I know it's been about a week since I wrote in this blog, but I do have a good reason I finally got the rotator cuff surgery done it will be week two weeks on Tuesday since I had the surgery, this time though it was a little different approximately in 1993 I had rotator cuff surgery on my right arm and it really wasn't that bad, but over the years the way they do things have changed some for the better and some for the worst as far as the better this time  whenever I went into the operating room in they put a nerve block in the left shoulder for pain control which that work pretty well the block I received approximately 3 p.m. and it did not wear off until 2 a.m. the following morning which that worked out very very well, but from what I understand from the therapist I really did it in this time with this arm instead of being a small ripped which I  had in the right arm this time I had a huge hole clean through the rotator cuff so what they did this time besides sewing up the rotator cuff they shaved the bone and knocked off the calcium deposits, whenever I woke up this time from surgery I had no pain but they had my whole arm in an inmobilizer, which supposedly I have to wear for the next six weeks and I have to sleep in a recliner instead of my bed which that it's kind of difficult, due to the fact that I am short and the recliner is an oversized recliner, and it's a little difficult getting in and out of the recliner and it's really a son of a gun to get the feet down on it.

                                  Another thing I should add, the reason I can write in my blog and write my e-mails is before I went for the surgery I installed my Point & Speak which my son had gotten   last year for Christmas, which I have to say that was a pretty good invention this is my third Point & Speak out of all of them this is the one that really works the best. And another reason I decided to had the surgery at this point in time is my daughter's home on leave from the Army which if I have a problem she is here to help me get through it when my wife is at work, to my surprise I have already started therapy two days after surgery which during the right arm surgery I didn't start until  a week later, I have to say though it is really sore and it still hurts like the dickens at times but like like they say no pain no gain, So we'll just take one day at a time and see what develops.

                                     Until next entry everybody have a happy Thanksgiving weekend, and enjoy the weekend and be careful and look out for the snow.

Take Care  God Bless By for now

Getting ready for my daughter to come home tomorrow really looking forward to it, We have the house already to go, so we can have a very enjoyable visit.  I am glad that she is coming home at this time she will be a big help to my wife due to the fact that I am having surgery I hope that the recovery time for my shoulder really will not be that long the last time I had this surgery was only out of work for approximately 6 weeks so I will consider myself very lucky if the left arm comes back that fast which I really hope and

    A group of us met last night for a coffee clash everybody in the building was welcome to come and we had a pretty good turnout we had approximately 9 to 10 people show up, this is something new that were trying to break up the boredom of a long winter, unfortunately over the years everybody that lives here kind of get cabin fever and this way with a weekly coffee clash we all get a chance to get out of the apartment for a few hours, and fact one of the residents brought up to my attention today we should have a movie night also a few times a month and you know I think that's a great idea. At least for the winter months because in the summertime everybody sits out on their porches in the evening and that is not too bad, but in the winter time  you are in your  apartment all the time, you see we have a lot of elderly people living in this building and some of them  live alone and this way we all get to meet and talk and keep each other company, and also check on the welfare of our neighbors which is the best idea of them all.

Well the elections are finally over, we have a new President, President elect Obama, finally we get the old war machine out of office, the outgoing president just don't get it that he is the worst president this country ever had since its conception, anybody that would start a war over nothing deserves exactly what they get, but unfortunately this yahoo with his mindset that I am right and you are wrong will never understand the common folks, this whole administration has been a blemish on the face of humanity.

                    Will getting back to our world they have scheduled my surgery for my left rotator cuff for the 18th of the month, Thank heavens at least one of my children won't be home for the surgery date and will be able to help me for at least a week after the surgery, unfortunately the other one will not be home for a while. But I am really looking forward to seeing my children since it's been almost a year since I seen either one of them, Being a military family this is one of the things that we have to be used thanks heavens that there is a least telephones that we can keep in contact that way and also computers that we can also keep in contact in that direction, I know as a parent that you cannot live your child's life but at the same time you do like to keep in contact with your children, I am very Proud of my Children for their decision in serving their country what more can a parent asked for other child that they do believe in putting country first and fighting for what this country believes in, God has really blessed us with our two children both of them always put God, Family, Country, and their friends first in that order.

 That is all for now so as always God Bless, take care till next time bye for now