Stentiki, howyadoin? - Tiki Central Ohana

S stentiki Member Huntington Beach Joined: Jun 24, 2002 Posts: 892	S stentiki Posted posted on Fri, May 12, 2006 10:42 AM Hey Pablus, Thanks for asking. I've been pretty preoccupied with my continued recovery so I haven't been here in a while. After months of struggling with deciding whether or not to back to work, I finally determined that it is best for me not to go back to my old job at Pitzer College, in Claremont, CA. The commute was over an hour each way from Huntington Beach and the travel took me away from home for 10 weeks out of the year. The college held my job for almost a year, but I just don't feel ready to jump back into that intense pace so I finally had to let go. A tough decision but my doctors determined that it was the best thing for my long term health. I am currently undergoing a new treatment called EPC (External Counter Pulsation), a method that uses pressure therapy to pump oxygenated blood from the lower extremeties to the heart to alleviate chest pain. The goal is to open new vessels to create greater collateral blood flow to the heart. My treatments are everyday for an hour for seven weeks. I have three more weeks to go and then I will have another nuclear stress test to see how I am doing. So as you can tell I have been pretty preoccupied. I'm really going to miss the travel because I had the chance to meet so many great TCer's out in the Northeast like Tiki Greg & Kathleen, Inkylouise, Manic Cat, Tiki Chris & Emi, Urban Tiki, Steve from Otto's Shrunken head and the Fishermen. I'll also never forget the great night I had hanging with Formikahini in Houston drinking martinis and eating homemade tamales at the Davenport Bar! I often read of many life changes here on TC and I always feel for those who go through them. I try to reassure myself that this is the close of only one chapter in life and that a new one is on the horizon. One great thing that came out of all of this is that I have had plenty of time to play the ukulele and I think I'm getting pretty good at it! So again, many mahalos for asking, Pablus. I've never met you but hope to someday. If you're ever out my way, give me buzz. Maybe we can have an uke jam together sometime.

Hey Pablus,

Thanks for asking. I've been pretty preoccupied with my continued recovery so I haven't been here in a while. After months of struggling with deciding whether or not to back to work, I finally determined that it is best for me not to go back to my old job at Pitzer College, in Claremont, CA. The commute was over an hour each way from Huntington Beach and the travel took me away from home for 10 weeks out of the year.

The college held my job for almost a year, but I just don't feel ready to jump back into that intense pace so I finally had to let go. A tough decision but my doctors determined that it was the best thing for my long term health. I am currently undergoing a new treatment called EPC (External Counter Pulsation), a method that uses pressure therapy to pump oxygenated blood from the lower extremeties to the heart to alleviate chest pain. The goal is to open new vessels to create greater collateral blood flow to the heart. My treatments are everyday for an hour for seven weeks. I have three more weeks to go and then I will have another nuclear stress test to see how I am doing.

So as you can tell I have been pretty preoccupied. I'm really going to miss the travel because I had the chance to meet so many great TCer's out in the Northeast like Tiki Greg & Kathleen, Inkylouise, Manic Cat, Tiki Chris & Emi, Urban Tiki, Steve from Otto's Shrunken head and the Fishermen. I'll also never forget the great night I had hanging with Formikahini in Houston drinking martinis and eating homemade tamales at the Davenport Bar!

I often read of many life changes here on TC and I always feel for those who go through them. I try to reassure myself that this is the close of only one chapter in life and that a new one is on the horizon. One great thing that came out of all of this is that I have had plenty of time to play the ukulele and I think I'm getting pretty good at it!

So again, many mahalos for asking, Pablus. I've never met you but hope to someday. If you're ever out my way, give me buzz. Maybe we can have an uke jam together sometime.

Post #231710 by stentiki on Fri, May 12, 2006 10:42 AM