REENIE'S REACH
by irene bean

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SOME OF MY FAVORITE BLOGS I'VE POSTED


2008
A Solid Foundation

Cheers

Sold!

Not Trying to be Corny

2007
This Little Light of Mine

We Were Once Young

Veni, Vedi, Vinca

U Tube Has a New Star

Packing a 3-Iron

Getting Personal

Welcome Again

Well... Come on in

Christmas Shopping

There's no Substitute

2006
Dressed for Success

Cancun Can-Can

Holy Guacamole

Life can be Crazy

The New Dog

Hurricane Reenie

He Delivers

No Spilt Milk

Naked Fingers

Blind

Have Ya Heard the One About?

The Great Caper

Push

Barney's P***S

My New Security System

Nothing Ordinary Today

Been quiet. Trying to sort. Organize.

Breathing is not good.

Doctor gave me a hall pass and waived an ER visit in Nashville this evening. Will be going to Vanderbilt in the morning. Something is wrong. Terribly wrong.

Saturation drops too fast. Can't sustain.

Imagine you are sitting in a chair and you try to breathe and there is nothing to breathe in. Really try to imagine. Um, clamp a hand over your mouth and try to breathe. The body's natural instinct is to then try to gulp even harder. That worsens everything. The heart rate skyrockets.

One's gulping becomes a dry drowning.

I've nearly slipped off the ledge twice. It's awful.

Is it a blood clot? The onset of pneumonia? One of my lungs collapsed? Or has my IPF rapidly progressed? Or might it be as simple as the elevation of my home and I'll have to temporarily relocate off the mountain. Pffffft. Piece-O-Cake. Or maybe I'll be able to stay on the mountain and simply increase my 02. This is my obvious first choice.

Per Vanderbilt request, I spoke to my Cleveland Clinic contact. Though not official, he indicated it all looks good and that I should hear from a scheduler in 2 - 3 days. This is not a definitive. It's still a waiting game but spiked with hope. I was also advised that if at any time I'm admitted to Vanderbilt and it's felt I should be transferred - Cleveland will come get me - with or without an evaluation. Wow! My contact at Cleveland was emphatic about that. It was the first time in two months I felt a positive tide washing away my sandcastles of concern. And maybe that's a large portion of my recent health setbacks - stress.

If I can remain on the mountain, I'll immediately look for someone to move in to assist.

I will update as I can.


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