Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Been meaning to jump on the bandwagon here - I had two stents placed 2 years ago (LAD CFX). So far, so good. If you are at risk - smokers especially (my Dr. said 95% of his patients are smokers, as I was) you need a radiation stress test (or Thallium stress test). Painless but a tad time consuming do it now even if your insurance won't cover it. If it shows a blockage, then you go on to the cath lab... no big deal either. Painless. If you are lucky, you get a stent, if not, bypass. But at least you get it before it gets you. Do it now if you think you need to. Scott Ford wrote: Shai, Thanks, that how I lost my wife 5 yrs ago, type 1 diabetic, massive sudden Heart Attack at 49. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304[m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shai hess Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery HI, I wish I could say that MFNetDisk can solved heart problems, but it is not, Maybe next release (Ron I am joking!!!). Yes, many of my Friends (50+) had heart attacks and some have surgery. Also my sister at age 45 had heart attack last year and now she is doing fine. I re joint the request to check your heart! Heart attack can happen without any signs before. And even when it happen some people do not feel that this is emergency and timing is critical. I assume that most of us, the MVS guys are 50+. Please check yourself. Thanks, Shai On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/14/2008 at 07:58 AM, Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. Ouch! I hpe that you've recovered completely. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. Not just a checkup, but regular checkups at the interval suggested by your doctor, probably annual with some procedures less often. It may just save your life! Indeed. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/14/2008 at 07:58 AM, Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. Ouch! I hpe that you've recovered completely. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. Not just a checkup, but regular checkups at the interval suggested by your doctor, probably annual with some procedures less often. It may just save your life! Indeed. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
HI, I wish I could say that MFNetDisk can solved heart problems, but it is not, Maybe next release (Ron I am joking!!!). Yes, many of my Friends (50+) had heart attacks and some have surgery. Also my sister at age 45 had heart attack last year and now she is doing fine. I re joint the request to check your heart! Heart attack can happen without any signs before. And even when it happen some people do not feel that this is emergency and timing is critical. I assume that most of us, the MVS guys are 50+. Please check yourself. Thanks, Shai On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/14/2008 at 07:58 AM, Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. Ouch! I hpe that you've recovered completely. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. Not just a checkup, but regular checkups at the interval suggested by your doctor, probably annual with some procedures less often. It may just save your life! Indeed. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Shai, Thanks, that how I lost my wife 5 yrs ago, type 1 diabetic, massive sudden Heart Attack at 49. Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304[m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of shai hess Sent: Thursday, October 16, 2008 3:57 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery HI, I wish I could say that MFNetDisk can solved heart problems, but it is not, Maybe next release (Ron I am joking!!!). Yes, many of my Friends (50+) had heart attacks and some have surgery. Also my sister at age 45 had heart attack last year and now she is doing fine. I re joint the request to check your heart! Heart attack can happen without any signs before. And even when it happen some people do not feel that this is emergency and timing is critical. I assume that most of us, the MVS guys are 50+. Please check yourself. Thanks, Shai On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 7:40 AM, Shmuel Metz (Seymour J.) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/14/2008 at 07:58 AM, Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. Ouch! I hpe that you've recovered completely. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. Not just a checkup, but regular checkups at the interval suggested by your doctor, probably annual with some procedures less often. It may just save your life! Indeed. -- Shmuel (Seymour J.) Metz, SysProg and JOAT ISO position; see http://patriot.net/~shmuel/resume/brief.html We don't care. We don't have to care, we're Congress. (S877: The Shut up and Eat Your spam act of 2003) -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Ed: Sounds like the insurance companies are up to their typical. My late wife and I went through a bunch of this. Procedures that were not Reasonable and customarywhere they come up with this one, I have no idea. Any excuse to save them money, which in-turn cost the patient more. MY late wife's family had a real history of heart issues and coupled with Diabetes that is what took her. So it is good you are taking care of yourselfAll my best Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304[m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ed Gould Sent: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 1:06 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery Scott: Thanks... My Heart issue is a bit different than the typical clogged arteries. The procedure I am going to have done is called a hybrid maze (sp?). Instead of breaking the chest bones they put two holes into the sides of the chest and snip and sew from there. What surprised me from this whole thing is that I am hospitalized for 1 week followed by 5 weeks of home bed rest. The insurance companies are really cutting back on hospital stays. A few years ago I was in the hospital for 6+ weeks(non related to current heart issues) and every time they discharged me I would come back with issues that would probably not have happened in the hospital. Which is really funny as they refused to pay for the ambulance service because they forced me out of the hospital. Good luck and thanks for the kind words. Ed --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Scott Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Scott Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:29 AM Ed, All my best...I lost my wife 4 years ago, age 49 , type 1 diabetic... I have been raising two girls on my own...no complaining , I never do.. Diabetes is a true nasty killer Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304[m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: [OT] Heart Surgery In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/12/2008 at 09:41 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Not really. I am do for Heart surgery in 3 weeks. Ed, I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I am doing very well...finally. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. It may just save your life! Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of these factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. Thus ends my public service announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled posts. :-) Bob - Robert B. Richards(Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
No argument, but I'm still puffing away. Me and Pall Mall have a 40-year history and I'm well and truly hooked on nicotine. :-( Warren Brown wrote: There should not be anyone still smoking! There is absolutely no benefit at all. -- Original message from Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/12/2008 at 09:41 PM, Ed Gould said: Not really. I am do for Heart surgery in 3 weeks. Ed, I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I am doing very well...finally. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. It may just save your life! Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of these factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. Thus ends my public service announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled posts. :-) Bob - Robert B. Richards (Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
On 14 Oct 2008 04:58:56 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richards, Robert B.) wrote: I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I have some stents that didn't work - the tip of my heart only gets collateral blood flow. One artery is stented all the way up, so it never will be able to be bypassed. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
-Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Howard, My chest cavity looks like our upper atmosphere. There is so much useless hardware floating around there that when it shows up on film, I laugh out loud! Sounds like you might have fun with airport security. :-) -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Depends on what sensitivity their machines are set to detect! :-) Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Howard, My chest cavity looks like our upper atmosphere. There is so much useless hardware floating around there that when it shows up on film, I laugh out loud! Sounds like you might have fun with airport security. :-) -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
I GUARANTEE you the folks at O'Hare get upset with me. 14 crowns on various teeth! :-) Richards, Robert B. wrote: Depends on what sensitivity their machines are set to detect! :-) Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Chase, John Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 1:36 PM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Howard, My chest cavity looks like our upper atmosphere. There is so much useless hardware floating around there that when it shows up on film, I laugh out loud! Sounds like you might have fun with airport security. :-) -jc- -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Hate to say it but with the exception of diabetes you probably described half the 'old timers' in IT (just add the occasional overuse of alcohol and you've got it made). We'll teach you to drink deep ere you depart. (1.2.175) Shakespeare:Hamlet -Original Message- Richards, Robert B. snip Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of these factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. endsnip -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
[OT] Heart Surgery
In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/12/2008 at 09:41 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Not really. I am do for Heart surgery in 3 weeks. Ed, I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I am doing very well...finally. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. It may just save your life! Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of these factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. Thus ends my public service announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled posts. :-) Bob - Robert B. Richards(Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
There should not be anyone still smoking! There is absolutely no benefit at all. -- Original message from Richards, Robert B. [EMAIL PROTECTED]: -- In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/12/2008 at 09:41 PM, Ed Gould said: Not really. I am do for Heart surgery in 3 weeks. Ed, I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I am doing very well...finally. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. It may just save your life! Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of these factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. Thus ends my public service announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled posts. :-) Bob - Robert B. Richards (Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Ed, All my best...I lost my wife 4 years ago, age 49 , type 1 diabetic... I have been raising two girls on my own...no complaining , I never do.. Diabetes is a true nasty killer Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304[m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: [OT] Heart Surgery In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/12/2008 at 09:41 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Not really. I am do for Heart surgery in 3 weeks. Ed, I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I am doing very well...finally. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. It may just save your life! Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of these factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. Thus ends my public service announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled posts. :-) Bob - Robert B. Richards(Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Howard, My chest cavity looks like our upper atmosphere. There is so much useless hardware floating around there that when it shows up on film, I laugh out loud! Bob -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Howard Brazee Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 10:00 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery On 14 Oct 2008 04:58:56 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richards, Robert B.) wrote: I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I have some stents that didn't work - the tip of my heart only gets collateral blood flow. One artery is stented all the way up, so it never will be able to be bypassed. -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
Re: [OT] Heart Surgery
Scott: Thanks... My Heart issue is a bit different than the typical clogged arteries. The procedure I am going to have done is called a hybrid maze (sp?). Instead of breaking the chest bones they put two holes into the sides of the chest and snip and sew from there. What surprised me from this whole thing is that I am hospitalized for 1 week followed by 5 weeks of home bed rest. The insurance companies are really cutting back on hospital stays. A few years ago I was in the hospital for 6+ weeks(non related to current heart issues) and every time they discharged me I would come back with issues that would probably not have happened in the hospital. Which is really funny as they refused to pay for the ambulance service because they forced me out of the hospital. Good luck and thanks for the kind words. Ed --- On Tue, 10/14/08, Scott Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From: Scott Ford [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [OT] Heart Surgery To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Date: Tuesday, October 14, 2008, 10:29 AM Ed, All my best...I lost my wife 4 years ago, age 49 , type 1 diabetic... I have been raising two girls on my own...no complaining , I never do.. Diabetes is a true nasty killer Scott Ford Senior Systems Engineer [p] 678.266.3399 x304[m] 609-346-0399 identityforge.com This message is for the designated recipient only and may contain privileged, proprietary, or otherwise private information. If you have received it in error, please notify the sender immediately or let us know at [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], and then delete the original. Any other use of the email by you is prohibited. -Original Message- From: IBM Mainframe Discussion List [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Richards, Robert B. Sent: Tuesday, October 14, 2008 7:59 AM To: IBM-MAIN@BAMA.UA.EDU Subject: [OT] Heart Surgery In [EMAIL PROTECTED], on 10/12/2008 at 09:41 PM, Ed Gould [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Not really. I am do for Heart surgery in 3 weeks. Ed, I hope your operation is a complete success. I had a quadruple coronary artery bypass in March. What most people on this list do not know is that I had a 2nd and a 3rd heart attack in July and August. Apparently one of the graphs failed, causing the 2nd attack. They put in two stents. Two weeks after that, those two stents collapsed, causing the 3rd attack. It was resolved by putting another stent in there somewhere. :-) I am doing very well...finally. My secondary reason for posting this to the list is to *encourage* all of you old guys/gals to get a checkup. It may just save your life! Highest risk factors are smoking, overweight, high blood pressure, high cholesterol, stress and diabetes. If you qualify on any of these factors, again PLEASE get a checkup. Thus ends my public service announcement. I now return you to your regularly scheduled posts. :-) Bob - Robert B. Richards(Bob) US Office of Personnel Management 1900 E Street NW Room: BH04L Washington, D.C. 20415 Phone: (202) 606-1195 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] - -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html -- For IBM-MAIN subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the message: GET IBM-MAIN INFO Search the archives at http://bama.ua.edu/archives/ibm-main.html
