UPDATE: 2024-10-11-2251 upon hearing my health insurance had been suspended, the long, strong arm of the internet reached out and knocked that problem flat. Another regular source of support said let’s talk after the 25th, that’ll take out some of the hospital bill. And there’s one new monthly subscriber who signed up at $16 - I’m gonna use that to get two subscriptions here - Bullshit Hunting with
& Co., and ‘s Spytalk. Those are both people I know and their content contributes to my earning capability.And as always, a big thanks to those of you who sent encouraging notes, and to those of you who boosted this Substack’s visibility. Concurrent with Helene and Milton, our society is facing a disinformation hurricane, and I hope what appears here is helping in some small way to cut into that self-inflicted problem.
Welp, it’s been one of THOSE nights.
I had COVID19 for the first time in April, it left me with demon vertigo, and the cure for that left me functionally blind for ten days. I caught COVID19 again at the start of August and this time it undid a lot of the health improvements I got around this time last year. I walk a LOT, or at least I used to do so, but now I no longer tolerate exercise. It’s a mile to the store over level ground and I come back soaked with sweat even on a nice cool evening like tonight. I’m told a six month recovery time for stamina is normal.
When I awoke at 20:00 this evening I had pain in my left arm and up into my jaw - classic heart attack warning signs. I threw some stuff in a bag and headed for the place known for good cardiac care. The EKG was a little odd, so they just repeated it, and just took blood for a second cardiac enzymes test.
Sounds like they’re going to cut me loose after the text results come back around 0300, but the nice lady from registration showed me the bill earlier and it’s roughly a month’s living expenses. I am DAMNED glad it’s Harris/Walz for 2024, but Biden passing the baton sucked the oxygen out of the room as far as the work I usually do.
I know you’re getting a blizzard of fundraising appeals and several of you were already very generous back in August. So thank you for that - I wouldn’t say anything but this is a legit emergency, just one with terrible timing. Bank cards work with Substack, I can make immediate use of any Amazon gift card codes, and what follows is a Monero cryptocurrency wallet. Anything at all would be very welcome.
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Home and safe twenty four hours later, with weird souvenirs …
Cardiapocalypse Averted