Rich Z (WebSlave)

One caveat: the IRS may consider cancelled debt as ordinary income and tax it.

Originally Posted by Lucille

One caveat: the IRS may consider cancelled debt as ordinary income and tax it.

You may deduct only the amount of your total medical expenses that exceed 7.5% of your adjusted gross income.

So, if the IRS can tax potential income, can I deduct potential expenses?

Hi ,

How are you? How is everything going? I hope all is okay.

I'm back. Had the stent put into my left coronary artery. Things would have gone better and gotten me out of the hospital sooner had I not been pissing blood after the surgery.

Not planning on doing a whole lot for several days. Not that Connie would let me. She is watching me like a hawk to make sure I don't do anything stupid. But I did lift a couple of full propane tanks yesterday because the mosquito magnets had run dry when she had her back turned. I used only my left arm so I wouldn't pop the artery that had been opened in my right wrist. So I guess that was OK. I'm still alive, anyway.

Originally Posted by WebSlave

But I did lift a couple of full propane tanks yesterday because the mosquito magnets had run dry when she had her back turned.

Welcome back. Now behave yourself!

yes, stop lifting stuff and go rest!

I just can't remain idle for long. Too much to do around here. I haven't been able to man the hedge trimmer thingie to keep back the jungle, and the jungle, with all the rain we have been getting, is trying to take over. And it has the mosquitoes as front line forces that need to be dealt with. One of my mosquito magnets is being a pain in the butt trying to get it restarted, so I am trying to get that started up. The mosquitoes are hanging around it, which makes working on it a real challenge. And I really can't get Connie to help me, because I sure as heck don't want her to be getting bitten by mosquitoes with her immune system being at a low ebb. I may need to try a different propane tank, however, and not sure I want to lift another one quite yet. My instructions after being released from the hospital are kind of contradictory. One part says I should result normal activities, but another part says to not lift any heavy items. But does that "no lifting" only mean with the right arm that the stent went in through?

So I just cannot let my heart keep me down for long. I have work that needs to be done.

Unfortunately, I agree with AbsoluteApril and bcr299. Please be very very careful, if you are going to "misbehave".

Originally Posted by Lucille

OK, your interpretation of my Discharge Instructions, then.

YOUR ACTIVITY: Resume Normal Activity.

Does that mean "normal" for me, or for some generic subset of people my age?

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTIONS: DO NOT PUSH, PULL OR LIFT WITH RIGHT ARM. DO NOT TWIST WRIST IF BLEEDING OCCURS, HOLD PRESSURE FOR 30 MIN. IF THE BLEEDING DOES NOT STOP, RETURN TO THE EMERGENCY ROOM.

For how long? What weight? Is my right arm now just a dead weight for evermore?

So if you were in my shoes, how would you interpret the above?

Would you allow your spouse, who has cancer, to pick up all the slack?