June 27, 2025 (Mostly A Reposting of Newsletter #22) Hi, [Medical and Literary Updates: The healing is still ongoing. Some days, when the therapist is here, I will do more than I should and I regret it the next day. I have another couple of weeks of PT left, three days a week, and my …
Hi, Medical Update: The ablation procedure (to take a final stab at curing my AFib) will take place on the 21st of this month (less than a week from now). I feel very safe in my doctor’s hands. This is a very common procedure and he’s done a ton of them. But on to the …
Hi, [Medical and Literary Updates: I have done a little more writing, but not much. I need to push myself over the next few weeks to finish the first draft of the novella. My thumb has (almost) healed nicely. My whole hand is stiff when I wake up in the morning, but it gradually loosens …
Hi, Medical/Literary Update and Cars: Not much to tell medically that I didn’t cover in the previous newsletter. There has been no decision yet on whether and when I might have the ablation procedure to (hopefully) cure my A-Fib. My right hand is healing nicely, but I haven’t done much more writing. I did decide …
Hi, Literary Update (not much to add): My novella is a little over 40,000 words now. I hope to have the first draft of it finished fairly soon. [Note (11-7-2025): I was apparently kidding myself. For reasons I will cover later in the year, I still haven’t finished it.] I’ve already spotted a few structural …
Hi, According to the ECG they took a couple of weeks ago, I still have AFib. The amiodorone I have been taking (twice a day) kept my pulse rate within a certain range (which is good), but the AFib is still there. I’m supposed to see a specialist in a couple of weeks to talk …
Hi, Medical and Literary Updates: When this posts I’ll be getting ready to leave for an appointment with my cardiologist. I have been seeing him since May 2021 because of my A-Fib, which we were treating primarily with Eliquis (to guard against stroke). Periodically, he would check to see if the A-Fib had settled into …
Hi, Really short one today. Medical and Literary Updates (etc.): Aside from continued good but slow healing of my right hand, things are still much the same as last time. I do have to take a few days off from writing soon to do my taxes, though. Michael Standard Disclaimer: Please post a comment below …
Hi, Medical and Literary Updates: There’s not much to report. My thumb surgery is healing nicely, but I still can’t use my (fairly large) mouse with that hand, so I’m left-handing it with a smaller mouse. I have done some more work on Flood and Fire, and written an exploratory opening (a small chapter) for …
Hi, Medical and Literary Updates: My hand is healing nicely, but it’s going to be stiff for months and the tendons on the dorsal side of the hand still ache after I’ve typed for a while. I am getting a little writing done, but I’m also taking an hour or so each day to learn …