--- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "Take a wild, friggin guess"
<a_change_of_plans_at_...> wrote:
>
> --- In SkunkworksAMA_at_yahoogroups.com, "mr_77469" <mr_77469@> wrote:
> >
> > And MFM will be the last time you will ever attend a furcon? No
> chance
> > of attending any others say, next year or the year after?
>
>
> Well, given the state of my health right now, I'd say chances
are
> slim for any future conventions after MFM 2007. My kidney
function
> is at 39% now, which means I've got less than one kidney working.
> The percentage will continue to drop until I reach 20%, at which
time
> I will have to go on dialysis or await a match for pancreas/kidney
> transplant. So chances are, by this time next year, I won't be
doing
> as well, and events such as conventions (or even just traveling)
will
> no longer be an option (I'm also on a very strict diet as a result
of
> my current predicament. Dining out in restaurants is not
> recommended, due to high levels of sodium and potassium in the
foods).
>
> After the surgery? Yeah, I could probably hit a couple
> conventions. But I don't know how long it will be until I get
said
> surgery...
>
> --JMH
>
Gawd, Jim, I somehow wish you get into surgery the most rapidly
possible, so most of the problems you got for the moment will be
solved, at least for a long moment. You are in my thoughts, Jim,
take care !!!!!
David
Received on Thu May 10 2007 - 01:18:54 CDT