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To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/27/2003 12:06:10 AM
From: smolejv@gmx.net	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Ken, thanks for the story - hope we dont stress too much your system (anymore that the ROW does;). It's early morning here in Munich and I've been doing some foreign-policy chores. Hope it's right on topic (German point of view on the current situation, Iraq & UN) - see next entry. RegZ dj

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/27/2003 3:11:29 AM
From: KLP	Respond to of 281500

Thanks for sharing your story with us, FL! Not only are we all glad you are "still here", we're glad your back, as well. Reading your story, I am reminded that all of us need to be aware of the symptoms, and what we should do if some near and dear to us has any of those same symptoms! Had you called your wife as well as the 911 folks at the same time? Obviously, you needed to still be around for many more years!!

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/27/2003 4:57:50 AM
From: Maurice Winn	Respond to of 281500

<I had fantastic care at UCSF. I was in critical intensive care for 15 days, then four more days in 'ordinary' intensive care. I was a "Category Five" stroke patient (the worst) with a grave prognosis. In fact, one of the nurses who cared for me in the critical care unit, told my son last week that she has never had a patient survive a Cat-5 stoke in her five year nursing career.> Ken, and they [UCSF] are 5th best in the country? If the nurse has never had a Category 5 patient survive, I think I'd be looking for a hospital and nurse who DOES have patients survive. I know the cash flow is more important than the blood flow in the Medical Guild manual, despite the Hippocritical Oath, but that and the charges for not saving people are ridiculous. Yes, I'm kidding - I know that some situations are just about impossible to rescue, but we try anyway on the principle that where there's life, there's hope, and there's always one who gets away. From a foreign relations point of view, it seems to me that the USA is desperately in need of hordes of medical people who know how to help sick people. It seems that the USA should be funding medical education in places where bright people are wasting away in hopeless economic and political countries. Such as Iraq. Kaiser ought to be building a university and medical facilities there and training 200,000 doctors and medical specialists. There is obviously a big demand in the USA with sufficient cash flow to fund the development. Maybe it's the brains of Iraq the USA was after, and not the oil. Brains are more valuable than oil and I bet you would agree that you value the contents of your head a lot more than the contents of your vehicle fuel tank. Congratulations on being the one who got away. I bet sars doesn't seem too much of a hazard now. The future is very unpredictable! I'm gaping at the numbers with $$ signs. I know medical things in the USA are horrendously expensive, but those are bewilderingly high. I suppose it's time for me to swing into Biotechs. I'd planned that early in the 1990s after CDMA did its thing, but it took longer than I thought to gain ascendancy and then Y2K intervened, so I'm three years behind schedule. There is obviously plenty of money to be made still. There are a billion Chinese who will be wanting to buy medical treatment too, so the market size is developing very quickly. There are a billion Indians too and they are starting to ditch the Marxist poverty programmes in favour of some capitalism [they should have ditched Marx and kept Britain]. Thanks for taking the trouble to put FADG back on the rails during your convalescence. It was like Iraq without Saddam, or King George II. If King George II quit Iraq, the locals might give an initial whoopee of freedom, but when mayhem set in as it did here, led by LindyBill rooting in public for you, they'll soon be wishing for Colinisation Powell and Condominium Rice to take charge again. Even Rumsfeld would be okay as long as he didn't go around annoying the locals, looking for Weapons of Mass Destruction. It would pay to keep Ashcroft in a cage back in Washington though. Don't let Jerry Falwell near the place either. Good for you FL, Mqurice

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/27/2003 8:02:15 AM
From: Condor	Respond to of 281500

Hi fl, I am wondering if you have experienced any epiphanies since your near death experience that you may care to share. eg: change in priorities, realizing some nagging concerns that in the end are unimportant, thoughts on family, ambition change, material wants etc.? The above question is probably as pertinent to your wife but since faultlinia doesn't post........... Thanks C

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/27/2003 12:49:51 PM
From: Eashoa' M'sheekha	Respond to of 281500

Welcome Back Ken.Literally!!LOL!!<EOM>

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/27/2003 2:49:52 PM
From: Jacob Snyder	Respond to of 281500

re: Keep your medical insurance paid up! Thank God, Kaiser is paying the bills Yes. Anyone who isn't already indigent, will be, if they have a serious illness and don't have serious insurance. Not just any insurance, but: 1. with an insurance company that doesn't make a habit of denying claims 2. that doesn't have caps on payments for various conditions, which might realistically be exheeded. 3. that doesn't have a thicket of exclusions and restrictions and exceptions. Some policies are so complex, nobody (not the doctor, not the patient, not even the people who work for the insurance company) understand them.

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/27/2003 5:15:59 PM
From: alanballow	Respond to of 281500

Ken, congrats on your survival and recovery. After that price list, which sounds like a certain credit card commercial, we're waiting for you to list the missing "priceless" item. Or maybe that item should inspire a contest?

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/29/2003 10:29:47 AM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

In fact, one of the nurses who cared for me in the critical care unit, told my son last week that she has never had a patient survive a Cat-5 stoke in her five year nursing career Ken, it seems miraculous that you not survived but that your faculties--physical and mental--are intact. You have been blessed with what is essentially a second life.

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/29/2003 4:50:11 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Ken, your saga was a true miracle; please accept my best wishes for a very speedy and good recovery. You will always be in my prayers. God gave a unique second opportunity to your kids to enjoy your warmth and love. This is a very big blessing and your loving family truly deserved it. Amen

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/29/2003 11:46:52 PM
From: Ilaine	Respond to of 281500

Hi Ken - Very glad to have you here among the living, and, even better, the fully functional.

To: FaultLine who wrote (115758)	9/29/2003 11:53:46 PM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 281500

~OT~...Ken/FL: Once again, its great to have you back...The FADG thread was not the same without you. I have an uncle who is a pulminologist at UCSF -- he teaches residents and does asthma research...You were very fortunate and were clearly treated in one of the top medical centers in North America. -s2@miraclesdohappen.com btw, I'll be in San Francisco visiting the relatives over the Thanksgiving holiday break.