Well, 2012 kept me somewhat "busy", mainly with doctors.
In the middle of the year I had an ablation at Concord Hospital with Dr. Michael Kilmore. That seemed to go fairly well, although a follow up visit revealed some problems with the aortic valve.
I was given number of tests, and referred to Dr. Nick Hendel, a cardio-thoracic surgeon at RPA. He ordered an MRI scan, and recommended that I really wait until at least March 2013 when I will have some more tests. "If it was my heart I wouldn't be doing anything." Dr. Patel has done some more tests and is sort of happy with my progress.
So things are on hold till at least March, and hopefully surgery is off the agenda. I have certainly been getting my money's worth out of Medicare.
Cricket went ahead as usual. Mackillop cricket was held at Leeton, and given that I had only just had the ablation I decided not to go. Anyway, at this stage the next Mackillop trials will be in Wagga Wagga due to the facilities in the larger city. 2013 will see ac change of venue for Eastern Suburbs and St. George to the SCG Indoor Cricket Centre, and Sydney and Sydney/Parramatta/Wollongong will be at Panania and/or Peakhurst. Patrician Brothers' College Fairfield were very good to us over the years, but time and people move on, and it was time for a change.
