In Hell without a snowball.

Yes, my CAT scan is scheduled for tuesday morning and I have a 3 day weekend! Unfortunately, I can only do light cardio until than, but I will be excited to get this over with. Wish me luck!

     I had a cool time last night. I went to the Bronco’s game and ran in to a friend I had lost contact with years ago. He was my section sergeant on active duty; he’s a cool guy. He had gotten remarried had a new baby 9 month old and his new wife was pregnant again. Congrats, Jere! It was weird to think that I left active duty 10 years ago this month. I am still in the National Guard, but it was alot different in the Regular Army. I do miss it and I have thought of going back in, but I don’t know. It would be a big adjustment to go in after all this time. I will probably just start OCS in March and find a good AGR job after I get commissioned. The only bad part about last night is I went drinking after the game. I had fun, hanging out with some friends, but still I should not be drinking anymore! The only reason i did was that I cannot work out right now, so I figured that I would blow off steam another way. BAD IDEA, that much alcohol is not good for anyone’s body! Bad Tom!

   WARNING **** VENTING ******* WARNING ***** VENTING IN PROGRESS *******

     So far, I have had some good suggestions on BB.com about where my headaches are coming from. Now from my friends in Colorado; that is a complete different story. The last few suggestions I have received is: Maybe it’s a tumor (which brings up Arnold Impersonators in my head, "You have a tuuummmooooor"), type two diabetes, a blood clot, a hemorrhage, etc. Man, am I starting to get nervous. I know they care about me, but one hell of a way to show it!

   I have always been pretty healthy and I hardly get sick. Usually, when I do get sick my body kicks in pretty fast to take care of it. This is the first time that I can remember (besides hurting my shoulder in jujitsu, but that was my own dumb fault) being truly sick (hopefully this is still blown out of proportion and it is something small). The one thing that scared my when I went to the doctor’s is my blood pressure was way over my normal (which was still in the normal range). I am usually a 112 over 68. This time I was a 120 over 88 (which i have NEVER even been close to) which to me is freaking high. Of course, I am not a doctor or a health care professional (yet, at least) so maybe that is not too high of a variance, but since I can remember the highest it has ever been was a 115/73. So, I am keeping a positive outlook and blowing off the severity of the CAT scan (I am still going), and thinking of alternate causes. Maybe, my brain is swelling from over use (again most of my friends would disagree with this statement)! and also, I am going to the Broncos - Cardinals game tonight which should be cool. I grew up in Phoenix and I now live in Denver, so it is the best of both worlds! Talk to you later.

Tom

Don’t take this the wrong way, but I hate you people who get to work out! You suck!

   Well, I have just returned from the doctor’s office and they do not know yet. I am going in for a CAT scan next week and I am not allowed to do any strenuous exercise until after I have been checked out. In one way this is good, get in there and find out what’s wrong (well, at least what they can fix), but at the same time, ANOTHER WEEK WITH NO GYM! Yeah, that sucks. I will have to try something different. Maybe some light cardio. That should be okay, right? I will use this time to get my diet right where I want it. I figure maybe this is my body’s way of getting me in to eating healthier. Well, at least this won’t be a complete waste of time. 

Tom

     I don’t think I have been this excited to see the doctor in my life. I can’t wait to see what the doctor thinks and how long it will take to hit the gym again. I am sitting here checking the clock every few minutes. I am hoping it is something trivial like I had an inner ear ache or something similar. Wish me luck!

     I have my appointment for tomorrow at 2:45 pm. WooHoo, soon I will know what is bothering my Damn head. I keep hoping that it is something really minor and I can hit the gym tomorrow night (I have decided not to go tonight). I have been making some nice gains lately and I can’t wait to improve upon them. Wish me luck!

   I am thinking of going to the gym tonight. I still have not been able to get a hold of Docotor’s office. I must either have the wrong number or they have closed. I am going to look them up in Google and see if I can make an appointment, but I think that I am still going to the gym.

   The good thing is that I am still focused on working out. I was so worried that I would get lazy again and not want to go. I am going to review my workout plan and do a light workout tonight. Hopefully, everything works to my advantage.

Check out the article on comcast:

http://www.comcast.net/news/index.jsp?cat=GENERAL&fn=/2007/08/27/748911.html

it shows why I love to live in Colorado, it being the leanest state in the country. The main reason is we have these wonderful mountains right next door.

       The doctor’s office does not open until 8:30 AM. Damn, I am just hoping they have an opening soon. I am going nuts not being able to work out. I keep thinking that I am sitting here doing nothing. Oh well, I guess this is really a minor bump in my progress. I have gained 2 pounds back which I guess could be worse. I do not think I will be in as good a shape as I wanted to be when I go to Florida. That was my way of treating myself. My work was sending me to Miami for a week to backfill another Sys Admin who is going on vacation. I will be in decent shape and there is always next time.

       The bad thing about my job is there is no promotion potential unless I want to move to DC, which will never happen. It’s not that I don’t like DC, (I mean come on bumper to bumper traffic and not being able to afford to own anything, what’s not to like?), but it would be a huge pay reduction plus I love to work on old cars (I am a mustang fanatic!). The good thing about my job is they do look for ways to reward workers. They asked me what can they do for me, and I told them to send me around the country as a backfill. The first trip will be Miami and after that I am hoping for LA again. When I was first hired, they sent me to LA for 3 weeks, than DC for 2 weeks and finally Seattle for 6 weeks. It was fun, on per diem and staying in hotels. When I was in Seattle they even gave me an 05 Mustang to drive! That is why I now own one. That is also why I need to work out again. 11 weeks of per diem and staying in Hotels! Yeah, I rarely went running. That is why I am here now. Well, enough about my personal life. I will try to leave more info when the doctor’s office calls me back.