Update on Dr. Benz/Dan Caron's Health

[dwilli3038]

Dan,

So glad to hear you are back home. I hope your recovery is swift and complete

Daryl
'64 230 SL Buckeye Benz Scarlet interior and Grey top Serial # 508
'77 280SE

[hands_aus]

Hey Dr Dan,

Just a friendly reminder from Australia... Hospitals are not holiday resorts!

Glad to see you are BACK!  
Gods' blessing.

Bob Smith (Brisbane,Australia)
RHD,1967 early 250 SL, auto

[Benz Dr.]

Hi all, and thanks so much for the kind words.
 I'm doing a bit better every day but this week was slower and I think recovery will take longer than I thought. I had the stapels in my chest removed today... all 59 of them. Didn't hurt a bit....

I went to the young guy's funeral yesterday. A very somber affair, but anyone who dies at age 21 is a shame regardless the cause. I told his father that I was in hospital at the time I heard about what happened and how lucky I felt to be in a safe place within a safe country. I also told him that good kids just don't happen... that they usually have good parents behind them. I truely was sorry for his loss.


So, enough lamenting. I'm back and ready to start posting again. Hummmm..... let's see. I think I see a topic already.


Dan Caron's
 SL Barn
benzbarn@ebtech.net
 slbarn.mbz.org
  1 877 661 6061

[Tom Colitt]

Welcome back Dan and we're happy to see you're recovering well.

My main experiences in a hospital have beeen sports injury related so far, so I know how good it feels when the pain starts going away.  I remember when I had a broken collar bone once and my little brother would do anything he could to make me laugh.... :twisted:  Wow![!]

So when the doctor asked: "Does it hurt"? I could honestly answer: "Only when I laugh......"

Regards, Tom Colitt

Tom Colitt

[Benz Dr.]

Hi all.
I'm doing a bit better and I'm even driving once in a while. It was over a month before I even felt like getting behind the wheel. I had to have my father and guy working for me do all the test driving while I sat in the passenger seat and tried to get a feel for how well the car was working. Ever try that? It's actually harder than you might imagine but it was kind of fun in a way as it was a new challenge.

I wanted to go to Quebec in early Oct to see Richard but just couldn't do it. The length of the trip, even on the train, would have been too long for me to sit in one place. Maybe I'll go later in the year after I have a better idea of what the doctors have in mind.

We were able to get the silver 190SL engine rebuild done and that car has gone back to Toronto. If anyone is looking for a really great car to buy this would be the one. We also finished the green 220S sedan and I'm waiting for the driveshaft to be rebuilt for the cream 220SE Cab. The 3.5 sedan is almost finished after we replaced all the air control valves. That was a difficult and exspensive job.

I'm going to London next week to see my doctor and then on to the Toronto fall auction next weekend. I have another apppointment with my surgeon in Toronto on the 24th to see about removing my thyroid. Although it seems to be working OK they want to remove it as a preventative measure after the pathology report came back on the tumor.

Dan Caron's
 SL Barn
benzbarn@ebtech.net
 slbarn.mbz.org
  1 877 661 6061

[Benz Dr.]

Friends:
  I would like to thank everyone for the support I've had over the past several months during my time of illness. I can't begin to count all the cards, emails and phone calls I've received - each one meant a lot to me.

I had some of my last tests this week and everything looks OK. I still have a lot of chest pain but I'm hoping it will go away over time.

 I can't begin to describe how it feels to have this dark  cloud of uncertainy lifted from me. Makes me want to fire up the Red Rocket and go for a long drive!

 Thanks so much for everything.

            Dan Caron



Dan Caron's
 SL Barn
benzbarn@ebtech.net
 slbarn.mbz.org
  1 877 661 6061

[Jonny B]

Dan,

Very, very glad to hear you are way up on the healing curve! I will keep my eyes open for the red blur when the rocket passes through Ohio.

Jonny B
1967 250SL Auto

[LFrank]

GODSPEED!

LFrank
Washington DC
65 230 sl - auto
DB334/Hellblau