Please update on how you are doing and which doctor you saw at
Hernia Institute in Florida. You said you interviewed many surgeons. Are you familiar with Dr. Jay Redan at Celebration Hospital?

P.S. I tried searching for the story "Red or Green?" by John A. Thompson and could not find it. Did you work at any of the railroad beanery restaurants in chicago? Can you please give more information. I plan to take the transCanadian Railway trip sometime.

I went to Dr. Young at the HIF and doing very well. But I have an occult hernia on the other side. I think they best may be repaired using stitching and thinking Dr.Kevin Petersen at www.noinsurancesurgery.com. (Las Vegas) I will keep you posted. P.S. Nobody can detect a hernia but I told Dr. Young the other side hurts, so he suspected an occult hernia. I had all kinds of imaging and they found nada!! Dr. Petersen said occult hernias are quite common.


My father and his father were railroad men. If you can find old issues of "the Railroads Men Magazine" by Frank A. Munsey, you will find a lot of good stories (fiction). The old railroad beaneries served the best food anywhere.
Now sometimes the engineers stop their trains near restaurants. You will often see this where not many trains ride the tracks. Rite now, our restaurant if Florida is smoking. I haven't seen so many customers in years. Not sure why. Maybe it will calm down when school starts. But this is when I go to Vegas to see Dr. Petersen.

Please remember, "the tracks are tight and the switch locked.... tip your watitress well"