I really do feel pretty good today.

It’s also now 11:12am, and I still don’t have my “food”. Arg.

Feeling cranky is a good sign.

There’s a great Doc-o-sphere out here and I hope you can feel our collective love for you. You have not only inspired and taught us, you have provided us with a model of how to express ourselves in a way that challenges conventional wisdom — and those with whom we disagree — in way that is dignified and respectful of others.

I can’t tell you how much your writing (and those times we have talked) has influenced me both professionally and personally. I can never thank you enough.

That you are sharing your health status and recovery with us this way is not only reassuring to those of us who care for you and can’t wait to see you up and about, I feel also it will help encourage others to take seriously the pains and aches we sometimes dismiss, but that can be our bodies speaking to us — and we must learn listen.

Thank you for all you’ve done, all you do, and all you will continue to do inspire, teach and entertain those of us in the docosphere.

You are in my thoughts and prayers.

Rex

Okay you’re awake and blogging. As Jan said it proves your alive. Thank God. Doug and I are breathing a collective sigh of relief here. It’s been so hot here, neither of us can sleep much even with the air conditioner running.

While we know you’re getting the best of care in Beantown, we really wish you were closer to home here. Doug would have been there to check on you in a heartbeat. (You don’t know it but you saved Doug’s bacon in an interview the other day. Cluetrain still wow’s em!) Dr. Doug would love to know the reasons why you were not on a TPN after 8 days of no GD food? He is not amused that you’ve been toughing this out without nutritional support. However he warns you to GO SLOW when they finally give you something to eat.

Personally I’m not thrilled to hear about your arms. If I’d been there they wouldn’t have gotten an opportunity to blow 2-3 or 4. I’m surprised you’re able to type.

On the bright side be thankful you’re no in SoCal this weekend. Yesterday it hit 109 degrees here in Diamond Bar. The weather guys are promising Sat-Sun (110-113) will be more of the same. We get the pleasure of going to Palm Springs on Monday, where it was 118 yesterday.

Hugs to you… You’re almost out of there!

And I salivate for Bullocks already. The Blue Ribbon Barbeque in Arlington, MA, actually does a pretty fine job on what it calls “North Carolina pulled pork barbeque. But I do want the Real Thing. Bullucks. Or Hussey’s, in Graham, NC. P. Allen & Sons in Chapel Hill. Whoa. Gimme sum that.