On Mar 15, 2:32*pm, John H wrote:
On Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:44:46 -0500, I am Tosk
wrote:

Updates are at another place, another time...

Scotty

All went well. I'm home. Got out Saturday with a brand new 11" row of stitches
from bottom of sternum to just above Mr. Johnson. Getting along well. I
appreciate all the calls, emails, well wishes, prayers, etc., both here and
there and everywhere else.

Thanks.
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John H

You're welcome, John.

HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 5:38 PM, D.Duck wrote:
HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 4:34 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:33:56 -0800, "Steve

wrote:


"I am wrote in message
...
In ,

says...

Update for anyone interested. John's surgery went well and he
should be
home
early next week. It was a scary operation but now that it's done,
the
guy
ought
to be good as new for anyone who might be interested.

I guess I'm out of the loop. I've had most of the NG on ignore, and
haven't
been following a lot of the threads. What type of operation was it?

Steve

John had apparently been walking around with an Aortic Aneurysm for a
while now
and they were aware of it. After some recent changes they decided
to go in
and
repair it, done, he will be home next week.

Scotty

--
Team Rowdy Mouse, STIMILON SATURDAY, YEAH!

That's a big one. I have the same condition, but it has been stable
for
years. It is right on the verge of operation. I hate the thought of
ANOTHER open chest operation, but there are only two choices.

Good luck to John. BTDT. The time will pass quickly into a memory, and
that memory will soften with time. I will be 8 years post op in
June. A
8.5 hour surgery for 5 way bypass and aortic valve replacement.

Steve


Mine was an abdominal variety, so they didn't have to open the chest.
The
incision started just below the sternum.

My aneurysm had been bumping along right at 4.2-4.3mm, but then
jumped up to 4.8
in a three month period. That's when they decided an operation was
called for.


Which we taxpayers paid for...we were ripped, once again.


And what will you say when you're medicare eligible?


That I paid for it through payroll deduction since, what, 1965, and it
wasn't provided through my sucking on the government teat and then
pretending I wasn't a retired government employee?

Don't "government" employees pay FICA taxes?

On 3/15/10 6:32 PM, D.Duck wrote:
HK wrote:

My aneurysm had been bumping along right at 4.2-4.3mm, but then
jumped up to 4.8
in a three month period. That's when they decided an operation was
called for.


Which we taxpayers paid for...we were ripped, once again.


And what will you say when you're medicare eligible?


That I paid for it through payroll deduction since, what, 1965, and it
wasn't provided through my sucking on the government teat and then
pretending I wasn't a retired government employee?

Don't "government" employees pay FICA taxes?


Some do. Some government employees obtain benefits in a different way.

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In article , says...

HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 4:34 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:33:56 -0800, "Steve
wrote:


"I am wrote in message
...
In ,

says...

Update for anyone interested. John's surgery went well and he
should be
home
early next week. It was a scary operation but now that it's done, the
guy
ought
to be good as new for anyone who might be interested.

I guess I'm out of the loop. I've had most of the NG on ignore, and
haven't
been following a lot of the threads. What type of operation was it?

Steve

John had apparently been walking around with an Aortic Aneurysm for a
while now
and they were aware of it. After some recent changes they decided to
go in
and
repair it, done, he will be home next week.

Scotty

--
Team Rowdy Mouse, STIMILON SATURDAY, YEAH!

That's a big one. I have the same condition, but it has been stable for
years. It is right on the verge of operation. I hate the thought of
ANOTHER open chest operation, but there are only two choices.

Good luck to John. BTDT. The time will pass quickly into a memory, and
that memory will soften with time. I will be 8 years post op in
June. A
8.5 hour surgery for 5 way bypass and aortic valve replacement.

Steve


Mine was an abdominal variety, so they didn't have to open the chest. The
incision started just below the sternum.

My aneurysm had been bumping along right at 4.2-4.3mm, but then jumped
up to 4.8
in a three month period. That's when they decided an operation was
called for.


Which we taxpayers paid for...we were ripped, once again.


And what will you say when you're medicare eligible?

Whatever he can to draw your attention

Scotty

--
Team Rowdy Mouse, Banned from the Mall for life!

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:32:36 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 5:38 PM, D.Duck wrote:
HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 4:34 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:33:56 -0800, "Steve

wrote:


"I am wrote in message
...
In ,

says...

Update for anyone interested. John's surgery went well and he
should be
home
early next week. It was a scary operation but now that it's done,
the
guy
ought
to be good as new for anyone who might be interested.

I guess I'm out of the loop. I've had most of the NG on ignore, and
haven't
been following a lot of the threads. What type of operation was it?

Steve

John had apparently been walking around with an Aortic Aneurysm for a
while now
and they were aware of it. After some recent changes they decided
to go in
and
repair it, done, he will be home next week.

Scotty

--
Team Rowdy Mouse, STIMILON SATURDAY, YEAH!

That's a big one. I have the same condition, but it has been stable
for
years. It is right on the verge of operation. I hate the thought of
ANOTHER open chest operation, but there are only two choices.

Good luck to John. BTDT. The time will pass quickly into a memory, and
that memory will soften with time. I will be 8 years post op in
June. A
8.5 hour surgery for 5 way bypass and aortic valve replacement.

Steve


Mine was an abdominal variety, so they didn't have to open the chest.
The
incision started just below the sternum.

My aneurysm had been bumping along right at 4.2-4.3mm, but then
jumped up to 4.8
in a three month period. That's when they decided an operation was
called for.


Which we taxpayers paid for...we were ripped, once again.


And what will you say when you're medicare eligible?


That I paid for it through payroll deduction since, what, 1965, and it
wasn't provided through my sucking on the government teat and then
pretending I wasn't a retired government employee?

Don't "government" employees pay FICA taxes?

I won't bother responding to him, but since you asked, the answer is 'yes'.
--

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John H

On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 20:42:54 -0400, I am Tosk
wrote:

In article , says...

HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 4:34 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:33:56 -0800, "Steve
wrote:


"I am wrote in message
...
In ,

says...

Update for anyone interested. John's surgery went well and he
should be
home
early next week. It was a scary operation but now that it's done, the
guy
ought
to be good as new for anyone who might be interested.

I guess I'm out of the loop. I've had most of the NG on ignore, and
haven't
been following a lot of the threads. What type of operation was it?

Steve

John had apparently been walking around with an Aortic Aneurysm for a
while now
and they were aware of it. After some recent changes they decided to
go in
and
repair it, done, he will be home next week.

Scotty

--
Team Rowdy Mouse, STIMILON SATURDAY, YEAH!

That's a big one. I have the same condition, but it has been stable for
years. It is right on the verge of operation. I hate the thought of
ANOTHER open chest operation, but there are only two choices.

Good luck to John. BTDT. The time will pass quickly into a memory, and
that memory will soften with time. I will be 8 years post op in
June. A
8.5 hour surgery for 5 way bypass and aortic valve replacement.

Steve


Mine was an abdominal variety, so they didn't have to open the chest. The
incision started just below the sternum.

My aneurysm had been bumping along right at 4.2-4.3mm, but then jumped
up to 4.8
in a three month period. That's when they decided an operation was
called for.


Which we taxpayers paid for...we were ripped, once again.


And what will you say when you're medicare eligible?

Whatever he can to draw your attention

Scotty

Classic!
--

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John H

John H wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:32:36 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 5:38 PM, D.Duck wrote:
HK wrote:
On 3/15/10 4:34 PM, John H wrote:
On Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:33:56 -0800, "Steve

wrote:

"I am wrote in message
...
In ,

says...
Update for anyone interested. John's surgery went well and he
should be
home
early next week. It was a scary operation but now that it's done,
the
guy
ought
to be good as new for anyone who might be interested.
I guess I'm out of the loop. I've had most of the NG on ignore, and
haven't
been following a lot of the threads. What type of operation was it?

Steve
John had apparently been walking around with an Aortic Aneurysm for a
while now
and they were aware of it. After some recent changes they decided
to go in
and
repair it, done, he will be home next week.

Scotty

--
Team Rowdy Mouse, STIMILON SATURDAY, YEAH!
That's a big one. I have the same condition, but it has been stable
for
years. It is right on the verge of operation. I hate the thought of
ANOTHER open chest operation, but there are only two choices.

Good luck to John. BTDT. The time will pass quickly into a memory, and
that memory will soften with time. I will be 8 years post op in
June. A
8.5 hour surgery for 5 way bypass and aortic valve replacement.

Steve

Mine was an abdominal variety, so they didn't have to open the chest.
The
incision started just below the sternum.

My aneurysm had been bumping along right at 4.2-4.3mm, but then
jumped up to 4.8
in a three month period. That's when they decided an operation was
called for.

Which we taxpayers paid for...we were ripped, once again.

And what will you say when you're medicare eligible?

That I paid for it through payroll deduction since, what, 1965, and it
wasn't provided through my sucking on the government teat and then
pretending I wasn't a retired government employee?
Don't "government" employees pay FICA taxes?

I won't bother responding to him, but since you asked, the answer is 'yes'.



Oh, I know they do. Just a dig at the "annointed one" that complains
about all the "snarky" comments and he's king snark.

On 3/16/10 9:52 AM, D.Duck wrote:
John H wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:32:36 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

HK wrote:

Don't "government" employees pay FICA taxes?

I won't bother responding to him, but since you asked, the answer is
'yes'.



Oh, I know they do. Just a dig at the "annointed one" that complains
about all the "snarky" comments and he's king snark.


Awwww...how sweet. To be brutally honest, though, the demise of
right-wing racist trash like herring can only help humanity progress.

As those of us who are sentient beings know, and as many right-wingers deny:

The earth revolves around the sun.
The earth is billions, not thousands of years old.
Fox News is neither fair, nor balanced - nor news.
Evolution happened and is happening.
Torture does not work.
Bush did not keep us safe.
Markets do not regulate themselves.
Fascism is not the same as socialism.
The world was not with us with regards to the Iraq War.
Iraq never attacked us and was never a threat.
Trickle-down economics is extremely insulting on its face. More so if
examined.
Obama is not a socialist, or a communist.
A weak public option for a fraction of the country does not spell doom.
Prayers in school did not avert any wrong doings. Nor are prayers
prohibited now.
There is no correlation between religiosity and morality.
The world can be and is over-populated.
Supply-side economics makes no sense, period.
Lying to soldiers about why they are fighting is not equivalent to support.
Supporting any war for any reason is not equivalent to patriotism.
Tax cuts for the rich are not a fix-all. In fact they hurt after a
certain point.
Gays are not asking for special rights. They are asking for human rights.
An economist from Exxon does not equal the entire peer reviewed data
from the world's climatologists.
We really don't have the #1 healthcare system in the world, and
pretending we do only hurts our chances of improvement.
The fact is, now there really is a Northwest Passage for the first time
in human history.
Intelligent Design is creationism in a dress. Un-burying her and
dressing her up does not make her smell any better.


Don't choke on your quacks.



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HK wrote:
On 3/16/10 9:52 AM, D.Duck wrote:
John H wrote:
On Mon, 15 Mar 2010 18:32:36 -0400, "D.Duck" wrote:

HK wrote:

Don't "government" employees pay FICA taxes?

I won't bother responding to him, but since you asked, the answer is
'yes'.



Oh, I know they do. Just a dig at the "annointed one" that complains
about all the "snarky" comments and he's king snark.


Awwww...how sweet. To be brutally honest, though, the demise of
right-wing racist trash like herring can only help humanity progress.

As those of us who are sentient beings know, and as many right-wingers
deny:

The earth revolves around the sun.
The earth is billions, not thousands of years old.
Fox News is neither fair, nor balanced - nor news.
Evolution happened and is happening.
Torture does not work.
Bush did not keep us safe.
Markets do not regulate themselves.
Fascism is not the same as socialism.
The world was not with us with regards to the Iraq War.
Iraq never attacked us and was never a threat.
Trickle-down economics is extremely insulting on its face. More so if
examined.
Obama is not a socialist, or a communist.
A weak public option for a fraction of the country does not spell doom.
Prayers in school did not avert any wrong doings. Nor are prayers
prohibited now.
There is no correlation between religiosity and morality.
The world can be and is over-populated.
Supply-side economics makes no sense, period.
Lying to soldiers about why they are fighting is not equivalent to support.
Supporting any war for any reason is not equivalent to patriotism.
Tax cuts for the rich are not a fix-all. In fact they hurt after a
certain point.
Gays are not asking for special rights. They are asking for human rights.
An economist from Exxon does not equal the entire peer reviewed data
from the world's climatologists.
We really don't have the #1 healthcare system in the world, and
pretending we do only hurts our chances of improvement.
The fact is, now there really is a Northwest Passage for the first time
in human history.
Intelligent Design is creationism in a dress. Un-burying her and
dressing her up does not make her smell any better.


Don't choke on your quacks.




And what the current majority in congress and the POTUS will not admit
is this country has a "physical cancer" and only want to add fuel to the
disease.