After the complications with my initial surgery, Plan A, I woke up to find God ROTFLHAO.  My Team, Dr and Wife counselors agreed to try,Plan B, hyperbaric treatments.  When that too failed I again woke up to find God sitting on the floor holding his side saying " Give me a break you are making me  hurt from laughing so hard. 

 We Went back to Plan C.  Plan C is the basic old school tried and true cure for this problem I have.  It involves a long healing period to heal the tissue killed by radiation and chemo  and then 2 additional major operations and 1 minor operation. All of this takes time.  How much time no one will say but if you squeeze them hard enough you can get a date of around Thanks giving out of them with all kinds of caveats and wherefores and whereases and the party of the first part etc.

"When God Gives you Lemons, Make Pound Cake ...................... Or whatever" Not having a great deal of choice that is where we are.  So for know, we are shooting for the 25^th of Nov as the date.  My problem is that I do not feel badly ( any more so than any one else that just had his throat slit) but I must be tethered to a machine that continuously feeds my high protein gunk through a feeding tube.  I am trying to figure ( and will) how I can contribute to my companies bottom line while all of this is happening.

I shan't boor you with the procedures or the history or the histrionics.  This AM I was thinking  about it and the last time I watched a world series from start to finish was in 1955 when I was in the 8^th grade.  That is one of the things that I will do as well as watch a lot of college and Pro football ( again something I have not done since 1955).  

I promise to be much more active in my blogging and as I get this wired down from the hospital may be I can do some research for you or what ever.  We shall see.  Please know how much I care about your all and how much I cherish your thoughts and prayers.  I will still not answer you individually yet but shall again soon.  Linda, thanks for sending the beautiful blog about our family reunion this last spring. 

Good Luck, Good Lending and Aloha.