Just got the call from my sister . My 8 year old niece and her Dad were just chosen as contestants for a new reality/game show to be taped in Hollywood, and they want me to be in the audience with them. Get this…we have to be there tomorrow morning! The studio is flying us [...]
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As promised, here are two of the lesser gross pictures of yesterdays bone graft surgery. You can see how swollen the gum is around the implant .After scraping out the area, he filled it with synthetic bone and tightened it all up with 12 sutures. As soon as the local anesthetic wore off , it [...]
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Just as my marathon training is getting into full swing again, I’m already forced to take an unexpected break. No, it’s not asthma this time…. it’s my teeth. To give you a little background on my dental woes; about 5 years ago they reconstructed my entire upper mouth by installing synthetic teeth attached to dental [...]
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This morning I got to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event; Two humpback whales passed within a few hundred yards of my house! The wayward whales, Delta and her calf Dawn, finally made it underneath the Al Zampa ( Carquinez) Bridge , hopefully on their way to the pacific ocean. I had basically camped out on my [...]
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While I was in the hospital last week, my friend Brandon, who knew that I was a fan of Phillip Dunn (Olympic racewalker extraordinaire ) , apparently sent Phillip his own photo along with a letter about me , and then put my return address on it.Anyways, this is what I got in the mail [...]
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Actually, I was going to save this topic for another day when I could spend a lot of time writing it but, for some reason I feel the urge to crank out a few words now.While I was walking in Golden Gate park today , I was thinking back on my 25+ years as a [...]
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Finally… after nearly 2 years , Ive fallen out of the “Obese” category. This week I weighed 146 lbs which officially puts my Body Mass Index BMI well within the “Normal” weight category . Its about time ! Seems like it took forever. Its very uncomfortable to be heavy when you have breathing problems . [...]
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