Holy Mother of Updates

I've said in several previous posts that I would expound on various subjects later and haven't gotten around to it, yet. Oops. Life has been throwing me curve balls and having me jump through hoops, lately, so I haven't had much chance to keep people updated on everything. I can barely keep up with myself, these days.

Here's the skinny...

I can:
-Regulate my own body functions performed by my lungs, kidneys, intestines, etc. (HUGE deal)
-Jump (sorta- I have the landing down, the take-off is still kinda rough)
-Run (it ain't pretty, but I can kinda, in a weird way, do it)
-Ride a bike (I rode all by my self on Monday!)
-Stand all day long
-Walk for a few hours
-Go weeks without throwing up, getting a bloody nose, or coughing up small woodland creatures
-Be outside for more than 10 minutes without my skin cracking and falling off

I don't have to:
-Measure out every thing I eat
-Manage my blood sugar
-Do blood filtering very often

I still:
-Get winded easily
-Feel a buzzing in my toe at all times
-Have to watch what I eat
-Get infections a lot
-Probably can't eat that
-Have hope that I'm going to beat this thing

I am:
-The least moldy I've been (my fungus is dying off!)
-Getting physically stronger
-On normal Candida levels (my yeast is back in check!)
-Exhausted
-Quitting my day job (tomorrow's my last day)
-Starting a company with my business partner (we've been working on it for about a year, now it's kicking off)
-Moving to TX for a bit and then moving to LA at some point I told you big changes were coming...
-Grateful
-Blessed

I'm headed to Texas for a wedding this weekend, for a week. Then I'll be back in San Francisco for a week. Then I'm off to LA for a week or so. Then to Texas indefinitely.

There. Consider yourself updated.

Decisions & incisions

Yesterday I had my one week jaw post-op check up. They took the external gum stitches out to examine the wound/bone and see how it was healing.

I made them take a pic before they restitched it.

If you're squeemish I'll pretend to be sorry for showing you this...



(It's hard to see, but the incision is about an inch long) Pretty, eh?

Things look good, so they put in dissolvable sutures, and gave me the go-ahead on straws and chewing on that side. I go back in 3 weeks...


*A week ago I met with the infectious disease doctor and went over, in detail, the results of all my tests (including my kidneys- which I will update on soon). We talked about possible options for my course of treatment, medicine, possible clinical trials, etc.

I've elected not to discuss any of that information with anyone because I wanted the decision to be MINE, solely, without any commentary or persuasion.

I've pretty much made my decision, and once the ball has been rolled, I'll outline what it entails.