“…he basically sat me down and told me I needed a heart transplant.”
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Near Death Experience: The Epilogue
What I’m sitting down here to write is intended to be an epilogue to a post I made about four years ago called “Near Death Experience“. It’s been four years and I never quite wrote that “Part 2” to the story, so I figured an epilogue was more appropriate. So if you…
Near Death Experience
On May 3rd, I received a bi-ventricular ICD. It’s a pacemaker, intended to help my heart chambers beat in sync and in the correct order. This device also has an extra wire that, in the event that my heart goes wacky, it will use electro-shock therapy to get me back…
A New Condition
I went to the cardiologist’s today. It was mainly a follow-up from the time when, a couple months ago, when I was feeling awful and couldn’t even take a few steps (unless the ground was flat) before feeling short of breath and nearly passing out. I had an echo done…
Worthless Space
I think I realized this blog was really only existing for one person. I have no interest in sharing such intimate details with anyone else. I didn’t/don’t care that anyone else reads. So now, since I’ve shut her out of my view and assume the opposite has occurred, too, I…
My Damaged Heart: Surgery Blog – Part 1
This is very difficult for me, because I have no idea what I’m going to write. I usually have a few points; a few ideas or moments I want to convey before I sit down for something like this. But I’ve not a single moment that stands out among the…