Better! Better get a Bucket...

It's been a couple weeks since I've written...sorry about that...don't give up on me though...I'm still hanging tough! I may not always feel like writing but it all comes back around eventually. As you can probably tell or have already heard...I am feeling better right now.

Ah, the holidays...started with a bang!
This was the 1st Thanksgiving with all the 1st cousins from the Elleman side of the family since the 80's!

Still crazy after all these years!


This was the scene before digestion began...or tried to begin.



Thanksgiving dinner went down pretty well...I just had a tad of everything...but even that was more than my system was use to eating. I moaned awhile before going home...there the moaning got worse...I moaned in bed...I moaned in the bathroom...I threw in some gags trying to make myself sick about a dozen times...no go...I moaned to the doctor on call...I was soon moaning to my mom over the phone...time to take another trip to the emergency room. She arrived in moments with all the cousins following behind.

It was close to 10pm...but the ER got me right in...(one of the perks of cancer)..."Must be me in the front row."

Relief was soon on the way...pain meds distributed...x-rays and scans began. Obstructed bowel was the verdict and admittance was to follow. It was after 2am when I arrived to see my buddies on Main 5 - The Cancer Institute. I was feeling relief...we'd wait 'til morning to see what the Dr. suggests. By 4am...Mom and I get some in and out shut eye... before Doctors were storming in...flipping on lights...hollering about eating too much turkey...then barking orders.

The nurses were instructed: Up the nose with a plastic hose...and down the back of the throat into my stomach. I won't go into any more details but my system was cleaned out. The goal was to decompress my innerds...rest the bowel...nothing to eat or drink...throw in an ice chip here or there...let the kink work itself out...and it was highly unlikely that I would be leaving that day. Please keep in mind...it is now Friday after Thanksgiving...one of the biggest nights of the year for me...especially this year.

This evening was to be the:

T-shirts had been printed and caters were cooking...The Party Must Go On...without me!

It did.

I slept through most of it...in and out between the late night drunk dialers...I was missed and it sounds like I missed a BiG oNe! It is estimated that over 100 people were in attendance. For those who were there...from the old neighborhood to high school to family and the best of friends...thank you...I love you all!