Jim Parker

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Hernia surgery details - for those who wanted to k - For the benefit of several people who asked about my hernia repair surgery, here are the gory details... Mine was an umbilical hernia (belly button), and it was sticking out may...

Hernia surgery update - doing well - Had the hernia repair on Friday morning. Everything went well during surgery, despite the fact that I passed out while trying to pee afterward... How embarrassing! My blood pres...

Surgery again... - Some of you may recall that after I had my RNY procedure, while I was recovering in the hospital, I had a massive umbilical hernia that "popped out" when I was getting out of bed t...

NSVs galore - My life has been a whirlwind lately, and I've been too busy to really get on here and post, but thought I would catch up a bit today... Last Saturday, my son got married.  We ha...

Slow month??? Really? - I had to go get some clothes for my son's wedding...  Got measured for the tux for the wedding day, and bought some dress slacks, and a nice shirt and tie for the "day after", when...

3 Month "Surgiversary" - I'm stuck at home - iced in by the "Stormzilla" that's sweeping the entire country this week.  As a result, I'm catching up on several of the OH forums that I don't visit as freque...

Day 20 - Weekend fun - I promised to let you know how the "walk in the park" went...  It went well.  In the "excitement" of getting the dogs leashed and out of the car, and keeping them away from the duc...

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Day 17 - What a ride! - Woke up this morning, and the scale said I've dropped another 3 lbs.  That's a total of 56 lbs thus far.  That's like putting down two 25-lb bags of dog food!  I don't really think...

Day 10-11 My wife left me (to visit my daughter) - Day 10 (11/12/10):  My wonderful daughter is pregnant with our first grandchild.  Saturday morning her friends are having a baby shower for her.  However, she lives 4.5 hours dri...

Day 6 - Sleept in BED last night! - Ahhh!  After four nights in a chair, I was able to sleep in my own bed last night.  It was wonderful!  (At least until I woke up at 5:30 on the dot.)  I was even able to get into b...

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