Oct 3, 2022Happy Birthday!!Well, it’s my 61st birthday. And just last week it was the 5-month anniversary of my heart transplant. Note to self: why do people talk of a 6-month anniversary, or for that matter any month other than the twelfth? Please, discuss. I’ve been pretty silent the last few months. It’s…Heart Transplant2 min readHeart Transplant2 min read
Aug 13, 2022I Fall Asleep Counting My BlessingsI’ve never had an MRI. It’s not that I’ve never had need of one, but I had this defibrillator planted in my chest that kind of got in the way. Hospitals get kind of cautious about having patients getting their heart and the defibrillator ripped out of their chest, spraying…Heart Transplant3 min readHeart Transplant3 min read
Aug 11, 2022A Little Good, A Little BadThis started out to be a post about my three-month anniversary, back in mid-July. But that time has passed. I’ll just note it here in passing and move along. It’s been a minute since I last posted. I’ve been having some trouble controlling my hands and arms due to a…Heart Transplant6 min readHeart Transplant6 min read
Jun 16, 2022Shakin’ All OverIt’s been a while since I posted anything. It wasn’t out of intent. I just couldn’t do it, literally. I was feeling a little foggy for a while, having some trouble pulling my thoughts together. The bright side was, I was getting stronger, I figured the brain thing was a…Heart4 min readHeart4 min read
May 21, 2022Ch… Ch… Ch… Ch… ChangesIt’s not getting any easier to write. The meds make my hands shake so much sometimes my fingers either double-tap the keys or just slide off the keys entirely. But writing is what I do, it’s what I’ve always done. So I’m not giving it up. And I’m not going…Ibetmylife1 min readIbetmylife1 min read
May 17, 2022Happy Heartiversary To MeWell, a month ago yesterday, April 15, 2022, at approximately 5:22 am, I was reborn, having died somewhere is the preceding 10 hours when they seevered my arteries and removed my old, enlarged, diseased, ischemic heart and put in a shiny new (well, new to me) heart, along with clean…Ibetmylife7 min readIbetmylife7 min read
May 14, 2022The FogI mentioned in my last post that I was having a bit of a rough time, emotonally and cognitively. I’m still there and it’s getting pretty old. It all started while I was paying bills. I had just finished writing out my sixth or seventh check and I was about…Ibetmylife5 min readIbetmylife5 min read
May 6, 2022Catch-22I’ve been getting stronger every day. I can walk farther. I now take the stairs without needing to stop and rest halfway. But everything has its limits. I spent the day roaming around the hospital, getting blood drawn, getting an echocardiogram, meeting with team members. Before the day was half…Ibetmylife4 min readIbetmylife4 min read
Apr 29, 2022Kiss Me Once and Kiss Me Twice Then Kiss Me Once AgainIt’s been a long, long time. This experience reminds me of a whole bunch of old cliches. All of them revolve around the same theme, though: slow then fast. My “big one” was over 20 years ago. I was told back then that I would either need a transplant one…Ibetmylife10 min readIbetmylife10 min read
Apr 25, 2022So… This HappenedI got rolled into an OR on April 13, and I woke up late inthe day on the 14th wih a new heart. Some transplants like to refer to that day as their new birthday. I get it, but I’ll have no truck with such talk for myself. …Ibetmylife3 min readIbetmylife3 min read
