PinnedThe Calm Before The StormAs the summer of 2016 approached, I reached the end of my permitted visits at rehab and decided to avoid a re-hashing and possible…Feb 26, 2021Feb 26, 2021
PinnedI Have Congestive Heart Failure.When the past becomes the present and the present becomes the future.Feb 9, 2021Feb 9, 2021
Fully Charged... A Life on BatteriesAdapting to change- Why I know that “you‘ve got this”.Mar 13, 2021Mar 13, 2021
The City Hospital Experience Begins.And you thought New York City was your best option?Mar 2, 2021Mar 2, 2021
Fighting With Heart Failure or “Tilting at Windmills”.Dr. Williams, my “newest” cardiologist at New York University Medical Center, said, “ I’ll tell you what, if you go to cardiac…Feb 22, 20211Feb 22, 20211
Exercising self-advocacy in medicine.When I decided to move on from the care of Dr. Stanley, I decided to return to a doctor who had previously treated me for a brief period…Feb 16, 2021Feb 16, 2021
It’s time to “take the wheel” again.It struck me that after my recovery of my second aortic valve replacement, people were asking me if I had had a heart attack — and…Feb 13, 2021Feb 13, 2021
A Funeral For My FriendThe following story was written in tribute to my dear friend Max, who died in November, 2019. His death was particularly tragic and…Feb 10, 2021Feb 10, 2021