This is my second attempt at this posting tonight as the first one got eaten by Blogger, so I hope I remember what I wrote. Anyway, I am now back home after my stay in the hospital and I thought I'd better dust off the keyboard and get the Chronicle back online.
First of all I would just like to extend a deep heartfelt thank you to all who sent the many calls, cards, gifts, flowers and well wishes for my speedy recovery. It really helped keep my spirit up at the level it needed to be to go through this.
For those who were not kept up to speed by Dianne's e-mail bulletins here is a brief review: I went into the hospital on Friday for the removal of the prostate and after a two hour operation which I was told went very well, I was back in my room high on morphine. Things went pretty smoothly for the next couple of days as I attempted to get my sea legs. I was finally able to get out of bed and sit for a while and was even able to take a liesurely stroll to the door. They removed the morphine drip and I kind of nose dived for a while until we got the pain under control with the Tylenol 3's. The next big challenge was getting my bowels working and once that happened there was great rejoicing. I progressed well and was able to take long walks down the hall. They let me out on good behaviour on Tuesday morning after removing the railroad track from the front of my stomach. The trip home was tiring after having to walk to the car and after driving home I took a much needed shower which really wiped me out. I then spent the rest of the afternoon in bed and was able to get up for the evening and even entertain some visitors before heading to bed for a hopefully restful sleep.

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