[Heeplist] Health issues

Tony Bryson T_Bryson at msn.com
Sat Jan 13 12:07:49 EST 2018 

Antonio  
I am glad you had the support to survive and keep listening to our beloved band on this earthly plane.
Tony
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From: Heeplist [mailto:heeplist-bounces at travellersintime.com] On Behalf Of Antonio Pirani - ROCK BRIGADE
Sent: Saturday, January 13, 2018 10:04 AM
To: heeplist at travellersintime.com
Subject: [Heeplist] Health issues

I had a sudden heart stroke on 17th Abril 2006.

I have managed to survive because:

-an excellent private insurance health plan, great doctors, etc

-the essential support and company from my family.

-my soul will be listening to my beloved band forever, but my heart preferred me to keep on listening to it ALIVE for many years to come!

Em 13/01/2018 02:31, Bob Winward escreveu:
> Tony, thank you for sharing.  I know there are many on the list who 
> have or had struggles, work, health, family.  Yes through it all we 
> all have a common bond of friendship and love for Uriah Heep music!
> You’re isn inspiration!
> 
> Tough times never last but tough people do! I have always said that no 
> man’s life is devoid of problems,  his character is honed by how he 
> handles them!
> 
> Bob Winward
> 
>> On Jan 12, 2018, at 9:41 PM, Kevin Milanowski <11scorpio06 at gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> 
>> I've never met you on the list Tony but I've been on for quite a 
>> while my name is Kevin I'm glad you got your health issues 
>> straightened out and I pray for you in the future God bless and take 
>> good care of yourself
>> 
>>> On Jan 12, 2018 5:11 PM, "Tony Bryson" <T_Bryson at msn.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> I pre-ordered the signed limited-edition vinyl and the CD. I wish it 
>>> were in the cards to see one of the shows, but nothing really close 
>>> enough for a day trip. I would love to see some of you guys, 
>>> especially since I missed Ron's wedding. I've try to keep up with 
>>> the list, even though I have not posted for a while.
>>> 
>>> 2017 was a little challenging to say the least, health and career 
>>> wise.
>>> Last year started with an elimination of my position March 1st with 
>>> the company I worked for 18 years and them exercising the 
>>> non-compete clause, effectively taking me out of market for my 
>>> career for what I have done for
>>> 25 years for at least 18 months. Still I figured I was resourceful 
>>> and at
>>> 62 started working on a plan. Then in the middle of the process, in 
>>> May, one of my sons noticed I was having some type of issue and made 
>>> me check my blood pressure, which showed my pulse rate which was 
>>> showing 170 to 175. He and my wife made me go to the ER. I had had 
>>> episodes late at night a few times before over the previous months, 
>>> took aspirin and went to sleep because I didn't want to alarm my 
>>> wife in the middle of the night, woke up in the morning and was 
>>> fine. The right side of my heart was doing
>>> 320 bpm
>>> on the top and 170 on the bottom, so the BP device only showed the 
>>> 170, and was having what is called atrial flutter.
>>> 
>>> Ended up in the ER 3 times between May and the end of August with 
>>> them shocking my heart back to rhythm twice since meds couldn't 
>>> control it. The last time I developed a-fib on the lefts side of the 
>>> heart, as well as the flutter. There was not a way I could keep 
>>> going to the ER and find a new career, so decided to have two 
>>> different procedures on my heart in October I've stayed busy helping 
>>> my son some with the studio business while recuperating. Now after a 
>>> few months of recovery, I seem to be out of the woods except for 
>>> some minor residual issues and am looking forward to a better 2018. 
>>> Luckily, I kept my health insurance through cobra last year even 
>>> though it was way too much and had a really high deductible, as the 
>>> total bills for the heart issues paid by insurance were hundreds of 
>>> thousands of dollars for last year. Still this puts us out of 
>>> traveling for concerts for now unless something radically changes. 
>>> Should have made one of my sons be a cardiac doctor so I could 
>>> retire.
>>> 
>>> I don't write this to garner anything from anyone, only to warn my 
>>> friends that you should make sure to take care of yourself and not 
>>> be stubborn, especially since many of us are older and getting more 
>>> stubborn. If you are not on blood thinners and have weird feelings 
>>> around your heart, take aspirin if you are allowed, follow-up 
>>> immediately, better safe than not. I had tests prior to all of this 
>>> that were normal and it caused me to not do anything when the issues 
>>> started. Doctor said I was lucky I didn't develop a clot one of the 
>>> previous multiple times I had the issues, and never wake up, 
>>> especially with my history of high red blood cell count, and 
>>> father's multiple issues who died at 46 from a stroke. He said 
>>> taking multiple aspirins each time may have been a life saver, who 
>>> knows. Things could have turned out a lot worse, God had to have 
>>> been watching over me.
>>> 
>>> I see so many with much greater problems and challenges than I have, 
>>> and I count my blessings in friends and family every day. Luckily, I 
>>> have
>>> 4 great
>>> sons, and a fantastic wife who has made sure I followed the doctor's 
>>> orders. She is one of God's angels in more ways than one putting up 
>>> with me.
>>> 
>>> I hope one of you get to do a Pledge Music to play on stage with 
>>> them, would love to see a video of one of you guys with them.
>>> 
>>> Have a blessed year, Keep on Heep'in Tony
>>> 
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