In this issue, I’ll cover the following:
1. My Heart Attack
2. We’re Moving
1. My Heart Attack
If you were a subscriber to Cheryl’s List on December 10, you are aware that we were robbed at gunpoint in our home. See http://www.watsonwalker.com/clist17.html. At the time I wrote Cheryl’s List #17 we were in the process of recovering. I was experiencing shortness of breath. Tom, diagnosed with a torn rotator cuff, was just beginning physical therapy. The day after I wrote that Cheryl’s List, I found myself in the emergency room having trouble breathing. They diagnosed ‘congestive heart failure,’ where fluid builds up in the lungs because the heart can’t keep up. Part of my heart wasn’t moving. It seems that my regular doctor had failed to deduce from my complaints that I had suffered a heart attack the day of the robbery. I lost 50% percent of my heart’s pumping capacity as a result of the stress of the robbery. (Just stress – they didn’t find clogged arteries.) After two stays in the hospital I became stabilized via various blood thinners and blood pressure medicines. My heart remains damaged, but the medicine helps to alleviate its workload. I’m feeling fine, but tire a lot more quickly now. I’ll certainly be taking things easier. Apparently I don’t handle stress well!
This hasn’t changed any of our key plans, though. I’m still writing the TUNING Letter and supporting our software product. And I’ll be teaching my LAST CLASS (for sure!) this May. See http://www.watsonwalker.com/advperf.html for details. It will be a large class but a good one. I won’t be updating what we used to call our “Link of the Week” nearly as often, and we won’t be doing as much travelling. I will still be at SHARE in San Francisco February 21-26 (see http://www.share.org). We won’t have a booth, but I’ll be giving two sessions: 2594 (Monday 3pm) – Cheryl’s WLM Quickstart Policy Update & Recommendations and 2543 (Friday 9:30am) – Cheryl’s Hot Flashes. Cheryl Watson’s TUNING Letter issue 1998 Number 6 will be mailed the first part of February.
Many thanks for all the cards and email you sent after the note about the robber. We haven’t had a chance to get caught up and reply, but Tom and I really appreciate your kind words.
2. We’re Moving
Starting Friday, January 22, we’ll be at our new offices:
Watson & Walker, Inc.
2477 Stickney Point Road
Suite 207B
Sarasota, FL 34231
Our 800 number will remain the same (800-553-4562), but our local numbers will be as follows:
Tel 941-924-6565
Fax 924-4892
From our main web page, here’s a reminder of how to reach us via email:
admin@watsonwalker.com – should be used for inquiries on newsletter
subscriptions, orders, classes, request for MIPS by subscribers,
accounting questions, and video tapes. This goes to Doni Richardson
and others in the office.
technical@watsonwalker.com – should be used for technical questions.
Cheryl’s ability to respond to these is based on her schedule, and replies
may not be immediate. This goes to Cheryl and others in the office.
support@watsonwalker.com – used for technical support for our
software. This goes to Cheryl and will be redirected to someone who can
respond if she is unavailable.
marketing@watsonwalker.com – goes to Tom Walker and Linda May;
used for marketing or sales questions about our software.
tom@watsonwalker.com – used for private email to Tom Walker, but he
may not respond if traveling.
cheryl@watsonwalker.com – used for private email to Cheryl, but she
may not respond if traveling.
That’s all for now. Stay tuned!