Why? A Blog By Tom Hoover - The Archives

I never thought I would need open-heart surgery, but I do, and the hospital staff has made pre-surgery scarier and more complex than I ever could have imagined.

A “funny” thing happened at my routine check-up the other day...

No more doctors! No more nurses! No more “pain management” that feels like torture! I’m making an escape from the hospital, shingles be damned!

Dammit, Jim! I’m a writer, not a doctor!