You know you are getting old when:

[Fading Fast]

WOW!

Thanks for all of your expressions of concern. Please forgive the shameless dramatics. It was very late at night, and the incident came as.SOME shock. I honestly feared that it might just be my last post.

That is evidently not going to be the case, thank heaven! I was released from hospital just about anything hour ago. After I arrived at the hospital this morning I was found to have outrageously high blood pressure, which is being blamed for a burst capillary in my larynx. I have been prescribed strong anti-hylertensive drugs (four of them, plus a diuretic) and have been warned to take it easy, frequently check my blood pressure, and NOT TO SING for a while, lest I end up like Leonard Warren.

Again, my deepest appreciation for your concern. I am real!y sorry to have let my problem intrude upon the general serenity of this wonderful group.

Bob.

So glad you have the situation under control. Sounds like some follow up with a trusted doctor is in order, but again, the most important thing is you are still with us and will be for a long time.

Who else would bring all your pre-1930s knowledge and passion to us (not that you don't know later time-periods as well, but you are the expert it seems for the earlier period)? Good luck and please follow up with a good doctor. Best, FF.

 

[vitanola]

Yes. I whistle. Can do both the Jolson and the Crosby, but can also do Joe Belmont and Elmo Tanner. I often whistle a ragtime Melody when searching for the Better Half in the grocery store.

 

[2jakes]

^^^^^
Go for it...join in!

 

[Fading Fast]

Yes. I whistle. Can do both the Jolson and the Crosby, but can also do Joe Belmont and Elmo Tanner. I often whistle a ragtime Melody when searching for the Better Half in the grocery store.

⇧ that is exactly what I mean. We need you man - take good care of yourself.

 

[vitanola]

So glad you have the situation under control. Sounds like some follow up with a trusted doctor is in order, but again, the most important thing is you are still with us and will be for a long time.

Who else would bring all your pre-1930s knowledge and passion to us (not that you don't know later time-periods as well, but you are the expert it seems for the earlier period)? Good luck and please follow up with a good doctor. Best, FF.

I leave the latter days to Miss Maine, for who could properly approach her encyclopedic knowledge of those years. Certainly not I.

Thanks. Yes, I will be following up with many items. Most importantly the doctor believes that my hypertension is caused by particularly severe sleep apnea,which can very easily be remedied.

 

[2jakes]

Bird seeds might help to “sing-along” with Jolson!

 

[BobHufford]

After I arrived at the hospital this morning I was found to have outrageously high blood pressure, which is being blamed for a burst capillary in my larynx.

Glad you are back so fast Bob and doing well apparently.

 

[vitanola]

Bird seeds might help to “sing-along” with Jolson!

 

[vitanola]

Glad you are back so fast Bob and doing well apparently.

Yes. It was a frightening episode with a relatively innocent cause. You cannot be half as glad as I. Thanks for your concern. It is much appreciated.

 

[2jakes]

Bob...that chirping reminds me of the 5 & 10 @ Woolworth’s pet section.
You remember...where you could also buy
baby chicks in assorted colors!

 

[tonyb]

WOW!

Thanks for all of your expressions of concern. Please forgive the shameless dramatics. It was very late at night, and the incident came as SOME shock. I was really frightened. In fact, I honestly feared that it might just be my last post. Just happened to have my pad next to me when this unfortunate incident occurred.

Now that it is evident that I have survived a rather minor though frightening inferentially, I see that I am unlikely to be leaving this sphere just yet,, thank heaven!

I was released from hospital just about an hour ago. After I arrived at the hospital this morning I was found to have outrageously high blood pressure, which is being blamed for a burst capillary in my larynx. I have been prescribed strong anti-hypertensive drugs (four of them, plus a diuretic) and have been warned to take it easy, frequently check my blood pressure, and NOT TO SING for a while, lest I end up like Leonard Warren.

Again, my deepest appreciation for your concern. I am real!y sorry to have let my problem intrude upon the general serenity of this wonderful group.

Bob.

Don't apologize, man. You're among the people who keep the conversation on a reasonably civil and informative plane around here. You set a fine example, and we'd be much the worse without you.

Don't sing!

 

[2jakes]

^^^^
Go ahead and sing man....he’s just jealous cuz he can’t carry a tune and is only allowed to sing in his mother's basement!

 

[Zombie_61]

WOW!

Thanks for all of your expressions of concern. Please forgive the shameless dramatics. It was very late at night, and the incident came as SOME shock. I was really frightened. In fact, I honestly feared that it might just be my last post...Again, my deepest appreciation for your concern. I am real!y sorry to have let my problem intrude upon the general serenity of this wonderful group.

Bob.

Not at all. I think your reaction to the situation was completely reasonable, and I'm pleased to hear your doctor appears to have put you on a path towards better health.

Your comment about your doctor's advice to not sing brings to mind a story told by musician/singer/songwriter Tom Waits, whose gravelly voice and all-out singing style was apparently cause for concern:

Doctor: "You can't go on singing like that. You're going to end up like Frank Sinatra."
Waits: "You mean rich and powerful?"

 

[LizzieMaine]

I have been prescribed strong anti-hypertensive drugs (four of them, plus a diuretic) and have been warned to take it easy, frequently check my blood pressure, and NOT TO SING for a while, lest I end up like Leonard Warren.

You and Whispering Jack Smith!

 

[2jakes]

Blame Lizzie!

 

[tonyb]

^^^^
Go ahead and sing man....he’s just jealous cuz he can’t carry a tune and is only allowed to sing in his mother's basement!

You've apparently heard me, um, sing.

 

[2jakes]

You've apparently heard me, um, sing.

Um....not really....but I can imagine !

 

[2jakes]

Bob...just lie down and enjoy !

 

[vitanola]

You and Whispering Jack Smith!

I don't think that Smith died onstage of a throat haemorrhage, did he? Poor Warren was onstage in a performance of Forza del Destiny, having just sung Morir, tremenda cosa ( To Die, a Momentus Thing) when he fell face down on the floor, gasped "Help me!" as a pool of blood spread in the view of the audience as the curtain came down.

I hope never to have that sense of drama. I would hope to die peacefully, in my sleep, like Grandpa. Not screaming in horror like his passengers.

 

[vitanola]

Blame Lizzie! l

Bob...just lie down and enjoy !

Beats getting up every three minutes to change the record and the needle