to the all fellows who recently posted get well wishes. that's tommy smith, jim porter, ed obertubessing, jim kastantakis, jim dalton, ed class, ray demers, rob currier and gino rodriguez:

thank you.

i've gotten a number of written notes and phone calls from guys in the league and i wanted you all to know they're not falling on deaf ears. they're real lifts and they help give me energy as i go through my exercises.

i was especially touched by ed & jim's notes. your memory is good and strong. i recall, ed, how moved you were by kyle's death. it's very sad loss, a cruel shame.

i was lucky. i'm guessing the surgeon pulled me back about about a day or two from the end of the line.

on that front, good news: yesterday, i walked 160 feet without a walker, which is an improvement by 60, and made it through my first out-of-hospital rehab visit.

by the way, if you ever need to visit a rehab center, i couldn't recommend more john repscher & associates in the northeast medical building on everett road in albany. a cardiologist recommended the place to me. one of john's primary focuses is athletes. it fits. it turns out that some 40 years ago, john and i played football on the same team at cortland state. we'd both forgotten each other. he was a halfback; i was a safety and punter. we had a laugh. it also turns out we broke bones at pretty much the same time that season.

remember, guys, your momma was right: wash them hands.

and again, thank you.

-mike


-- Edited by mhart on Tuesday 11th of May 2010 10:01:03 AM

-- Edited by mhart on Tuesday 11th of May 2010 10:03:19 AM