Still in the South

Not much has changed on the health front. Alan continues to be very careful with the diet and exercise. It's a long journey and we were told not to anticipate him feeling noticeably better until after the first of the new year -- 3 months out of surgery.

For an active guy that's pretty difficult to take. I guess the one good thing about football season is he has something to watch on television almost EVERY single day, regardless of the hour.

Short walks, drives, and visits to the grocery store are his routine outings. He can definitely find his way around grocery stores very quickly.

Alan will not be heading north until sometime in January at the earliest. Hopefully all will go well and we'll get the clearance from the doctor at that time. I'm tentatively planning to head home in a week or so to catch up on some work. There will be someone here near him until a week before Christmas and that should allow me to leave with some assurance that he'll eat, drink and exercise.

We're moving to another apartment just minutes away from A, A, and S which will allow him to walk to the grocery store, Panera Bread and have dinner with the daughter. She should be home until about mid December -- at which time I'll need to make other arrangements or head back down.

He's not allowed to drive and still has twice weekly lab appointments as well as the clinic appointments.

Some workups tomorrow and clinic again on Thursday. Hopefully staples will be removed and we'll have further word at that time.