I thought I should bring everyone up to date on my recent trials 'n tribulations re: heart and thyroid, in case anyone's wondering what I've been doing lately. Been dealing the last month or 6 weeks with atrial fibrillation and flutter, not a pleasant experience...like a fish flopping in your chest. Several ER trips and two hospital stays. Latest diagnosis is an overactive thyroid, Graves' disease to be specific, that's at least contributing to the heart problem.  Friday I take a big dose of radioactive iodine to kill the thyroid gland--dunno if I'll glow or not, I'll certainly report it if I do!  Then we mess around over the next 4 to 6 months getting the dosage right on replacement hormones. Meanwhile, next week I submit to more testing on the heart, and confer with the cardiologists--who knows what they have up their sleeve for me.  Already did a catheter ablation, ran a wire up from a leg vein into the heart, trying to burn out some redundant circuitry--not too successful. 

This is a Whole New Experience for me, always been disgustingly healthy up til now. Serendipitiously (sp.?), my kit business has fallen 'way off which is good since I haven't felt like doing any cutting, no flying or building either. I'm now shooting for a Big Comeback next Spring.

Perhaps more than you wanted to know. Just understand, if you order a kit, be prepared to exercise much patience.

--Ray
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Good luck to one of the nicest folks i have never met in person!!! My invite for next weeks contest still is open. Get well soon !! Always the greatest service and best kits, anyone who has not used Ray's services is missing something special. Your friend, Ray in NC.

Getting sick and dealing with all the BS is definitley not worth kind words and well wishes. I would rather you were healthy and keeping us updated on your latest projects and products- which always interest and delight me.

Keep up the fight- getting things sorted out can be a real pain, but they really do some amazing stuff with medication and procedures these days. I expect you will be up and at it again pretty soon- and remember model building and flying is great therapy. Too bad we can't get a RX for planes and engines!

Oh yeah - a UM hockey game will also usually make you feel better- unless they happen to lose to the Badgers or Fighting Souix!

Hey Ray,  take care of yourself and follow the doctors orders.  Still haven't flown the planes the girls built as it is their first ones to be built.  Can't convince them that tall grass won't hurt them.  Now get back to being healthy again.  DOC Holliday