Hey thanks everybody for the thoughts. I was admitted to the hospital on Thursday January 28 for blood clots that formed in my leg during a long flight. They broke up, moved through my heart and settled in the bottom of my lungs. LOTS of needles and a crappy sodium restricted died. I was released on February 2. The next night I began the joys of projectile vomiting and diarrhea from that flu (not swine) going around. The vomiting lasted for two days. The "other" lower end is still going on but not as strong. I was just happy to be able to hold down chicken noodle soup on my birthday.
Oh yea, and this is the big Five-0 too. Fifty years old with the emotional state of mind of a teenager.

The blood clot thing was scary - the doctor flat out told me I definitely dodged a bullet.
That damn Boooosh health care and economy. This all could have been avoided with single payer health care insurance.