I'm almost, kind of , sort of back

[Rich]

Give it time. You may come back, you may not. Most importantly, though, life will go on. And so will you, one way or another. You still have lots to give, even if it doesn't involve a whistle and running up and down a basketball floor.

Don't be a stranger.

[Indianaref]

Mark, sorry about your circumstances. I am praying for you to have a complete and quick recovery.

[BillyMac]

I'm still waiting to find out if it was a bovine valve, or a swine valve. I'm preparing jokes for either, but I would like to start concentrating on one. Hope it's a swine valve. Lots of jokes available about a swine valve: kosher, pigs flying, etc. A bovine valve could also be interesting with jokes about free milk.

[Mark Padgett]

Originally Posted by BillyMac

I'm still waiting to find out if it was a bovine valve, or a swine valve. I'm preparing jokes for either, but I would like to start concentrating on one. Hope it's a swine valve. Lots of jokes available about a swine valve: kosher, pigs flying, etc. A bovine valve could also be interesting with jokes about free milk.

OK - it was a swine valve. Let the jokes begin. BTW - my rabbi said it was OK since I didn't eat any of the swine, but it was just inserted to save my life.

[BillyMac]

Originally Posted by Mark Padgett

It was a swine valve. Let the jokes begin. BTW - my rabbi said it was OK since I didn't eat any of the swine, but it was just inserted to save my life.

I'm actually kind of disappointed. I was hoping to go in a, "My family doesn't enjoy the mooing, but they do like the free milk", direction.

I once got a bovine bone graft after having a tooth pulled. The Red Cross let me donate blood right away. The next time that I got a tooth pulled, I got a human bone graft. The Red Cross made me wait a year before donating blood. I guess that the Red Cross never heard of "Mad Cow Disease"?

Keep getting better Mark Padgett.

[TimTaylor]

Mark,

I haven't been on the board in a while -been way too busy, so this is the first I heard of your situation. Glad you made it through the surgery OK - hope your recovery continues!

[shavano]

Originally Posted by RichMSN

Give it time. You may come back, you may not. Most importantly, though, life will go on. And so will you, one way or another. You still have lots to give, even if it doesn't involve a whistle and running up and down a basketball floor.

Don't be a stranger.

+1

Glad to hear the surgery went well Mark!!