Did y'all miss me??

Probably not!!

On June 13th I was attacked by my very own lungs resulting in 3 trips to the Emergency Room, 3 different chest X-ray series, a CAT scan, lung function test as well as various blood tests and consultations.

All of the above has yielded that, with the exception of my lungs I'm actually quite healthy for an old F**t.

The lungs, however, are a different story. It seems that 50+ years of smoking and an exposure to TB as a teenager has left me with 50 to 60 % capacity for someone of my prestiege and flosinority. The left one has a lot of crap in the bottom of it.

Excuse me I'm not looking for sympathy or anything. I did this to myself. I was the invincable "won't happen to me" young adult, kid or what ever and if I can get one of you (the VX family) to not start or stop using tobacco I will have reached my goal.

I know that having to open the shower door and let the humidity out isn't the normal way to shower. Having to `catch your breath' after carring the trash out isn't normal. or wasn't!

FF