September 13, 2008

Yo DaVitans!

Two BIG messages for you on this wonderful Saturday.

Number one, THANK YOU!  Last night I craved pizza and ice cream. If I were not able to picture 548 of you and our joint effort, I would have done just that.

Instead I had chicken, cauliflower, and wild rice. THANKS!!

Number two, I AM BACK IN THE HUNT. I weighed in this morning at 193, down 4 pounds. It is Day 56 of 90, so I cannot be counted out yet.

I had my normal reasonable breakfast today. Starting at 9:00 a.m., I did some DaVita stuff, including a call with Ben Lipps, the Chairman & CEO of Fresenius, discussing public policy issues. It is 1 p.m. now and I just finished a chicken and beans lunch. I will soon finish my DaVita work for the day.

Next comes a bike ride up the venerable Old La Honda Hill — I may go for a new personal record underneath my current best of 27:57 … I think I told you a new record eluded me last weekend when I was comfortably ahead of the record pace after 26 minutes, in other words very close to the top of the hill … and wanting to make sure I beat the record I attempted an aggressive gear switch to gain more power … and the chain came off, my shoes were clipped to the pedals, I fell to my left, right into the path of a car coming down the hill … I waved to the car as I went down, trying to make sure they noticed my predicament … obviously they did or I might have had some difficulty in writing this missive.

We are not to be denied our rightful spot as THE GREATEST DIALYSIS COMPANY THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN.

Damn straight.

One for All — not just a slogan to some of us.

KT

(A ship in the harbor is safe. But that is not what ships were built for)