Category Archives: Personal history

Status Today: Recovering Into the Twilight

Posted on 27 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Here’s a personal status post, about only me myself, with no links to or commentary about the outside world.

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Personal History: My Lost Week

Posted on 17 September 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve written twice here about my most recent hospital stay, beginning in late April and moving through heart and kidney transplants in May and returning home in mid-June. First was this fairly lengthy one, 2021: My Heart & Kidney Transplants, … Continue reading →

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ICU Delusions

Posted on 14 August 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

When I was in the hospital for several weeks following my second heart attack, in April and May 2021, I retained no memories of the first week because I was on sedation while the doctors figured out what to do … Continue reading →

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2021: My Heart & Kidney Transplants

Posted on 14 July 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

Last November I wrote a longish post here about the heart attack and subsequent bypass surgery I had in late October, 2020. Here’s a similar (but shorter!) post about my heart and kidney transplants in May, 2021.

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Blue Marvel Relaxation

Posted on 10 July 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

The hospital rooms where I stayed for several weeks in May and June, had TVs, of course, mounted on the walls with remotes operated from the beds.

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Another Afterlife

Posted on 19 June 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I wrote a short essay back in November, shortly after my bypass surgery following a heart attack in late October, that each time you survive a near-death experience – meaning something that, a century ago before the advent of modern … Continue reading →

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Memoirs and Site Updates

Posted on 23 January 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

I’ve updated my Memoirs page with a number of essay posts from the past year, and promoted the whole page to the top level menu. I’ve cleaned up with consistent headers this page and the Family History page. I began … Continue reading →

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Projects Status and Prospects

Posted on 2 January 2021 by Mark R. Kelly

From Facebook, on Thursday 31 Dec 2020: After years of compiling data, refining scoring schemes, and experimenting with very wide html pages, I’ve begun filling the last two menu tabs at sfadb.com — the one for Rankings (so far just … Continue reading →

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Memoir Post: My Heart Attack

Posted on 24 November 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

On Sunday October 25, 2020, I had a heart attack, though I didn’t realize what it was at the time. I woke up at 6:15 in the morning, and while lying in bed, had mild pain in my chest, such … Continue reading →

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Bullets Dodged

Posted on 9 November 2020 by Mark R. Kelly

A couple posts ago I listed several events in my life that, having survived them, provided a kind of “afterlife” that I would not have experienced in an earlier age, e.g. when medical procedures were not available to solve a … Continue reading →

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