Hi, I have a vivid memory of walking alone when I was much younger, just thinking and talking to myself. I did that a lot back then. I was born a year after World War II ended, and I think I was about ten years old then, so this must have been in the mid-1950’s. …
Hi, The TEE (TransEsophageal Echocardiogram): Friday, 9-10-2025. Essentially, they stuck a tube down my throat, slid some specialized equipment through the tube down into my esophagus in order to get an accurate picture of my heart. The esophagus runs directly behind the heart, and passes within a few millimeters of the left atrial chamber …
Hi, About two weeks ago (9-12-2025), I had a TEE (TransEsophageal Echocardiogram) performed, which was the first step toward getting approval for the implant of a Watchman device in my left atrial appendage. Try saying “TransEsophogeal Electrocardiogram” 10 times really fast!!! The Watchman was approved and, on September 22nd, I underwent a minimally invasive heart …
Hi, Literary Update: I may be slowing down my writing (again) for a while. The has been an interestingly interruptive year for me, and I’m not sure how much writing I’ll be doing for the foreseeable (near) future. The medical stuff below will help explain why. The Medical Stuff: As you should know by now, …
Newsletter 63 – May 24, 2024 Hi, In Newsletter #62 I covered some of my medical issues and how those are hampering my ability to write. Nothing has been decided about my hand surgery yet. Minay and I will probably visit the surgeon together, sometime in June, to discuss all of my options. In this …