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Stonebraker · Post by **Stonebraker** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:06 pm

New here, but it's great to hear that you're in good health and great spirits!

Post by **Corlyss_D** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 3:15 pm

Stonebraker wrote:New here, but it's great to hear that you're in good health and great spirits!

We thought last month we were going to lose him. Brilliant stubborn doctors brought him back to us.

Cyril Ignatius · Post by **Cyril Ignatius** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 4:31 pm

Dear Ralph,

Although I am among the slowest at most things and subject to constant daydreams, fantasies and wanderings, your medical plight and heroic recovery has now finally reached my consciousness, and I hereby offer my sincere welcome back and best wishes!

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Thu Feb 02, 2006 9:31 pm

Cyril Ignatius wrote:Dear Ralph,

Although I am among the slowest at most things and subject to constant daydreams, fantasies and wanderings, your medical plight and heroic recovery has now finally reached my consciousness, and I hereby offer my sincere welcome back and best wishes!

*****

Very kind of you, thanks. Hope to see many posts by you in the future.

There was nothing heroic on my part-all praise goes to brilliant doctors aided by cutting edge technology.

MaestroDJS · Post by **MaestroDJS** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 10:12 am

Ralph wrote:For better or worse you get the same me back only with new and improved eating habits.

Denise & I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, and we are both delighted to find Prof. Ralph Ditters von Ditterstein in our midst again. In November Denise & I visited Ralph in White Plains while we were in New York State on one of her books tours. We spent one evening with Ralph engaged in fascinating conversations in which the hours passed like minutes. What a great guy! Naturally we were stunned to hear about his massive heart attack in December, so it is fantastic to see his posts have returned to CMG.

Dave

David Stybr, Engineer and Composer: It's Left Brain vs. Right Brain: best 2 falls out of 3
http://members.SibeliusMusic.com/Stybr
Tango: Summer Night in Montevideo for Violin and Piano (3:20)
http://www.SibeliusMusic.com/cgi-bin/sh ... reid=78610

Personal Assistant and Der Webmeister to author Denise Swanson
http://www.DeniseSwanson.com
Murder of a Smart Cookie
Penguin Putnam ~ Signet, New York, NY

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 11:02 am

MaestroDJS wrote:
Ralph wrote:For better or worse you get the same me back only with new and improved eating habits.
Denise & I just returned from a Caribbean cruise, and we are both delighted to find Prof. Ralph Ditters von Ditterstein in our midst again. In November Denise & I visited Ralph in White Plains while we were in New York State on one of her books tours. We spent one evening with Ralph engaged in fascinating conversations in which the hours passed like minutes. What a great guy! Naturally we were stunned to hear about his massive heart attack in December, so it is fantastic to see his posts have returned to CMG.

Dave

David Stybr, Engineer and Composer: It's Left Brain vs. Right Brain: best 2 falls out of 3
http://members.SibeliusMusic.com/Stybr
Tango: Summer Night in Montevideo for Violin and Piano (3:20)
http://www.SibeliusMusic.com/cgi-bin/sh ... reid=78610

Personal Assistant and Der Webmeister to author Denise Swanson
http://www.DeniseSwanson.com
Murder of a Smart Cookie
Penguin Putnam ~ Signet, New York, NY

*****

Come back for another visit!

Hope you had a great cruise.

MaestroDJS · Post by **MaestroDJS** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:40 pm

Ralph wrote:Come back for another visit!

Hope you had a great cruise.

We sure did. There's nothing like a Caribbean cruise to cure whatever ails ya. We sailed out of Fort Lauderdale, Florida on the Celebrity ship Infinity for 7 days to La Romana, Dominican Republic; San Juan, Puerto Rico; St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands; and Nassau, Bahamas. While at sea, Denise interviewed several members of the ship staff for an upcoming book: a stand-along romance which takes place on a cruise ship. We were also very pleasantly surprised at the wonderful response to her Scumble River Mystery book series. As a result, were invited to the Captain's formal dinner, where -- appropriately for my occupation as an engineer -- we were assigned to the Chief Engineer's table.

Naturally I tried to practise some of my languages. During tours in the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, I practised my Spanish. Our first day on the ship we met a couple from Québec, but I had trouble understanding them in French. At first I thought my French was too rusty, but later I spoke to passengers from France and Switzerland and understood them just fine. They said they can't understand Québec accents either.

It was also fun to speak to some German couples from Hamburg and Munich. The Hamburg couple said that they can't understand Bavarian accents, so we all spoke High German, which of course is what I learned in books. During a tour in the Dominican Republic as we viewed the native plants, the Hamburg couple said that the German slang name for barrel cactus is Schwiegermuttersitze (Mother-in-law Seat) and the Munich couple burst out laughing because they had never heard that term before. Those Germans -- a laugh a minute.

I'll also never forget a calypso arrangement of Adagio for Strings and Organ by Tomaso Albinoni, which I heard playing on the quasi-Muzak system in a shop in St. Thomas. Steel drums and bongos do make this music a trifle different.

And now, back to reality.

Dave

jbuck919 · Post by **jbuck919** » Mon Feb 06, 2006 12:46 pm

Can't understand Bavarian accents--my problem in spades

. No matter, I'll probably be in Iceland or Okinawa next year.

I assume, Dave, that at the Captain's dinner you got to wear your red bow tie. (You have to know his avatar from the other board.)

Welcome back to you and Denise. It would be thrilling if we could meet anywhere in NY next year. I have to give my full attention to the needs of my aging mother, but coincidentally the Organ Historical Society is holding its convention in Saratoga this year.

Dickson · Post by **Dickson** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 8:09 am

Ralph, it's good to see your name on the list again. I can see you're working hard to keep up your ppd average too.

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 9:36 am

Dickson wrote:Ralph, it's good to see your name on the list again. I can see you're working hard to keep up your ppd average too.

*****

Believe me, I have the time now. This is a very slow recuperation.

karlhenning · Post by **karlhenning** » Tue Feb 07, 2006 11:25 am

Ralph wrote:Believe me, I have the time now. This is a very slow recuperation.

Easy does it, my friend!

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:11 pm

Goodness, I have been wayward for so long that I had no idea that you had been so ill Ralph. I really am so very pleased that everything has worked out well for you. Quite a shock. How has the road to recovery progressed?

Post by **Corlyss_D** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 6:44 pm

Michael wrote:How has the road to recovery progressed?

He had to cancel his registration for the Iron Man Triathalon.

Michael · Post by **Michael** » Sun Jun 04, 2006 7:47 pm

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:30 am

Michael wrote:Goodness, I have been wayward for so long that I had no idea that you had been so ill Ralph. I really am so very pleased that everything has worked out well for you. Quite a shock. How has the road to recovery progressed?

*****

I'm in rehab at a local hospital 3x mornings a week. Twenty-hour days but my lower leg muscles still need a lot of work. Thanks for asking.

Ralph · Post by **Ralph** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:32 am

Corlyss_D wrote:
Michael wrote:How has the road to recovery progressed?
He had to cancel his registration for the Iron Man Triathalon.

*****

Yes but I'm still competing in the late June Tower triathlon where athletes must grab 25 CDs, 15 DVDs and ten books on music within five minutes. I hope to win this year.

ch1525 · Post by **ch1525** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 6:40 am

Ralph wrote:
Corlyss_D wrote:
Michael wrote:How has the road to recovery progressed?
He had to cancel his registration for the Iron Man Triathalon.
*****

Yes but I'm still competing in the late June Tower triathlon where athletes must grab 25 CDs, 15 DVDs and ten books on music within five minutes. I hope to win this year.

Ralph, your competitors don't stand a chance!!!

Richard Mullany · Post by **Richard Mullany** » Mon Jun 05, 2006 12:16 pm

I had a triple bypass in 1987 and am still going, if not strong, at least still going. I'm 79 now with diabetes and that is more trouble than the heart is.
Many experts believe late onset diabetes is linked to trauma such as major surgery. I had two siblings and they also developed type two diabetes after heart surgery. One of them, my twin, died from complications from that disease.
Testing for diabetes is so damnably simple, easy and painless and without waiting for lab tests that it seems pruudent to get into the habit of having a test done at some intervals.
I began testing in 1990 and went from no problems to high glucose levels in one year. There were no symtoms to tell me what was afoot so I was glad I had started the testing habit. I now have normal glucose levels thanks to a simple cheap medication and diet. I am unable to do excercises anymore but that is crucial too.
So let me send you an epipany of sorts Ralph; check your blood glucose levels.

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