Sounds like you are recovering even if it is slow

Hope you get back to close to where you were before.

good news that you are doing better, keep going and never stop trapping

Hope you gain strength every day.

That was very moving and descriptive writing of your experience up to and including your surgery. I hope your recovery goes well and you can be comfortable during the process.

Thanks for the writing, awesome job explaining your feelings and experiences!!

Yes, we are mere mortals in the end, nobody here gets out alive. You got to "walk" up to the edge, think about it, and live again. Many don't get that chance. May God give you more time to spread your wisdom of your experiences of life...

Stay the Course ! You are needed here.

LT GREY Sorry to hear about your health issues /It is perfectly OK to feel a little bad for yourself ..It is a normal human reaction .About 10 years ago I was reading about someone that was dealing with a serious medical problem And what he wrote was "A person with good health has a thousand wishes ,and a person without it has just one "My wish for you today is to keep getting better

I hope your doing better every day. My prayers are with you!

Your write up brought up memories of years ago( like a dream).

Green bananas that’s hilarious good luck LT GREY.

Glad to hear your on the mend. May your days ahead be healthy and safe.

Glad to hear you made it through . The mental rollacoaster is worse the the physical one.




My neighbor walked over to our property line a few months ago to see what I was up to . I was moving a bunch of dirt around with a rented skid steer to level off some trailer parking . He was out of breath , I asked him if he was ok and he said he was going in for heart surgery in a few days . He seemed worried but tried to laugh it off . I tried to ease his mind with " that's an easy routine surgery " and " they have great doctors in our town " even though I am very skeptical of the so called medical profession . Anyways , they killed him ......he would have lived longer had he just stayed home . I miss the old dude , it's too quiet down at his house now . No chickens squawking , no activity what so ever . Just a disturbing erie silence

My thoughts always went to "Whos gonna take care of my Beagles", I know they SAID they would, but... Good luck.

Your guardian angel, your grandmother pulled you through! My grandmother was my guardian angel and I still carry her sacred heart in my wallet. Stay strong and keep getting stronger every day, you have a new lease on life.

Glad you are feeling better:)

Agreed!
Thanks for sharing, LT. Hope to see you in Lima as well

Hang in there man. Kickin and fighting till the end. It’s the right thing to do. I don’t know why I said it because it’s obvious that’s exactly what you’re doing.

When I was in the hospital, I received a call from an old client that was having beaver problems, just two days before my release.
Another trapper had failed to do the job.

On the way home I had to stop by and view the damage .
I could barely get out of the vehicle, I couldn't open the door by myself.
But, old habits die hard.

I stumbled to walk along the shoreliene

I viewed the situation and looked straight across the pond and saw a 36 inch culvert.
I said ( to my helper ) come back tomorrow and set a Comstock Swim Through Trap in the culvert. The beaver lives there.

Two days later , the beaver was in the trap. A $500. 00 one at that.

I stayed in bed the next three days

Good trappers trap, even if it's in our minds

I can relate to your experience. Have been there several times over the last six years and will most likely be there again within a few months.
I have heard the saying that "dying is easy its living that's tough". That could be the case, have thought about that when in the ICU and rehab multiple times.
The close calls seem to be more frequent.
My faith is the only thing that carries me thru those times.
I read a suggestion in a cancer survivors article a few years ago. When ask how I am doing, its easier to say" I'm doing OK" than it is to explain why I'm not". I use that often.
Wishing you well LT Grey.