Normal??

Had a normal looking, and feeling, bowel movement.  I know - - gross huh?  So one out of a 100 makes me feel good and gives me further hope.

Saw the cancer/blood doc yesterday.  Wants me to try an iron elixir instead of pills before we go to infusing me.  Hope the liquid works.

Low on Vit min D and PCP wants me to start taking 2 50K units a week.

Wished they would have been able to let me have at least 2 more feet of intestine and maybe I would not be so anemic.  Yeah I know deal with what I got.

been two weeks

Been about two weeks since I wrote anything here.  Have the time, have the energy but, just plain and simple, I just get lazy.

Been struggling with going to the bathroom a little too often and then  - - wham - -  I'm only going twice a day making me almost normal.  Wish there was a way to figure out why my body goes crazy and then kinda rights itself.

Missing out on a few things but it doesn't matter.

Saw the following movies:

*** - Carved: The Slit Mouthed Woman - 2007 - NetFlix gave it 2 out of 5  I give it a 3.

*** - Himalaya, 1999, NetFlix gives it a 3 out of five but I would give it a 4+.
From the IMDB - - An aging chief's last stand, lessons for the new, and the education of a young chief-to-be played against harsh Nature in Nepal's Dolpo. When his son dies returning from Tibet's salt lakes, Tinle blames Karma, his son's friend, refuses to give Karma his blessing as the new chief, and organizes a rival caravan to take the salt to lower Nepal to trade for grain.

Really rally good but given every ones appetite for the wham bam thank you ma'am type of movies most would not like it at all.  Oh well their loss.

*** - Premonition - 2004 - From the IMDB wesite:  While stopped at a roadside phone boot for transmitting his work through Internet to the university, Professor Hideki Satomi finds a scrap of newspaper with the picture of his five years old daughter Nana in the obituary. He sees his wife Ayaka Satomi trying to release their daughter from the seat-belt, when a truck without steer hits his car killing Nana. Three years later, Hideki is divorced from Ayaka, who is researching paranormal persons who claim to have read an evil newspaper anticipating the future still trying to believe on Hideki, and she finds that there are people cursed to foresee the future but without power to save the victims. When Hideki changes the future saving Ayaka, he becomes trapped in hell and he has to make a choice of his own destiny. Written by Claudio Carvalho, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Another really good horror story.  Must be able to read though.

*** - Face - Korean 2004 - Lee Hyun-min, who works reconstructing faces from skull, quits his work in a institute to stay with his Beta-allergic daughter Jin that was submitted to a transplant of heart by the specialist Dr. Yoon.

This is a really really good horror flick I mean really good ! ! !

*** - Ghost of Mae Nak.  A young couple reawaken the spirit of a famous old Thai legend.  It's OK but what I thought was funny was the sub titles.  Filmed in Thailand and in English, it was dubbed into Thai and then subtitles in English were added.  Too funny.

*** - Speed of Thought - -Joshua Lazarus has a special gift -- but will this gift destroy him before he can escape to freedom with his newly found soul mate? 

 Most won't like it but being the sci-fi guy that I am ... really good.. I give it a 4 out of 5.

Friday - 7 October 2011

 Coumadin level from yesterday was 2.9.  Coumadin doctor thought it was OK and I don’t have to go back for another check for 4 weeks this time.  Told her about the weight loss Sunday night via all the water that got pooped out and how bad my body felt all Monday with the body ache.  She thought it might have dehydration and now that I think of it she could very well be correct because Tuesday morning I felt OK.

Been raining all morning and COLD.  There will no special shape balloons going up this morning.  Matter of fact the sun has only shined for about 10 minutes around 10:30 this AM.  God but I hate cold weather.

Watched another movie this morning called:

……The Heirloom – 2005 -Horror

     A Taiwanese man returns to the island after years abroad when he inherits a house; when he and his fiancé move in, strange things start to happen.

   Geez but I don’t know why I like foreign films.  Maybe because they take more time fleshing out the characters and story but this was another really good horror story.  NetFlix gives it a 2.5 out of five where I would have given it a 3.5 out of 5.

Saw 3 movies yesterday.

Devil’s Den – 2006 - Horror

    Two small time drug-dealers cross paths with a female-assassin, a monster hunter, a Japanese swordsman and even the Devil himself at a gentlemen's club housing murderous she-demons.

……NetFlix gives it a 1.5 out of 5 but for what it is ( a B movie) it is worth more than that.  Good rainy day filler.

The Feeding – 2006 - Horror

    High in the Appalachian Mountains and under a full moon, a timeless evil rises. An awakened predator whose savagery and ferocity are matched only by its insatiable appetite. Consumed by its legendary bloodlust, the creature begins the hunt for its oldest and most dangerous prey: Man.

……NetFlix gives it a 1.5 out of 5 and it is not worth a half star out of 5.  Stopped watching after 10 minutes and that is saying something for even me…Ugh

Blood trails - -2007 - Horror

    Bike messenger Anne never imagined the horrific events that would unfold after her one-night-stand with stranger Chris.

NetFlix gives it a 1.5 out of 5 but that is way off target.  This is a cool horror movie and, of course, I liked it a lot.. heck maybe even 4 stars.

Friday 7 Oct 2011

 Coumadin level from yesterday was 2.9.  Coumadin doctor thought it was OK and I don’t have to go back for 4 weeks this time.  Told her about the weight loss Sunday night via all the water that got pooped out and how bad my body felt all Monday with the body ache.  She thought it might have dehydration and now that I think about it she could very well be correct.  Tuesday morning I felt OK.

Been raining all morning and COLD.  There will no special shape balloons going up this morning.  Matter of fact the sun has only shined for about 10 minutes around 10:30 this AM.  God but I hate cold weather.

Watched another movie this morning called:
……The Heirloom – 2005 -Horror
     A Taiwanese man returns to the island after years abroad when he inherits a house; when he and his fiancé move in, strange things start to happen.
   Geez but I don’t know why I like foreign films.  Maybe because they take more time fleshing out the characters and story but this was another really good horror story.  NetFlix gives it a 2.5 out of five where I would have given it an easy 3.5 out of 5.

Saw 3 movies yesterday.

Devil’s Den – 2006 - Horror
....Two small time drug-dealers cross paths with a female-assassin, a monster hunter, a Japanese swordsman and even the Devil himself at a gentlemen's club housing murderous she-demons.
……NetFlix gives it a 1.5 out of 5 but for what it is ( a B movie) it is worth more than that.  Good rainy day filler.

The Feeding – 2006 - Horror
....High in the Appalachian Mountains and under a full moon, a timeless evil rises. An awakened predator whose savagery and ferocity are matched only by its insatiable appetite. Consumed by its legendary bloodlust, the creature begins the hunt for its oldest and most dangerous prey: Man.

……NetFlix gives it a 1.5 out of 5 and it is not worth a half star out of 5.  Stopped watching after 10 minutes and that is saying something for even me…Ugh

Blood trails - -2007 - Horror

....Bike messenger Anne never imagined the horrific events that would unfold after her one-night-stand with stranger Chris.

....NetFlix gives it a 1.5 out of 5 but that is way off target.  This is a cool horror movie and, of course, I liked it a lot.. heck maybe even 4 stars.

6 Oct 2011 - - #2

     Coumadin appointment today at 4 PM.  Wonder what it will be.  Did a little work in the garage.  Mainly trashing stuff.  As I told my wife, basically I'm erasing who I am while I'm still alive with everything that I throw away or run through the shredder.  It hurts.
      Like today I got rid of the face page of the first contract I signed as a Contracting Officer for the Air Force.

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     Just finished watching Wolf Moon, also known as Dark Moon Rising. 2009 - http://www.darkmoonrisingmovie.com/
 - Small-town girl meets mysterious drifter boy, they fall in love. Only in this case, the boy brings with him a family curse and unimaginable horror that rains hell upon the small town.

Hey this was a good little werewolf picture  was really surprised by that.  It also had a killer 1968 AMX in it...neat.  NetFlix gave it 2 out of 5 stars .. sheesh I give it an easy 3.

6 Oct 2011 #1

Weight at 0700 hours was 146.8 - - - Weight at 0705 hours was 144.4
What a difference the morning bowel movement makes... just can never get over it. Oh well.

Saw 2 movies yesterday.

1st one: Damage with Stone Cold Steve Austin. An ex-con battles it out in the cage to pay for the operation that would save the daughter of his victim. Along the way he finds fatherly love, and friendship, in the most unlikely of places.
Net Flix gave it a 2.7 out of 5 and I'll go along with that. Not the worlds best kinda clunky. good for a time killer.
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2nd one was Black Swarm.

Done in 2007 for TV The widow, Deputy Sheriff Jane Kozik, moves from Manhattan to Black Stone, New York, with her daughter Kelsey Kozik. There she expects to find a safe place to live. The day after moving, a homeless man is found dead in the tool shed of Jane's blind friend Beverly Rowe. Devin Hall and the entomologist Katherine Randell are summoned to help with the investigation. Devin is Jane's brother-in-law and former boyfriend, and Jane still has a crush on him. Meanwhile, Kelsey befriends the scientist Eli Giles, who has developed genetically modified wasps to the army as a weapon, and now he is trying to revert the process. When the wasps attack Black Stone, Jane, Devin and Eli team-up to attempt to destroy the swarm.

Netflix gives it 2 out of 5 stars and I agree. Kinda neat twist about the zombies.

Left in Darkness - 2006 & Trapped Ashes - 2006

Gist of the movie #1:

A young woman, whose mother died giving birth to her, is facing eternal life in either Heaven or Hell. She must make the choice who to listen to, her guardian angel, whom she met when she was a child, or the evil ones.

Netflix gives it 2 stars and I will agree with that.  Takes a long time to go no  where.

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Gist of movie #2:
Seven strangers on a Hollywood movie studio tour are trapped inside a House of Horror and forced to tell their most terrifying stories to get out alive.
Net Flix gives it 2 stars and I'll give it a one star.  Gotta be a new (or old) low for John Saxon.   Sooooooooo stoopid even by my low standards.

Errata ?

Today is our 37th wedding anniversary.  Who woulda thunk it!  Probably do nothing as usual/normal.  Probably go to 5 Guy's Burger joint his weekend.

Rained like crazy yesterday and most of last night.  Made for a chilly morning.  The valley below us was filled with fog for about 20 minutes and then it disappeared as quickly as it showed up.  Wished I could of caught it with the camera but didn't think quick enough.... Oh well was truly an unusual sight.

After the echo gram yesterday and before I picked up the dog from the groomers I treated my self to 2 Krispy Kreme doughnuts and coffee.

Had a echo sonogram performed yesterday and the only portion I cared about was the ejection fraction (EF).  The EF in October, while in the emergency room, was down to 15% so today it is a little over 40 %.  Gotta luv medications that work and a lotta luck ! ! !

Daughter sent a picture of our granddaughter which I thought was cute.

 Not sure on how she got that effect - probably with the camera's built in software - not sure -  but I think it is cool.

Maybe add stuff later.  I just happy I did this 2 days in a row ! !  ! ! ! ! ! ! !

Quick weight loss

Before I get to the weight loss.....
Had  a meeting with my new primary physician.  Supposed to be only 40 minutes but we went well beyond that time constraint.  Am not easily impressed with doctor's primarily because of the "beneath the surface" arrogance they had the tendency to show.  Anyway, not only do I like her but the first thing she targeted was the malnutrition issue.  With only 6 foot/feet of small intestine I just don't get the absorption most normals get.

   Started sub-lingual vitamin D and B-12 and liquid vitamins (not quite a yuck but close)

An example of the stuff I take 4 times a day.

• Vitamin D - 50,000. units - 1 capsule once a week but am now starting to supplement that with Vitamin D3 at 5000 IU 2 times a day.
• Potassium chloride SA (Klor Con)   2 @ 2 times a day.
• Coreg - 400 mg 1 @ 2 times a day
• Magnesium Chloride 2 Tabs 3 times a day
• Vitamin B12 - she gave me a shot while in her office and am now, in addition,  doing B-12 dots sub-lingual twice a day.
• Ferrous Gluconate - 480 mg 3 times a day
• Lomotil -5 mg 2 pills 4 times a day.
• Codiene Sulphate - 4 times a day 30mg
• Lisinopril - 1 2.5 mg tablet a day
• Aspirin 81 mg once a day
• Multi Vitamin once daily
• Liquid vitamins - once a day
• Vitamin B Complex by mouth daily
• Lipitor - 10 mg once a day.
• Warfarin mouth daily as directed
• Vitamin K oral at bedtime
• Coreg 3.125 mg 1 by mouth 2 times a day
• Cyanocbalamin 1000 mg injection once a month

Plus there are a few others but I think one gets the gist of it. I know some folks have it a lot rougher than I do and take double or triple the amount of pills I take and I can truly sympathise with them! ! !

  Gotta take the doggy to the groomer today and then  my neck sonogram taken.

     Anyway what I really started to put down was how much weight I lost the other night.  I weighed in at 147.5 but went to the bathroom so many times that night, until 9 the next morning,  my weight went down to 143.8.  It was all water with very little solids.  Made for a tough night.  So yesterday my body ached so bad that I went back to bed just a little after 9 and stayed there until about 1:45 in the afternoon then realized I really had to get up.  Get up I did but my body hurt so bad it was  like if someone beat me with a baseball bat.

    Today I feel better fer sure.  No breakfast or lunch today because I have to do the running around.  Now 11 am and I am hungry ! !  ! !

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