[Heeplist] Health issues

Sat Jan 13 13:48:40 EST 2018

Hi Mark,
I'm trying to understand how the health system works in the US
When you say void the Claus, prove no direct competition . What do you mean
by that?
Don
On Sat, Jan 13, 2018 at 10:22 AM Mark Layel <marklayel at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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