Brotherly Support

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: MMario
Date: 14 Aug 01 - 08:54 AM

Heartfelt best wishes going out over the aether - even if I CAN'T get paltalk three out of four tries these days....

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 14 Aug 01 - 08:15 AM

Good News! I'll have to check in PalTalk soon to hear da Man!

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: nutty
Date: 14 Aug 01 - 03:39 AM

Great to hear from you Jacko --- we can all relax now *BG*

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Noreen
Date: 13 Aug 01 - 07:51 PM

Great, Jacko! Looking forward to hearing you in PalTalk very soon.

Love,

Noreen

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From:
Date: 13 Aug 01 - 06:29 PM

Sniff, 'scuse me, being a bit emotional, thank you folks. I'm really looking forward to catching up with you all soonest.

I'll be checking out paltalk in a few minutes when I've caught up with this lot

Jack

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: katlaughing
Date: 13 Aug 01 - 06:20 PM

Wonderful!!! Thanks, Spaw!!

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: catspaw49
Date: 13 Aug 01 - 06:18 PM

HEY-HEY-HEY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

just got a PM....He's home and doing fine. I told him to post here when he could!!

Great News!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Ebbie
Date: 13 Aug 01 - 11:58 AM

Refresh

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 12 Aug 01 - 03:21 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: catspaw49
Date: 12 Aug 01 - 12:30 PM

just to keep it on the daily and of course we're still thinking of you Jack.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Noreen
Date: 11 Aug 01 - 02:24 PM

And mine...

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: catspaw49
Date: 11 Aug 01 - 12:03 AM

While we wait, just another thought. Garrison Keillor who does "Prairie Home Companion" in Public Radio has also just had a new mitral valve put in and is doing well.

Looking forward to hearing from someone about Jack. You are still in my thoughts my friend.

Spaw

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 10 Aug 01 - 10:08 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: nutty
Date: 10 Aug 01 - 07:37 PM

Lets keep a candle burning

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: nutty
Date: 10 Aug 01 - 09:00 AM

refresh

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Diva
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 02:50 PM

Same here,still waiting for word.....with a bit of luck he'll be sitting up serenading those wee Kiwi nurses with some muckle sangs thats if he's not running marathons.

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: catspaw49
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 11:38 AM

And Mary.....If you hear anything on PalTalk, come on back here and let us know.

Still thinking the best for you Jack!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 09:44 AM

Still no word...but I haven't been on PalTalk. I'll watch this thread.

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: nutty
Date: 08 Aug 01 - 04:20 AM

I keep wondering ---- has anyone heard anything about Jacko??

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Hawker
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 06:52 PM

Jacko!
Thought of you today, hope all went well and your new valve will soon have you firing on all four cylinders again soon!
Mum had a bypass 5 weeks ago today and she has made an amazing recovery, as has the lady in the next bed to her, who had a 'valve job'
Hope to hear you again soon on the little mike!
Lucy

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Mrrzy
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 04:37 PM

Coming from Catspaw, somehow the phrase "Valve job" looks like a typo, doesn't it?

But seriously, best of all to you, and hope your sis' gig goes wonderfully!

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: catspaw49
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 04:31 PM

I don't know whether anyone is around to post for Jack. I had a nice PM from him just prior to heading for the hospital and I don't know if he got my return PM. He was happy to hear from another "valve job guy" as he'd only talked to by-pass folks. I have been thinking of him too and hope all is well. I told him he'd have plenty of thoughts and prayers from here and from his PalTalk friends.

Those of you on PalTalk......If you hear anything, how about coming back and posting it here?

Spaw

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Deni
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 12:26 PM

Mudcat love to the pair of you in the challenges you face.

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: katlaughing
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 11:49 AM

Yeah, it's about 4am, Tuesday mornng over there. I hope we hear from someone, today and that it is good news.

kat

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Hollowfox
Date: 06 Aug 01 - 11:07 AM

I hope everything's going smoothly.

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Mary in Kentucky
Date: 05 Aug 01 - 11:21 PM

Jacko/scalliwag/Man of a Thousand Songs/Jack ---

It's Sunday night here now, so I'm guessing that your operation is over...been thinking about you all evening...let us know how you're doing. And tell sis we want to hear her on PalTalk also!

Mary

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Diva
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 04:25 PM

I'm still vexed I missed her at Newcastleton....that'll teach me to check my mail before I wander off. :-) Good luck with the op.... all good thoughts coming from the Borders. Diva

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: catspaw49
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 12:36 PM

Hey Jacko......I will be sending some good thoughts to your Sis and hope she knocks 'em out with her performance.

As for you........Yeah man, you'll be more than in my thoughts. They should have repaired or replaced my mitral valve when they did the Quad By-Pass 5 years ago. I didn't realize how weak I was becoming as I still felt pretty good. The past two years have really been going downhill and yet I continued to feel what I thought was okay. I was fortunate to have my valve replaced by a new procedure using the daVinci robot by a top man in the field and thus had very little surgical trauma, but no matter how it's done, you will feel better right away. In post-op, my wife Karen said that she saw a new color about me immediately! After passing through the post surgicals, I began to feel better too and I tell you true my friend, I haven't felt this good, no GREAT, in 10 years or more! There was one point where I swear I was felling stronger by the minute........not the hour, or the day.....literally by the minute!!!

I have a St. Jude's Valve which is still preferred here over the porcine repalcements. They last a lloooonnnnnggggg time and are pretty trouble free. The only drawback being the need to be on Coumadin forever, but what the hell is that? No big deal. No anti-rejection meds needed and my valve is happily "ticking" away. Yeah, you can hear it although I rarely hear mine unless the acoustics are right. Other people can hear it often and to those who love you, no finer song can ever be sung than the simple ticking of that valve. They use them on aortic valve replacements too.

Write me huh?....... and continue to post and let us know how things are.....Okay? You have much support here in the Village of Mudcat and we will all be sending you the best and strongest thoughts we have for a successful operation and recovery. If you can, have someone there keep us posted if you can't.

My e-mail is [e-mail] if you or they want to use that instead, but please let us know. We're pulling for you Jack and I DO KNOW how much better you'll feel....breathe better too..........it's amazing!!!

Spaw

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: Micca
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 12:02 PM

yeah, Jacko, keep us informed, I will mention your sisters imminnent performance to Scottish contacts!! and I too hope to hear you singing again very soon!!! and take care of following Sinsulls advice!! ..." If I have heard him correctly, you will feel like a new person almost immediately when the blood flows through." feeling like a new person is all very well, but where would you get one of those in a Hospital??? Best wishes mate, and I will be thinking of you...

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: SINSULL
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 10:26 AM

Jacko, I hope you are in touch with Spaw. If I have heard him correctly, you will feel like a new person almost immediately when the blood flows through. Be well! We will be waiting for an update.

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: IvanB
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 10:14 AM

May she 'break a leg' and you not! Seriously, Jacko, thanks for the heads up and best wishes for a speedy recovery and the ability to spend quality small mic time.

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: nutty
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 09:06 AM

My thoughts are with both you and your sister, Jacko .... may you have success both "on stage" and "in the theatre".

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: MMario
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 08:47 AM

jacko - I never thought I would say something like this - but *PLEASE* follow Catspaw's good example - at least regarding coming through surgery and having a good, fast recovery!

Subject: RE: Brotherly Support
From: katlaughing
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 12:22 AM

HeyaJacko, If I was in Scotland, I'd be happy to go meet your sister and listen in, as long as "sisterly" support was okay, too.:-)

Have you got someone who can keep us posted on your progress, please? Even if they were to just PM one of us, it would be nice to know how you fare. Either way, I'll be thinking about you and know that we'll hear you on the "small mic" again, soon.

May all good things come to pass for you and yours,

luvyakat

Subject: Brotherly Support
From:
Date: 03 Aug 01 - 12:13 AM

My sister, Eileen Penman, is performing at the Waverley Bar in Edinburgh, on August the 6th, with the group 'Stairheid Gossip'

She is also doing a solo in the same pub on August 17

I've a couple of reasons for telling you this, one is because I can't be there to support her in person.

The other is because I will not even be able to be in touch with her as, subject to a bed being available, I expect to be on the receiving end of a new heart valve this time on Monday.

It's nearly ten years since we saw each other, though Paltalk has made contact a lot more frequent. I'm sure she would get a kick out of meeting some of Scalliwag's singing companions.

For myself, I hope to return to the small mic just as soon as it's possible

Jack