[Heeplist] Health issues

Sat Jan 13 13:21:50 EST 2018

You must take care of yourself and make no mistake, missing a concert is
far better than some alternatives. I know what your wife feels. I kept my
wife alive for a long long time. I myself was defibulated when I was 15. 45
years ago. I wish you the best of health and good advice for life. BTW. If
you can prove you will loose your livelyhood and thus standard of living as
well as health insurance any good lawyer can void the clause. It is done
all the time. Prove no direct competition.

On Jan 13, 2018 10:05 AM, "Antonio Pirani - ROCK BRIGADE" <
ap at rockbrigade.com.br> wrote:

> 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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