[at-l] One Month Ago Today

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Goat cheese on bagels don't count :>))

Clyde

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From: Jan Leitschuh <janl2 at mindspring.com> 

> 
> Holy crap, Artie! 
> What does "peculiar" feel like? 
> I've sometimes wondered about my gallbladder, being such a cheese-eater. 
> 
> You sure didn't act peculiar that day ... well, any more than normal, such as 
> normal is. 
> ;-) 
> 
> >[at-l] One Month Ago Today 
> Art Cloutman Art at crystalacresnh.com 
> Tue Sep 18 15:13:12 CDT 2007 
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> I headed to Rutland, VT to attend the Long Trail Festival and see 
> Jan's presentation. The traffic was very heavy particularly through 
> North Woodstock, VT, but i made it on time to hear most of Jan's 
> talk. Then Jan, Suz , Rick and I went into town for a nice dinner at 
> an Italian restaurant. Back at the fairgrounds I set up my tent then 
> walked around talking with hikers, a local cop, and listening to 
> music. The next morning plans had been made to ride up to Stowe to 
> hike to the summit, Chin, of Mt. Mansfield. When I awoke in the 
> morning, I went down to the Twelve Tribes' stand for a big breakfast. 
> I was feeling kind of peculiar but I took down my tent and went to 
> find Jan and the rest of the gang. Stumpknocker drove Mrs Gorps car 
> with the addition of Jaybird and Scarecrow. Jan rode in my truck 
> with me because I was going to return to NH directly from Stowe to 
> save about 2 hours of driving. We drove up the scenic auto road to 
> the vistors center in one car then walked 1.5 miles to the chin for 
> some great views. I was still feeling kind of strange. Not my 
> normal talkative upbeat self, but I really needed some time with my 
> hiker friends. Monday morning when I woke up at home I felt 
> terrible. Maybe it was the lack of sleep and change of diet over the 
> weekend. I took it easy. I was better on Tuesday but relapsed on 
> Wednesday. Thursday I had chest pains so it was off to the emergency 
> room of Lakes Region General Hospital in Laconia. The staff there 
> was wonderful. I just a few minutes it was determiined that I did 
> not have a heart attack. The following morning they did an ultra 
> sound scan of my liver and gallbladder. The liver look fine but the 
> walls of my gallbladder were thickened and the gallbladder appeared 
> collapsed. We scheduled more tests for the following week that 
> confirmed my gallbladder was not functioning. So, Thursday 9/13/07 
> it was taken out laproscopically. I now have three holes in my 
> belly, one directly under my belly button. All are held closed with 
> metal staples. It was quite an experience for me because even after 
> 65 years I have never spent a night in a hospital. I had never 
> experience an I.V. The night in the hospital after surgery I refused 
> any pain killers. I was discharged the next morning after a 
> scrambled eggs and bacon with toast breakfast. I was back at home on 
> Crystal Lake before 11 A.M. At 2 PM I took a little walk - didn't 
> tell my wife. Next Day I walked about 1 mile round trip. Yesterday, 
> I walked 2 miles and today I walked 3 miles. On Monday 9/24 the 
> staples come out. Maybe after that I can get out on the trail for a 
> day or two. 
> 
> -- 
> 
> Life is Good!!! 
> Art Cloutman 
> 
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