BS: Feel better big mick!

Subject: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: InOBU
Date: 06 Jun 04 - 11:10 PM

Missed ya! Up on yer feet ya slacker! Letting a week (possible) heart attack put you in the easy chair!? Damn boy! There are rows to hoe and plant! Pints what need empting... bellows that need pumping... up and at em!


Feel better ol' pal

Larry

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: CarolC
Date: 06 Jun 04 - 11:12 PM

Hey! What's up? You ok, Mick?

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,Art Thieme
Date: 06 Jun 04 - 11:19 PM

Mick,

Damn, I hope this is nothing at all. How did Larry hear this?

Hell, just be well! We need you 'roung these parts.

All the best--

Art

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Bill D
Date: 06 Jun 04 - 11:39 PM

end of the Rick Fielding tribute thread,,,Mick was gonna be there, but got sidelined...

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amergin
Date: 06 Jun 04 - 11:54 PM

Oh no....Hey Mick, my friend, I hope you get better soon...I opened this thinking that you were sick from hearing the news of Reagan's death....BG.

anyways take care.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Blackcatter
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 12:50 AM

Best wishes man.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 12:53 AM

Breath IN. Breath OUT. C'mon man...it's just like Lamaze, only without the watermelon...you can do it.

A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: ddw
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 01:17 AM

Hey Mick,

If it was a heart attack, let me cheer you up by saying you CAN get through these things. I've had two — the last one 16 years ago. It'll definitely slow you down for a bit, but from what I can gather about the pace of your life, that may not be a bad thing.

Just do what the docs and common sense tells you and I'm sure you'll be fine.

Then I want to hear you sing again....

cheers,

david

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 03:04 AM

Mick-

Take it easy, but get to the Getaway!

I shall echo ddw- but my MI was in '91.


Bruce

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: fat B****rd
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 03:07 AM

All the best from the fB. Take care.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: kendall
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 04:44 AM

You will be at the Getaway.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 05:49 AM

Mick, I'm sending light and love and giant hugs your way. Take it easy, friend.

Love,
Allison

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Morticia
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 06:32 AM

don't go scaring us this way, my friend.....thinking strong, healing thoughts from here to you.xxxxx

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Bat Goddess
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 07:49 AM

What's with this heart stuff this year?!?

Mick, you're too young for this sort of thing!

Lot's of white light and healing thoughts coming at you from this direction.

Take care of yourself, dammit!!!

Lots of love,
Linn

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Catherine Jayne
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:19 AM

Hope you are feeling better soon Mick.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:27 AM

glad I didn't know this until today -


DAMNIT MICK! Take care of yourself.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Janie
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:33 AM

Jeez! I am beginning to think that being a layabout at large is VERY bad for one's health.

Hey ya big redhaired Irishman, take care of yourself. I wanna see you "rise up singing." Light and prayers going up for you.

Janie

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:42 AM

We put your ass out on the prayerchain Mick. Not sure if people are praying for you or bidding for your ass, but I'll keep you posted!

Hope by now someone has relayed the DO NOT FRET message I sent you about that other matter. It's all in God's hands. Yeah-- the Big Guy. Bigger'n you, and has the potato to prove it. Let Him run the show for awhile, OK?

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Peter T.
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 09:28 AM

Since he has the biggest heart of anyone I know, I wonder if the Richter scale people have a record of the event?

(Get well, Mickster).

yours,

Peter T.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Nancy King
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 09:49 AM

Heal quickly, Mick! You know lots of folks are thinking about you and looking forward to having you back on your feet and singing!

Love,
Nancy

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Dave Swan
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 10:20 AM

Time spent in hospital does NOT count as layabout hours, so get out of there and get back to work.

Love,

D

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,bbc at work
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 11:22 AM

This is very upsetting, dear! Any chance you can ease up on that work schedule?

love,

Barbara

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Partridge
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 11:24 AM

Hope you are feeling better, I'm sending happy healing thoughts.

love

Pat xx

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: JenEllen
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 11:58 AM

Good thoughts from 'Way Out West'---Take it easy on you, eh?
~Jen

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,skarpi Iceland from work.
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 12:03 PM

Hey Mick get well , you only have one body so take good care my
freind , all the best Skarpi Iceland.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: katlaughing
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 12:16 PM

Do some real laying about will ya, give all things a rest, deep breaths and feck stress, begin to heal. Luvadarlin'....kat

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: MAG
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 12:32 PM

erg; take care so you can get out and do what you do come the election. and let your friends tie you down then so you don't overdo it.

doctors can do amazing things these days but an ounce of prevention and all that.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Dave Swan
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 01:10 PM

Just got off the phone with him. He sounds good, looks like everything will be fine. For some reason he kept talking about young nursing students and sponge baths.....

Catspaw, check your PM's.

D

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Barb'ry
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 01:16 PM

Hi Mick - lots of love from us over here - maybe you need to come to England for a bit of rest and relaxation...
Feel better soon
Barbara xxxxxxxx

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,MMario
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 01:18 PM

is he giving or receiving sponge baths?

Good to hear he is in good humour!

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: open mike
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 01:33 PM

What some people will do to get the chance to lay about!
YOu must be a pro at it by now...practice up!
Ask the docs about Co-Q-10, it is supposed to
improve circulation--what say they?

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Dani
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 01:39 PM

Ease UP? Are you joking? If Mick eased up, the rest of the world would go tumbling like dominos....

Sending love and good wishes, Mick. Let 'em wait on you for a while.

Dani

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 02:25 PM

So you're bored already and going after the teeny-boppers huh? Well, that's good.....everyone needs a hobby. It's challenging too because it's never one of them but some old crone who says, "Are we ready for our bath?"........ and the guy in the next bed who is 93, blind, deaf, and comatose, gets the bath from the hot nurse.

BTW, El Swanno is right.......Hospital time does not count.....Get on with the business! Do you realize how many hours Fielding has rung up since he joined the immortals? We are all way behind him in billable layabout hours this year so take advantage of the hospital time!

Spaw--Founding Partner
Lane, Fielding, Patterson, and Swan
Layabouts-At-Large & For Hire

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 02:30 PM

Layabouts-At-Large & For Hire

How is overtime calculated and compensated, exactly?

~Just Wondering in Pennsavania

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: catspaw49
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 05:18 PM

For actively doing nothing within a specialty (sailing, flying, etc.) our rates are 2000/day. For doing nothing in no special circumstance we get 2500/day. For doing nothing with no goal in mind we get 5000/day and for planning periods of nothingness for you to hire us to do taht nothing, we get 10,000/day. If you just want to discuss the concept of doing nothing as a potential future idea, then we'll need to see a credit report and get some other financial details.

Talked to Mick awhile ago and he sounds good. Tests look good and hopefully he'll be out and about soon.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: curmudgeon
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 07:21 PM

Right! Best wishes for a fast recovery to Mick. Now, where is he, how is he, where do we send cards and missives, where do we direct the white light, et al?

How about you cognescenti letting the rest of us in on these mysteries surrounding our old friend. Progress reports welcome.

Thanks -- Tom

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Alba
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:13 PM

Right now Big Mick. I go away for a week and look what happens!!!
May you Heal quickly.
Sending you Light, Blessings and Healing Thoughts.
Jude
(by the way when you feel better maybe you could PM me about Sean Tyrrell...I believe you know him?:>)
x

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Joe Offer
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:28 PM

I dunno, Mick. Maybe you ought to follow my example and become a slacker.
Take good care of yourself.
-Joe-

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Fergie
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:33 PM

Hi Big Mick
Cad tá uait? I'm sending healing vibes so keep the spirit and get well soon, agus tóg go bóg e,
Dó chara go deo
Fergus

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Peace
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 08:41 PM

Hey, Mick, I just saw this. Man, musta scared you a bit, but you're here and going to be fine. I like this world with you in it, so you watch out with the nurses. No use getting shot by a jealous husband at this point. Make that your goal when you're ninety-six, OK? I am thinking of you and praying for your complete recovery. I haven't listened to you in person yet, and from all I've read on the 'cat, it's something a guy has to do, ya know? Hang tough, friend.

Bruce M

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Willie-O
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 10:45 PM

You gotta take care of this thing Mick.

I prescribe a diet of Canadian folk festivals and visits with friends...your itinerary is being prepared...

Thinkin of you and your lasses...

love
Bill

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Jeri
Date: 07 Jun 04 - 11:06 PM

Layabouts...
Swanno? How ya doin', buddy?

Much love to Mick. I was mad at him for not showing up. Everybody said "It's not like him to do that." I knew that, but I guess I was hoping he was just being a bum. It's a whole lot easier to be mad than scared.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: karen k
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 12:48 AM

Good, Lord, Mick! You scared the life out of me. When I saw Jeri's post I knew something was really wrong because I knew that there wasn't much that would keep you away from Rick's memorial. Boy, I sure wish I could have been there. Caroline was supposed to give you a hug from me and ask you why you have not answered the 5/27 e-mail I sent you. Did you get it?

I trust you are in good hands and well on the way to mending. After all we have to go to Cracker Barrel after the Getaway!

Hope to hear from you just as soon as you are able. You have my thoughts and my love. Please take care of yourself.

All my love,
k

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Marion
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 12:58 AM

I would have settled for a "stuck in an elevator" excuse instead of this heart business.

Marion

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Devilmaster
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 02:14 AM

Mick - get well soon and make it back to Windsor sir....

Too many stories to tell, too many Guinness to drink..... We can't fall behind..

All the best,
Steve

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,Jeremiah McCaw
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 12:42 PM

"From: GUEST,MMario
is he giving or receiving sponge baths?"

Who gives a rat's ass? Either way, Mick wins!

Best to ya, Mick . . .

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,SINSULL
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 01:02 PM

My computer died. I called your home and left a messagfe. Thought it best not to mention the ring. After surviving the hospital, it would be a shame to have your wife kill you.
Stay well, Mick
Mary

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Barbara
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 02:05 PM

Sheesh, if you've got nurses husbands and Sinsull hot after you or something, I think you are not taking this layabout at large seriously. Maybe you should try moving to Canada, so you wouldn't have to take the elections personally.
Get well fast, you scruffy old Irishman, or we'll have to take serious measures.
Blessings,
Barbara

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: harpgirl
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 02:29 PM

...so it was just an anxiety attack, huh Mickster? Let's hope! take care...harp

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Carly
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 03:43 PM

Take care of yourself, Mick, and listen to your doctors and physical terrorists..um..therapists. We expect to see you at the Getaway, in good health and full voice.
Sent with love, Carly

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Cool Beans
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 04:52 PM

All the best, Mick, and if they take anything out, make 'em sign for it.
Marty

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: DonMeixner
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 06:02 PM

Why am I reminded of an old joke,

"You probably shouldn't marry my daughter youngman. She has acute angina."
"I know she does Sir. And she has great tits too."

Feel better Mick.

Don

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Tinker
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 06:37 PM

Okay this is the Big Mick semi-dictated (I can't type that fast) health update. Please excuse all grammar and spelling errors they are clearly mine.

While Mick was on stage Friday night with his band, he thought he was having an arythmia attack. Since they run in his family he didn't get overly concerned. But within a couple hours it was clear that this was different and he was in trouble. Now he told the ER Doctor that he absolutely had to be on the road for Toronto in a couple of hours, BUT it actually was a Heart Attack. It was caught early and treated right and no one is to worry about that.
It was not caused by static blockage, the heart muscle was/is? collapsing the vein. He will probably need a stint put in, but before they decide on the appropriate treatment Mick is spending a few days Patiently going through an entire battery of tests and invasive proceedures. Today's joy was the radioactive stress test.

He truely appreciates all thoughts and good prayers,as well as the phone calls from great friends like Mudcatter... He could be in for several more days.

I'll PM address info to anyone who wants it.

Love is sent to all

tinker

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: DonMeixner
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 06:47 PM

Me please Tinker

Don Meixner

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: maire-aine
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 06:52 PM

Dear Mick,

Here is one big hug (((((((BigMick))))))) for now. I'm keeping one for you until I see you again. Hope you have a speedy recovery.

Love,
Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Seamus Kennedy
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 07:11 PM

So you didn't get to meet my Uncle Kevin, Mick?
Well, will you be up for a coupla pints at the Muskegon irish Festival in September?
I hope so.
Get well soon big fella.

Seamus

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 07:44 PM

"patient" and Mick--- hahahahahhh!

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 08:20 PM

Tinker:

Yas, ma'a'm. please. Give that big lug a giant hug from me, too.   



A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: beardedbruce
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 08:37 PM

Stents are easy- I have a pair. AND you get to leave someone very expensive earings, at some (much) later poit.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: bbc
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 08:46 PM

Thanks for the info, Tinker. Many of us care.

bbc

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 08:57 PM

I talked to him after Tinker. Tag team...
He's got his guitar in the hospital, and was playing when I called. I also gave him the name of the police sergeant who located him for us. Presumably, Mick is happy about that. He says everyone at the hospital is taking great care of him

A certain message was passed on, and everything's OK.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amergin
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 09:06 PM

I sure bet those lovely nurses are taking care of him.... ;)

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 09:41 PM

But Jeri, didja tell him he's gotta have the NURSES post in the thread?

~S~

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Jeri
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 10:42 PM

He had to get off the phone because it was time for his hourly sponge bath.

Seriously, they were taking his vital signs while he was on the phone and saying how much they were enjoying the music.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Bobert
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 11:11 PM

Yo, Mick...

My pudder has been down for the last 4 or 5 days so I didn't have a clue...

I know.... *normal*...

Haha...

But really, my friend, know that you are in my thoughts and prayers and now leave them nurses alone, loose a few pounds, and get back to work... And, fir gosh sakes, buy you some walking shoes and....

...use 'em.

Bobert

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: katlaughing
Date: 08 Jun 04 - 11:20 PM

Thanks for the updates, Tink and Jeri!

Nice that they've been catching them early, like Curmudgeon's.

Lots of love to you Mickdarlin'.

kat

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Steve Latimer
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 06:26 AM

Get well soon Mick.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 07:36 AM

Get Well Soon Big Mick.

Take Care.john

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: death by whisky
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 07:49 AM

best wishes

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: MMario
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 08:23 AM

Talking with Jeri - playing guitar AND having his vitals checked? Drum that man out of the LayAbouts! he's not laying about; he's MULTI-TASKING!!!!!

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Rapparee
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 09:00 AM

Wha??? Ya go away for a few days and stuff like this happens? Shee-it, man, you tryin' to upstage Reagan or what? Knock it the hell off, okay? Now repeat after me:

Body, knock it off! Just stop it! I ain't gonna slow down for or put up with crap like this!

Now get out there and enter a marathon.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Joybell
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 07:09 PM

Please get well Big Mick. Glad you're having fun in the process though. Peace from Joy

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: karen k
Date: 09 Jun 04 - 08:54 PM

Tinker,
Please PM me Mick's hospital info. Want to give him a call. Also, have PM'd you twice about copies of last years videos from the Getaway. Did you get the PM's? I'd really like my copies. Thanks.

k

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: georgeward
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 12:20 AM

One more corner of the far-flung community thinking of you, Mick.

-George

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Big Mick
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 01:55 PM

I thought I had better check in. This will be brief as I must rest, but I wanted to thank you all for you kind thoughts and prayers. More than you know, they were needed and felt.

It is a little disconcerting to be standing on a stage in front of a thousand folks or so and have this come on. I managed to finish the performance, but it was touchy for a bit.

First off, thanks to the Mudcat Five for tracking me down. Ladies and Gentlemen, I would caution you against pissing off these women. They can and will track you down no matter where you are ..... LMAO.

There I was, laying in the bed, hooked up to every conceivable kind of monitor, two IV's Y'ed in one arm, and another in the other arm, weak, and futilely trying to fend off the ministrations of a bevy of beautiful young nurses, when the telephone rings and I hear the wonderful Scottish voice on the other end saying "This is Heather", followed by a chorus of giggles and laughs in the background. Then came the description of how they tracked me down, followed immediately by the klaxon horns and various other alarms on my monitors as my respiration became labored, my heart rate flew up, and my blood pressure went off the map, all due to the laughing I was doing. Whatever dark thoughts and self pity I had at that moment went right out the window, as I chuckled. My spirits were lifted immensely by these very special friends, and I love each of them dearly.

Quick report and then I must go lay down. My time here over the next few days will be limited, and I pray you will be a bit understanding with me.

I had a heart attack. It was not caused by a static blockage (such as plaque), but rather by a dynamic blockage. This simply means, in this case, that the beating of the heart muscle itself was collapsing a vein and causing the problem. There is some small amount of disease in a very small blood vessel, but that is very minor. I may yet have to have a stent to prevent this from happening again. There appears to be very little, if any, permanent damage. I was in Atrial fibrillation until Sunday at about 5:30 PM when they finally restored sinus rythm. I am a lucky man. I have been through a stress EKG with radioactive markers (fascinating technology), a cardiac catheterization, and every other friggin' test that you can imagine. It seems that my diastolic has elevated to an unacceptable level, and we are on that. I am down from 305 lbs (what is that, almost 22 stone) to 228 lbs. (16 stone?), and the Doctor says he would like another 20 lbs off. OK, we can do that. I am on a plethora of drugs, and we will wean from them as this passes. For the next two weeks I am to do very little, and then as much as I feel I can.

Bottom line, my friends, is that I am a lucky man. With luck, breaking a couple of very bad habits, and some work to get back into the type of shape I have been in most of my life, I will make a full recovery. Those that know me well, know that if will is part of the equation, I will pass that muster.

On to the most important thing. I want you to know that I felt, and feel, your love and good wishes. You have no idea how gratifying it was to receive calls and messages from all of you. My wife was monitoring this thread, and gave me regular updates, including my dear friend Don Meixner's joke. Thanks a shitload, buddy, you damn near sent me back into A Fib..... LOL. The thing is that when one looks at the names, realizes the friends (met and as yet unmet) he has made, well, it is a humbling experience at a time like this. When I didn't know if this would turn out well, it made the thought of travelling on a bit easier. I value you each of you more than you can know.

With love, and wishes for all the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Rt Revd Sir jOhn from Hull
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 02:28 PM

Good to see you posting here Mick, get plenty of rest, do waht the doctors tell you, and look after yourself.
john

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 02:30 PM

Dang! I called, and the rascally sister at the front desk said they'd had to send you home because there was no bed big enough to hold you!! LOL!!

Glad you got out of the germhouse, buddy. Take it very easy.

Acute angina? Don't tell Koko!!!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: PeteBoom
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 02:35 PM

Mick -

I just saw this thread. Holy CRAP! You simply do NOT have permission to pull this kind of stunt. None what so ever! An immediate return to good health is hereby ordered.

Now then - glad to hear you're improving.

Pete

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: pixieofdoom
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 03:02 PM

So glad to hear you're doing ok
lots of love
Fiona xx

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 03:04 PM

Well, I need to know if it's true they kicked him out. The prayerchain is still praying for all those nurses!

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,amergin
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 03:41 PM

I wonder how many nurses got their bottoms pinched...poor girls...

anyways glad you're doing good, lad...keep up the good work...now you can learn all those songs you were thinking of learning.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: harpgirl
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 03:45 PM

...so Mick...did I tell you what my dumb-ass brother said to my sisterin law the other day? He hasn't been too amorous with her lately it turns out... so she went out and bought some very lacy red crotchless panties. He was lying on the couch as he usually is watching Nascar last Sunday and my niece wasn't home. So my sister in law told me she went over to him and hiked her leg up on the couch over him and said "Ya want some a this, sweety?"... my dumb-ass brother says, "I don't think so...look what it did to your underwear!"

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: SINSULL
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 04:51 PM

Which makes me wonder...how did the emergency staff react to your thong cum spud?

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 10 Jun 04 - 05:01 PM

LOL, hg!! Too dumb to live!! LOL!!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: katlaughing
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 01:20 AM

So if ya get a stent will you be able to do more stunts like take a high dive off with KoKo? Or was that El Swanno? One forgets...so many antics...such blinding talent!

Thanks, dearie mon, for postin' yerself and thanks to yer Better Half for keeping you posted, too! The love doesn't stop so just keep feeling it and doing what yer 'sposed to. Sounds like you'd done a good job so far. Congratulations!

luvyabunches,

Kat, Rog and wee Morgan sends his can't-pass-it-by-smile o'Light to ya too

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Wolfgang
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 08:48 AM

Take care, Mick.

Wolfgang

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: CarolC
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 11:02 AM

I'm glad they caught it when they did, Mick, although I can't believe you finished your performance while in the midst of a heart attack. You (and your family) have all of my best thoughts and wishes and the biggest huge hug a wee little woman can manage headed your way. I know you'll have yourself right again very soon.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 03:46 PM

so did they have your iv bags fulll of guinness? tell us that is really what got you recovering right?

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Tinker
Date: 11 Jun 04 - 04:44 PM

Mick, I found a Master Slacker to come give you lessons in the most musically traditional style. He even got the post office to take the day off so you'll just have to be patient.

love ya
tink

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Ebbie
Date: 12 Jun 04 - 04:50 PM

I should imagine you can cross off a number of clients from your layabout list, Big Mick.   It should make you feel good that we will all be more active, and healthier, now, having that option removed.

Congratulations on the prognosis!

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: AllisonA(Animaterra)
Date: 12 Jun 04 - 05:25 PM

It's good to hear from you, Mick! Keep doing what the doctors tell you.

Love,

Allison

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Cruiser
Date: 12 Jun 04 - 06:07 PM

I don't know you personally sir, but from one veteran to another:

Good Luck!

Cruiser

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: dianavan
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 01:21 AM

Well Big Mick - Thats a pretty risky way to lose weight but I'm sure you will be up and at it very soon. If its any consolation, my grandmother had a massive heart attack at about age 70. She recovered and lived another 25 years.

Hope you are feeling better and will be returning to "set my mind right" once again.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Mudlark
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 02:32 AM

Been away from my computer for a few days, after a minor run-in with a giant asphalt truck, Big Mick. So was very glad to come upon your input, very glad to know HA was caught early and no real damage done. Best wishes from yet another unmet friend and feel better, stronger fast.

Nancy

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amergin
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 05:33 AM

Nancy...a monor run in wi9th an asphalt truck?????

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: alison
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 07:55 AM

well here I am sitting in Ireland and I just thought I'd have a quick look through mudcat....... and what do I find....

hope you're feeling better Mick... looks like you have plenty of prayers and good thoughts going for you... so I'll head off to a dolmen with my whistle and see where the muse takes me.....

look after yourself

slainte

alison

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Willie-O
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 11:34 AM

here's to an unrocky road to recovery...

we sure hope to catch up to ya this summer sometime, now what habits did they tell you ta give up? surely not guinness, or must you switch to a lighter grade?

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 11:51 AM

Just slip an aspirin in to each one, and drink as many as you like!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Jeri
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 12:00 PM

Jayzus, Amos - he'll bleed to death from a mosquito bite if he does that!

Thinking of you, dear. I hope it's as beautiful a day in Michagan as it is here, and I hope you've got your feet up and are just sitting back enjoying it.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Peace
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 12:20 PM

Wanted to do the 100th post wishing you well, Mick. How are you doing?

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: CET
Date: 13 Jun 04 - 05:44 PM

Mick:

I was idly scrolling through the BS section and found this thread! It was on the point of ruining the rest of the day, until I got to the later posts and saw that things are looking up. Keep up the good work. You know what it's like to be in top shape and you can do it again. Charmion and I both send our prayers. The Scottish trip has been postponed, so we will, God willing, be at the Getaway this October. I look forward to learning some songs from you.

Edmund

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Allan C.
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 10:39 AM

Mick, you'd best mind your p's & q's and take good care of yourself. Don't make me haveta come up there!

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 14 Jun 04 - 11:13 PM

Just came across this thread..although we've never had any exchanges Mick..I just want you know that I've enjoyed all your posts over the years and I send to you every good wish for a speady recovery.

LL

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: momnopp
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 01:17 AM

Yeah - what Allan C. said!

Sheesh -- you just can't let some people be for a minute!

{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{{MICK}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}}

If Dean Ornish's book "Love and Survival" is any indication, with all the love and connectedness you've got flowing, you should be right as rain in no time.

We love you, (somewhat smaller) big guy!

Peace,

JudyO

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Big Mick
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 03:06 PM

I am so grateful for all the good wishes here, by telephone, and by mail. It is a humbling experience to go through an event like this. But it is significantly eased by the love and good thoughts I have received from all of you.

I am feeling fine, and walking every day. While I am not supposed to do any lifting, I did manage to power wash the sidewalk down to the lake last night. I was very careful and paying very close attention to the signals the old body was giving me. I will see the Doctor in a week for an echocardiogram, and will know more then.

To all of you that have sent personal notes, cards, etc, please be patient for a response. I will get to each and every one of you as I can. Between naps, that is ..... LOL. I don't do this "sick" thing very well. I am used to just getting up and going at it each and every day. But those that are keeping an eye on me are making sure that I do precisely what I am supposed to .... while I am in their sight, that is. hahahahha. Seriously, I am doing just as the Doctor ordered and will continue to.

But .... reading GWB's comments about Bill Clinton yesterday almost sent me back into Super Ventricular Tachycardia. LOL.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 03:10 PM

Good on ya, mate. I've been holding off calling for fear of interrupting a nap!!! But ya know I am thinking about you every day. Grow strong, and swiftly!


A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: maire-aine
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 10:48 PM

Glad to hear you're feeling better. Just keep taking it easy and follow the doctor's orders. See ya,

Maryanne

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Metchosin
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 10:59 PM

Good to hear you are doing well. Take care, eh.

Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amergin
Date: 15 Jun 04 - 11:44 PM

and most of all mind your wife for once! Bg

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Crowhugger
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 10:56 AM

Good grief, Mick! Not the news I'd expected, but then I guess it never is, is it? Glad to know you're keeping your nose to the grinding task of doing exactly as little as you're s'posed to. Here's my love and strength to add to the river of healing wishes being sent your way... Take what you need and don't think twice, replenishments were already forwarded from somewhere whilst you read this!

~CH.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Big Mick
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 11:10 AM

Val, it is wonderful to see you here!! I was just looking at the pictures from our day at Rick's. Wasn't it wonderful? There is a group picture you should look at HERE.

Keep in touch, my friend.

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: catspaw49
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 01:19 PM

WOW!! VAL!!!

Dangit Mick.....You really rate!!! Val, it's so good to see you here. Seems like I want to ask you all about everything, but I'll let it go and hope you'll tell us things are okay......We miss not hearing you more.

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Jeri
Date: 16 Jun 04 - 02:15 PM

I'm glad to see the Hugger of Crows back here too!

I am FINALLY done with work for the summer...I think. I also have the Mother of All Summer Colds. I think I must have sent you all my resistance-to-viruses healing energy instead of the hematic-pump-not-seizing-up energy by mistake. Anyway, I get to be a layabout until October or so, so I'm available for phone calls and the odd layabout consulting non-job.

Much love.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Lyrical Lady
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 12:19 AM

What a wonderful photo....MICK, you're not but a youngster and your missus is so beautiful!. Continue to take care, you've got a lot more living to do!!

LL

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: InOBU
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 11:52 AM

Damn Mick... Will ya get well already so we can put this thread to rest? It is getting like the happy birthday Spaw thread!!!!! Look, mate, take two pints and call me in the morning... no, better make that prune juice and I will join you with a diet coke, doesn't old age suck? Well, it beats the hell out of the alternative... well, who knows a folk record company exec told me if you haven't made it by 48, you're over the hill, (49 next month) but, I guess it is better over the hill then under it!? (Cheering ya up yet????) Look, Uilleann piping is suposed to be good cardiac exersize, so ya must be doing something wrong, admit it... you are only playing jigs and avoiding the tough reels, (same as me... keep the ticker ward warm, who knows, I may be next if I don't start playing more challenging music...) which I am, the hand is working again, about 80% I'd say, so enough to crank out the tunes... and frighten the horses and cause the kids to cry and vergins to swoon... and ... where the hell was I... Oh right, get the F*** better mate, there are two few pipers and too many bodhran players, shove over and make room for four or five bodhran players ... HEY... why DON'T bodhran players wind up in hospitial more??? I guess it is true, the man who is fit for hanging will nver drown... I was talking about something wasn't I??? Oh right, yer heart... stop eating chicken skin and try a year of plane lettus (damn that is as tough a word to spell as it is two swallow the wreatched pig feed!) right, eat the salad, ol' pal and even if your heart does not improve, well, hell, you'll be so board and boring you wont care if you get another heart attack and the ones who loved you will have trouble remembering why... but really, eating health food does pick up your spirits... of course spirits pick up your spirits as well, and so does... what was I talking about again, and who the hell am I writing to? Oh yeah, Big Mick... like I was telling you, he had a small heart attack and is avoiding work... no, that wasn't it... I was talking TO Big Mick... tha's right... Micko... get well, behave and .... where am I... Oh right... I'm off to Mojo guitars to waste another precious day.,
Cheers mate...
a voice from over the hill (and far away)
Lor
PS What was this thread about again?????????????????? And where the hell is the Popular Halfwit these days????????????????

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: annamill
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 06:24 PM

Mick, you had better be good! Take care please!!

Love, Annamill

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Clinton Hammond
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 06:30 PM

Good to hear yer doin' well mate...

That means I won't have to come over there and try kickin yer ass!

:-)

Keep up the good road Mick!

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Col K
Date: 17 Jun 04 - 07:07 PM

Hi Mick
Sorry not to have posted earlier but i have been away from the puter for almost three weeks.
I hope that you are now much better and able to start your life again, doing the things you want to, but always remembering that you have to take care of yourself.
Hopefully you will be able to get to the Getaway this year,all your friends there will be very pleased to see you again.I hope that I will be able to make it as well and to renew our friendship from last year.
All the very best to you
Colin

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: katlaughing
Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:04 AM

Val! It is wonderful to see you back here! You've been missed.

Keep up the good work, Mickdarlin'.

luvyaboth...kat

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 18 Jun 04 - 12:59 PM

Haven't been near the Mudcat for a while, so this was quite a surprise. Look after yourself, young Mick.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Gorgeous Gary
Date: 19 Jun 04 - 04:55 PM

Hugs and healthy thoughts Big Mick! Glad to hear you're on the mend!

Seems this is a bad month for tickers...my father was released from the hospital this morning after going in Wednesday with a mild heart attack. Luckily, it takes much more than a little blockage to fell a big heart like yours or my dad's.

Hope you'll be able to make the Getaway...I know that crisp, fresh Ramblewood air does wonders for the health!

-- Gary

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Jerry Rasmussen
Date: 19 Jun 04 - 05:23 PM

Hey, Mick:

Just got back from 18 days on vacation and saw this thread... I'm so sorry to hear about what's happened. We'll keep you in prayer and hope that this was just a way of getting your attention so that you'll be able to have a long, healther life.

Jerry

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Alaska Mike
Date: 20 Jun 04 - 04:18 PM

Hey Mick, the wife and I are very happy to hear you are improving and gaining attitude again. Here is a short story for you to consider:

A lovely, elderly lady had suffered some minor memory problems after her heart attack. One morning she looked out her back window to see an elephant standing amongst the vegetables in her garden.

She had no idea what kind of animal it was, so she called 911 and told the dispatcher that a large gray animal was plucking her cabbages with its tail.

The dispatcher asked what the animal was doing with the cabbages. With wonder in her voice, the dear sweet lady said, "Oh you are just not going to believe it when I tell you!"

Get well soon, my friend, I look forward to seeing you at the Getaway.

Mike

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST,KT
Date: 21 Jun 04 - 02:43 AM

!!!!!!!!! I've been away, too, and so stunned to see this! Mick, please take very good care. Heal quickly and well! KT

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Ferrara
Date: 21 Jun 04 - 04:17 PM

Mick,

Everything I want to say gets kind of stuck, have erased this twice already. Just want you to be well, and to for heaven's sake no matter how dreary it is some days, do what they tell you to take care of yourself. ... Even if it means you might miss the Getaway for some reason, which is about as unselfish a wish as I can send! But be well, and if loving prayers and good wishes and healing thoughts sent in your direction mean anything, you should be in pretty good shape by this time.

Love,
Rita F

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: SINSULL
Date: 21 Jun 04 - 04:38 PM

Does this mean he can no longer lay about at large? Allan is here and we called Mick last night. He sounds a little weary but very glad to be around (given the alternative - Kendall's line). The doctor wants him to lose MORE weight. Before it's over he will have to change his name to Little Mickaeline.

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 21 Jun 04 - 05:03 PM

Oh dear!! Hold everything!! Littlus Mickus? No, no, no!!! That won't do at all!! He's much too big in our minds, if not his own, to change his name. We'll just have to change our standards ("Yes, dear, this really is six inches....") so he can lay claim to large numbers, if in slightly shrunken units.... As for losing weight, just make sure not to lose any of the important stuff...


A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Big Mick
Date: 21 Jun 04 - 05:46 PM

Rita .... I WILL be at the Getaway. This is going to be one to remember, and I intend to be part of that memory. I will give you all an update after my meeting with the Cardiologist on Wednesday, but I feel fine and the prognosis is very upbeat.

Love to all,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: An Pluiméir Ceolmhar
Date: 22 Jun 04 - 12:55 PM

Quote: the prognosis is very upbeat

Hope it isn't too upbeat!

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: GUEST
Date: 22 Jun 04 - 03:44 PM

and the beat goes on...

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Amos
Date: 22 Jun 04 - 04:10 PM

Now, just take it easy on that beat stuff, Mick, until the doctor says it's okay. Don't want to overstress the ole ticker, ya know...

A

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Big Mick
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 08:02 PM

Just a quick update for you good folks. I have received a number of PM's, so I thought I would post it here.

I was mistaken as to the purpose of the appointment on the Wednesday just past. It was simply a checkup, plus a modification on the meds. I cornered the Doc and asked for a little more specificity as to what I can and cannot do. I still can't lift heavy weights (and he warned me before I could say a word about the old "going to the bathroom" joke, gotta love a Rugby playing Cardiologist...LOL)but other than that, I am free to do whatever I feel I can. The weight restriction is a precautionary move, in the event that there was a spontaneous laceration of the dynamically blocked blood vessel. They want to make sure it is healed.

He indicated that I can resume my musical career, which was the best news. But he did say that should I have another heart attack I am NOT to finish my set. HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Fat chance.

The drug they had to modify is called Coreg and it is some kind of wonder drug that actually strengthens the heart. They incrementally increase the dosage until one is up to 25 mg twice a day. I am halfway there already.

Overall the prognosis is very good, and I am playing a gig tomorrow night. I will be having that echocardiogram next month. I will let you all know how it goes.

Most importantly I want to tell you all how much I appreciate the concern that this community has shown me. I had seen it many times before, but not experienced it in such a profound way as I did this time. Pretty humbling.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: wysiwyg
Date: 25 Jun 04 - 09:39 PM

Well you better err on the side of health in all things, because no one I know has the slightest desire to plan a funeral for you, and anyhow, if we had to do it, how the heck could we, without you leading the charge???????????????

~Susan

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: kytrad (Jean Ritchie)
Date: 26 Jun 04 - 04:29 PM

Mick, I have been away all the month of June, so missed your heart attack! I'm glad you're well now- saved ME a lot of worry anyway... Big congratultions on your recovery, and enjoy your daughter's wedding.          Joy and blessings,   Jean

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: John Hardly
Date: 26 Jun 04 - 05:44 PM

dang, Mick,

I know life goes on without me, but I would never have missed out on this "mudcat get well card" on purpose. I found out that you can filter the entire BS section of Mudcat, so my settings have been set that way for several months now. So I never noticed this thread until I wanted to post my latest bit of nonsense.

Best wishes!

John

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: catspaw49
Date: 27 Jun 04 - 01:07 PM

Quick note here Dude........The coreg is great stuff but can make you a bit drowsy.....moreso than most other heart meds. It's mainly a BP med combined with the added benefits of a blocker and does indeed protect the heart. Good stuff

The other thing you might ask about.......Although I know you don't seem to have a cholesterol problem, several of the cholesterol meds like Pravachol have an even better additional benefit in that they have been found to significantly reduce second heart attacks. There is some disagreement on this but several top guys agree it does. I take Pravachol and had never had a problem with cholesterol but what with the aorta problem and all, it seemed a good idea to an entire group of cardiac docs here.

Just a thought.........

Spaw

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: bbc
Date: 28 Jun 04 - 10:24 AM

I'm very glad to hear the positive news, dear. After spending the weekend with many beloved Mudcatters, I'm reminded how special you all are to me. And you, my dear, are among the best!

health & happiness always,

Barbara

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Big Mick
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 06:08 PM

I had the echocardiogram yesterday, and it went very well. I now have no restrictions. Heart function is back to normal. I remain on a pretty significant drug regimen, but that is more precautionary than anything. The Doc sez that if I do what I am supposed to, within a year I could be off these things altogether. The blood pressure is still somewhat elevated and I am working on that. I am walking about 3 to 5 miles a day, and I figure by January that will have done the trick on the BP. We will see.

Music is in full swing once more. I love this cardiologist. He clearly loves music, as he spends the first 10 minutes asking me a million questions about it. When I described playing the Uilleann Pipes, his response was, "No fucking way!". Got to love a Doctor like that ......... hahahahahahaha.

A million thanks to all who PM, email, and phone. I feel your caring thoughts and prayers.

All the best,

Mick

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: bbc
Date: 28 Jul 04 - 09:52 PM

Thanks for the report, Mick. Keep up the good work.

love,

Barbara

Subject: RE: BS: Feel better big mick!
From: Joybell
Date: 29 Jul 04 - 08:44 AM

Such good news. So happy for you, Mick. It's great you found that doctor.
I went to see a new doctor the other day and he greeted me in the waiting room with a little skippity dance routine. Not a common sight in rural Australia. Makes all the difference. Cheers Joy