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Hi All,
As many of you have been friends or close acquaintances sharing this hobby
with me for many years now, I wanted to let you know why I wasn't on the 20
meter net last Sunday. Saturday evening I underwent a life changing event,
at least to me, which I will explain. About three years ago, I was
diagnosed with congestive heart failure. As treatment was concerned, I was
placed on water pills, told to watch my sodium intake and not a lot else.
As many of you know, in the summer I work with a program for employing blind
high school youth and walk all over Seattle for about six weeks. Well, this
year this walking was increasingly difficult to do but I put it down to
getting somewhat heavier, getting older, etc.
Well, Saturday night it all finally caught up with me. I went into a
situation where I could not get enough breath in my lungs to sustain me. I
can tell you, that is the scariest feeling I've ever experienced. I
remember telling Kathy I need the ambulance and woke up Tuesday morning in
the hospital with a feeding tube down my throat, oxygen in my nose and weak
as a kitten having lost three days of my life.
I am home now thanks to the power of prayer and the support of a lot of good
friends and family. I am recovering but still a little weak. However, I am
very glad to be in the land of the living and will certainly pay better
attention to my body in the future.
I still have a problem with bladder cancer to whip but I'm all over that, it
seems it will be curable and I don't plan on going silent key any time soon.
Take care all and very 73.
Kevin :)
Amateur Radio: K7RX
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