Phillip Sherwood

I haven’t been writing much because of the attention my new house has been drawing me away. I’ve been working on it day and night almost every waking moment to get it to a point where I feel comfortable and secure. My mother has already come down twice to help get things in order and her work really shows itself well. I’ve been making many improvements and additions to what already exists or substantially enhancing what is already there. There’s also been many items of poor craftsmanship on the builder’s part I’ve been relentless in submitting repair work orders. My right hand man, Tim Jernigan is a retired NASA engineer who helps me with the many projects in making the hose more functional to meet my needs. He’s spent countless hours making things right where the builder’s fallen short and helping me with just about every other project on my To-Do list. We’ve been working on the Home Automation system for the past several weeks bringing it to a higher level of capability each time we do something to enhance it. I’ve also had electricians, carpenters, HVAC, and just about any other building specialist you can imagine. Right now my shower is getting fixed the way it should have been made in the first place by a local craftsman named Andy Gullion we found on Angie’s List. He is incredible and is determined to make this shower not only more comfortable and safer, but one to be admired.

1. p style=”tab-stops: right 6.25in”>As for my health and well-being, I am doing ok. My pain levels have reached new extremes I haven’t experienced since the accident. I admit I’ve been working on my projects for long hours after work robbing me of needed sleep to the point one night last week I had to force myself to stop what I was doing. I started to realize that the pain level had climbed so much that anymore and I wouldn’t be able to endure the additional pain that accompanies the process of transferring from the chair to the bed. I do sleep without any difficulties but the morning comes too quick. My legs and hips have been cracking/popping lately as I twist and contort my body in different ways as I maneuver in the bed to get up and it’s really strange. It’s as if my joints and ligaments are loosening up. My right shoulder is doing much better but my left side where the thoracotomy was performed hurts like a dickens. I believe I have what is called Chronic post-thoracotomy pain syndrome. Soon I will be going back to the pain doctor to get a pump refill but I shouldn’t have to stay over in the hospital this time. I didn’t wake-up until 2pm in the afternoon on Sunday but I’ll need a couple more of those to get out of sleep debt.