as 2021 comes to an end

As the final days of 2021 trickle down to its final few, my thoughts turn to those not able to share in it. Covid 19 has taken more than 5 millon people worldwide. im sure many of those were not able to be vaccinated. poor countries dont have the abilty to fund mass vaccinations. who cry for them? why should only the rich countries get the medical treatments necessary to survive.

So this is Christmas 2021

So here we are celebrating another Christmas in the shadow of the pandemic. Hopefully you are all staying safe and healthy, the vaccines do work. Sadly so many don't have access to vaccines throughout the world that covid won't be going away anytime soon. Just one mutation will set this off again and again. We must make the vaccines available for free and for everyone worldwide to bring this pandemic to an end.

People before profits.

the heart of the matter

After two days of testing in Boston I was exhausted. The testing didn't tire me out as much as the heat and humidity. Too damn hot and muggy fo me. Never have I been able to handle the combination of both.

Anways, some friends have inquired what's going on. I was doing some pre operative testing, gonna have heart surgery. No valve job, no pacemaker or defib device. Getting my heart shaved. The inside wall of my heart should be 12 mm thick and it's 19 mm. The extra width is blocking the valve, so my heart in a sense backs up. This causes pain and shortness of breath and after six heart attacks its time to get fixed. 

Now two to three months out of work recovering from this surgery won't be easy, it's won't be hard either. Thankfully there will be morphine to handle the pain of them sawing my ribs. 

I'll have a visiting nurse for a couple of weeks and diarrhea too! They don't want you pushing hard to do a bowel movement. Now I can schedule the surgery for September but I am gonna hold off until January. One, I want to take my vacations later this year. But more importantly want to see how bad this covid surge gets.

So there you have it.

heart ❤

I was born with a hole in my heart and a smaller ventricle than I should have. It's caused me problems but I've dealt with them. It is the hand life dealt me. 

In April after my 2nd vaccine my heart acted funny. I thought it was a side effect but it was not. As I didn't go to the hospital they don't know for sure is it was a heart attack. So they set up tests. 

I had some a week ago and they said I needed more afterwards. Yesterday the doctor called and asked me to come in today for another test. So I went and did what I needed to do. Went home as i was going to do a half day but felt exhausted and called out. 

Just got called by the doctor, he sees a problem. Don't ask me what he said, it's a blur. All I know is that he is making me an appointment at a Boston Medical Clinic that specializes in my heart issue. I'm about to take a nap and sleep this over. 

Tomorrow starts my vacation, I'm going to DC. Will not push myself too much but, to be honest, I never have.