"Summer of Fox"

APny said:

So good to hear you doing all

So good to hear you doing all the things you enjoy: your bike, golfing, playing guitar. Yay about the good blood work results too!

Congrats Fox. You continue to amaze me. Did you do anything special to regain the strength in your arms?  I have started physical therapy and I am hoping that it does me some good. I still do not have full movement and strength in my left arm. 

I hope you keep on progressing and enjoying life.

firedude21

It's always great to hear from you Fox, you're a real hero

Keep enjoy the rest of summer time

Forough

foxhd said:

oh shucks

I am alive, I'm just lucky and try to take advantage of it.

Fox:

 I think that a more appropriate title would be the "The 9 lives of Fox"; your winter from hell gave way to a decent summer and now, we await the Fall. My level of confidence in your treatment and your working with them is pretty high.

So, chill and enjoy your summer but stay in contact, ok?

Sarah

foxhd said:

We have the same arm

firedude, my approach to rehab is a bit different. Trying to strengthen a muscle affected by nerve damage is like having a lamp not plugged in. Until the nerves regenerate there is not much you can do. But as they regenerate, co-ordination noticably improves. So the technique is to work on things that require cordination and combinations of movement. Yard work is effective and even cleans your yard. The actions of raking, and mowing and carrying yard waste are all things you've done in the past. Practicing these things as nerves recover reinforce normal motor patterns. Doing these things will also develope strength. And it is all very useable. I won't be hitting any weights for awhile. But I expect to if I continue to improve. It takes patience.

Is there any way of stopping my wife from reading this dangerous message?

Foxy rocks!

I have been away, with very little access to the internet this summer, and I have to say to log on and see this message sure did make my day!!

Look at you Foxy, showing us all how it is done.

The Summer of Fox, sure looks like a great one!

Big hugs

Jojo

money is like a air in a balloon. The air will always fill the space, and the more you put in, the tighter things feel.

It sounds like you already hit you lottery this summer, don't sweat the money.

Glad to hear you are well.

Srashedb said:

9 lives

the fox must have at least 9 lives or you must become a cat; 18 holes is awesome. i just said goodbye to my husband who is off to Alaska for a week; I worry about his back on the long flights and the camping but he's feeling great.

Two years ago, we were getting second opinions on the laminectomy and filled with fear at the term "palliative". Since then, we get the term as not being curative but treatable which goes with stage 4.

Fox, at his weakest, it was your story (after the IL2) that I shared with him to give him hope.

Now, you're golfing and he's camping in Alaska; for the newly-diagnosed as stage 4, these guys should give you hope.

Sarah

I love it!!!   Here I am again writing in your posts, I can't help it it's like honey to the bees!  You lift my mood, you make me smile and laugh and it just feels great!

I visit here very often and sometimes I don't write on posts because already some of you or many, had already answered and it would be repetitive and some other times I don't write because I don't have the knowlegde to answer... but truth be told, the main reason might be because I have been feeling a bit scared and anxious lately.  I think when I got over the surgery and my terrible post-op experience (ruptured artery), when I got my life back and all the sudden it was near Xmas time (wich in my country starts mid November or before),  I was so overjoyed and so happy to have my life back that it was all that mattered.  As the months have gone by and I have read and learned so much more about this disease we share, it has been feeling lately a bit overwhelming for me to cope with.  Im working on this, I know how worry is a total waste of time and energy and there is so much of life out there to enjoy.  So, that is why

reading "Dean Fox's" adventures and feeling his good vibes is like medicine to me!   

So great to hear about all the things you been doing and enjoying.  You certainly need a small break now. LOL  Thrills my heart to hear this.  Think of you a lot.  Pray for you a lot also.  Sorry have not been around for a few weeks.  Hubby had heart attack number 3, when I got him to ER they just started the heparin a going.  Cath a few hours later, 2 more stents in which makes him #9 now.  But he is feeling better now.  But so glad you are having a good summer.