So, this is my first time ever trying to do this "blog thing." I have had time to check out some of the other blogs both in our family and our friends and I am very impressed. I know mine won't ever look that good but at least I can try to put out some information about me so that whoever wants to can look and see how I'm doing.

Here goes. As most, if not all, already know I have a terminal illness called Pulmonary Hypertension. My health has never been great, but as far this condition is concerned I am doing better than I should with the type of pressures they are seeing every year when they do a cath on my right heart. They, (the doctors) have to give you the worst case scenario when they give you a diagnosis so they told me 3 to 5 years as a life span for my disease. Well guess what, I am in my 5Th year right now and I am not planning on going anywhere anytime soon. I do have my good days and my bad days as most of you know, but for the most part the good days outweigh the bad.

Now, the next thing I am fighting right now is my diabetes. I was diagnosed with type 2 in October of 2006. I was able to control it well with pills and dieting but that only lasted 1 year. As my sugars started getting worse they switched me to insulin shots 2 times a day. That worked for about 3 months. So I finally went to see a Endocrinologist, and was told that my type 2 had progressed to type 1, which normally takes most type 2 diabetics 10 to 15 years before this happens. I guess it just wouldn't be me if everything was normal, as most of you know. So now I am doing battle with type 1 which means a minimum of 4 shots a day, and constant weighing and measuring of every piece of food that goes in my mouth. Oh well that is just life I guess you do what you can and what you have to in order to stay healthy.

Enough of that. I think that this blog thing will help me so those who want to see how I am doing can look on my blog. I will try to keep it updated, no promises though. I am kind of a slacker when it comes to writing or typing or anything of that sort. For those who are reading this right now, please don't think this is a POOR PITY ME site. It's not, it is just a way for those who want to see how I am doing can do so easily.

Well that's it for now, I am going to try and get pictures and things like that on here if I can ever figure this thing out all the way. We, (Trisha and I) also have another site for the family. I think that she already sent out the web address for that site. So long.