updated: March, 01 2001 20:42
updated: March, 01 2001 20:42

THIS	won't happen to me

Next miracle ------ Reality

won't happen to me!

BUT IT DID HAPPEN!

On Thursday, August 19. 1999 I went to the doctor, who referred me to the emergency ward. This, because I had funny feelings in my chest.
On Monday, August 30 1999, after stabilising my blood-pressure., Iwas put on the operating-table. See diagnostics! Five bypasses were put into my heart! As soon as the surgeon started, I suffered a M.I. During the operation I suffered a CVA that could have crushed me there and then. Now maybe you'll say, that I have been neglecting my health.
True, between 1956 and 1972 I used to smoke a pack a day. But then I quit and started training viguorously. Karate (Shoto-Kan) brown belt. At the beach I was famous for my rope-skipping.
Seven years ago I stopped meat,coffee, sugar and white flour, ate full wheat bread, which I made myself with sour-dough, etc.
I am lucky! I am alive! Will you be too next summer? Want a cigarette?

That Monday evening I was scheduled to wake up. But due to the CVA, I woke up Thursday evening!
The first thing, I said and repeated several times, was: "The Almighty loves me!" On One of the first nights, that I could sleep alone, I woke up thirsty. There was a cup and a bottle of mineral water on the dresser. But I preferred a taste to it, which I added from another bottle. But that was shampoo! I spat out, whatever I could and used some biscuits to get rid of the taste. I was too embarrassed to call a nurse!

A few days later I moved to a rehabilitation dept. (Hadassa Hosp. Mt. Scopus) After a month I moved in with my daughter, for seven weeks and went home. I moved back home and tried to manage again in normal life. But I decided to remarry!

Next miracle

update of June 15, 2000 A month ago(May 15, 2000), I felt a bit funny and decided to check. I walked to emergency and they told me, that there was nothing acute, but would keep me overnight. Next day Dr. H., cardiologist, told me, that I needed an angiogram: "Just sign, that you agree!" Just as I signed, my son David came in and asked:"What's going on, Dad?" I told him. "Nothing doing, Dad! First you come home! Then we'll ask a rabbi, who has medical contacts!" Dr. H. got very upset and tried five times to make me change my mind. But the more he tried, the more I felt, that I should go home. As I left the hospital, I started feeling better. Next day, an appointment was arranged with Prof. L of Haddassa Hospital. He first asked for the tests. He was very surprised, that they had decided on an angiogram, without stress-test. I could only get an appointment for a test two weeks later. Results another ten days later. I faxed them to Prof. L. Next day I got the answer: "Everything is allright. No need to worry!" By the way, the surgeons are on strike for several months. The funeral parlors have twenty percent less work!

Reality

update of January 7, 2001 Now dawns reality! In order to be able to operate, the body must be completely immobilised. So the surgeon needs to use anesthesia. This is a very potent poison and many organs are affected. It may take a year for the effects to wear off. By then the organs may be atrophied or otherwise impaired. By now, apart from suffering from partial blindness due to a stroke, cataracts are developing in my eyes and the world is growing dark. I do not want to become a burden to my surroundings. But I am becoming more and more dependent on others. .....