I’ll SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD

Jun 03, 2011

I love the lyrics of the Bon Jovi song…  I’ll SLEEP WHEN I’M DEAD…..

Gonna live while I’m alive
I’ll sleep when I’m dead
Till they roll me over
And lay my bones to rest
Gonna live while I’m alive
I’ll sleep when I’m dead

Gonna live while I’m alive…what a great concept. Before my surgery, I was alive but I wasn’t living. In fact at best I was just a spectator in life, watching everyone enjoy all life had to offer while I sat on the sidelines.

Gonna live while I’m alive…how much did I miss? How many years of fun with my wife and kids? Ride the roller coaster at the amusement park…I didn’t fit in the car. Play baseball with my boys and the other fathers…I couldn’t run or stand too long. Go sledding on a beautiful winter day….are you kidding me?

Walk the boardwalk with my wife on a lovely summer evening….only if the boardwalk was one block long. Anything longer than that and I needed to sit and rest for awhile.

 Gonna live while I’m alive… all I wanted to do was live. All I wanted to do was enjoy life. All I wanted to do was be NORMAL!  All I wanted to do was live while I was alive!

Gonna live while I’m alive…these 5 words have a totally different meaning for me now. Three and a half years after my gastric bypass and 170 pounds lighter, I’m living my life and I’m living it to the fullest, every second of every minute of every hour of every day! Since my rebirth, I’ve run six 5K races. I’ve completed a 30 mile bike race around Long Island. I’ve rode every ride (twice) at Disney and Universal Studios. I’ve zip lined with my kids in the Dominican Republic.

 Gonna live while I’m alive…I’ve taken dance lessons and enjoyed long and relaxing walks on the beach with my wife. I enjoy going shopping because now I can buy clothes off the rack without going to the “fat-man” shop.

 Gonna live while I’m alive…because that’s what life’s all about…LIVING IT! ENJOYING IT! LOVING IT!

I’ll sleep when I’m dead….before my surgery, that’s all I wanted to do…sleep. I could wake up after sleeping for 10-12 hours and after a few hours, I would need a nap. I felt great when I was lying down, my knees didn’t hurt. My back didn’t spasm. I wasn’t gasping for breath.

I’ll sleep when I’m dead….since my surgery, I lay down, close my eyes and after a few hours I’m up and ready to go again. I’ve heard so many post op’s say the same thing…they call it insomnia. I call it my body’s way of making up for lost time. All those years of sitting on the sidelines, watching while I wanted to be doing….my body is saying “Hey Frank, Let’s live while we’re alive and sleep when we’re dead.

Yes, I love the lyrics to this Bon Jovi song…..Thanks Jon for stopping in at Frank’s Place… I couldn’t have said it better!!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi5jjrpptP4

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