Kendall.....Try not to dwell on this crap! My lung capacity is lower than yours. I have a dissected aorta from the arch to the femoral and it has TWO, yes TWO, aneurysms along that run. Four years ago my ejection fraction was 22 but it has improved(yea!!!) to 35 but that still is way below normal.....about 20 points.   I have two ulcers which bleed at times and thanks to numerous lengthy hospitalizations I have several problems related to them such as a low immunity in a few areas and a predisposition towards C-Dif. And like you I have bouts of Diverticular disease. There are a few other things as well like PAD which are simply annoying.

AND IF my body wasn't in such a bad shape with all of this maybe I could have a surgery or two to fix some things. You know there are repairs for aneurysms and/or in my case an aortic replacement. But the heart and lungs wouldn't make it through the surgery......and I ain't Dick Cheney.

If I sit and think about it or read my medical file I would be a bedridden, wheelchair using, just waitin' to die, motherfucker. I'm not. I have some really bad days and a few great days with the bell curve working to its truist effect. Looking back at what I can no longer do or will never do again just is plain fucked up!!! Don't do it! Do what you can and ENJOY whatever to hell that is and relax.

My cardiologist continues to tell me I should be dead and one day he'll be right. Til then, I'm just movin' on down the road........and diggin' it.



Spaw