June 20, 2025
Over the years I have tried to make this Facebook SubStack pages places where people always find some kind of hope for the struggles facing us. If I have problems I don’t want to talk about them here unless there is a lesson to be learned from them.
I keep getting requests for an update on my health since my heart surgery. I haven’t been sure how to answer the questions. During that first month, I didn’t want to keep telling people that I didn’t feel that great. As I say, I want this site to be a gift for you not a drain.
So, anyway, this post in an update on my health situation. If that isn’t something you need or want to know you can stop reading here. It won’t hurt my feelings in the least.
I recently realized that the perfect response to health question is what Dan Rather says when asked about his health. Dan is one of the kindest and most hospitable people I have ever met. I love his response to health questions after he went through surgeries much more serious than mine. Instead, of giving people continual bad news about his situation, or discounting the concern other people have about his health, Dan typically responds:
“Well, I’m doing about as well as can be expected under the circumstance.”
I love that answer. Hopefully Dan won’t sue me for using it myself. There are times when we need to get things off our chest, but I prefer this page to be a positive experience for you. Life is hard enough right now just reading the news.
I do appreciate peoples’ compassion and concern, but no-one needs to worry about me. The first month is behind me now and I’m feeling better and better. Or. as Dan says, “I’m doing about as well as can be expected under the circumstance.”