From: "Brian Dragonuk"
Subject: Update on Brian's Health
Hey Everyone This is Brian
I know a lot of your are concerned about my health lately and I have
some more news
Most good some not so good.
Gale Sent you the last update in early December and to bring all of
you up to speed
I want to start a Little before that.
Many of you that know me well have known a;; along that I am a
diabetic (Type 2) I take a few
pills , watch what I eat and TRY to loose weight. I have been able to
work regularly ( including the long days -- up to 38 hrs) and live
comfortably on my "Actors Pay".as a full time actor for over 4 years.
Only when the Leukemia ( Chemo) cut my income by 2/3rds this year
while raising my expenses by over 500% did I have to turn to all of
you for help-- What a blessing you all are.
In early December I had my 3rd CT Scan of the year (and a ton of blood
work) so my Cancer Dr could evaluate the 6 months of Chemo. I also had
a complete Physical, Blood work & Urine tests
by my GP on the diabetes--- Everything came back GREAT No signs of
Cancer-- Best Blood Sugar readings in 2 years--liver test normal etc.
The only down side was going thru 6 months of Chemo and not being
able to loose 5 lbs (I had really hoped that Chemo would at least help
me loose 20 lbs---- But NOOOOO!!!!!!)
Any Way here is the Bad news part one of the things that happens with
diabetes is diabetic retinopathy basically it causes blood vessels to
form & grow in the eyes ( Where they don't Belong) and the are
extremely Fragile--These vessels break and bleed into the eye
Thats What is going on with my right eye. My vision is extremely
blurred in it & there is a blood clot that has to be removed ( Because
of the holiday staff reductions at the Wilmer Eye Clinic -- Hopkins
--- I am not sure exactly when I will have the surgery but it looks
like Wednesday or Thursday) . They did Laser surgery on the Left eye
this past Wednesday (about 45 min)
to seal off the blood vessels growing wild in it but the Right eye
with the clot is a 4-5 hr surgery Then the laser treatment.
Now also because of the Staff holiday Schedule I have the Chief of
Surgery at the Eye unit working on me and he see's no permanent damage
in either eye---so once he is finished things should be back to normal
(At least until the next thing breaks on me)
Before I get to the Funny part of all of this ( YES I AM STILL IN GOOD
SPIRITS)
For those of you that want ti wish me well ( Or Those of you that know
I will be 52 in 2 weeks)
Please do not e-mail me messages--- Luckily this time of year there
are fewer messages with jobs, networking or training information in
them for me to read---I can handle them but a lot of Personal emails
right now would really bog things down .
Please Snail mail them to me at
Brian Dragonuk
3701 Burmont Ave
Randallstown Md 21133
Now for the Future Saturday Night Live Sketch ( If I Ever Get famous)
I have been working with my 4 year old Nephew making Christmas Gifts
for his mother, my other sister, My mother and my Great Aunt-- We
Chose to paint some things for them.
I had gotten some Small wooden hearts ( about 6 inches) that we
painted red and we glued photo's of J.C. ( My Nephew) on them , plus I
had 4 5 in angles for him to paint & 2 6 inch Xmas trees that not only
had to be painted but have glitter sprinkled on them, Now add the 4
year old and take the vision out of one eye and reduce the vision in
the other one due to swelling from laser surgery.
Got the Picture
Now Remember you promised him that he could make his first Pumpkin
Cake so he could bring it to xmas dinner..
Remember Also that while he has used a wire whisk on eggs before you
told him HE could break the eggs this time (Another first)
I know there is something of a comedy sketch here but J.C. Prevailed
with out a hitch ( the only thing that really kept this in prospective
for me ( Besides the look on J.C.'s Face) was the knowledge that even
when I can see CLEAN-UP IS SOMEONE ELSE'S JOB---NOT MINE
I'll do all the hard stuff--then I'm Done
Brian
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