ok so I know you guys will have too much fun with this but ....
http://gielladesign.com/fun/hillary/hillary.html

Soooo proud of aunt Sharon. Here's her interview on KID-TV Idaho Falls:

http://www.kidk.com/news/17077796.html?video=YHI&t=a

Want to see a super cool picture of my new cello (and Ron's guitar too)

My girlfriend is a helluva photographer.

I'm home! It went well. No stone, stent in place, nice little family reunion of sorts in the OR (Granny, Punk, Marv, both grandpas ... regular party in there for me. LOL!), funny nurses and anesthesiologists, great (but tardy) doctor. For something so miserable, these people made it almost fun ... in a strange & disturbed sort of way that I'm just gonna blame on the narcotics pumping through my system right now.

I spent last night in the ER. They wanted to admit me, but I have kids home waiting for Easter. They let me go about 1am, once they got my blood pressure and oxygen levels back up. The good news is, I will not be passing kidney stones. The bad news is, I have to see a urologist tomorrow to have 1 kidney BOULDER removed. This puppy is roughly the size of an m&m - 12mm x 6mm. They also found a 7mm cyst on my liver, but assure me it's benign.

Just got home from Urgent Care. Kidney stones. Ack! The guy who shot my butt full of toradol looked so much like Uncle Punk before the strokes it really freaked me out.

HAPPY SPRING!

Check it out.... http://www.islandparknews.com/atf.php?sid=4135 .... Our favorite red head is famous and has received some of the recognition she deserves.. We are sooooo proud of her (and the guy who is the wind beneath her wings).

Meet Mica, our new kitten. He's 8-months old, feisty, and I swear his tail is longer than his body. And guess who picked him out? Mr. I-Hate-Cats-and-There's-No-Way-in-HELL-We're-Ever-Gonna-Have-One. LMFAO!

This weekend I dropped by BSU Radio and there was nobody home but the building was open for some other communications class.. so I stuffed my CD under the door at the student radio booth. This morning I am listening to BSU Radio to get a feel for what they play. and evidently, I already have a feel for what they play because I heard my song Darkness Within stuck between Tom Petty and the Who. I am totally jazzed...

I am just like Tom Petty and Roger Daltrey

Listen online http://pulse.boisestate.edu/
If you want to request anything on Tangled in strings send email to pulserequest@gmail.com

Going fly-fishing tomorrow. (You now may turn green with envy). nyuk....

Update on Brian's elbow

He went to a new doctor yesterday. At this point in time, his condition has been diagnosed as tendinosis. Unlike tendinitis, which is an inflammation of the tendon and is normally fairly quick to heal, tendinosis is a degenerative condition of the tendon. Basically, the nice straight strong fibers of collagen become a tangled mess of strings with little pockets of "jelly" and small weak blood vessels. Tendinosis is a more difficult problem to heal with only an 80% chance of resolving. Typical tendinosis can take anywhere from 8 weeks to 9 months to resolve depending on how long a person has had the problem. He's been having problems with it since last summer and started physical thearpy on his tendons in Januray with a treatment called ASTYM (http://www.astym.com/)which sets out to inflame the injured area so that the body responds with a higher blood flow to the area which is supposed to speed healing and rejuvenate the tendons. It has a fairly high success rate, but unfortunately he did not respond to the treatment
and has been referred to TOSH, an Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, to see a sports medicine specialist about the problem. He went there yesterday and they took x-rays and did not see any problems with his bones, which is good. He goes in for a series of ultrasounds next Monday and then after that they want to start him on a program of Platelet Rich Plasma injections. This is kind of the middle ground between traditional physical therapy and surgery. With this treatment, they take some of his blood and create a platelet concentrate that is injected back into the area of his pain causing "an inflammatory and healing cascade to repair degenerative tissue by rebuilding new tissue." He has been told that it is a good idea for him to be as active as his pain level will permit because inactivity can actually be bad and weaken the tendon even more. So he will still be able to play with the different musical projects and bands he's involved with - at least with careful booking of gigs and depending on the level of pain he's in.