Mar 06
This is a picture that I took while at my ENT Surgeon’s examination room. Interesting? Probably not. At least you can see where the sphenoid/sephnoid is that was clogged with gunk. Ok…now I know that the picture is not interesting to you anymore…LOL!
Well, today I am feeling stir crazy. I have not been able physically to go to work. It’s all that I can do to take care of myself and my two dogs. I do appreciate my friends who drop in and help me out daily. I spoke yesterday with my parents and they are totally supportive as they are praying for me and asking me if there is anything that they can do. Their love makes me feel so much better. It’s amazing that, here I am at 45 years old and I’m still close to my parents enough to feel their love giving me strength. They are soon to celebrate 50 years of marriage!
My nose is draining. It will for several weeks from what I understand from my surgeon. The last time that I noticed it bleeding was yesterday morning. So…I hope…the bleeding has stopped! The splints will come out Monday afternoon when I go visit with my surgeon and perhaps that will help me to feel better and to have more healing to take place. It feels as if there are toothpicks up my nose. Okay…I guess I should have warned you that a gross comparison was about to come your way.
If you would like to leave a voice mail message wishing me well, I would appreciate it. Just call my listener line at: 615-358-8255 (TALK) and that will make me feel even better. I may even play them on my next podcast episode unless you state for me not to do so. It would be good to hear other voices than those from the tv or radio.
Thank you for all of your supportive comments on Twitter, Facebook, and e-mail! It’s amazing how folks like you have been there for me. Many of you I have never met face to face. Be glad that you do not see me right now. I’d scare away Frankenstein’s Monster! Honest.
That’s really all of the news that I have for you as of right now. I appreciate your love and support! Have a tremendous day!
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
Jun 17
Thanks to you, my friends, I have crossed into having 2,000 downloads. Just a few short months ago I was hoping for 1,000 downloads. I’m really not a numbers whore, but I really appreciate all who have been listening to my little podcast out here. Crossing another line in podcasting is something that I want to celebrate with everyone out there.
Like my loafers?
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
May 24
Celebrating ONE year of podcasting, I give you a little historical background of how I got started doing my podcast. I then give the mic over to several of my fellow podcasters who sent me some wonderful greetings. Guess who won the Nashville Coffee Mug for sending me the most innovative and funny file? It took a long time putting this episode together, but it was a lot of fun as well. I hope that you will enjoy this one. It’s been a rough year for me, as you can learn from my episodes thus far, however having you there with me through it all certainly has helped. Thank you for being my friends who care and who download my episodes.
Keep in touch with my by leaving me your comments or sending me e-mail to: Thom@ThomTakesOnTheWorld.com I always look forward to hearing from you. You can also leave me a rating on iTunes if you’d like. Keep in touch!
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
Mar 31
Yup! I am dancing knowing that they got all of the cancer during the procedure a few weeks ago. Thank you for standing with me with your e-mails, comments, phone calls, and other ways that you sent me your love and well wishes. During this time of waiting, I have experienced the true sense of family from you. It was an incredible feeling knowing that even though I was alone physically in the consultation room today, you were there … right there with me in spirit!
Okay…now you wanna know what is going on with me. Okay…me too! They did tell me that there was severe irritation found so they drew some blood (four vials worth) to do some more extensive testing. There is a chance that I may have diabetes and/or Chrones disease. I hope that all will be all right. At least it is not cancer. That would have been the worse thing I could think of having.
Well…there ya go! I’m feeling relieved as the man in the painting is. By the way, Steve Walker (the artist) is awesome, eh? He has a way of expressing emotion in his paintings that I can relate with. The colors that he chooses to use are soothing.
Thank you once again for being there for me. I’ll be doing another episode on Sunday. Keep your eyes and ears open, because I’ll be out there!
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
Dec 07

In this episode, I introduce you to a friend of mine. Clark and I chat about the words and phrases that we use and what they mean. I hope that you enjoy this episode. The audio for Clark was not as good as I had wanted, however, he will learn to get closer to the microphone next time. I only had the one but I think that you can hear everything…just boost up the volume.
It’s good to have friends.
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
Nov 06
Yup! I finally did it. Listen to find out what I have been doing over these past few weeks while I was taking a break. I chat about friendship, my dogs, and the recent election. Thank you for your concern for me. I have been doing all right. It’s been a while since I put together a podcast or wrote in a blog so please forgive any sort of “glitches” that you may notice. I am a bit rusty, but I think that the episode came together rather well. Please feel free to write to me or leave a comment. It would be great to hear from you again. I’ll try to podcast a bit more often now.
Thanks for being my friends!
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom
Sep 07

Were you ever the victim of a bully? Did you fear going to school? What did you do about it? In this episode, I talk about the bullying that I was a victim of and what I did. I also still discuss how this bullying caused deep harm to my friend to the point the he ended his life. I talk about how sticks and stones may break bones, but words go beyond the physical to the emotional and become worse than a bruise or cut.
Your Nashville Friend,
Thom