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  *****  All notes posted are composed by Glen Steen****
Hi gang,
Thank you very much for all of the support from everyone it is greatly appreciated! If I knew so many people were concerned about me I would have been friendlier. I appreciate all the posts on facebook and in emails and I will continue to read every one of them.  It does make time go by and it is just nice hearing from everyone.  I am going to keep these notes going as a day in the life. I am not going to kid you this is not fun.  But, I will work as hard as I can to get out of here, it's really strange the things that mess you up, for example, today: it has taken me 4 days to poop....what a relief. It’s strange when your butt hurts more than your neck. I started physio today, sat up in a chair for 45 minutes, and I though bruceters corners was a tough place to be...  however I think it will help me get through this. Thanks to all the guys on the cycling club for coming. i'll be posting some pictures to show you what I really look like...hahah....and just for the sarge we will have a before (already taken...to be posted soon) and after.  please contact me anytime you want I would love to chat, ask me anything you want. and i'll tell you. here is another example of interesting things that happen around here, being in ICU there are 12 other patients on million $ monitors that look at every thing from burping, farting, blood pressure, heat rate, arterial blood pressure all sorts of neat things. it’s great to have them there because it tells them if you are alive. BUT... when the alarms go off it is the most aggravating beep that goes on and on and on and on... the only way I could get around it was to do all of my kata in my head. the there is the nurse that said..."you need to keep you sleep pattern the same as normal....so she didn't want me to sleep in the day or early evening so I had to wait for my pills and stay awake until ten o'clock fell sound asleep immediately and she woke me up at 12:00 to change my bed ...go figure...grrrrr. k speaking of pills wow you wouldn't believe all of the things that run around the room at  night, the paint moves on the wall, light switches move, dog with a black tail wags. now back to reality, I am taking lots of pain killers, sleeping pills, muscle relaxers, stool softeners, bowl movers..heheh and blood thinners. which they jab in my stomach, don't worry I can't feel it.

I think people need to know about these kinds of injuries. Given that people that have them seem to disappear from life in general... but I won't!!!! I am involved in three studies, two long terms and one observational. The blood study checks markers in the blood before surgery, after surgery, during recovery/ treatment and beyond.(German study)
the other long term study is about grasping and they will study how treatment affects the recovery of hands. the third study is data collection about you injury, your condition, how you feel before during and after recovery.
P.S...i'll tell you about the swing, the chair and how call the nurse (thats not what i call the nurse)
P.P.S..... i never told my wife and daughters how much i love them because it is very obvious how much they love me.
Glen