My Hospital Story… May 14, 2008
Posted by 54071 in : Uncategorized , 1 comment so farIt’s officially Wednesday, the 14th of May and I felt that it was time to tell my story now…
I should first preface this piece by stating that as I look out side my hospital window, I see that the day is bright with a touch of a breeze in the air ( at least from what I can see from outside my window with the flag blowing lightly in the wind), and I should also unequivocally state that I hate doctors and hospitals in general. Part of why I hate hospitals has to do with what I went thru with my Mom last year of which you can read about here…and after this happened, I naturally developed a phobia with doctors and hospitals in general, but in my stay here at this hospital, I feel the need to talk about the care and understanding I have received here, because I would be very derelict in not doing so….and so here we begin….my story….
Last Tuesday, I had called with brother in arms Ken Beecher to please come and take me back to the local urgent care unit that I had been visiting. This is where all my new doctors were out of. When Ken came to my home I was in very bad shape and when I got to the urgent care unit, I was taken in immediately. I lost track of time but Ken had waited their for me for better than 4 hours. They had hooked me up with an IV unit to get fluids into me, and sent me on my way with a prescription for a special med to take for stomach pain along with Mylanta, as needed, and I was told to be on a ” dairy Diet “, sorry but I had no clue what that was really but I had asked before I left and was told that I should be eating things like broth and toast and crackers.
Wednesday and Thursday, my condition with my stomach had gotten much worse, and Friday, my daughter Samantha, had taken a day off from her job to take me back to the urgent care unit. Needless to-say, I finally had my real nightmare come true….I was on the way to the hospital in an ambulance…the hospital I was taken to is called ” Horton Hospital “, in my home town of Middletown.
I was in bad shape when I arrived here, with what wound up being a case of Phenomia in my lower left lung, and severe pain in my upper chest from my gurd problem ( which I have had for about 7 years now ) the wind up was that night, they set me up for several tests including a cat scan of my stomach with contrast ( mind you at this point in time, I couldn’t lay on my back to save my life! )
I had a great team of Doctors from Crystal Run Medical consulting on my case, and while this was all well and good, I feel that I would be remiss, and cannot say enough about the nursing staff and other support people, that watched over my care and well being while I was at Horton. From Respiratory Therapists, to just the staff who would bring up my meals, all the souls that I came across were nothing less than professional and considerate in my care, and to my amazement, there was no request to little for a nurse, or an aide to help me with.
I have met alot of fine people here, unfortunately, I could not place a name to every-face that has crossed my path while recuperating here at the hospital.
The bottom line here is, I will be leaving and headed home in a few more days, but when I do leave here, I will remember all the faces who have crossed my path, and will always be grateful to them all for all of their caring and help…and I just want to say to all of you, that this little post cannot come close to saying thanks for everything that you all did for me…as a matter of fact, this is probably the smallest way that I can show my appreciation to all of you here at Horton, who deserve something much larger than this small post to say thank-you.
Sincerely Yours
Lew Newmark
Your fanboy@50
Took a trip over to Acheive Nervana Today. May 12, 2008
Posted by 54071 in : Comics, Link Love , 2 commentsI took a little excursion to Acheive Nerdvana this morning, and I found alot of stuff there that I commented about…
A clip from an upcoming new Avengers animation movie
Saddest Gig in Hollywood or Nerdvana?
Is This Two-Face? I say it’s very possible
and this last piece I found the most interesting and it’s called ” Secrets of Pact Magic Revealed ” and is well worth the watch!
Have fun today everyone and enjoy yourselves for me okay!
Lew, your fanboy still @50
Shadowmoor-Another Saturday Night Draft
Posted by 54071 in : TCG & CCG Card Games, Uncategorized , add a commentWe were supposed to do our Shadowmoor Draft last Saturday, but obviously due to my physical condition, that never happened, so we will be doing that as soon as I’m home and better, and by the way I have two unopened booster boxes waiting for me to drool over at home, and we still haven’t play-tested that new World of Warcraft stuff I picked up yet either…so much to do and so little time!
A Quick ” How’s My Condition ” update
Posted by 54071 in : Uncategorized , add a commentHi all, just a bit of a update about my condition here in the hospital…I am on the mend, and have become ravenously hungry, going thru alot of water, and making alot of runs to get rid of the excess water…I am waiting on all my doctors to get some sort of a concensus as to if I need a Lung Biopsy or not…more on this to come…all in all from when I was admitted to today, there has been a major improvement in my condition, so please keep up all the kind thoughts, they are well appreciated.
Yours truly
Lew, your Fanboy@50
Iron Man Kicks Off The Summer Blockbuster Season!
Posted by 54071 in : Comic Movies , 5 commentsPlease note that this post was started before my hospitalization….
This Friday, Iron Man will be kicking off a very busy Summer Movie Season!
Here’s a list of some of this Summer’s must see movies….
Iron Man - May 2nd- I think this will become Marvel’s Hottest movie franchise.
Speed Racer - May 9th- While the previews I’ve seen so far seem great, I have to think that this movie will appeal more to my generation, who grew up on this cartoon than the average movie goer…although what might help this movie along is the fact that IDW is currently publishing a new Speed Racer comic.
Chronicles of Narnia-Prince Caspian - May 16th -I say this movie is a winner, and I thoroughly enjoyed the first installment and the premise of the movie is just great also.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull - May22nd- Did I really see that it’s been 20years since the last Indiana Jones movie? I have only seen one trailer for this movie, but this is Harrison Ford in what is argue-ably his greatest role ever!
Incredible Hulk- June 13th-I’m out on this one kids…I’m still questing the re-boot of the franchise in the first place.
And of course, on June 27th, we have two movies opening up…one that I’m really excited about seeing namely Wanted and the Disney Pixr collaboration Wall-E
and while there are a few other movies opening in July, I think we can all say that all eye’s will be on the Dark Knight, with the final performance of Heath Ledger as a maniacal Joker
Well, still writing from my hospital bed, this is what I’m looking at for my Summer viewing Season….the only real problem is with the price of gas heading toward ( or in some cases ) already past the $4 dollar mark, it will make the choices much tougher to swallow!
It’s Saturday and I’m still in this Hospital May 11, 2008
Posted by 54071 in : Uncategorized , add a commentWell, the procedure I needed today went without a hitch, so glad about that.
I’f I’m up for it tomorrow I will do my post about the upcoming Summer Movie season that I had already started.
Of course, I missed ” Comic Book Wednesday “….I’ll probably miss a few of them, but I still have a large backlog of comics to read, and I’m still reading the Death Note Manga Series…only on book #2.
The blog redesign is still also in the works so expect more on that to follow.
Lew
your Fanboy@50
5 AM And I’m Going Nuts Already! May 10, 2008
Posted by 54071 in : Uncategorized , add a commentHaving a procedure done because the nurses have totally messed up my arms trying to find new sites to put an IV in so, it look like I,m having to go head and operation done, by letting them run a main line, so that they can hang simultaneous meds of off this one strip.
It sounds to be a great Saturday so far.
Fanboy@50 Becomes Sidelined May 9, 2008
Posted by 54071 in : Uncategorized , add a commentHi everybody
Last Friday, May 2nd I found myself in an ambulance, on the way to the local hospital, and was hospitalized with Phenomena, and a stomach condition out of control. I’m writing this to you from my hospital bed hospital to say to everyone that I not be posting anything more till I’m out of here and obviously much better shape to do this work that I love.
Hopefully, I shan’t be gone for too long a time okay….
Lew, Your fanboy@50
Hulk-What a Tangled Web Loeb and McGuiness are Weaving! April 24, 2008
Posted by 54071 in : Comics , 1 comment so far
Oh Lucy…you got some ” splaining to do ” …
I Love Lucy a side, there is definitely a tale to be read here being woven by the ever talented Jeph Loeb, with fantastic accompanying drawings by one of my favorite artists, Ed McGuiness, whose pencil talents I first came to appreciate during his run on DC’s Batman/Superman ” Worlds Finest “.
And I have to tell ya I’m just a bit confused here with the beginning of this little series, I had heard the rumours of this new “Red Hulk “, and I was like Huh???
I mean, I’ve seen Grey, and I’ve seen Green…I’ve seen Rampaging, and I’ve seen Bestial, I’ve also caught the Intelligent Hulk (probably my Favorite interpretation ever ), and of course who could forget the Las Vegas ” Mr. Fixit ” Hulk…so I’d thought I’d seen it all okay…and then they throw this at me…I mean, what do they want from me!
What ever it is, I’m gonna give it to them, as long as the story continues to twist and turn and intrigue…
But what characters have we seen so far….
In issue #1 we get to see Doctor Leonard Samson ( that’s Doc Samson to you! ) along with Jenifer Walters, the She Hulk, and one Tony Stark aka Iron Man, Director of Shield ( at least for the moment, anyway ) on a mission in Russia ( of all places ) investigating the murder of Emile Blonsky, that’s the Abomination, just in case you forgot, by one Red ” Hulk-ish Creature “. Of course this trio, along with one General Thunderbolt Ross ( why isn’t he dead by now ! ) and Shield Commander Hill, run into some resistance to their investigation by the ” Winter Guard “, and of course the obligatory brouhaha…and did I mention a small appearance by one Rick Jones, in of all places, the frozen wastes of Alaska!
Okay, I’ve read issues 1&2 now and I’m moving onto issue #3 right after I finish this post, so while this isn’t supposed to be a review, I will say that if you’ve read other issues and stories with the Hulk, don’t stay away from this series run, I think your dollars will be well spent and you’ll be well rewarded!
NY Comic Con-Saturday April 19th April 23, 2008
Posted by 54071 in : Comics , 1 comment so farHey there!
A day late and a dollar short.
I apologize to everyone for this being late, but due to some recurring health issues ( chronic COPD and Asthma ) I have been really under the weather lately.
Well, this was my first ( and possibly Last ) comic con…I’ll give you my impressions of it all..
First, I should state here that at the ripe old age of 50, I really don’t like crowds ( I know, if I really don’t like crowds, what was I doing going to an event like this in the first place? ) well, I actually went to this just for the express purpose of meeting my distributor, AAA Anime in the flesh, and talk a bit of business…of which I did. I finally met my rep from AAA and it was nice to put a face to the voice, and while we did talk a bit about the Anime Figure business, there really were not any real gems of knowledge to be taken away from this impromptu meeting…needless to say I was a bit disappointed…and I was also hoping to walk away with a gift of two and did not…they would be giving away some leftover items to attendees on Sunday, and of course I would not be getting any loot that way!
So, aside from being prodded thru a line like cattle ( my friends and I joked about waiting for someone to get out a cattle prod to move us along ) I will admit there was a lot of neat stuff to see, and I was like a kid in a candy store…from looking at different figure displays from companies like Kotobukiya to Diamond Select, and of course all the comic companies, but truth tom tell, the highlight for me was when we were standing on line waiting to get into the facility, who gets escorted in but Stan ” The Man ” Lee…. I shook his hand and said hi…and I’ll always remember that moment…because for me it made the show for me.