Don Mike - Back from the darkness!!!

Hello everyone. Sorry for keeping you all in the dark for so long. Today is the first day I've really felt good enough to sit at my computer for any length of time.

I just can't thank you all enough. All the nurses kept joking about all the flowers and balloons I had in my room, it looked like a flower shop! LOL! Randy and Ray sent me a beautiful plant that I can keep (thank God it's low maintenence, as Randy told me, ha ha ha) and I got a big cheerful bunch of balloons from the GWW crew. JUB and Alleybucks also sent wonderful get well surprises, in a addition to things sent from family and friends, so there was not a moment that I didn't feel the love and support.

The final doctor's report said that the appendix had basically died and gone gangrene. I mean, who gets gangrene anymore??? I thought that just happened in old westerns! At any rate, the appendix had perforated and some of the nasty leaked into my colon. They got it all out but I was in recovery for quite a while. They said I had a 104 fever, which is pretty dangerous. Most of the pain of the operation has subsided and now I just have to rebuild my health while fighting the infection. I get tired really easily, and have to take it easy but I'm starting to feel like a real person again. Oh, and my temperature goes up and down like a yoyo, so I go from being cold to hot in a flash, always fun.

I was so thrilled to get a visit from my new bosses while in the hospital. Two days into the new job and my body up and bails, I knew I didn't have anything to worry about but I still felt bad. I'm really fortunate to be in such an understanding environment. I'm sure some places would pretty much say "see ya when you get back" but they really went over and above the call of duty on this one. Thanks guys. I just wanted everyone here to know how amazing you are.

Okay, recovering... new job training... getting better. I'll be around but if I'm scarce at first, y'all know why. Thanks again for all the calls, flowers, balloons and well wishes. :)

Good to have you back Don, this place wasnt the same without ya :thumbsup:

Regards,

Lee

welcome back buddy :thumbsup:

Thanks Lee, it's good to be back! Oh, and my apologies if anyone tried to reach me in the hospital and I either didn't answer or didn't get back to you. Not to sound like Mr. Popular, but after the first several phone calls each day I was just too weak and tired to keep answering. However, even in my sickness I did feign diva status a few times by looking over at my sister and saying "Vhy... vhy von't zey leave me aloooone". LOL!!!

Oh, one really funny story. My sister literally dropped everything to come be with me and in her haste she forgot to bring pajamas, so the first night she went into the cupboard and found an extra hospital gown. When they wheeled me in from the recovery room the orderly almost passed out when he saw what he though was another patient laying on a rollaway bed in my room!!! LOL!

Don

Get well soon, baby!

Steve

Glad you felt good enough to post and let us know how you're doing! Give yourself time to heal up -- it's going to be awhile before you're ready to be auctioned off again!

Much Love

It's good to see you back on the keyboard, but don't overdo yourself. You have to get yourself better by resting! Sending lots of happy thoughts your way...

Hey Mike,

WELCOME BACK! Glad to hear you made it through the rain OK. My best buddy Mike (hmmm, maybe it's a name thing?) recently went through the same ordeal. He was on the road on his way to move to Los Angeles, en route from San Francisco, when he became deathly ill. Luckily, he was spending the night at his roommate's parents' house when the shit really hit the fan, and wasn't driving or anything.

Glad you're back on the site.

:)

Ken

Welcome back Don, and take care, don't go rushing things now.. keeping happy thoughts for you...

Ian

Hey tiger glad to hear you're on the road to recovery!

Did you catch this from Pug by any chance??

Dart

i'm so glad you're finally feeling a little better. i did actually try and call each day a couple times - i wanted to visit, but i figured if you didn't feel well enough to answer the phone, having a visitor wasn't going to make your day.

sounds like we're pretty lucky you're still around. i know i feel lucky.

maybe we can all get together when you're actually feeling well :)

Dude,
So glad to see you are better! I was sending you lots of WOOFS!

Take it easy!
Buck

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Originally Posted by Dart

Hey tiger glad to hear you're on the road to recovery!

Did you catch this from Pug by any chance??

Dart

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LOL!!! We wondered about that. For those of you that don't know, one of my very best friends goes by the name of pug, and she had her appendex out two weeks ago. I told her I was jealous of all the attention. LOL!!!

Glad to see you back up and feeling better!!
You were missed greatly!!!

Hey Don,

Great to see you're back and mending.

Can you e-mail me at my gmail account please?

Michael

Benvenuto indietro, babe -- you and your witty retorts have been greatly missed!

Glad to hear you are feeling better and hope to see in the ring more.

poor boy :ill: just take it easy and get better!

cheers,
Luke

We are thrilled to have you back Don and so glad you are doing ok! Now get back to work! :whip:

Welcome back Don, get well soon...

and a very good start at MaxPixels I wish:yeah:

claudio

Welcome back Don Mike!

glad ur feeling better :goof:

any cute nurses?

Welcome back Don Mike.... Love ya much and hope you are doing... better..
Good health and wealth for a prosperous year we all have comming UP!

Welcome back. Take care of yourself and get better soon. :)

Mark

Welcome back Don!

Wow, it died and went gangrene? Did they find the cause of that or was it your body saying it didn't need it?

Hope you get better soon!

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Originally Posted by Sana Chan

Welcome back Don!

Wow, it died and went gangrene? Did they find the cause of that or was it your body saying it didn't need it?

Hope you get better soon!

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I have no idea. This has been a very stressful year for me and looking back I can see where my energy has been steadly dropping, so I don't know if that was because of the appendix or what. But it makes sense if it was. My friend is a doctor and he says that can happen if it somehow gets twisted. I have no idea. Nobody really needs an appendix. It's pretty much a useless organ. They say it may have had a purpose thousands of years ago but over the years it's purpose has become null. I'm just glad it's over and done with. Now I just need to rebuild my strength so I'll be all ready to go in Vegas. ;)

And thank God my antibotics are almost done. What I wouldn't give for a sour apple martini right now. LOL!

lol! Now now, no alcohol while on drugs. Iz bad, mmkay?

But you are correct. The appendix was extremely important when man's diet was mostly raw or semi-cooked meat and very rough veggies. Not the fru fru veggies we eat today. But our entire way of eating has changed so it is no longer used. Cept as bile storage.

But glad you are better! :groovy: