Re: LIST: SICK [translation] [from don mckinley]

[janet paterson <janet313@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

hi all

for those who are new here
don mckinley is my adopted 'cyber-dad'
he has the worst spelling keyboard on the planet
and sometimes when he writes something worth reading [hah!]
i 'translate' it for him

[just kidding, dad, every single message you write is worth reading]

sis
aka
janet

At 11:23 1999/11/10 -0800, cyber-dad-don wrote:

TIP OF THE DAY
DO TODAY WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE DONE YESTERDAY

i have been very sick, mentally and general-health-wise.
my fingers have healed fine [from the fire] -
they still have a smoke smell, which i cannot smell. [lucky me!]
i finally gave in - i am going to see 3 different doctors.
it's a matter of my going willingly or being carried.[!]

i then will decide what I WANT TO DO - it is my life.
i still have not got over the last time in hospital;
[when i went in for some surgery and ended up in ICU for 5-1/2 months]
i still will not go to see anyone in hospital.

but i look like a lady with a child.
my waist went from 30 inches to 35 inches in 3 weeks.
my weight has gone from 110 to 140 in 3 weeks.
there is a lot of pain in my belly. [must be the dog-gone baby kicking!]
lolo [laughing out loud]
no need to call.
i can't eat or sleep.

i still read the listmail but have trouble in understanding a lot.
it bothers me that i have to hire people to do stuff i usually do myself.
like getting the leaves up with my tractor.

my baby [youngest daughter cheryl] said if any thing goes bad
she will let you all know.

it so easy to give advice, but to take it is something else.
I DO KNOW I WILL BEAT THIS PD.
but on my own terms.

they took my friend to the MAYO CLINIC.
i was right. they asked through his friend for me to keep working with him.

as of now i've got a lot on my mind
3333 [ed.- ?is this a secret code?] i can be of help.
C.G.'S  know what we PWP'S go through.

i hope i am making some horse sense here
.... i did eat a whole hamburger yesterday.

the DOCTOR WHO operated the first time is not sure if he wants to do it again.
but he thinks he learned a lot through me. as well as about PD.

all so flash backs VETS, you know what i mean.
so please don't worry, i am just a mean young old good-looking guy.

LOLO

I.Y.Q.   [say it fast!]

DON
AND
VIVIAN
[THE LOVE OF MY LIFE - FOR 54 YEARS]

PS MY 'BABY' IS 50 YEARS OLD NOW
LOLO!

BEST MED FOR PD IS
AVOID BITING WHEN A SIMPLE GROWL WILL DO
LOLO!

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