OT: Bern's brief bye for a bit

[bernmeister]

All,

HNY
I am having a major surgery beginning tom. am and will be out of commission for at least a couple of days.

It is for removal of a blocked artery. My odds are good -- 98+% chance of recovery.

Nonetheless do not want to be all blasphemous like the idiots who said of the Titanic "God Himself could not sink this ship".

Accordingly your prayers/best wishes are requested.

This is actually in God's hands. If He wants me NOW, there is no doctor that can save me. And if he wants me later, there is no medical error that will take me down.

I am comforted that this appears to be for a purpose.

2 years ago, I had a massive attack of ferocious blood clots. Was about 12 hours from the Angel of Death picking me up, then obviously, he got recalled. Don't know what that was about but I am grateful.

We should not fear death. We should appreciate the best possibilities of what life has to offer.

I have already been blessed to do something potentially significant and meaningful with my life. I have a concept on how to restructure the international monetary system. In theory it would make capitalism more altruistic and efficient, and thus more benevolently effective, by design. It does this by saying the true value of money is not a principle of quantitative concentration, which is closer to the status quo, but rather a principle of quantitative concentration --- the net of how well it is used. If enough dots are corrected and my work is academically verified we will not be talking about building a better mousetrap, we will be talking about reinventing the wheel. A lot more to it than that but good for a few sentences. {Perhaps next time you won't be so quick to dismiss my Nieves experiment, LOL.}

Tho at an embryonic beginning, academic review is soon to start; hopefully the Lord will return me so I may be available to assist in this process, and more importantly, hopefully it will be all this and a proverbial bag of chips and then some.

So I am optimistic you will hear from me again.

Til then all best

My appreciation to nearly all of you (don't let a few bastards get you down)
and
my deepest appreciation to those of you closest to me (you know who you are).

Til then
peace and love.

not original but never wrong:
And in the end...
the love you take...
is equal to the love..
you make.

Click to read more...

 

[fm]

Be good my dude

 

[Kane One]

God speed

Ok so now that bern’s trade value is at an all-time low, how do we recoup?

 

[Filthy Dangles]

atherosclerosis sucks, stay healthy and active

Sounds like you’ll be okay though which is good

 

[Leonardo87]

Good luck man, hope everything goes well for you.

 

[East Coast Bias]

Good luck Bern. All the best.

 

[cwede]

Good luck my friend

 

[eco's bones]

All,

HNY
I am having a major surgery beginning tom. am and will be out of commission for at least a couple of days.

It is for removal of a blocked artery. My odds are good -- 98+% chance of recovery.

Nonetheless do not want to be all blasphemous like the idiots who said of the Titanic "God Himself could not sink this ship".

Accordingly your prayers/best wishes are requested.

This is actually in God's hands. If He wants me NOW, there is no doctor that can save me. And if he wants me later, there is no medical error that will take me down.

I am comforted that this appears to be for a purpose.

2 years ago, I had a massive attack of ferocious blood clots. Was about 12 hours from the Angel of Death picking me up, then obviously, he got recalled. Don't know what that was about but I am grateful.

We should not fear death. We should appreciate the best possibilities of what life has to offer.

I have already been blessed to do something potentially significant and meaningful with my life. I have a concept on how to restructure the international monetary system. In theory it would make capitalism more altruistic and efficient, and thus more benevolently effective, by design. It does this by saying the true value of money is not a principle of quantitative concentration, which is closer to the status quo, but rather a principle of quantitative concentration --- the net of how well it is used. If enough dots are corrected and my work is academically verified we will not be talking about building a better mousetrap, we will be talking about reinventing the wheel. A lot more to it than that but good for a few sentences. {Perhaps next time you won't be so quick to dismiss my Nieves experiment, LOL.}

Tho at an embryonic beginning, academic review is soon to start; hopefully the Lord will return me so I may be available to assist in this process, and more importantly, hopefully it will be all this and a proverbial bag of chips and then some.

So I am optimistic you will hear from me again.

Til then all best

My appreciation to nearly all of you (don't let a few bastards get you down)
and
my deepest appreciation to those of you closest to me (you know who you are).

Til then
peace and love.

not original but never wrong:
And in the end...
the love you take...
is equal to the love..
you make.

I'm a bit of a non-believer myself but I do hope your surgery will go well and you'll be back here soon with some of your always interesting and contestable trade proposals. My dad by the way had several angioplasty procedures and then later triple bypass surgery. This was a long time ago before statistically they wouldn't even have bothered. They gave him 10% chance of survival but he was a WWII and Korean War USMC veteran and he looked at these events as another hill to climb and he survived that surgery and lived about another 15 years. Going into it with the right mindset is the best thing to do. I also very much agree with you that life is a gift and shouldn't be taken for granted....every day brings something even if it's just a hard lesson learned.

 

[SML2]

Bern you're an original, man. I gotta give you that. I kinda always wanted to see what you looked like but I don't know if it would wreck my mental vision of you as a kind of cross between Doc Brown and Stan Fischler. I've given you a hard time now and then but in the end hockey is just a game and it doesn't matter that much in the big picture. Let's hope your surgical team has elite level synergy and you recover quicker than Kreider on a breakaway.

 

[JESSEWENEEDTOCOOK]

Good luck Bern. This place ain’t the same without ya.

 

[Barnaby]

Boo Nieves has been called up from Hartford to conduct the surgery.

In all seriousness though - best wishes.

 

[Shesterkybomb]

Best of luck,get well soon

 

[HFsNumber1Heel]

Best wishes Bern. Good luck and may all the positive vibes and synergy be with you.

 

[leetch99]

Good luck Bern....I was on the table in September and found out I had 1 artery completely blocked and 3 at 60-50-40 % blockage . They sent me home to take pills . I was told the fully blocked one was blocked too long and the tissue around it dead and they would not be able to bypass it . They won't do the other three until they get to 70 % blocked . I have been a diabetic for 17 years . I felt absolutely NO pain at all in my chest at any point ....actually I was being treated for bronchitis because of shortness of breath and no heart trouble in our family which was going on close to 18 months . Well...I just spent another week in the hospital in December after my heart started racing and fluttering . So now I go back again for a procedure to attempt to repair that and if it fails I get a pacemaker . I will say this...AVOID diabetes at all costs . Lose the belly and stay active . I'm 57 and a non smoker and was active.....but I should have looked after the diabetes much more diligently in its early stages . That lack of paved the way for what came next with my heart . Take care Bern .

 

[DutchNYR]

Even though I'd love to have the time back I spent reading your entire post, I wish you all the best with the surgery.

 

[Harbour Dog]

Best wishes, Bern!

 

[UAGoalieGuy]

Good luck dude!

 

[Bob Richards]

Godspeed bern

I wish you a speedy recovery my friend

 

[Chaels Arms]

I disagree with almost everything you post but it's absolutely a blast doing so. I'm sure you'll be fine, have a speedy recovery.

 

[nyr2k2]

Good luck, friend. I hope your procedure goes well and your recovery is speedy and thorough.

My father died suddenly and unexpectedly from unchecked atherosclerosis on October 6. It was truly devastating to a huge network of family and friends, including my Mother--his wife and partner for over 40 years, who will never really recover from it. I myself am still absolutely reeling. We donated his heart to a Cornell University Medical School study and found he had 4 arteries 70-80 percent blocked, and then one (a branch of The Widowmaker) with full occlusion. And that within the past few years, he had suffered an unknown heart attack. We figure it was likely when he was fighting for his life while being attacked by a loose pitbull for ten-plus minutes. Testament to the strength, courage, and resolve of the old Marine and Vietnam vet. He was 72.

I say that not to frighten you or anyone else, but to serve as a reminder to those of us with known family histories of cardiopulmonary ailments to be vigilant in getting checked out and taking care of yourself. My father got into a fight with the the receptionist at our family cardiologist's office eight years ago and never went to another one; had he not been stubborn and taken better care, he'd almost assuredly be here today. So please, friends and assholes that I hate, take care of yourselves, you mean more to this world than you may realize. I still smoke, eat poorly, and am now somewhat overweight. "Dad bod", FTW. But not really a win.

And again, good luck, Bern. I'm sure everything will go well, and you'll be back here in no time. I sincerely look forward to it.

 

[ReggieDunlop68]

Good luck man!

 

[SnowblindNYR]

All the best, good luck.

 

[pld459666]

Good luck and hurry back.

 

[eco's bones]

Good luck, friend. I hope your procedure goes well and your recovery is speedy and thorough.

My father died suddenly and unexpectedly from unchecked atherosclerosis on October 6. It was truly devastating to a huge network of family and friends, including my Mother--his wife and partner for over 40 years, who will never really recover from it. I myself am still absolutely reeling. We donated his heart to a Cornell University Medical School study and found he had 4 arteries 70-80 percent blocked, and then one (a branch of The Widowmaker) with full occlusion. And that within the past few years, he had suffered an unknown heart attack. We figure it was likely when he was fighting for his life while being attacked by a loose pitbull for ten-plus minutes. Testament to the strength, courage, and resolve of the old Marine and Vietnam vet. He was 72.

I say that not to frighten you or anyone else, but to serve as a reminder to those of us with known family histories of cardiopulmonary ailments to be vigilant in getting checked out and taking care of yourself. My father got into a fight with the the receptionist at our family cardiologist's office eight years ago and never went to another one; had he not been stubborn and taken better care, he'd almost assuredly be here today. So please, friends and *******s that I hate, take care of yourselves, you mean more to this world than you may realize. I still smoke, eat poorly, and am now somewhat overweight. "Dad bod", FTW. But not really a win.

And again, good luck, Bern. I'm sure everything will go well, and you'll be back here in no time. I sincerely look forward to it.

Sorry to hear that. It is tough---it took me a long time to process it and everyone is different--how they handle and how long it takes. The one thing that helped is helping my mom get through it too because for her it was the hardest. Until she died a few years later I was over seeing her most every day of the week. It was easy for me though in that I retired about 3 months after my dad died.....but we ended up helping each other.

 

[Cag29]

All,

HNY
I am having a major surgery beginning tom. am and will be out of commission for at least a couple of days.

It is for removal of a blocked artery. My odds are good -- 98+% chance of recovery.

Nonetheless do not want to be all blasphemous like the idiots who said of the Titanic "God Himself could not sink this ship".

Accordingly your prayers/best wishes are requested.

This is actually in God's hands. If He wants me NOW, there is no doctor that can save me. And if he wants me later, there is no medical error that will take me down.

I am comforted that this appears to be for a purpose.

2 years ago, I had a massive attack of ferocious blood clots. Was about 12 hours from the Angel of Death picking me up, then obviously, he got recalled. Don't know what that was about but I am grateful.

We should not fear death. We should appreciate the best possibilities of what life has to offer.

I have already been blessed to do something potentially significant and meaningful with my life. I have a concept on how to restructure the international monetary system. In theory it would make capitalism more altruistic and efficient, and thus more benevolently effective, by design. It does this by saying the true value of money is not a principle of quantitative concentration, which is closer to the status quo, but rather a principle of quantitative concentration --- the net of how well it is used. If enough dots are corrected and my work is academically verified we will not be talking about building a better mousetrap, we will be talking about reinventing the wheel. A lot more to it than that but good for a few sentences. {Perhaps next time you won't be so quick to dismiss my Nieves experiment, LOL.}

Tho at an embryonic beginning, academic review is soon to start; hopefully the Lord will return me so I may be available to assist in this process, and more importantly, hopefully it will be all this and a proverbial bag of chips and then some.

So I am optimistic you will hear from me again.

Til then all best

My appreciation to nearly all of you (don't let a few bastards get you down)
and
my deepest appreciation to those of you closest to me (you know who you are).

Til then
peace and love.

not original but never wrong:
And in the end...
the love you take...
is equal to the love..
you make.

Prayers for a full recovery. LGR!