[phatdaddy]

looks like i'm going to be laid up this spring and first of summer. back in november, my regular doc noticed a change in my "slight" heart murmur i've had for years. sent me to a local cardiologist for test & scans. sever leakage of the mitral valve. just got from emory in atlanta meeting with the valve guru, he thinks he can repair it , but if not, cow/pig replacement.

getting old sucks
wish we'd done this in nov, spanish are starting to run here.

surgery won't be until after april 10th, so i gotta jam 3 months of fishing into 3 weeks