Surgication is over!

It's always a bummer when you come home from vacation and realize it's over. Well, imagine that we went to St. Vincent's (doesn't that sound tropical) and spent a week with "cabana boys and maids" that kept wanting to poke me with a needle! AND I still feel very much like I have the flu as far as my strength goes...

In fact, not to make you feel sorry for me, but just to give perspective where I am, this is is how I feel. 1) Haven't showered in 8 days...won't get to for about 20 more! Only sponge baths (thank God for Jeanah!) 2) I feel like I have several feet of duct tape on my belly holding drainage sites in place and the suchers. (again, thank God for Jeanah...she has to change the dressings twice/day. I can walk about 20 -30 steps before becoming winded. Not dizzy, just my heart thumping out of my chest...
tired, like I have the flu (and am healing).
Suddenly, my poop comes out the front, not the back (Um...what?) Oh, and I feel like I have a ball of that duct tape in between my cheeks.
And to boot, on my three main fingers on my right hand I feel like I have duct tape because they are slightly numb, but coming back slowly. BUT, I have very little actual pain, which everybody is quite amazed by, and I'm particularly happy about.

On the good side, I see how great my God is and how awesome my wife, friends and family are. Praise God for raising up an agent in Dr. Lee who was able to do some complex surgery like this!! WOW!! When I hear what he did, unbelieveable! I want to get an read the surgical notes at some point.

I AM AlIVE...and CANCER FREE!!!! Woo Hoo!!

OK, I'm getting tired of being at the computer...more later...