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Rocky Mountain Blue: March 2010
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. March 12, 2010. It is so easy to be afraid. The story in a nutshell. Barry falls on the ice at work and hurts his shoulder. The doctor sends him to physical therapy to see if it will mend on its own. He makes progress, but not enough. Doctor schedules an MRI. Doctor says MRI confirms a full-thickness tear of the distal supraspinatus tendon. He will need surgery and is referred to an orthopedic surgeon. For som...
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Rocky Mountain Blue: February 2010
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. February 27, 2010. 5 months off is long enough. For the last month or so, I've heard a little voice calling me, a little blogging voice. I've taken a very long break from blogging, and here's my confession: I have been spending a lot of time over on {whisper}. Facebook. So back to my blog I have come. There is a new header picture, another one of Trent's. And I'm hoping to be back often. Picture of the Day.
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Rocky Mountain Blue: One year later...
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. March 10, 2011. I decided that, in honor of Barry's surgery, I should post a one-year follow-up. So here goes. The Workers Comp doctor (bless him! Had had surgery himself with excellent results, and so he referred Barry to that very same orthopedic surgeon (bless him, too! Bright and early one morning, off we went to the beautiful surgery center across the street from the hospital (good location, just in case!
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Rocky Mountain Blue: Unless We See...
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. April 23, 2011. Unless I see the nail marks in his hands.I will not believe it." Then he said to Thomas, "Put your finger here; see my hands." Thomas said to him, "My Lord and my God! Unless we see in his hand the print of the nail that marred it. Unless we see in his side the mark of the spear that scarred it. We are right to refuse to believe, to challenge his claims and doubt them. I've been married since 1...
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Rocky Mountain Blue: April 2009
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. April 18, 2009. According to our thermometer, the temperature yesterday seemed to be stuck right around freezing. The wind was whipping the snow across the yard, though, so it felt colder than that. So we gawked at each other through the big front window instead! April 17, 2009. It was just as I thought. I got up twice in the middle of the night to check for snow. Just rain. Oh, phooey! April 16, 2009. I'm loo...
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Rocky Mountain Blue: August 2009
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. August 7, 2009. Never to be forgotten. This evening I drove to Wal-Mart. Nothing new or strange about that. What a difference an instant can make. The scene is frozen in my mind. Her motionless body except for the hand reaching to her head. The slim middle-aged man jumping from his SUV and running to her, kneeling down and stretching his arms towards her desperately. Through the big window, I could see the off...
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Rocky Mountain Blue: September 2009
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. September 29, 2009. The Singing News Fan Awards are over for another year, and I'm not surprised at the results. The Booth Brothers (Ronnie Booth, Michael Booth, and Jim Brady) have done wonderfully well. Look at the awards they got! Favorite Baritone Singer - Jim Brady. Favorite Lead Singer - Ronnie Booth. Favorite Tenor Singer - Michael Booth. Favorite Male Singer - Ronnie Booth. September 27, 2009. My close...
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Rocky Mountain Blue: Good News!
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. April 27, 2011. Today was the day! A 2-month follow-up on my diagnosis of type 2 diabetes mellitus in February. The very nice and competent medical assistant weighed me first, and I was more than a little pleased to see that the doctor's scale (and you know those scales are never wrong like the little cheapie ones we have at home) says I have lost 18 pounds! So both doc and I were very happy campers today!
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Rocky Mountain Blue: Afraid...
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. March 12, 2010. It is so easy to be afraid. The story in a nutshell. Barry falls on the ice at work and hurts his shoulder. The doctor sends him to physical therapy to see if it will mend on its own. He makes progress, but not enough. Doctor schedules an MRI. Doctor says MRI confirms a full-thickness tear of the distal supraspinatus tendon. He will need surgery and is referred to an orthopedic surgeon. For som...
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Rocky Mountain Blue: Unrestricted Diet
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Photo by Trent, taken while hiking. At Emerald Lake in. Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado. March 25, 2011. Unrestricted = unlimited, free of restrictions. Diet = what I eat. I've typed "unrestricted diet" more times than I care to remember, as in "He is eating a totally unrestricted diet, I'm afraid! What the doctor says about patients who aren't listening to his warnings! And up until about a month ago, that would have described me, too! I want exact numbers! Yes, I had been. "Your A1c is like ...
