Strike 3 Your'e Ou......Take A Walk?!?

I'm a baseball fan. No doubt about it. GO SOX! As I was walking or limping home last night I got to thinking about my general overall health over the years. It was a lot to take in on a 10 minute walk. But what got me to thinking was how many times I have fought and ultimately one against the odds. In 2001, I took an overdose of antidepressants, and spent days in a coma. Just when the doctors told my friends and family they were no longer going to try and bring me out of the coma because the seizures were too intense, I beat the odds and opened my eyes. Despite their concerns of having permanent brain damage, having to learn to walk, talk, eat again, none it it was applicable. Phew, dodged a bullet with that one. In 2003, after completing my second bout of chemotherapy, I met with my oncology team and the news wasn't good. My 5 year plan was only at a mind numbing 25%. Yet here I sit in 2014. Phew, really dodged a bullet that time. In 2006, I was plagued with multiple infections, pneumonia, lost eye site in my left eye, and lay dying of AIDS related complications, my doctors once again said..."He may not leave the hospital this time." Yet despite the odds I left just 12 days after my admission into the hospital. OMG, that bullet was really, really close. It grazed my nose in fact. In 2014, I met with my primary care team to discuss the results of my latest bone marrow biopsy. "James, we don't know what to say!" You've got one maybe two good years left." B...
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