that everyone kinda keeps to themselves. Maybe it is easier but not allot of fun.

I am thinking a little bit of both. Color and black an grey .

I wil have to check that out!

I was thinking about a tree half dead have alive.. Also the lightning bolt. Like a zeus then the lightning bolt. I was also thinking of the sun and moon as it seems like that sometimes. Skull with wings. I like the spartan shield with the surrivor ribbon. Hmm just very difficult.

So maybe an extended blog or maybe not. i want to have a StrokeNet challenge. I want another tattoo. I have several ideas. Anything ranging from a tree of souls with blackbirds to the Sun and Moon to a Skull with wings. I was also thinking of a compass with roses or a spartan helmet with skull and a shield with a survivor ribbon. Some of my ideas. of course it would probably be the entire arm including my original tattoo. I seem my dads arms at his age and I might as well cover mine with some ink. My one and only tattoo was in 2010! So it has been awhile, I have allot of ideas just need some help? : ) So a contest. that seems doable, Now....... any suggestions! Oh..... include pics!

LOL it is a little bit heavy. But it does sound good on the bike,

So I like the way it sounds. Plus it will sound good on the harley when I am cruising ,Plus it is exactly how I feel . And it will sound good with the bike. Which is a plus.

So all the crap I had to deal with I had to change my Family Practitioner and she was not buying the Zanax prescription. I take extended release Zanax for my anxiety. Part or my side effects of my stroke. Well my first visit did not go well. She wanted me to take a pee test every week. Which I thought was excessive as I have been under care for the last seven years. She then recanted to every month. And gave me examples of some 80 year old man that would give his prescriptions away. I told her I could not function without them. I am not very proud of that but it is very true, My work environment is very busy and noisy so I would have an extreme problem dealing with that. When I left I would have to take a pee test every month. (she did not look at my record) when she actually did she called my wife and said I only needed to come in every 3 months to refill the prescription. No drug test, She finally read my history. Finally. I do not like the fact that I have to take medication for my condition. But it works and it keeps me working. She was crying ( the doctor) . So I have had a pretty interesting week, dealing with my Dad, and dealing with my stuff. Everything turned out ok. but it has been very interesting. Chalk it up to a day in the Life! Terry

Yeah. I do not want to make it. She text'd me today. ( can't talk on the phone...) She said she love's me. It is way too much for me. I am tired. But I am also very attentive to the now. So I will see how it goes. I have been always willing to have the relationship with my sister, it is just not the other way. I am very open minded. We will see. I do not want the drama. And I love this song. It is about a father and son. The father is gone and the son live on with a certain memory I do not want.

It is a very long story with my sister. But I did try to have a relationship with her. I find it now very hard to maintain. My parents will do nothing. Now as far as my family this would never happen. We would make sure of it. i have a son and a daughter that live 6 miles from me that feels the same as I do. So I have no worry's except I really did want some type of relationship with my sister. I did try but it is to difficult. I will not go on any longer pretending I can change her. I have in a sense come to the end of the road with her.

Drama. It's what has been the center of my attention lately. My Dad just went through a heart cath and they found an artery that was 90% blocked. It started with him becoming ill with the flu. Due to his heart ( right side only working at 10% he had some issues. His specialist did a heart cath and put a stent to open the artery. He did not have any damage to his heart. He was very lucky. But my sister, my mom, my dad are stating he did indeed have a heart attack. His specialist, his doctor and I did hear it all..... said he did not. My sister is very, how should I put it.... very vane, selfish. I had an extremely estranged relationship with her. After my stroke I wanted to include her in my life. I would invite her to many outings or just go out to dinner and she would waint to the last minute to cancel or would not tell me at all. This deal with my Dad has been it for me. I have always had all Holiday dinners at my house, have no problem with that except because she is still mad at me as I am going off of what the doctors said "he was lucky" he did not have a heart attack, She will not attend Easter and she is upset of my opinion. I have no clue why we as a family our torn between the glass half full or empty. Me if someone said I did'nt have a stroke I would be all over it. For some reason my family wants the symphony. I told my sister I was done. Done meaning to not bother me any more, I hate it, that it turned out this way. But it was a one way street. This is the short version. I understand how short life can be.... she does not. And I am a good person. Just having a hard time dealing with this crap. My family means the most to me. I guess it will just be the immediate family. Terry

Jamie, I think that is a great idea! Take it slow and enjoy yourself. You deserve it! Talking about pulled pork, ribs, chicken..... hmmm now your making me want to fire up my smoker!

My Dad went in to the hospital Tuesday, he had to have a heart cath done to check for some abnormals from failing his stress test a few weeks ago. I drove my Mom and Dad in as my Mom refuses to drive. We get to the CiCU unit for the cath. I hate this place. Reminds me when I was in the hospital. I went up to the nurses station and looked at the board. There were 10 scheduled for the day. Same doctor. His name is Arapor. I paused and asked the nurses if I was in the right place ( always key) and that I was here for Arapor day. They got a little chuckle out of it. He did great, they did have to put a stent in as he had 90% blockage on his right side. This makes stent #5. He is 78 and if you took away the congestive heart failure in decent health. : ) He did not tell no one how he was feeling, nothing. he is very lucky. So this story has a happy ending except that did I tell you I hate hospitals! Terry

This is for all the caregivers out there.... Oh... and I also like this song. ; )

So I went to a Ducks Unlimited banquet tonight and the quest speaker was Rob Portman ( Ohio) He had a nice little story to tell about his model 12 Remington and his grandfather. His aid thought I had a deep carry voice as I did. But the bonehead did not need to tell me that. i did not disrupt Portman's speech... But for some reason his aid was to the extreme. I am a republican but... not a Portman fan.. So I will keep my voice and ol' Portman can keep his and his aid well ,,,,,, he can stay home. Politics can just stay out of my way. Terry

Nancy, Same here, congratulations! Hmm... nine pounder huh? Maybe Liam might be a future NFL superstar! Terry