Random Bits
I apologize for not posting more recently. I have a habit, when overwhelmed by work or details, of hunkering down, ignoring the world, and concentrating on only the one or two most pressing issues. It become easy for time to get away from me when doing that.
Recent Developments
I've completed about fifteen sessions of cardiac rehabilitation - that is, exercising while wearing an EKG monitor, under the watchful eyes of physical therapists, in a room full of exercise equipment and other cardiac rehab patients.
I've had mixed luck. My wind has gotten better and I've experienced general improvement. But my blood pressure is flaky. It's lower in standing position than sitting or lying, and becomes lower still when I exercise, which is not normal. I've come close to graying out on the treadmill. So I get to go through a new series of tests starting Monday - echocardiogram, thyroid, and blood count - as my puzzled cardiologist tries to sort it all out.
In other news, I just bought a recumbent stationary bike, of Nordic Trac manufacture, for exercise at home. Soon I hope to be pedalling madly away and going nowhere, which I hope is not a metaphor for anything.
Future of the Blogs
As time passes and the heart attack/quad bypass/rehabilitation become less of a dominant factor in my life, we're going to need to redefine what aaronallston.info is for - or get rid of it altogether.
My current plan is to switch aaronallston.info, which currently serves merely to redirect browsers to the Aaron Allston LJ community, into a links page pointing there, to my web site, and to other relevant sites of interest, and to open up the AA LJ community so that anyone can post to it, turning it into a general discussion area for my fiction and game writing as well as health and events... assuming there's enough interest to support such a thing. Sound off and let us know what you think about that.
Events
A lot of kind people have made plans to host charity events benefiting the Aaron Allston Donation Fund. I just updated my Appearance Schedule page with several of them. The next one up is a charity auction to be held by the Fandom Association of Central Texas in Georgetown, TX on the afternoon of July 19th. Please stop by if you're in the area.
Time Crunch
This blog entry was originally supposed to be about my having to learn to do things over again - to stand up, to walk, even to pee. (Yes, welcome to TMI Family Playhouse.) But time is running short, so I'll have to talk all about that in the next column. You have been warned...
Take care, all.