Chef on the Wheeled Side

Ask for help. You're worth it! Free lifeline  1.800.273.8255 OR text CONNECT to 741741 RecklesslyAlive.com Your brain is lying to you.  YOUR LIFE MATTERS!!! Choose to LIVE! Tuesday 8-22-2017 So last week, I asked the question, “What do you do when your mind goes to the dark places?” Valid question to which, I got many great answers but not one person took the time to say, “Hey Skip, where does your mind go in those times?” You see many times, we hide those times by putting up a façade of everything is a okay, I am a pillar of strength!!! But would anyone have thought that Robin Williams, the funny man, who made people laugh daily with his jokes, would have done what he did? NO, he was successful, loved by many, had a great family as well as respected by many. One of the greatest comedians of all time Jerry Lewis said of Williams. That he (Robin) was the Jerry Lewis of our day! But sadly, Robin dealt with his own demons…. We all deal with our demons...

This last month, I quit smoking a month ago on July 26, 2017!!! My General Practitioner asked why I still smoked if I was only smoking 3-5 cigarettes a day? I responded, "I enjoy the flavor..." He laughed and suggested that I try Nicotine Gum instead of the 3-5 cigarettes a day. I also have low functioning kidneys and one of those kidneys has a low grade cancer on it. I met with a specialist about removing this low grade cancer and with his recommendation, he also explained their may be a need for dialysis, for a short period of time until my body adjust or permanently should they need to remove the who kidney! I then asked about a transplant? In which he responded that I would need to have quit smoking and be on Dialysis for 2 years and that because of the location of the growth being on the backside of my kidney amongst all the veins and arteries, there is a chance that I could bleed out during surgery... Deep thoughts... A day or so later, with this in my mind, I we...