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1980s 1990s Carer Health and Medicine Marfan Medical

Trenna’s Heart Valve Replacement – Part 1

By Greg

I thought some readers of this site may find this story interesting. In it I tell you about Trenna’s surgery to have her aortic heart valve and ascending aorta replaced. I intended it to be a stand alone story, but it turns out the memories of those times are still pretty clear in my mind, and a lot happened, so, here is Part 1 of what has turned out to be a two part story of medical success … Read the rest ... “Trenna’s Heart Valve Replacement – Part 1”

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1980s Love and Marriage Marfan

Engagement and Wedding

By Greg

My four-part series on The Earliest Days of Trenna AND Greg received a lot of positive feedback, so I thought I would follow it up with the tale of how we got engaged and then married. Well, actually it didn’t really get much feedback, but I liked it, so wanted to tell the rest of the story.

You can also read a little about it in the post The Newlywed Diary.

There are tales to tell in … Read the rest ... “Engagement and Wedding”

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1980s Heart and Lung Failure iPad Knowledge Love and Marriage Marfan Snippets and Vignettes

1989

Trenna’s Diary Summaries From Her iPad (with photos)

Intro and extra clarifications by Greg, the rest by Tren

As I’ve said previously … In Trenna’s iPad she has written summaries of each year. As you will see from what she has written she has gleaned the information retrospectively from a wide range of sources.
As I reproduce them on this site I’ll take the opportunity to clarify and expand on some of the stories. Trenna wrote these summaries (and there Read the rest ... “1989”

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1980s 1990s Menus Recipes

The Menu Diaries No. 4

June 1992

Bachelors’ Dinners and Fetta in Oil

For an introduction to what these Menu Diary posts are about, please click HERE. And for the reasons why you really should read this series, please click HERE.

Friday 29 May 1992. A date which will live in infamy. Our good friend Helen invited us to her pace for dinner with her and her then husband, David. I fell asleep at the table. Big Whoops! Helen and David were good … Read the rest ... “The Menu Diaries No. 4”