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Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada)
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Subject: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Jon Bartlett Date: 10 Oct 10 - 01:55 PM I am pleased to report that Jon's open heart surgery on October 7 went very well and he'll be coming home in two days Rika Ruebsaat |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: curmudgeon Date: 10 Oct 10 - 02:12 PM Thanks for the update, Rika; had no idea that this was pending, except perhaps for Jon's lack of posts on this and other sites in common. Best wishes for a smooth recovery. Having been there, I know it will happen - Tom & Linn |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: katlaughing Date: 10 Oct 10 - 02:15 PM Yes, best wishes from another veteran of the open heart rearranging.:-) Thanks for letting us know, too. kat and Rog |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: fat B****rd Date: 10 Oct 10 - 02:23 PM Best regards to Jon and family. |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Art Thieme Date: 10 Oct 10 - 02:30 PM John and Rika, It's great that it went well---to say the least! As I've heard tell, "The Way to a man's heart, is to cut his breast bone in half..." :-) After the fact, that's just a small joke. Be well; both of you. -- I treasure the CDs I have of your music. Art Thieme |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Deckman Date: 10 Oct 10 - 03:26 PM Best wishes Jon ... I suppose you did this re-model job WITHOUT a re-modeling permitt? CHEERS, Bob(deckman)Nelson |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Charley Noble Date: 10 Oct 10 - 04:23 PM Rika- Thanks for taking the trouble to post this news. Many of us nautical singers are very fond of your singing and had no idea that Jon had a health problem. We certainly wish him well in his recovery and I hope he follows his doctor's advice very closely. My father had a heart attack when he was 60. He did make some changes and lived till he was 98, a mere 38 years but it's worth keeping in mind. However, he didn't give up bourbon! Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Deckman Date: 10 Oct 10 - 04:35 PM CHARLIE ... "bourbon" is medicine! bob |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: mg Date: 10 Oct 10 - 04:36 PM Wow..didn't know about this. Get well soon...mg |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: My guru always said Date: 10 Oct 10 - 05:22 PM Many thanks for posting this Rika, as with others I had no idea Jon was in need of medical help and am very glad it's been successful. Sending positive thoughts to you both! Hil x |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Micca Date: 10 Oct 10 - 06:02 PM Rika (and Jon) Get well!! Hope everything goes swimmingly, missed you both at the Getaway after enjoying you so much last year. BTW Deckman, isnt it OK to remodel so long as he "doesn't alter the line of his frontage" |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Genie Date: 10 Oct 10 - 06:34 PM Sorry to hear the surgery was necessary. Very happy to know it went well. Get well very soon, Jon! Genie |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: vectis Date: 10 Oct 10 - 07:21 PM Pleased it went smoothly. Give him a (gentle) hug from me. Mary |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: KT Date: 10 Oct 10 - 08:09 PM Rika, thanks for letting us know. I've just returned from this year's GETAWAY today, and was thinking of both of you on the plane this afternoon. Take good care, and all the best to both of you from the north country. Heal swiftly and well, Jon! KT |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: dick greenhaus Date: 10 Oct 10 - 09:39 PM Jon- You must realize that the chest scar is the body piercing of our generation. Been there, done that, worked out fine. Take care! |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Eric Armstrong Date: 10 Oct 10 - 09:58 PM Hi Everyone Betty & I visited John in hospital today and are delighted to report that he is making an excellent recovery. despite sporting a row of staples up his chest that very much resembles a biker's leather jacket, he is in good spirits and looking forward to going home on Tuesday. True to his indomitable spirit he is intending to take part in a rehearsal of "Under Milkwood" on Wednesday He concedes that he will be seated to do it! Oh! and he firmly intends to change his lifestyle...... in future he will walk to the Bacon sandwich shop ( sorry Rika) Eric & Betty |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: mg Date: 10 Oct 10 - 10:34 PM Oh dear..he had better locate that pub with no beer...mg |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: maire-aine Date: 10 Oct 10 - 11:05 PM Here's hoping for a complete & speedy recovery. All the best to you both. Maryanne |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: open mike Date: 10 Oct 10 - 11:07 PM hug a pillow/// |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Charlie Baum Date: 10 Oct 10 - 11:35 PM Best wishes for speedy and complete recovery, with just a tinge of envy from a U.S. citizen that the whole process is being done in Canada and is therefore affordable. Hugs or handshakes or just a gentle hand on shoulder, whichever is most comfortable as well as comforting under the circumstances. --Charlie Baum and Lisa Null |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Valmai Goodyear Date: 11 Oct 10 - 01:59 AM All the best, Valmai (Lewes) |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: stallion Date: 11 Oct 10 - 04:02 AM mmmm join the growing club, you have a a speedy recovery and hope to catch up with you next year, Peter |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Chris Corrigan Date: 11 Oct 10 - 09:07 PM Rika, Eric and Betty, thanks for the updates. That must have been monumental surgery given the size of Jon's heart, and how full it is with life, passion and mirth. Thinking fondly of you guys in Princeton...been listening a lot to the Princeton CD lately and the VFSS Shanty CD too and looking forward to the next time we can belt out the musical landscape of BC together again at Princeton or perhaps sooner, on Bowen Island. |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack From: Larry The Radio Guy Date: 12 Oct 10 - 01:56 AM Welcome back, Jon. Let me know if I can be of any assistance. -Larry P.S. Lots of leftover turkey! |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010) From: Joe Offer Date: 12 Oct 10 - 02:07 AM All the best to you, Jon. I really enjoy your music, and I'm glad I had the chance to meet you at the Getaway. -Joe Offer- |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010) From: Anglo Date: 12 Oct 10 - 03:45 AM Just came across this thread, and had no idea. Good wishes, John. As one who has had the staples up the chest, I do know how you must be feeling. A lot of people jump back faster than I could. But you do get back. Welcome to life! John |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010) From: Charley Noble Date: 12 Oct 10 - 07:59 AM "Oh! and he firmly intends to change his lifestyle...... in future he will walk to the Bacon sandwich shop" I do hope that Jon's doctors provide reasonable feedback on what brought about this unwelcome event. I'm sure that Jon will give their recommendations his full attention. There's nothing like a heart attack and an operation like this one to provide such focus. Unfortunately, some of our favorite people never get that second chance. Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010) From: GUEST Date: 12 Oct 10 - 04:54 PM Can I please clarify that this report does not refer to JOHN BARTLETT of Portsmouth UK who signs with Pete Luscombe as Wholehearted. There have been all sorts of messages flying around in error.
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010) From: Celtaddict Date: 13 Oct 10 - 12:00 AM Rika, thanks for keeping us posted. Jon: hugs to you and all the best for a prompt and thorough recovery! |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: SaltyWalt Date: 13 Oct 10 - 12:57 AM Speedy recovery and continuing health to you. I'd say more, but I know you two don't know me terribly well. Thanks for posting this now, instead of a death notice later. |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Big Mick Date: 13 Oct 10 - 01:20 AM Welcome to the "little brown bottle" club, Sir!! You are in good company. Please take the time to do the rehab, as I have much musical knowledge to gain from your fine posts. All the best, Mick Wannabe Canoodian |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Jon Bartlett Date: 13 Oct 10 - 02:42 AM My love to you all. I'm home and as fit as one can be after being hit by an 18-wheeler (metaphor? simile?). It's not true what Eric & Betty Armstrong said. I told them I'm going to OPEN a bacon sandwich shop to cut down the stressful travelling. God bless Medicare. I went into Princeton General after a neck pain didn't go away all night. They did the protein test and I failed it miserably. They ambulanced me to Kelowna General (1 1/2 hrs away) where I got the worst angiogram in Christendom. Too many stents were needed and they don't do open heart surgery there. So I was in hospital there for a week waiting for a bed at one of the Lower Mainland hospitals. They flew me down to the New Westminster Hospital Thursday, had my five by-passes done on Friday and thrown out today. My US friends - what would that have cost me in the US? Rika and I are looking forward to 20 more years of the work we love and will take great pleasure in seeing you all again, either here at the Princeton Traditional Music Festival (19-21 August 2011 hint hint) or in your neck of the woods. Jon "Lucky" Bartlett |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: lisa null Date: 13 Oct 10 - 11:13 PM `Hey Jon: What a harrowing story though with a happy ending. With the medical problems you and your family have gone through this year, you'd be in bankruptcy court down here in the US. Yes, you and Rikka have a century more of collecting and producing and singing and keeping us royally entertained with songs, stories, and merriment. So take care of yourself for our sakes as well as your own, whatever that entails. Don;t become too ascetic though--- not good for the heart either! Charlie and I wear our Princeton hats all over the place. Hold the summer memories closer somehow, |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: iancarterb Date: 13 Oct 10 - 11:19 PM For many of your US friends the cost would have been their life. I'm so glad you were home when this happened. I hope you can be vertical long enough by spring for you and Rika to come back to Seattle Folklife in May. Take good care. Carter Bannerman |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Jon Bartlett Date: 14 Oct 10 - 02:01 AM Thanks, Lisa. No chance of asceticism from this boy! I gave the impression in my post that the whole thing was entirely free - not so. The parking fees Rika had to pay at the hospital ($4/hr) are scandalously high. And I've just purchased all the drugs I'm going to need - nearly $85! Yes, Carter, we'll certainly see you at Folklife Jon Bartlett |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Charley Noble Date: 14 Oct 10 - 08:22 AM Jon- Happy to hear that you are back home. Second chances are important. Cheerily, Charley Noble |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Jon Bartlett Date: 14 Oct 10 - 01:49 PM Thanks, Charlie - hope we meet again soon! Jon Bartlett |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Bob the Postman Date: 14 Oct 10 - 02:13 PM From the West Kootenays, best wishes for a speedy and full recovery. And thanks to you and Rika, also to Larry, Charlie, and Lisa, for good times at this year's Princeton Festival |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: ollaimh Date: 14 Oct 10 - 03:19 PM facing ones mortality can have the effect of making people develop empathy for those who are not from ones social,economic, calss and ethnic background good luck jon |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Larry The Radio Guy Date: 14 Oct 10 - 03:33 PM Hey Bob the Postman. I was wondering if you made it to the Traditional Music Fest---I guess you did. If I'd known who you were I would have introduced myself. (I don't know if Jon or Rika had the pleasure of meeting you). |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: GUEST,Chris Roe Date: 14 Oct 10 - 05:23 PM Jon - what a great pleasure to see a post from your own good self (as opposed to other people talking about you). We're rooting for you down here! Take care, Chris Roe |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: GUEST,folkiedave Date: 14 Oct 10 - 06:09 PM Hi Jon, So glad you came through all that OK. Dave, Sheffield UK |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Chris Corrigan Date: 18 Oct 10 - 03:43 AM Great to hear your voice Jon. Got Princeton on my calendar now...can I have my Irish session host chair back? Much love to you guys. Guess Everyday now is SOOOOUUUUP!! at your house! Chris |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Jon Bartlett Date: 18 Oct 10 - 01:40 PM Yes, Chris, you're our ideal chair for the Irish session. At our house, we had a 2010 Festival committee meet and nosh, and fed our faces on fine sockeye. What's this soup business? Jon Bartlett |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Don Firth Date: 18 Oct 10 - 01:52 PM Good grief!! I just noticed this thread! I'm really glad you got through this and are up and around again, Jon. It sounds like they practically re-plumbed your heart and circulatory system. Hoping to see you at the next Northwest Folklife Festival. I always enjoy hearing you and Rika. Don Firth, Seattle |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: GUEST,Chris Koldewey and Joy Bennett Date: 18 Oct 10 - 01:57 PM Jon, Joy and I wish you the very best for a speedy recovery, and we look forward to the next time we're together. Health, Peace, Happiness Love, and Good Luck, Chris and Joy PS - Keep the pillow handy for coughing/laughing attacks! |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: radriano Date: 18 Oct 10 - 04:44 PM Hi Rika and Jon, I don't get to go on Mudcat that often these days and I just saw this thread. I'm glad all went well with the surgery! I had a silent heart attack a couple of years ago and was lucky to have ended up in the hospital the very next day for an unrelated matter. After giving me a blood test they exclaimed, "The abdominal pain is a kidney stone but it seems you've had a heart trauma as well." They put a stent in two days later - seems I had a collapsed artery. Cheers, Richard Adrianowicz |
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Subject: RE: Jon Bartlett's Heart Attack (Oct 2010-Canada) From: Bill D Date: 18 Oct 10 - 05:32 PM ♫It was late last night, when ol' Jon got home From the cardiac ward in Westminster-O. His blood was a-flowing, and his cheeks were glowing, And he loved the doctors and the prices-o" ♫ one verse parody Bill D. VERY glad to hear the good news...and hope to see you back on the right-coast sometime. |
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