The Last Installment of the Blog

It has been a while since I last made an entry. I guess as I have been getting better and getting farther from the surgery things have been getting more and more back to normal and I've need the blog and its therapeutic value less and less. I hope the blog has helped everyone who has read it understand how I'm doing as much as it has helped me share my emotions. So one last entry...

This week I started back to work full-time. It was a short week since I took vacation on Monday and we only have 3 days this week with New Years Eve and New Years Day as holidays. It is a short sample but I feel good and my energy level has been good this week. The real test will come next week with a 5 day work week. Sounds tough but I'm sure I'll be fine.

It is interesting, although it has been 8 weeks to the day since the surgery, it has all gone so fast. I'm not sure I would have believed it before the surgery, but it really has gone quickly. I feel good and almost back to normal, although every once in a while I have a pain in my chest if I move my arms the wrong way, and there is the long scar on my chest as the reminder. I learned a lot about myself, my wife and kids, my friends, family, neighbors, and co-workers. I am a very lucky person in so many ways. I think I'll use my scar as a reminder of that.

Thanks everyone for all you have done from the visits in the hospital, to the food you brought, to the calls to see how I'm doing, the cards, the well wishes, the "Glenn sitting", and gift baskets. Thank you most for just being there for us. I wouldn't wish open heart surgery on anyone, but I am thankful for the positives that have come out of it. Thank you.