Here is the view from the Milstein Pavilion Hudson River So. Room 46. Yes folks, after more than 60 hours in the Cardiac Care Unit of Columbia Presbyterian I was discharged on my own recognizance. As I was walking out I heard one of the wonderful staff comment how rare it is to see a […]
Month: December 2006
Troubles flushed away
Well as I lie in my hospital bed of course my thoughts went to the five or so of you who may be monitoring this blog I had the Electrophysiology or “EP” Study this afternoon and the Atrial Ablation seems to have done the trick. My pulse which went well above 200 two days ago […]
What else could go wrong?
Well, if all my cardiac foibles weren’t enough, yesterday a new layer of intrigue was added to the roster.Around mid-day I noticed that my heart was racing. I initially chalked it up to an anxiety attack. When squared breathing and other techniques failed to quell the pounding in my chest I called – and was […]
Update Haiku 12-15-06
So here is the deal: A Pseudo Aneurysm Is all that it was. ~ I got two whole hours Of compression therapy In the “upper leg“. ~ A photograph of a certain Hematoma located by an amateur sonogram tech. ~ And now it’s resolved! As this picture clearly shows Hematoma? Pfft! ~ I went to […]
Update Haiku 12-12-06
It sounds ominous. A partial aneurysm. In the … “upper leg.” ~ ~ But it’s really not. Or so they are telling me. We’ll find out Friday.
An Update…A Date and a Stabbing Pain!
In an unexpected development: On the very same day I scheduled the Pulmonary Valve replacement surgery (Feb 15th by the way) I was stricken by an excruciating pain, a stabbing burning pain, in my left thigh. While this is something I have been experiencing since around the cateterization last month; it was far worse today […]
Quick heads up.
I had my surgical consult with Dr. Q, the preeminent man in his field, and it’s a go for the valve replacement. I’m figuring it will be in early to mid-February, but I’ll find out for certain on Monday the 11th. Now to some Traveler Bill Industries, Ltd. business. A previous post mentioned that I […]
Traveler-Bill.com Updated!
Just a heads up to the people who are interested in such things, there has been a significant update of Traveler-Bill.com.