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Guys.....you know Jon if he's fine, and everything is ok for him?
 
His mail sent to me the 3rd July
Hello Jean-Pierre,

Sorry I've been away, I've had some difficulties but miss you guys and
need to update the sites.
My absence started with my old computer dying and not much free time but
I have been renewing the domains and server plans.

I'll be posting at PN soon!
Thank You,
Jon
 
But, I've to agree, no news since...
 
But, I've to agree, no news since...
A couple months back I pressed hard for an update about Jon because I was worried, and a hero staffer was kind enough to relay that thought, and that's coincidently when we got that update, JP.

And now, the way I read it is this--
Jon's busy with life issues, and knows that the site could use a software update, and will get to it when he can.
 
His mail sent to me the 3rd July
Hello Jean-Pierre,

Sorry I've been away, I've had some difficulties but miss you guys and
need to update the sites.
My absence started with my old computer dying and not much free time but
I have been renewing the domains and server plans.

I'll be posting at PN soon!
Thank You,
Jon
He posted almost the same message in the Admin section on July 3.
1 month ago is better than 11 months ago. (His computer died last September.)
It was great to know he was ok.
 
Hullo, thanks for asking after Jon!

Yes, he knows the site needs xforo upgrade and other updates, but he's been unable to reliably access PN for some weeks and looks like a bit longer until he can. Thanks for your patience, and trust me, saying 'hello' to you all is something he's looking forward to!

Not sure about disclosing federally protected personal health information haha, so let's just say there's a flappy thing in the human body, and unbeknownst to Jon, he was born with one which had 33% less flappyness. Not a big problem, worked OK for decades. But if a machine's engineered to work for 100 years and you run it 33% harder, then you'll wear it out 33 years faster, unless my math's off.

But it was a plucky little thing, and didn't fail all at once, it kept flapping as best it could! Crappily, reached a point where it couldn't be ignored, and in late July, Jon had to go somewhere to get a new flappy thing installed. Don't take my flippancy as casual, it was not an elective procedure, it was a just-in-damned-time thing.

Jon wants to let Pinball Nirvana folks know that he's past the tough part, there are lingering issues but all the meat-ware and bionic upgrades are in place, now it's a matter of regaining strength and arriving at a correct balance of compounds. Jon has been in surprising (but typical) good spirits throughout, high praise and gratitude for those giving care, and hopes to be back in touch with you soon.

I'd like to add that i use my middle fingers as the flipper fingers when i play pinball, but some people prefer the index fingers. Whichever YOU use, please cross them and wish for Jon's sustained recovery.
 
I guess this thread will do to mention what has happened to me this year since late June. The thread was started in 2023 and the circumstances were much different. While I was in the hospital, I asked my brother to let folks and the staff here know what was going on with me, I thank my bro but it probably should have been a new thread. We are in the process of making sure that this site carries on.

About a decade ago my doctor (at the time she was a hot russian) mentioned that I had a heart murmur, this was the first time I ever heard that and I thought it might be because she was so HOT but I was referred to a Cardiologist, my first suggestion is to take hear murmur's seriously. The Cardiologist did testing and informed me that I was born with a bicuspid aortic valve. I had never had any symptoms of this and was feeling fine at the time, it was explained to me that most people don't know about these things until later in life.
A bicuspid aortic valve is the most common congenital heart defect, occurring in approximately 1% of the general population.

In late June I started to get shortness of breath and on July 26th I went to the emergency room and was admitted immediately with Cardiogenic shock, One of my sisters is a nurse and she has since explained a lot of the stuff that has happened to me but the procedures started on that day. I can tell you that I had a valve replaced via open heart surgery, had a pump and balloon put inside of me, had breathing and feeding tubes and almost died 4 times. I was in 2 different ICU's with private rooms and remember hearing alarms next to me go off and see doctors and nurses rushing into my room and then everything would go black and then I would miraculously just wake up. I experienced heart rhythm failures and was shocked back to life 3 of these times. Many other things happened to me, when they removed the balloon pump they didn't have any good options for removal so it messed up my left arm and fingers by destroying a artery and nerves. This currently is my biggest problem with numbing and a loss of feeling with my left arm/fingers. I was in ICU's for 4 weeks and experienced about 20 strokes, I made it to a rehab place and was there for another 2 weeks. I currently still have therapists and Home Health Aides coming over and am doing better. I have a pacemaker/defibrillator implant inside of me that communicates with a mother ship somewhere. This is to avoid heart rhythm problems. Recently I got a doctors approval to drive again, I need to start a new thread about that because it's about recalls and is amazing!

Thanks for the lovely pillaging hammock @StevOz!
 
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Wow
Just remember, you will never get back to the 20yo you once was
You will do well
 
Take it easy my friend. Get well!
 
I'm rooting for you Jon! Hang in there and go Bills!

:respect:
 
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