(I had so much fun yakking about my health, but with luck there won’t be much more of that to yak about in the future, so this is your notice that I will be more and more yakking about just … Continued
Well, here we are, the day before the big day. There is one more test this morning, some kind of sonogram-ish thing to check the condition of my cardioid arteries, and I am good to go. In the evening the … Continued
“hi, my name is John. I’m going to Turkey in a few days …. for a heart operation.” My public presentation of “things” has been morphing lately. It started three weeks ago when I visited Martha in good ole Marin … Continued
This is a nuts and bolts update, with facts, numbers and links. Many of you expressed interest in the gory details of what I’m doing, so here goes. The very first hit on my google search for “overseas heart operation” … Continued
Background For the last seven years I have had a high-stakes gamble with the US health care system. Eight years ago, since losing my fat corporate job, I was paying $320/month for $5000 deductible insurance. I was a basically healthy … Continued