TO ALL HAWAIIANS : WALKING JOURNAL :

I'VE BEEN DOING THREE HOURS PER DAY, AND SOMETIMES 4 HOURS PER DAY, OF OUTDOOR WALKING.

HOWEVER, NOT SURE IF I CAN SURVIVE THE SPINAL FUSION SURGERY. 

I'LL ATTEMPT TO BE READY FOR PLANNED, OR EMERGENCY SURGERY THOUGH, IN CASE THE PARALYSIS COMES BACK. 

4 HOURS OF OUTDOORS WALKING, IN ONE DAY, IN COLD, DRIZZLY WEATHER IS PRETTY TOUGH FOR ME. 

I THINK I HAVE TO BE IN BETTER SHAPE FOR SURGERY TO HAPPEN. 

I GET A BETTER SURVIVAL RISK SCORE, IF I CAN GET AN OUTSTANDING PRT, USN PHYSICAL READINESS TEST SCORE. 

THAT'S CHALLENGING, BUT FOLLOWING THE TWO DAYS OF PARALYSIS, I WAS ABLE TO ACHIEVE THAT, HOWEVER THAT WAS ALL THE WAY BACK IN 1997.

I WAS TRAINING FOR THE BOSTON MARATHON, IN MY MID-THIRTIES, AT THE GOLDEN RECREATION CENTER, SO AT MILE HIGH ALTITUDE THOUGH. 

HOPEFULLY, I CAN PASS MY PHYSICAL, TO AVOID EMERGENCY SPINAL SURGERY FOR A YEAR, AS WE ARE IN THE TOP SPOT, IN COVID-19 INCREASES FOR THE LAST TWO WEEKS. 

HIGH ALTITUDE IS STRENUOUS WITHOUT ADEQUATE MUSCLES, TO PREVENT DEHYDRATION DURING ANY AEROBIC ACTIVITIES. 

I'M TRYING TO BE OPTIMISTIC, POSITIVE, ABOUT THE PARALYSIS BOUTS THOUGH. 

WHATEVER HAPPENS, JESUS WILL HELP ME THROUGH IT, SO, I FEEL VERY PEACEFUL ABOUT THE POSSIBILITY OF SPINAL SURGERY NOW.

REMEMBER, HAWAII :

GET NAMI HAWAII TO TRIAGE THE ENLISTED, TO SUICIDE PREVENTION HOSPITALS :

HOSPITAL 1 : TRIED TO COMMIT SUICIDE 

HOSPITAL 2 : ARE PLANNING IT, OR OWN A GUN/RIFLE/SHOTGUN 

HOSPITAL 3 : ARE DEPRESSED, BUT THEY HAVE NO CONCRETE PLANS, FOR COMMITTING SUICIDE 

GET ALL ONTO AT LEAST FIVE PSYCHIATRIC DRUGS, JUST TO PREVENT SUICIDE IN THE ENLISTED.