Author Archives: mashland

I’ve been having bigger and more frequent chest pains…often several times a week and most requiring 2 or 3 n itro to control. I’m “supposed” to call 911 at 3, but I would spend most of my time in an … Continue reading →

Since near death at the end of 2006, I have been under the excellent care of the OHSU Heart Failure and Transplant team. Over the years of ambulance rides (3), emergency visits, hospitalizations, catheterization2 (13), surgeries (3), defibrillations (8)and weekly … Continue reading →

Many Summers ago I was backpacking with my boys up in the Sierra Mountains. At one point in late morning, we were scrambling over a rocky, granite patch with mosquitoes clouding around our faces, arms and legs when I came upon … Continue reading →

Judy and I were a bit shaken at OHSU’s Gabriel Park Clinic this morning. I went in mostly for some routine checks on a lump on my instep and pain on the bottom of my foot. I also had to … Continue reading →

So I’ve reached a point where walking from one room to another can leave me out of breath and tired. It’s SO weird. Everything else is working fine. If I’m just standing here at the computer (I use a power … Continue reading →

So my heart failure is finally trickling back into my life. Walking across a room can leave me out of breath and energy…and on other days I can walk for miles!  Yesterday I could paint and get around all day … Continue reading →

I don’t want this blog to expire or go away…but don’t have anything huge to add about my physical health.  I’m sorta cruisin’ along on a slow, downward spiral.  Still pretty strong and, as long as there’s no hill, I’m … Continue reading →

  I got a bulletin today about a report in the New England Journal of Medicine about a study involving the Ventricular Reconstruction I went through at the start of 2007.  Only one part of the study is completed, but … Continue reading →

  The last year hasn’t seen much action on this blog.   Part of that is because the experimental heart surgery I had in Jan of 2007 really did work.  It was meant to buy me time and it did. … Continue reading →