Sorry for my Heart Attack!
I've been on this forum for maybe three years now, and so a bit too new to be familiar with the long time, old timers that have made this forum what it is. I read about how when they go into long term illness or die, they are missed. By the things that are said, I wished I had known them.
And I read about how some of us place orders and then are not shipped the product... only to learn about the health issues of the vendor. Or how we have trouble contacting car show buddies that we see once a year...
So I had a paradigm shift three weeks ago when I had my heart attack. I currently live alone, a friend stopped by to drop off some bicycle parts, he was also a nurse and recognized my symptoms. Code three ambulance ride (lights and sirens) and two stents later, I am walking and talking. Doc said I'd be dead if my friend hadn't stopped by. I start Physical Therapy Monday, so should more about my condition and future.
I do have a lingering sense of guilt at having dropped out of some of my responsibilities and activities. This is my 1st post here in awhile. Thanks to email, text, and facebook, the word is out so my friends/family all know. But in the Studebaker world, it's more difficult to get the word out. And perhaps its not considered appropriate? If I had followed the route that nature had intended for me, none of you would have known what happened, tho perhaps Bensherb might have figured it out after awhile.
As I understand it, Studebaker owners can often be a bit up in age, so I expect my experience is more common and that a number of you have experienced life changing health events that affect your involvement in our passion and this forum. And you have lost touch with members and never find out why.
But my wish for all of us here, is that we will live as long and as well as our beloved Studebakers.
God Bless,
Rafe Hollister
And I read about how some of us place orders and then are not shipped the product... only to learn about the health issues of the vendor. Or how we have trouble contacting car show buddies that we see once a year...
So I had a paradigm shift three weeks ago when I had my heart attack. I currently live alone, a friend stopped by to drop off some bicycle parts, he was also a nurse and recognized my symptoms. Code three ambulance ride (lights and sirens) and two stents later, I am walking and talking. Doc said I'd be dead if my friend hadn't stopped by. I start Physical Therapy Monday, so should more about my condition and future.
I do have a lingering sense of guilt at having dropped out of some of my responsibilities and activities. This is my 1st post here in awhile. Thanks to email, text, and facebook, the word is out so my friends/family all know. But in the Studebaker world, it's more difficult to get the word out. And perhaps its not considered appropriate? If I had followed the route that nature had intended for me, none of you would have known what happened, tho perhaps Bensherb might have figured it out after awhile.
As I understand it, Studebaker owners can often be a bit up in age, so I expect my experience is more common and that a number of you have experienced life changing health events that affect your involvement in our passion and this forum. And you have lost touch with members and never find out why.
But my wish for all of us here, is that we will live as long and as well as our beloved Studebakers.
God Bless,
Rafe Hollister
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You can have the car , I don't have room for another car , but I want that customized hood Dwight ! Of course, I already hit Thom up about that some time ago LOL!
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