a morning like no other… (originally published 5/27/2009)

a morning like no other… (originally published 5/27/2009)

This morning was like hundreds of other school days — the alarm went off at 6:25. I got up, woke up my teenage son and went downstairs to make my morning tea. But, today was a not a morning like any other morning in my life… today was the first morning that I slept in…

Twitter Chat on heart health Thurs 2/28 1pm – 2pm EST

Twitter Chat on heart health Thurs 2/28 1pm – 2pm EST

Mended Hearts is joining the Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI) and USA Today health reporter Liz Szabo in hosting a Twitter Chat on heart health Thursday, February 28 from 1 p.m. – 2 p.m. EST. You can participate or follow along by using the hashtag #heartchat. If you have a question or want…

Outpatient Cardiac Rehab: Early Scheduling Gets More Patients to Participate

Early Scheduling Gets More Patients to Cardiac Rehab howtolowerhighbloodpressure.health-necklace.com1/14/13 Scheduling heart patients’ first cardiac rehabilitation session within 10 days of hospital discharge gets more of them to show up, according to a new study. Source: Reuters Health Related MedlinePlus Page: Cardiac …  

Heart Surgery News Discovered Feb. 23, 2013

Betty Friedan, Open Heart Surgery, and Me – www.psmag.com2/23/13 Betty Friedan, Open Heart Surgery, and Me. On the 50th anniversary of “The Feminine Mystique,” … Two days later she had her first open heart surgery, to replace a defective heart-valve. I am glad I helped save her life once in … Vatican admits Pope Benedict…

Interesting video: Bono talks about dying father

Interesting video: Bono talks about dying father

A Little Boomer Humor – The Blackberry Skit from Britain

  Ronnie Corbett and Harry Enfield star in this fruity sketch from The One Ronnie Show.

My First (Real) Computer

In late 1979 I bought an Apple II, my first (real) computer, after briefly testing a Tandy TRS80. In the next year I bought 10 more Apple II computers – added CPM cards and ran dBase II database software on all of them. Computers have been a part of my daily life ever since. Thanks…

Graphic: Senior Citizens: The New Facebook User

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Video: The Economics of Abundance

Check out this video on The Economics of Abundance. It is uses some of the style of the UPS whiteboard commercials and IMHO very effectively delivers a compelling message. This video is part of a UPS sponsored series — but isn’t a sales message. I look forward to your comments.

A Very Clever Digital Retelling of the Christmas Story 1

Bill Gates on energy: Innovating to zero! | Video from YouTube

STARTS AT quote “So, let’s look at this fourth factor…” 6m37s TED Talks At TED2010, Bill Gates unveils his vision for the world’s energy future, describing the need for “miracles” to avoid planetary catastrophe and explaining why he’s backing a dramatically different type of nuclear reactor. The necessary goal? Zero carbon emissions globally by 2050.

From: John Lawlor

jl_004_retouch_a-250x370-tightGreetings - thanks for dropping by - if you have been here before and expecting marketing related posts you are probably wondering: "what's up with this heart surgery stuff?"

 

What's up is that I have made a decision to focus on helping new heart surgery patients improve their recovery after heart surgery through my books ("SEErecovery" and "Self Service Heart Surgery"); my Mended Hearts chapter presidency; my coaching patients and consulting from the patients' recovery perspective.

I'd love to hear from you -- especially if you are a recent heart surgery patient -- just click the arrow at the top of this panel and send me a voice message by clicking the tab under this message.

J:L