five pounds of pee
My patched lung blew out again after a few day home despite Jude’s loving care. I had to go back in hospital for a week. I’m home again repatched and on light duty until I see a pulmonologist. I asked my doctor to quantify light duty. He told me not to lift anything over five pounds. This morning, out of an abundance of caution, I asked Jude to empty our bedside commode. She weighed our overnight output at 4.2 pounds. So now I, and you, know.
Mind you, this particular experience isn’t particularly life-threatening, but it’s enough to scare the shit out of a 77-year-old guy. The cumulative effect of a lifetime of bruises, cuts, sprains, breaks, surgeries and a clogged prostate in Rapid City, South Dakota, I suppose. The bright side is a heightened appreciation of every breath I take.
Speaking of 77-year-old men: Donald Trump. I will watch his booking tonight with glee but more so sadness since I believe that every day he breathes keeps the U.S. further from healing. I thought January 6th would be an historic turnaround point, but now I think there may be an event ahead even worse.
Watching the GOP debate last night was disheartening. Loudness and brashness was greatly valued over any glimmer of rational discourse. Vivat Ramaswamy was judged the winner by many pundits, but I found him the most offensive (although I do like the term “ramaswamymania”). He eagerly pandered to the rabid right wing audience. In doing so, like calling climate change a hoax, he gave any opponent a great sound bite should he have to tack to the centre in the general election. Amateur.
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Anchor Struck 
So glad to hear that you are on the mend once again, though I am sorry that you had to experience a re-do. It has been unbearably hot here in SEK so I am thankful for A/C and a sufficient retirement that can support such amenities. Donald cuts quite a fine mugshot but i am dubious about the accuracy of the data concerning his height and weight: either he was simply asked for his perceptions of such or the deputy/clerk took a bribe or their measuring devices need some recalibration—but I digress. There is not one of the other GOP candidates that are of presidential quality…the only positives from the lot of those who debated is that they are not as bad as DJT, but such is hardly complimentary…heal quickly and completely….keep writing…semper fi
JB
J.B., mucho regrets on your simmering situation. That’s the way it was the last time I was in P’burg. Here it’s 22 C. (72 F.), due largely to a haze from some of B. C.’s closest forest fires. Due to my temporary delicate situation, I’m watching way too much political punditry, cherry picking the plentiful good news and minimizing the bad. I do believe that the Trump train will run out of railway soon enough, but he still has the tactical advantage of being ruthless and ethics-less. There’s too much time and too many variables to worry about it, especially with college football starting tomorrow. My best to the Colonel. AP