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Topic: Affairs of the Heart  (Read 4188 times)

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IslandHoppa

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  • Location: Camas, WA
  • Date Registered: Mar 2012
  • Posts: 14
Just hit this forum "by mistake" when checking in at NWKA. Glad I did! Great story, brought back some memories of my dad's ablation at Stanford in '96. He'd had tachycardia for over 30 years and a on-call doc in the ER told him about a friend who'd developed this procedure. At 75 he had it done and lived till 3 weeks before his 90th with no more heart problems.

Keep on lovin that family and livin your life!


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Rock Hopper

  • SonomaCoastSafetySquad
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  • A-Hull Muggle
  • Location: Santa Rosa
  • Date Registered: Apr 2005
  • Posts: 13360
You're an inspiration to us all, bro!  :smt006

In Loving Memory of Mooch, Eelmaster, Shicken, and Cabeza De Martillo

I started kayak fishing to get away from most of you...


HobieBlue

  • Salmon
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  • Catch, photo, and release.
  • Location: Manteca
  • Date Registered: Dec 2007
  • Posts: 945
Good story Eric.  Thanks for sharing.  Good health to you for many years to come.

HB


Salty.

  • Sea Lion
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  • Location: Sonoma County
  • Date Registered: Sep 2006
  • Posts: 4810
Hope the surgery 'takes' & you are 'good to go' & back OTW soon Eric!


Sin Coast

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  • Pat Kuhl
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  • Location: Mbay
  • Date Registered: Jul 2006
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Dang that's a lotta words. And I read it all because that's what friends/family do...listen. You know we're here for ya. Getting old sucks. Thanks for bein a little less stubborn. I look forward to hearing about your speedy recovery. See ya soon.
Photobucket Sucks!

 Team A-Hulls

~old enough to know better, young enough to not care~


NicksYak

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  • All gave some. Some gave all.
  • Location: Brentwood, CA
  • Date Registered: Oct 2011
  • Posts: 481
Bravo, Eric. It takes such courage to share so much, and such skill to write so well about it. My shot of Jameson tonight is in your honor.


Bird

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  • Location: Rancho Cordova, CA
  • Date Registered: May 2006
  • Posts: 3569
Thanks for sharing your story and the lessons for us all.  Wishing you the best Eric!


Tote

  • One life, right? Don't blow it.
  • Global Moderator
  • Location: Diamond Springs, CA
  • Date Registered: Jul 2005
  • Posts: 12979
Glad you nipped it in the bud. Here's to a speedy recovery and hopefully never having to deal with it again.
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Jacks

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  • Date Registered: Jul 2008
  • Posts: 810
You are an inspiration and a superstar with all you do for this kayak community.  Get health and back on the yak soon.


Chadrock

  • SonomaCoastSafetySquad
  • Sea Lion
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  • Location: Sonoma County
  • Date Registered: Aug 2008
  • Posts: 3568
Dude, we need you around. It sounds like you are/have been doing what's needed. Keep it up. We all love you.
If you want to thank a Vet, be a person worth fighting for.

1st place Red Barn Classic 2010


DrDave

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  • Location: Cloverdale, CA
  • Date Registered: Sep 2009
  • Posts: 1582
Eric, your spirit is one that inspires the soul. About two years ago, I end up in the ER with what felt like a horse kicked me in the chest with electric horse shoes right through my back. The jolt literally knock me off my feet. That was the second time with such a strong experience of some type of value prolapse along with a bunch of smaller jolts. I guess my heart just needed a kick starting. :smt044  I could feel your journey through you sharing your experience. It is amazing how your strength in being in the moment and that strong love can be focused and freely gifted to others in your sharing . Most of us have a hard time being there. Your post have always been not only about fishing but also one of sharing life and the importance of life. Your gift is appreciated! Thoughts and prayers will continue for you and your family. David:smt006
“This time, like all times, is a very good one, if we but know what to do with it.” Ralph Waldo Emerson


snapperhead

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  • Location: Livermore
  • Date Registered: Jun 2006
  • Posts: 2434
That was the longest post I've ever read, and thanks for writing it! Everytime I see a post from you I check it out. It never "just" a fishing report, there will be pics  :smt007 and some other form of appreciation you felt through the adventure you went on. We have only talked a few times, but I know that you and your family love and care deeply for each other. You are an inspirational person on this site, but more importantly you are at home! My thoughts and prayer are with you and your family. Get well soon, many live just to read your posts!!!
"Life is like a school of rockfish, you never know what you're gonna get"


Rockroach

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  • Location: Windsor, Ca.
  • Date Registered: Jul 2006
  • Posts: 1520
Thanks for sharing Eric.
I've only met you a few times but it seems like I've known you forever. We can all tell through your stories and reports that you are one of the special ones Eric.  I'm glad you're taking care of your health and hope to hear from you soon.  Live it up bud!
Marcos
~MarcosM~


LapuLapu

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  • Location: Livermore
  • Date Registered: Jan 2009
  • Posts: 2470
Eric, you are a very special person and much loved by everyone in this forum.  Long live my friend!

Rey


beenfishin

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  • Location: Redding
  • Date Registered: Oct 2005
  • Posts: 3008
Awfully convenient to wait until after salmon/rockfish season to get this taken care of!   :smt002

Wishing you a speedy recovery AK, can't wait to see what life brings now that the ticker is operating 100%!