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Recent Illness
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Recent Illness
Because I have several friends on here, I wanted to let you know that I recently had a very close call. I was ill during my book tour for The Beloved Dead, but put it down to exhaustion. One morning, a neighbor was unable to contact me and came to my house. He found me in a coma, a body temp of 92, and a blood sugar of 1700. I had no idea that I was diabetic. Quite frankly, I wasn't expected to live. They life=flighted me to Jackson, TN where I was put on ventilator etc. and listed in critical condition. For whatever reason, I survived and am now back at home. But, had I died, I would certainly have haunted this list.
Glad you are OK and not going to haunt us. I know I've hit some high notes on the glucose meter, but I've never heard of one that high.
At home with a good book and the cat...
...is the only place I want to be
...is the only place I want to be
- wendy
- Compulsive Reader
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So sorry to hear of your illness. Hope everything is now under control. Happy to know you are back in the land of the living!
Wendy K. Perriman
Fire on Dark Water (Penguin, 2011)
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- sweetpotatoboy
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- stu1883
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Oh my God, I am so glad to hear you are okay! I know what it is like to have an illness that disrupts your life and makes everything grind to a halt.
Get well soon & hope you get back to your tour in the near future.
Get well soon & hope you get back to your tour in the near future.
Regards
Stuart
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- Vanessa
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- Currently reading: The Farm at the Edge of the World by Sarah Vaughan
- Interest in HF: The first historical novel I read was Katherine by Anya Seton and this sparked off my interest in this genre.
- Favourite HF book: Gone with the Wind by Margaret Mitchell!
- Preferred HF: Any
- Location: North Yorkshire, UK
How frightening! Glad you're on the mend and back in the land of the living. At least the diabetes has been discovered and can be dealt with now. You will have to take care of yourself.
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Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
Books are mirrors, you only see in them what you already have inside you ~ The Shadow of the Wind
- Margaret
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- Interest in HF: I can't answer this in 100 characters. Sorry.
- Favourite HF book: Checkmate, the final novel in the Lymond series
- Preferred HF: Literary novels. Late medieval and Renaissance.
- Location: Catskill, New York, USA
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Wow! Take care. Reminds me of the author who was in a car wreck and kept thinking he had to remember all the details so he could write about them later on. May writing about this experience be the only way you will ever relive it!
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- MLE (Emily Cotton)
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- Interest in HF: started in childhood with the classics, which, IMHO are HF even if they were contemporary when written.
- Favourite HF book: Prince of Foxes, by Samuel Shellabarger
- Preferred HF: Currently prefer 1600 and earlier, but I'll read anything that keeps me turning the page.
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- LoveHistory
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