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I have a CAT scan next week on the 25th. I've got fingers crossed that I'll receive a clean bill of health so I can return to my retirement in a place I love deeply, Southeast Asia. I've been on the mend for over two years after being whacked by an aortic dissection and aneurysm simultaneously. I'm just happy and fortunate to be alive.

 

Anyway, last time I was retired in the Phils. I was living in Caticlan, Panay - The Gateway To Boracay. I was the caretaker for my friends' new resort. This time it will be Cambodia. Originally, I was planning on living in Sihanoukville, but there's apparently a police crackdown on the happy pizza parlors, etc. Yes, I do. I'm on VA disability for a number of issues, including a lot of pain. It helps tremendously. If PP doesn't work out, I'm heading back to Nepal and some sleepy little town in the Kathmandu Valley. I spent over a decade living in various parts of Asia, including Japan, South Korea and Taiwan. Miss Asia big time. Im sure you guys understand.

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Parrothead

If PP doesn't work out

 

...why not try Battambang?

 

Welcome back!

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phuketrichard

with a pension, head to thailand :-)

No retirement visas for Nepal

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andy

...why not try Battambang?

 

Never seen happy pizza in the place?

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Blackeye

WTF is a happy pizza?

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Tola

Best of luck luvthai2003.Presumably you had a graft to repair the problem? I had a coarcation of the aorta(a narrowing bang next to the heart )and subsequent aneurysm more than fifty years ago,if it's any comfort to you.I had what they term a resection.They did it again eight years later,when i was eighteen,to put a bigger graft in.I was extremely lucky.A few more years earlier and they might not have had the skill to save me.

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In short, three things saved me concerning the aortic dissection and aneurysm. 1. It's descending 2. It's distal 3. It's small, about 42mm. Fortunately, the doctors and nurses worked real hard real fast to get the ballooning of the aorta down. For the past two plus years I have done everything in my power to heal it. I'm firmly convinced the human body/mind have the power to do so. This all r suited from high blood pressure. It got me to quick smoking cigarettes, drop 51 pounds and change my lifestyle around for the better.

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luvthai2003

This all started instead of This all r suited. Sorry.

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Parrothead

WTF is a happy pizza?

 

Pizza with mary-wanner sprinkled on top.

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A few more years earlier and they might not have had the skill to save me.

In short, three things saved me concerning the aortic dissection and aneurysm. 1. It's descending 2. It's distal 3. It's small, about 42mm. Fortunately, the doctors and nurses worked real hard real fast to get the ballooning of the aorta down. For the past two plus years I have done everything in my power to heal it. I'm firmly convinced the human body/mind have the power to do so. This all r suited from high blood pressure. It got me to quick smoking cigarettes, drop 51 pounds and change my lifestyle around for the better.

 

Same thing killed my dad in 1987. Thank God you were lucky.

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