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Dave is getting... get this... SIX... yep you read that right... SIX bypass arterial grafts

He's a sick boy and this is short notice, because he won't make it to Monday if they wait...

07/22/2024

3 years ago this very minute, I was wheeled into surgery and asked three questions... what is my name, what is my birthdate, and do I know why I am there...

I passed the first two questions of that mornings pop quiz, and for the third I said "I'm here so a small Japanese man can play around in my chest cavity for fun and profit"...

"I guess he's in the right place" said the small Japanese man with a very deep Japanese accent who was out of my view the entire time... Everyone laughs...

13 hours later, I wake up... 12 hours in surgery... six hours having my heart shut off... waking up was as bad as being born, which is why it's a good thing we don't remember that... I remember this and I don't want to...

I'm the only person that survived long term from that group of seven that day... they were pretty old... all but one over 80 years old... They told me that I was prime grade A meat so I was going to make it no matter what...

The two weeks I spent in the hospital ICU recovering from a very long, painful surgery and subsequent infection, only to return a few weeks later with Covid thanks to a roommate who didn't think it was a big deal to infect a heart patient with Covid and wondered why he still had to be evicted anyway because I didn't die... people are weird...

Anyway... today is my re birthday... literally.... Every day is a new day I am grateful to have, because I would have been dead otherwise...

Thank you to the wonderful surgical team at the University of Utah Hospital and the ICU care team after, and the cardiac rehab team as well... all of them got me past dead and on the way to being alive again...

When you face death, laugh, and then go out for drinks afterwards because even death is tired of trying to take you from this realm, you get a new perspective that few really ever get... Everyone lives, but does everyone really live???

I try to live a good life, and if the universe is willing, I won't get beat up by bubba or Jethro or whomever was that I didn't even remember existed but apparently I ruined his entire movie experience at Twisters by telling him that the movie theater isn't his front room. Whatever... I'm a bulldog and thanks to my buddy Keebler for helping me with the best live action version of the meme "let me at him bro" whilst you hold me back... But yeah, that guy was huge and I would have likely been minced meat but man who beats up the elderly? MWAAHAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

03/06/2024

Mouth feels way better than yesterday sort of, but my head feels worse... it's like there's a new titanium post in my mouth and everyone was invited... to hit me in the head...

Anyway, I have a question regarding splitting the moon in half. I have the calculations necessary on the device needed to do it, but my issue now is encircling it with a warp like bubble to transport it towards the great attractor.

My question is this... what will house cats think of the moon not being in the sky anymore? Will they be mad, blow it off like everything else, or puke on my couch again?

It's been a bit so here's an update on where I am... I'm in Magna. Boooooo... Anyway...I've been going to the gym four d...
05/14/2022

It's been a bit so here's an update on where I am... I'm in Magna. Boooooo...

Anyway...

I've been going to the gym four days a week, with varying degrees of success. Some days the workouts are super light. Today was actually a huge win as I was cleared earlier last week to lift weights as I saw fit (just don't break anything lol)... and today I did 55 pound lifts (three sets of ten reps) on each arm, and three sets of 125 pounds leg press, along with 14 minutes on the arm bike, and 16 minutes on the treadmill... felt amazing... tomorrow I'll probably wake up in pain but still worth it!!!

I'm doing well physically and mentally... the layoff in March was a bit of a downer, making me feel kind of unwanted and useless, but then after about ten minutes I realized that Unisys can bite my shiny metal ass so I felt a lot better about it. I have a lot of great prospects and interviews in the coming weeks, so I know I'll lock something down that's awesome.

I've promised forever to post some pics of my scar, but I keep forgetting... I promise to remember and stop forgetting... I promise... But it's super red, and the doc told me that this can happen and not worry about it.. could take years to fade out, but it's red because of where it is and how much I am doing to keep interrupting it's healing.. which isn't a bad thing, it will just be very pronounced for a long time...

The sternum is nice and strong... hasn't cracked in months... it cracked a total of four times, which is kind of expected, but it's held together and seems to finally be a little better. There is a little bit of a lump that appeared out of nowhere. Over the phone they were convinced it was some cartilage that popped out of place, and it still may be part that, but it's a sternum hernia, and since there is no pain, there won't be a surgery to fix it until October or November at the earliest... if its' still there that is.

Anyway... will pop in again in a few weeks to let you know if I'm still alive still again.

Ciao.

03/03/2022

I just wanted to reach out and tell everyone that yes, I am fine.

My company is laying me off. I have not yet separated from the company, but I was ordered to cease work immediately. This is standard, and I don't hold that against them. I was not given an explanation for the layoff, which is also standard.

According to some of my employees who reached out to me, they have not been informed. According to some, all they have been told, if they have been told, is that I am no longer with the company, or that I am taking some time away. I understand that messaging in the event of a leader separation is always tricky to navigate. I get that.

I hope for anyone still there, they give the company a chance without me there. I wish the company well, and I wish all those I leave behind all the best and great success going forward.

As for me, the rest is a bit of a slog and if you don't want to read it all, it's all about leadership.

I was there for nine years. I gave everything I had to them. I almost died as a result of it. At least I got my heart surgery covered. So there's that. Great insurance for the most part. Probably could have done without the heart attack. In other words, don't live for work. Work to live, and then go live outside of work. I got too close to the forest and couldn't see the trees.

Understand that I am not bitter about this separation. Not in any way. This is actually the best thing in the world that could ever happen to me. I am on to much larger things, and even better health!

The world is my oyster. And I don't even like oysters!

I am a particular kind of leader, one that I do not feel that was meshing well within the company the last couple of years. They need leaders that do exactly as they are told to do. I lead my own way. It works, but it isn't what they wanted. That's okay. I don't take it personally. I am my own man, and I am proud of what I do.

I am proud of my time there. I learned a lot, and helped build a great organization that I leave to the eternities.

As a leader, I have always held that employees need to be treated with respect from the start, and through the entire employment period, even if you have to terminate them for any reason.

Part of treating them with respect is being transparent in your dealings. I have always been that way with my employees. I have treated them as human beings, not as numbers. It has led to a very low turnover rate year over year, delivering solid performance and earnings year to year.

This last year has been hard as I lost a lot of people due to finding new opportunities with new companies. I have had so many agents finding promotions elsewhere and I am so proud of them all!

Switching companies is not a bad thing. Finding your path is all anyone should be concerned with. I have always worked hard to make working with me a good path, but it isn't the end all be all of the universe, and I accept that I am but a single player in this team.

I lead by letting my people do their jobs. I coach where necessary. Good people make good work.

Micromanaging people is bad for business. It makes people hate you, hate the company, and hate their clients. I have made a history of not micromanaging people. I have made companies a lot of money. I have made great experiences with the people I work with.

Remember, people don't work for companies. They work for people. Be a good person. That's my motto for life.

I choose to lead people by showing the way. Leadership is by example, not by demand. Treat your employees with respect, always.

It works both ways. As an employee, I never ask for more than I deserve to receive. I work hard for what I do get. When I am asked to deliver more than was ever negotiated because you've altered the deal and tell me that I should pray that you don't alter it any further, then you've become Darth Vader and this is the Empire Strikes Back, and that's a damn fine movie, but a bad way to lead if you aren't willing to literally choke people to get what you want.

I will let you all know when I have landed at my next life adventure. It could be anything, anywhere. And I will enjoy every minute of it, because I am alive, and that's something to be thankful for every waking moment.

- Dave

09/27/2021

Hey all.... it's been a bit since I've updated so my apologies... things went sideways a few weeks ago... I got Covid for a second time... yep... Delta variant...

I got so sick from not eating for five days and not drinking for two days due to nausea that I had to be readmitted to the hospital. Luckily, they did an antibody test and it was high so my natural immune system that was hit with covid last year was doing its job, but, the nausea that caused my not eating and drinking threw my electrolytes into chaos, which, affected my heart.

My EKG was so whacked out that they couldn't give me any pain meds for two days as it would have caused a cardiac arrest and that would be the end of Dave. I didn't sleep for those two days, and was mostly in level 10 pain those two days. They kept me covered in ice packs to help with the pain and my high body temp. It did help but man that was misery.

I watched a two day marathon on Discovery or one of those channels where they played the entire catalogue of Moonshiners... now, my brain thinks I smell moonshine everywhere I am... thanks brain... but, it did help keep my mind elsewhere.

Once they saw my electrolytes back in whack, and my EKG back in it's own version of whack, they dosed me out and put me to sleep for about 16 hours, minus the every three hours they wake you up to give you more drugs, redo the EKG, and take my blood. I did take advantage of the Chocolate Ice Cream those final two days.

After four days, I was Covid free, and everything was great again. Got to go home and live to tell the tale once again.

As much as I love the U Hospitals French Toast for breakfast and the Chocolate Ice Cream, Orange Juice and Sprite Zero... I would rather not be in the hospital...

There's no place like home...

I promised a pic of my chest soon... I will go live next Sunday, October 3rd at 6pm MST (that's 8pm EST and so on)... I will go live until 622pm... that time is significant... that's when I was awakened after ten hours of surgery... it felt much like being born.... and it was TERRIBLE... so at 622 pm I'm going to sign off after talking to the lot of ya and maybe watch Sunday Night Football...

Thanks for all the love and support... love you all back!!!

08/16/2021

Apologies for my lack of updating everybody on how I am doing. After 10 days in the hospital I was finally able to go home. I have had just a couple of small complications in the last couple of weeks. I’ve been retaining fluids and we’re dealing with that. I’ve also had more pain in my chest than I care to have but we are dealing with that also.

Overall my spirits are good. My sternum is still healing and likes to make clicking and popping sounds. I can feel the titanium wires in bands holding my chest together underneath my skin and it’s weird.

Because my chest is still healing I am still under severe restriction regarding how much weight I can carry. 4 pounds is my restriction and I can only lift it directly in front of my chest. That will stay until my chest completely heals. I can’t even move my arms left to right without it affecting my chest pain and healing position.

I just had to have an emergency partial root canal on a broken tooth. I can’t have it finished for a couple of months due to my heart is still healing. I wasn’t even allowed to have laughing gas and honestly what’s the point of going to the dentist if you’re not gonna get that.

I go to cardiac rehab three times a week. I can now walk on a treadmill for about 10 minutes at 2.2 mph. That’s pretty good considering it’s only three weeks out since open heart surgery and what turned out to be quintuple bypass surgery. They were able to get away with just five instead of six.

My medical bills are going to start piling up pretty fast. Without insurance it would be more than I could possibly bear but even with insurance I have a lot of out-of-pocket expenses that it’s gonna take me some time to figure out how to deal with that.

Overall I’m still a little freaked out that I had to have this in the first place. However, I haven’t felt this good in a very long time. I can feel with my fingertips for the first time in two years. So however long this bypass stuff works I’ll take it.

I’m developing a gnarly scar on my chest so if you want I’ll post some pictures of it here in the next day or two. Thanks to everyone for your support your well wishes your prayers and your love. Is so much appreciated.

2500 feet without losing his breath and his heart rate is still normal! Dave is feeling SO much better! Look out world!
07/31/2021

2500 feet without losing his breath and his heart rate is still normal! Dave is feeling SO much better! Look out world!

Aaaaaaand.....Dave has actually finished his (4 oz) steak! This is a major milestone, folks! He just might be on the men...
07/30/2021

Aaaaaaand.....Dave has actually finished his (4 oz) steak! This is a major milestone, folks! He just might be on the mend!

07/30/2021

Dave is excited! He's got his appetite back and has made it halfway through his steak! Yay Dave! (By the way, it's only a 4 oz. steak)

07/27/2021

What a crazy few days. I am OK. I am in a lot of pain. Most of my pain is from my chest and for breathing in and out. Or dealing with the pain. I am down to one chest tube. I still have a neck tube. I have a lot of work left to do.

I at least have a good day at work for medical providers here. And I am involved in my daily medical decisions. Even when I get home, it’s going to be several weeks before I could even begin to start the process of getting back to normal.

It’s about six weeks from the surgery before my rib cage is healed. They had to break it completely open and it’s currently held together with wires.

There’s still a danger of ripping it all open.

I’ve been coughing a lot and it hurts. It’s the worst kind of hurt you can imagine. It’s like somebody is trying to cut their way out of your chess cage. I would like to stop coughing.

There’s a lot of pluses and a lot of minuses but it’s a dance of fixing the things and finding more things to fix. I’ve been dealing with a lot of nausea so my appetite has been very low. Blah. I’ve only taken in maybe 100 cal a day or so the last few days. So my weight is going down which isn’t terrible but they are monitoring. I can’t go home until my nausea is under control and my chest tubes are out and my pain is under control and my coughing is under control.

Lots of fun. I don’t necessarily recommend open-heart surgery unless it’s really important.

He's alive! He knows this because he's eating ice cream! And enjoying it!
07/24/2021

He's alive! He knows this because he's eating ice cream! And enjoying it!

So guess what, folks! Dave has a new room! And he’s able to open his own soda now! And oh my goodness, look at that view...
07/24/2021

So guess what, folks! Dave has a new room! And he’s able to open his own soda now! And oh my goodness, look at that view!

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