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The Bum Ticker or, How I Got a Valve Job and a New Fuel Line

Index & Links

Part 1 - Introduction

Part 2 - The Tests

Part 3 - More Tests

Part 4 - Decision Time

Part 5 - The Angiogram

Part 6 - The Waiting

Part 7 - The Support Network

Part 8 - The Word, Finally. My date for surgery is Nov 9th at 12 noon

Part 9 - Pre-admission Nov6/98

Part 10 - This is it!

Part 11 - Home Sweet Home

Part 12 - Steve's Fixed!

Part 13 - It's Been A Week Since Surgery

Page 14 - Recovery - Another Day, Another Basket

Page 15- Choo-Choos and Biscotti

Page 16 - Living in the Present

Page 17 - Lazy Bones

Page 18- More Rambling and Musings

Page 19- Pig O My Heart - Two Steps Forward, One Step Back

Page 20- Mr. Swineheart

More Mail - December 15/98

Page 21 - Snowbound in Toronto with Pigorian Chants

Page 22 - I've Got Piggy-car-what? Five months later...

Page 23 - So Long Perry Como - Hello Stumpy

Page 24 - Final Chapter - Another Visit to the OR

Page 25 - Update_ 4 and, 12 years later...

If you are enjoying this journal, then you'd probably enjoy my music as well. Please check out my music site, listen to some sample sound clips of my songs and please order one of my CD's. I'd really appreciate your support. Thanks, Steve.
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