Recuperating

October 17,18,19&20,2009

I am home and back to a normal routine. Left the hospital on Saturday. I have to give myself injections for a week until the Coumadin that I have started taking is regulated. Will have to be on that medicine for the rest of my life. This is where the challenge occurs. Coumadin is a blood thinner and if I am in an accident where I have internal bleeding, there can be real trouble in stopping the blood flow. Needless to say my family does not want me to bike any more. The doctors do not want me start exercising until next Monday. By then I will have to make a decision. Right now I want to continue to bike. Obviously within the next month I will be doing my biking inside. But I have to make a decision about the Tour challenge.

I am seeing a hematologist on Thursday and will see what her thoughts are and to see if she has any idea where the clots came from.

In the mean time, I started doing my core strength exercises and quad lifts to maintain my condition. Life is always throwing us a curve. All we can do is concentrate and try and go with it.

Phil