Category: My Bucket List Stories

  • The Announcement…

    A couple of weeks after our return from vacation my wife suggested that we go to dinner. She said that she needs to talk with me about something. The tone in her voice tipped me off to what I should be expecting in the upcoming discussion we would be having. I knew that it was…

  • First Week Home…

    I have now been home for a full week and am feeling better and a bit more confident. I am still here in this world and beginning to look forward to a future that I am not sure where it is headed. This was an unusual feeling for me. For some reason I had a…

  • The Mediterranean Diet…

    So, at the hospital I was reminded much more than I ever thought I could be reminded about healthy eating, watching what foods I eat, that sodium and sugar were not a friend to my health, I should watch what I drink including drinks with alcohol, and that I should look at the Mediterranean Diet.…

  • A Big Thank You…

    Last year after I came home from the hospital, I posted a short thank you to everyone who had helped me during my event on my older Facebook page. I now want to repost this thank you as I have reconciled all that happened during that very brief day and a half of my life.…

  • The Cath Lab…

    Out of the ER room we went quickly, but not rushing. We exited the ER into a corridor and went straight to the Cath Lab where a team was waiting for me to arrive. The room was prepped and ready for whatever needed to be done. I was rolled in and carefully moved onto the…