Hi Beth, First Shelly and I would like to thank you for your birthday wishes. Now for a couple of corrections. Yes I do try to kick azz but I don't do any pushups on the commode, there are only two things that I use the commode for. Up until recently it was only one thing but since my kidney transplant and TURP operation I am happy to report that I now can do both of those things on the commode[?]
How I do my pushups is by holding the edge of my kitchen sink countertop so as not to fall and use my arms to do those pushups using an up and down motion. When I'm feeling good i can usually can do up to 50, then later on another 50. As far as that number 3500, that is how high I can get using that plastic machine i believe is called a spirometer. It is where you put the end of the tube in your mouth and suck inward and the float inside starts to rise. I can do it for about 10 times consecutive, some times I can get it up to 3500 and sometimes just a bit lower to about 3000. Anyway my wife is not so sweet if these doctors or hospital try to mess with me or her, but I think that I have already mentioned it to everyone. If not then let me know and I will send it out that story once again. The one thing that I have learned in our almost 40 years of marriage is to never, and I mean never call her Rachel. Her name is Rochelle, so I call her Shelly. When ever anyone calls her Rachel she is always ready to correct them and makes a point of it.[?] Now I have learned from her whenever someone calls me Marin instead of Martin which is a sign of having a lazy tongue or a lack of attention on their part. Good luck to Richard on his upcoming test Beth, I am very sorry to hear what happened to your dog I hope that it is finally able to recover and is comfortably able to rest. I am an animal lover and when I rescued my current dog from the pound just a day before she was going to be put down I made a pact with her that I always do with any of my previous dogs. As I was petting her I told her that no matter what she did that I would never hit her, and she has to respect me and my family and never bite any of us. So far it has been more then 8 years and our pact is still in order. 18's, Marty Happy Birthday to Marty and your sweet wife. You do kick azzzz...and you are our hero..inspiration and all around nice guy. :) Great news from Richard too!! I will do BCR abl in a couple weeks and let the group know how I am.. Rough week...Monday I was walking my dog and she got attacked by a very large dog.., picked up three feet in the air and shaken...so we have been in the dog ICU since Monday...tried to take her home, 12 hour later back in the ICU, complications, abyses, etc..drains, surgery to remove dead tissue....but she is amazing...when I brought her home..today...( tomorrow she goes in for a new drain because the old one did not work properly..) she looked at the stairs and one at a time...very slowly... she went up to her favorite place to lay down...it's like Marty doing push ups on the commode, ..and by the way 3500 .....I don't know anyone who can do that number at any age Marty..so you are amazing....... anyway...we are taking it one day at at time..but making progress towards healing...each and everyone of us. Love and 18's to all, Beth On Sun, May 24, 2015 at 9:00 PM, bkbarney via CMLHope < [email protected]> wrote: > Happy Birthday to Marty and your sweet wife. > You do kick azzzz...and you are our hero..inspiration and all around nice > guy. :) > > Great news from Richard too!! > > I will do BCR abl in a couple weeks and let the group know how I am.. > > Rough week...Monday I was walking my dog and she got attacked by a very > large dog.., picked up three feet in the air and shaken...so we have been > in the dog ICU since Monday...tried to take her home, 12 hour later back in > the ICU, complications, abyses, etc..drains, surgery to remove dead > tissue....but she is amazing...when I brought her home..today...( tomorrow > she goes in for a new drain because the old one did not work properly..) > she looked at the stairs and one at a time...very slowly... > she went up to her favorite place to lay down...it's like Marty doing push > ups on the commode, ..and by the way 3500 .....I don't know anyone who can > do that number at any age Marty..so you are amazing....... > > anyway...we are taking it one day at at time..but making progress > towards healing...each and everyone of us. > Love and 18's to all, Beth > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Richard H <[email protected]> > To: cmlhope <[email protected]> > Sent: Thu, May 21, 2015 11:01 pm > Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Today's > > Yeah, Marty! Another challenge another kick AZZ success. Happy > Birthday to you (2x) and your wife. I know you are soaking up that > beautiful View from you picture window and that is charging your energy > level beyond belief. > > Richard H. > > On Thursday, May 21, 2015 at 5:59:59 AM UTC-5, wa2yyx wrote: > >> Hi Susan and everyone else. >> >> Well another hospital stay but I just got home yesterday. This time it >> was phenomena so I was started on an iv antibiotic which I will have with >> me for about two more weeks. Anyway it was my goal to celebrate my wife's >> birthday which was on May 20th and mine is actually today and also my >> second birthday of my bone marrow transplant back in May 21st 1989. >> >> So I just put my golden attitude hat on (Zavie Millers zero club number >> one is what he personally assigned to me in my home a very long time ago. >> >> So what happened? I got my AZZ right out of bed with my IV pole and got >> out of my room and started walking. I walked three times a day up and down >> the hallways of my ward. Once I got back to my room I rested then grabbed >> onto the sinks counter top and did some modified push up's. I kept on using >> that plastic breathing machine to suck air into my lungs so that I was able >> to cough up whatever was in my lungs I was finally able to make the float >> reach 3,500 and do it for ten consecutive times in a row. >> >> One of my doctors was standing right there and he said that he couldn't >> even do that himself. >> Well I did all of this for a week and I was finally discharged but with >> a picc line and a portable antibiotic pump that I am able to carry around >> with me. I have a home care nurse that changes the IV bag every other day >> or so. >> >> Today is some of my doctor appointments as well as my blood work. Man >> am I happy about that picc line no more needle holes all over my black and >> blue arms >> >> Listen folks please don't consider me to be a super hero but someone >> that has a kick AZZ healing attitude, and as long as I am alive it will >> always be with me. >> >> I told all of you this story so that you will realize that you can help >> yourself by having this kind of attitude. This is what I did when I used to >> live in that small plastic bubble (luminous Air Flow Chamber, and I will >> never forgot how it helped me. Not the chamber but my attitude. >> >> I beg each one of you to try and do what I did because it works for me >> and with a little effort it can for you. Just start very slowly and let >> your mind control your body. Remember what I once told you, Leukemia is a >> disease of not only the body but the mind as we.. >> >> 8's, >> >> Marty >> >> On Wed, May 20, 2015 at 4:28 PM, rszim0702 via CMLHope < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Guess you and I are kind of on the same track.....both were off >>> everything for quite some time, now my number is .01%, near 0....and you >>> are, too! Every day is a gift. We will be on vacay next week in Virginia, >>> but I will catch up to your results sometime after Tuesday! >>> Going to the Shenandoah Mountains for some R & R for my stressed-out >>> husband. Best wishes! >>> 18's, >>> Susan F. Zimmerman >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Richard H < [email protected]> >>> To: cmlhope < [email protected]> >>> Sent: Tue, May 19, 2015 11:59 pm >>> Subject: Re: [CMLHope] Today's CBC >>> >>> Thanks! But after a 15-17 log reduction three months ago I only had >>> a 1.795% left to go to zero.. I am expecting the best. I had a phone call >>> from ONC's nurse after my ONC finished reviewing some o my tests. She said >>> I was to told to call you and tell you all He can say is "They are >>> AWESOME!'. I will post the actual next week after Tuesday. >>> >>> Richard H. >>> >>> On Sunday, May 17, 2015 at 8:17:13 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: >>> >>>> Yay, Richard!!! I'm also expecting your BCR/ABL to show you are much >>>> lower than the last time! Let us know! >>>> >>>> 18's, >>>> Susan >>>> >>>> -----Original Message----- >>>> From: Richard H < [email protected]> >>>> To: cmlhope < [email protected]> >>>> Sent: Fri, May 15, 2015 6:46 pm >>>> Subject: [CMLHope] Today's CBC >>>> >>>> today's HEM was 10.4 up from 8.7 last week. Yeah!!! It was in the >>>> acceptable range. Drs. disagree when to take my last shot, one prefers not >>>> to have a shot when the HBM is above 10. However both agree that if the >>>> HEM is above 11 a shot can do more harm than good. I took the shot today, >>>> but if all continues as the last 2 weeks, this will be my last one for >>>> sometime. Yeah!! It is entirely possible that I will achieve the normal >>>> range for the first time since 2002 for sure. >>>> I had my blood drawn for my ABL-BCR test. 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