[Nfbf-l] I'm home and doing pretty well

[Kirk]

Jim, God bless you my friend! Keep up the good fight as it sounds like you 
are not one to give up easily! I look forward t5o seeing you at in Orlando 
next year with a smile and a strong stride Your friend in the cause, Kirk


!
Kirk Harmon
DA V national blind chapter
Life member

BVA/FRG
Life member

NFB & FCB
member
" A smile can change a persons life, try it sometime!"
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim Ellsworth" <jellsworth1 at tampabay.rr.com>
To: "NFB of Florida Internet Mailing List" <nfbf-l at nfbnet.org>
Sent: Monday, June 11, 2012 4:51 PM
Subject: [Nfbf-l] I'm home and doing pretty well


Hi all,

After spending 22 days in the hospital I returned home last Monday evening. 
I’m sorry I haven’t written sooner but it has been a stressful tiring and 
very busy time for us all.  After being in bed for so long you lose a lot of 
strength and your muscles don’t work the way they should.  I am undergoing 
physical therapy for that.  I am visited by a home health care nurse every 
other day to drain fluid from my left lung using a cathiter which is 
painless and only takes 20 minutes or so.  Eventually it will be removed 
depending on how the chemotherapy progresses.  Between home health care, 
physsical therapy and doctor appointments I am busy every single day this 
week.

On the good side I can now breathe well again.  My left lung had become 
completely collapsed due to being full of 6 liters of fluid so I had been 
functioning on one long and didn’t know it.  I will gradually regain my 
strength and stamina but right now I still get pretty tired and can’t walk 
very far.  Anyway, I am home and improving and eating well and all so it’s 
all moving along quite well.

I certainly want to thank all of you for your prayers, thoughts and wishes. 
Your encouragement has been helpful and inspiring.  I was very sad that I 
couldn’t attend the convention but it simply wasn’t possible so there is 
next year to look forward.

Well, thanks for everything everyone and if anything changes with me I’ll 
try to keep everyone up to date.

Making it a great day and I hope you do as well,
Jim Ellsworth
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