Re: Hi Robert..PecPanther is back 2 answer ur ?'s.




Wow..Robert I am sorry you had to endure all that... I went thru some
very serious health issues myself so I can somewhat relate as I was
close to dieing and loosing my leg and glute 2 years ago... was on
Vacomycin for 8 weeks , hospitalized for over a month with a month home
aftercare where I remained to hook myself up to the IV every day and
night...when I was able to walk again I was all crippled up and it hurt
to merely move, however I was thankful to be moving... not too long
after I was back to myself again and trying hard as ever , I ripped my
Rotater Cuff and Biceps tendon... then a few more procedures After that
set me back even more... I am still in pain when I work out from the
first rep to the last, so I know what you mean about it not feeling
good or enjoying being there... without getting further into the
pyschological dynamics blah blah... I Pray that through all this, it
has restored your faith and rejuvenated your zest for life and know and
appreciate just having the ability (as is an Honor and a Blessing
after what you have ben thru) to just even go thru the motions of
lifting...eventually you will get there..but that mentality of push it
to the limit has to ease up..you have no choice, as you have to create
that solid foundation and then as YOU said the Muscle Memory is
Amazing, especially when you have been doing it as Long as we have... I
Still have my bad days in the Gym where I just want to cry...and have(
one of the benefits of having my own gym, besides working out topless(
haha) and then other days I feel so thankful that I have stuck through
it and know that if I am not my own worst enemy, I will regain all of
what I had and then some, as the Inner strength with each hardship is
what perseveres and pulls us through the things in life which we have
no control over... I know you know all this..I just empathize with you
and still yet another thing of which we can relate... I am rambling...I
gotta go to bed.. Hang in There Robert..I know you Will come to a more
comforting level and you will be Happy and Proud to have endured the
pain to achieve each step to recovery. Take care and Good Night..
Lynn
P.S. My Close Friends always told Me I must have a little Black in me
TOO! For Other reasons than you though! :-)) BTW.. Love Jazz ...
After Drums, Trumpet was my second instrument of choice.... I was a
strong runner, a great sprinter, Love Rap and Hip Hip, love to dance,
dress kind of hip, and love Black people in general...Male and
Female...



I have been through too much to let much get me down. No offense, but as far as
the faith part goes, I am an atheist, so I am more of a believer that we make our
own fate etc. May I ask what type of infection you had to have to get Vanco that
often? I used to have to get that all the time when I was on peritoneal dialysis
and would get peritonitis. Let me tell you, I had a kidney stone in high school
and that felt like a scraped knee compared to peritonitis. At least when I got to
the hospital with that, they gave me enough morphine to basically put me out
until they cleared it up. The positive about getting it through the PD dialysis
was that I had a catheter in my abdomen already, so they just kept filling my
abdomen up with saline and draining it out, so each time it just kept literally
pulling the infection out of the abdomen and then the Vancomycin and Gentomycin
killed the bugs. Needless to say, after that I gave up that type of dialysis and
started hemo dialysis, the type where you go to a clinic 3 times/week and they
clean the blood. That was FAR better for me than the other type. One more thing I
was curious about, you made an odd comment about my saying I worked with Dan
Duchaine. Dan was one of my best friends and when he died, that is what really
stopped any involvement in BBing. Dan and I met through BBing, but once we became
friends, we almost never even talked about it.

Take care

Rob

Dear Rob,
First Off, I am sorry about Dan... When we meet I will fill you in
privately of some things that I totally lost respect for ...however I
am not going to publicly announce this very private stuff...we all have
things in life that we regret..that is all I am saying here, when we
speak you will understand where I am coming from...
I would like to stop by and see you, but it appears I will have no down
time until after the first week of October..things are just hitting me
fast and furious and have to be in the best condition I can with only 5
weeks to work at it... I still have a ways to go since my rotater
surgery..its tough... very painful still...only so much I can do...

as far as the Vancomycin... I had a Bacterial Abscess that I had tried
to medicate on my own... I can tolerate a LOT of Pain and was
excruciating..my Leg was the size of an elephant and my ass was Bigger
than a watermelon...my temp. was 105 and I was delerious before I
called a friend for help... I could not even bend my head down 10
degrees wihout feeling pain in my ass... leg weighed at least 300
pounds it felt... the Drs. were freaking out...had a staff of 6 Top
surgeons waiting for me to get thru my cat scan, all prepped for
surgery... they were going to Amputate If the Poison had begun invading
my muscle tissue... the infectious disease Dr. was the one in Charge of
the SARS incident... I was at the Mercy of the Good Lord and those
awesome Drs... ( I do not judge, even though you are atheist) I was in
so much Pain that I was ready to die actually.... I had a Drain placed
in me for a Month..they tried every other antibiotic out there and
nothing touched it...The Vancomycin being the strongest known to Man is
what they do NOT want to use unless it is the last resort...for if my
body built an immunity to that then there would be no hope and I would
have to loose my Leg and ASS or Die...

Take Care Rob..again I apologize if my comment about Dan hurt you... at
times I F#@K Up just like everyone else.... I am Sorry....

Take Good Care,
Lynn

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