The Bum Ticker or, How I Got a Valve Job and a New Fuel Line

Index & Links

Part 1 - Introduction Part 2 - The Tests Part 3 - More Tests Part 4 - Decision Time Part 5 - The Angiogram Part 6 - The Waiting Part 7 - The Support Network Part 8 - The Word, Finally. My date for surgery is Nov 9th at 12 noon

Part 9 - Pre-admission Nov6/98 Part 10 - This is it! Part 11 - Home Sweet Home Part 12 - Steve's Fixed! Part 13 - It's Been A Week Since Surgery Page 14 - Recovery - Another Day, Another Basket Page 15- Choo-Choos and Biscotti Page 16 - Living in the Present

Page 17 - Lazy Bones Page 18- More Rambling and Musings Page 19- Pig O My Heart - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back Page 20- Mr. Swineheart More Mail - December 15/98 Page 21 - Snowbound in Toronto with Pigorian Chants Page 22 - I've Got Piggy-car-what? Five months later... Page 23 - So Long Perry Como - Hello Stumpy Page 24 - Final Chapter - Another Visit to the OR Page 25 - Update_ 4 years later...

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