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An update -
My "fading out" has halted for now, and you will see me posting again upon occasion. Thank you all for the kind words and support after I made my life-threatening age-related health issues public.
I have recovered slowly from my illness and extreme weakness, but not to the level of health and fitness I had prior to this terrible episode. I haven't left the house in many weeks, but my Peruvian expat artist friend Richar Huisa and his wife Eulogia came to care for me daily when I was really sick including the times when I felt down and out and started this thread. I really had doubts that I would survive. The Huisa's still come 3-4 times per week. Without their loving care, even in my current partially-recovered condition, I would be in an assisted living facility. Thanks to my wonderful and selfless friends, I am able to continue to live in my little rental house, sit in my living room or home office at the computer, and read, listen to music, watch videos or chat with visiting friends. My continued semi-independent lifestyle is a blessing for which I am extraordinarily thankful.
I can move about the house with my rolling walker, but cannot take more than one or two steps without it. I ride my semi-recumbent exercise bicycle daily for short sessions, and am beginning to do my red light therapy sessions again. In addition to the home-cooked meals brought to me by Richar and his wife, I have food delivered by two local family vendors - one a Mexican American expat couple, and the other a couple who are Russian expats originally from the south of Ukraine who had lived in he U.S. for a number of years before moving on to Panama.
Except for what I see on my computer and videos/movies, I am completely isolated from big-business corporate society, and I thoroughly enjoying life on the outskirts of a small mountain town in the tropical highlands here in western Panama.
I feel confident enough about staying alive and being semi-interdependent for perhaps a few more years that I even ordered a new desktop DAC/amplifier to replace my older I.AM.D. V200 (TAS5614LA based) unit with its failing OLED display and space and tangle-adding external brick power supply. My upgrade is a TPA3255-based Aiyima A08 that has the ideal set of features for me. It has an internal 36v, 9.6a power supply (lower than maximum allowable PS voltage is easier on the amplifier, and should help to keep it working properly longer). Inputs are USB, APT-X Bluetooth, and RCA. I will soon have less cutter, good sound, and a nice looking new audio component - all at a very good price for a unit that so perfectly suits my needs.
My "fading out" has halted for now, and you will see me posting again upon occasion. Thank you all for the kind words and support after I made my life-threatening age-related health issues public.
I have recovered slowly from my illness and extreme weakness, but not to the level of health and fitness I had prior to this terrible episode. I haven't left the house in many weeks, but my Peruvian expat artist friend Richar Huisa and his wife Eulogia came to care for me daily when I was really sick including the times when I felt down and out and started this thread. I really had doubts that I would survive. The Huisa's still come 3-4 times per week. Without their loving care, even in my current partially-recovered condition, I would be in an assisted living facility. Thanks to my wonderful and selfless friends, I am able to continue to live in my little rental house, sit in my living room or home office at the computer, and read, listen to music, watch videos or chat with visiting friends. My continued semi-independent lifestyle is a blessing for which I am extraordinarily thankful.
I can move about the house with my rolling walker, but cannot take more than one or two steps without it. I ride my semi-recumbent exercise bicycle daily for short sessions, and am beginning to do my red light therapy sessions again. In addition to the home-cooked meals brought to me by Richar and his wife, I have food delivered by two local family vendors - one a Mexican American expat couple, and the other a couple who are Russian expats originally from the south of Ukraine who had lived in he U.S. for a number of years before moving on to Panama.
Except for what I see on my computer and videos/movies, I am completely isolated from big-business corporate society, and I thoroughly enjoying life on the outskirts of a small mountain town in the tropical highlands here in western Panama.
I feel confident enough about staying alive and being semi-interdependent for perhaps a few more years that I even ordered a new desktop DAC/amplifier to replace my older I.AM.D. V200 (TAS5614LA based) unit with its failing OLED display and space and tangle-adding external brick power supply. My upgrade is a TPA3255-based Aiyima A08 that has the ideal set of features for me. It has an internal 36v, 9.6a power supply (lower than maximum allowable PS voltage is easier on the amplifier, and should help to keep it working properly longer). Inputs are USB, APT-X Bluetooth, and RCA. I will soon have less cutter, good sound, and a nice looking new audio component - all at a very good price for a unit that so perfectly suits my needs.
Hope you are eating well and getting enough rest.
