Great, who let Rocky out to play on the internet?

So I noticed it has been since October of 2008 since I have even updated this blog. It is very surprising that someone did not look in the obit’s for me after my last post!

So what is up you may ask, are you dead or alive? The short answer ALIVE!

No open heart surgery, no cancer… Just a small blockage in my artery and some heart damage. The Dr. said I may have had a “mini” heart attack somewhere down the line.  Not good since I am only 35. 

Since you now know I am alive, well, and updated the blog (both with post, and to the newest version!), I bet you want to know what I am up to?!?!?!  Well so do I.  Be watching and I will give some more details.

Till then, Lord Bless!

As most of you may know, I am not right (Insert pun here! LOL).  Seriously, I have gone through numerous test over the last few weeks for a couple of things. Oh where to start, with what is going on is totally unrelated.

Lets start with issue 1, the pain in my side (No I am not talking about wyliemac). 2 weeks ago, I came down with a cold and fever, nothing to big. During that time, my side started hurting in the area where you get appendicitis. So I scheduled an appointment with the Dr, he poked prodded and scheduled a CT Scan for me to take a look. His theory is its appendicitis or a hernia. So we do the cat scan, results come back negative for appendicitis, however he is now “concerned.”

My Dr. then schedules an appointment for me to see a surgeon. He thinks its a hernia, and I may need operated on. So a couple days later, I am seeing a surgeon (Same day as I had a stress test scheduled by the way, we will get in to that in a moment).  The surgeon looks over the result, pokes and prods, and finds a “lump” in my side near the kidneys. He gives me 3 possibilities:

1.  Mesenteric Adenitis – Swollen Lymph Node’s due to the “upper respiratory infection” I have. Common in children. (Praying for this)

2. Internal Hernia, basically the pillow fight I had with my family the prior week could have done it. (acceptable)

3. Cancer. What?!?!?!?! Cancer?!?!?!?! Seriously, he said the lump could be cancerous. (unthinkable)

So he continues on, of the 3 scenarios it could be, he is thinking #1 the Mesenteric Adenitis. Why, cause that usually acts up when you have an upper respiratory infection, like I have. On top of that, I have had a very small pain it side when I had pneumonia a couple years ago. So, I take my amoxicillin and check back in 2 weeks, then we will do more testing! Awesome! My pain is subsiding somewhat and I am able to touch my toes again, however to feel it when I do bend over (Insert mental image here!).

So what about the “stress test?!?!?”

As some of you may know, I am a type 2 diabetic. I control it with 1 pill a day, somewhat watch what I eat (every so often I splurge), and do modest exercise.

July 2007 my mother had a triple by pass surgery due to 3 blockages in her heart.  Heart disease is hereditary in my family. With that said, my wonderful loving mother has been nagging me to get a “stress test” done for a base line.

So diabetes and family history are two factors that have a dramatic affect on my heart.

As we started, my Dr. noticed something about my heart beat, every 2nd one had an “extra beat.” Something he noted, but “was not concerned about” at this point. As continued on with the stress test to my target heart beat of 158, he noticed the “extra beat” was about every 20 beats or so, it spread out. As the physical part of my test concluded, he said he saw no “Major area of concern,” and sent me off to get pictures of my body while in a “physically stressed” state.

So we took 2 sets of pics, one “stressed” and one at rest, after that they sent me home. I waited about a day, then Friday morning after being awake for 15 minutes my Dr. called. “Rocky I need you to see a cardiologist, I think you have a blockage to your heart. I want you to have a heart cath, and I would like you to do it here!” For those who are following, its 8:15 am and I think to myself “HUH?!?!?!?! HEARTH CATH?!?!?!? I AM ONLY 34 YEARS OLD!”

So my precious wife drives me in to the visit the Cardiologist, in attendance is my mother and father, very concerned naturally. They are wondering why I am having a cath done at the Dr.’s office. I retort, “I dunno, its what he told me to do and this is when the scheduled it for.” Then my mother ask, “Did you let Amanda talk to them?” My reply “No!” At this point my mother shares a sage piece of advice with us “No man should ever go or talk to a Dr. by themselves.”

We step in to the exam room (my wife and I) to see the Cardiologist. She ask me a few questions, gives me an exam (by the way I am getting sick of being poked and prodded at this point) and sits me down to tell me what is going on.

She tells me the basics about a cath, she will take something like a wire, start in my groin area, run it through my artery, and look to see how bad it is. Once again, 3 things could occur:

1. It could be a false reading and there could be nothing. (This is the one I pray for)

2. She will have to leave a stint in there to clear the blockage and allow normal blood flow. (acceptable)

3. I could require bypass surgery. (unthinkable).

The surgeon states because of my age she thinks #3 is highly unlikely, but due to diabetes she thinks a stint will go in. That will put my in the hospital for a day.

So there you have it, why I have been providing the live tweets from the Dr. office and what is going on.

This Friday, October, 24 2008 at noon, I will enter the hospital to start the heart cath procedure. I will be sedated (I hope its the good stuff too) and find out what my future holds from there.

I have gone from being scared to relieved and anxious. I have put my trust in God that I am in His hands and His will be done in my life. I am relieved to have this done now, then 10 to 20 years down the line. No worries though, I am in good spirits, have my “chucks” on, and am surrounded by those who love and care for me!

Whatever happens will be to His Glory, and I will be able to continue on with life most likely a lot healthier, and with a few different habits.

Thank you in advance for your well wishes and prayers. They truly are very precious to me!

 

My son continues to amaze me. It has been over a month since he started kindergarten and is he starting to exercise his independance from me. He makes his own toast and butters it, pours his milk. When I drop him off, he gathers towards his friends and talks to them. Venturing farther and farther from my side as we wait for the doors to open. He is full of vitality and life, happy, and curious. I miss my baby boy, however am looking forward to getting to know my little man.

I hate to write, how did I get in to blogging? I barely passed English all through school and here I am commited to blogs like Agent Genius, CO Net, Central Ohio REO, USRBN, and this one. I think there may be another one out there, however I can not think of it.

It is unsetteling, I am starting to forget names of people I spent exorbanate amounts of time with in 92, 93. and 94. These years were my drum corp years, summers on the road living in charter busses and high school gym floors. Playing music on football fields in statuims across the U.S. and Canada. I look at pictures of the days gone by and I forget names. I remembver the faces, good times, bad, however I can not for the life of me remember names. Maybe I need to get some Ginko. Think that will help?

Of interest, I had 2 good conversations today. One with a prospect for buying rehab properties. He has an interesting strategy that sounds profitable. I can not wait to sit down and talk to him. He markets his homes to the retirment community. Says they are the best clients ever since they take good care of their properties. Looking forward to talkign more about this one.

Other good conversation. I found a lender today who is not afraid to do 203 k rehab loans. This is great since most people I work with want fixer uppers. This is great news since I have a new source to send my clients to for funding. I look forward to doing a few deals.

My Dr. called today, said that I am not managing my diabeties well. My hemogloben check came back for the last 3 months and spiked. He is wanting to get me involved with a clinical study on a new drug for the treament. Says it will do agressive testing and monitoring on me. May also motivate me to do better. On top of that, I get $20.00 each time I go to the office. I smell CO-Pay!

For some reason, I am struggeling to pray, read my Bible, and fast. I know deep down this are important, and feel diffrenet when I do not do them. I hear a voice in the back of my head telling me to do it, by my pride/flesh are just too lazy. I can not figure it out.  With the Grace of God it will get worked out! I have no doubts.

Then there is my wife, each day she amazez me more and more. I love being hugged by her each time. She has a way of squeezing me tight that says “I love you you big booger!” I really can not imagine living never having her in my life. Did I hit the jackpot there!

Its been a week of learning and doing for me. I need to work on my listening skills a little more, and get hunkered down for the end of the year.

Wow, what a difference a year can make.

Two Thirds thourgh 2008.

Started off the year with some goals and some dreams

I also let a lot of stuff ween.

My 5 year old is in school and growing like a weed.

My baby boy is no more, a lil boy, with a world to see.

Learning a new medium this web 2.oh

Last year at this time, the term I did not know.

I sit back and look, wonder where does time go?

It does go quickly, time is not our friend.

The last 3 months of the year, I will make a mends.

Real estate, roofing, ministry, and consulting

Saturday mornings, with my family, making waffelings.

I am amazed with how my family copes,

Each of ther dreams, their fears, their hopes.

Here is to making the rest of 2008 stand out.

With God it will be good, that I have no doubt!

 

What we know about the spammer behind Twitters “Six Figure Team”

10. They think Robin Curtis the actress who replaced Kirsti Alley as “Lt. Saavik”  in the “Star Treck” movies is “one HAWT babe!”

9. They’ve spent countless hours cruzing the internet to find real working schematics of the “Flux Capicitor.”

8. They have a plan to save alumin cans so they can buy a Deloran to put their  ”Flux Capicitor” in and to prove cars can run on water.

7.  They just watched the “Snarky Girls” and did an internet search for “Vegan” and are saddend they are not part of Mr. Spocks family.

6. Their mother tied a rancid steak around your neck so even the dogs would stay away from you.

5. The most exciting time in their life was when someone prank called them saying they won “free tickets” to a New Kids on The Block Concert from their local radio station because they knew the “prhase that pays!”

4. Direct exposure to non-subterranean levels and sunlight may cause instant combustion.

3. They took their pet hamester “Lady Puffy” to their High School Prom.

2. They think everyone on twitter is dumb enough to click on their link because the repost it thousand of times under different names with pics of half naked ladies.

1. They believe Millie Vanilli did not lip sync and Vanilla Ice is “jammin!” Wurd 2 yo Mutha!

On a cold, cold, cold October morning in 2002, while huddled under the outside pavilion at Hondros College during a class break from the Ohio Real Estate Pre-Licensing Class, a profound discussion occurred. As a professional real estate agent, should I keep the “Chuck Taylor’s?”

Some of the wide-eyed agent wannabes were all for it, I should stick to being me. Others, who had dreams of selling multi-million dollar homes, thought I should keep them at home. My instructor, Bob Eichoff (An established agent himself) said “You should keep them, It says there are no pretension’s about you.”

 

With that said, I kept the shoes, even though my girlfriend at the time thought they were hideous.

Keeping the shoes and sticking to my personal taste, I have won a few clients, and can not think of one I have lost. I have been very comfortable going through out my day, and made that girlfriend that hated my shoes, my wife (although she did not allow me to wear them during our wedding ) On top of that, I like dealing with torn up properties anyway, they have a lot more character!

Thanks Bob, for encouraging me to be myself, and to stick with the “Chucks!”

This is a day that I dont know what to say,

Things in this life are going my way,

Business is good and family and friends are many

I am praying to God I enter a lend of plenty,

Share and bless the others I know,

Show me something today Oh Lord, I want to grow.

Sometimes I sit and feel that things are stale,

However I am sticking it through, I am not going to bale.

Its days like today I dont know what to write

Thank goodness this is my blog and I can post whatever I type!

So now I sit here with a smile on my face

Very so grateful that you visited my place.

Thanks for stopping by and come back again

Maybe next time, I will write sumtin importen!

Its 12:46 am and I can not sleep,

Somthing is in my head, it is there stuck deep.

Or am I just hungry looking for something sweet?

I look at my toes I see my big feet,

Is this really something that I want to tweet?

What are these thoughts, the ones in my head I cant keep

Get them on paper, out of my head, sift it like wheat.

 

It’s 12:48 my wife is in bed asleep

Her eyes are closed, head on pillow, she is snoozing deep.

I love watching her lie there, so wonderful so sweet.

Should I lift up her covers and peek at her feet?

I cant believe I finnaly have her out there, beginging to tweet.

My wife is awesome, I am grateful God put us together, yes for keep,

By the way, did I mention she bought bread, its wheat!

 

It’s 12:51 most people are asleep,

Some people write things, the stuff is getting deep.

I found $5.00 in my pocket today, that is pretty sweet.

I also lost a pound today, for me that is a good feet.

Then again, is that something I really want to tweet?

Maybe next time, I will have that to myself to keep.

My wife is from Kansas, out there they burn wheat.

 

Its 12:53 it really is time for me to go back asleep,

My head in my pillow, wife in my arms, that would be sweet.

Snuggled in bed, covers pulled over my head, that could expose my feet.

Wow, there really are somethings I should not tweet.

Oh, a peanut butter and jelly sandwhich from last week, do you think it would keep?

Then again the bread I have, it is wheat.

 

Its 12:55 I am about ready to fall asleep,

Writing this down was really sweet,

The computer cord is wrapped around my feet,

Yes my friends, this is what I tweet.

The rest of my thoughts to myself I keep.

Thank goodnes, since I can not think of anything to go with wheat!

 

Since the members of The Central Ohio Network are heart broken about losing its great contacts. We e setting this up as a sort of “lost and found.” Please post a link to your twitter ID and hopefully your friends will find you!

@rockson

P.S. Dont forget to retweet this link!