Thursday, October 14, 2010

Three Months Now….... And Golfing!!

Monday marked three months for my new kidney. And Tuesday I PLAYED GOLF!! And did pretty good too! I actually pared six out of eleven holes. The course had us play the back nine, but had us start two holes earlier on number 8, so we got in an extra two holes. I won’t talk about how I did on the other five holes. They were “others”. So the overall score wasn’t anything to brag about, but I’m satisfied for my first round in months, and playing with a new kidney.

I now just see my nephrologist every quarter, and have some blood work every two weeks for monitoring. I not only have been released from the transplant center, but also from home health care. I’m really on my own now. Yes, I have a lot of medication to take daily, and I’m still fighting some gout in my foot, but otherwise, I feel GREAT!

Hopefully, I’ll get back to work soon, and back on track with a normal life.

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Friday, October 08, 2010

Are There Still Production Advantages in China

A lot of US citizens and, particularly, those that have been involved in domestic manufacturing, have been hopeful that recent changes in China will make them less competitive. A couple of internet accounts have discussed this:

One, an article at Omaha.com relates how China Moves Away from Low Cost Manufacturing.

However, at one of my favorite blogs, the China Law Blog, they have a position and have a good debate going stemming from the post of Competing with Chinese Companies on Price, In Your Dreams.

There are definitely signs that rising costs in China are making it more costly to produce, but as mentioned in the China Law Blog, it is still very difficult to beat the total costs advantages. There may be some return to more US manufacturing of some products, but I would venture to believe that will not be in labor intensive type products.

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