Recent content by Rich_by_the_Bay

Sorry about your brother. Too young. I had a stress echo for similar screening (my brother died of sudden death, had massive coronary disease). You may wish to compare the two (Calcium scan v. Stress echo). I think the latter gives better quality information (odds ratios) than the CT calcium...

Most recent version of Consumer Reports deals with this in depth, worth a look. In recent years, previous chronic pain syndromes have given way to alternative diagnosis and treatments - not only musculoskeletal. Examples: fibromyalgia, irritable bowel diseases, chronic fatigue, chronic cough...

Not sure whether they considered opportunity cost, compounding etc. But I leave it to others who know more. And as you said, it's found money for just a few hours of work. Congratulations.

That projection was for living to 100 years old. I will give you a call when I get there.

Looks like his complex but attractive Social Security loophole is being closed down in a few months. We have determined that we are eligible and are going for it. The above link explains it better than I can. This could end up as a final benefit tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands...

I know. Like they say, "you never know."

Time flies. How many years ago did we visit?

Understand your point but folks nearby may find such dog behavior threatening and confusing (esp if they are not dog owners). I think the owner may be legally exposed if any damage occurs - even if it was "not your fault." Keep it a non-kissing encounter - yes, there are still people who see a...

Scott Burns on backing off the amount of medical care you want to receive after age 75. Food for thought.

+2. Zuckerman, Gates, Buffett and other billionaire philanthropists have my profound appreciation and gratitude. It will be interesting to see how they implement the distribution plan.

Actually it is pretty common for cardiac trouble to occur a few days or more after surgery, rather than the "day of." Causes include pain-induced hypertension, blood pressure fluctuation from meds, bedrest during early recovery, unrecognized pulmonary embolism, recurrent pain as anesthetics and...

Please refer to my signature line for the use of this reply. Yes, there are false negative stress echos, probably due to flaws in technique, failure to reach max predicted heart rate, doing the final echo too late after the exercise, inadvertent of beta-blockers etc. IIRC, the false negative is...

Scott Burns discusses how to spend more for discretionary expenses in the early retirement years, then use inflation-adjusted earnings to ratchet down over time. A bit off topic but interesting nonetheless...

Down at Papa Joes

Endorphins may play a role here.