[Heeplist] Health issues

Tue Jan 16 10:11:49 EST 2018

If you can prove that you are not competing with the former employer a good
business attorney can void the clause.

On Jan 13, 2018 1:49 PM, "Don Malecic" <docofun at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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