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Happy New Year 2026!

DOS and I rang in the New Year 2026 as we did last year in 2025, at the Marriott Hotel in Lake Mary, Florida. This was a bit of a one night staycation/celebration of the old year, and looking ahead…

Steve UnoJanuary 9, 2026January 9, 2026 Church, Cruises, Family, Friends, Fun dinners out, Health, Heart Conditions, Hotels, ICD internal Cardiac Defibrillator, Jesus, Knee Replacement, LOVE BIG, Marriott, Marriott Hotels, MSC Cruises, New Year, Open heart surgery, Princess Cruises, Repositioning Cruises, Resolutions, Restaurants, Royal Caribbean Cruise Line, Trans-Atlantic cruise, Virgin Cruises No Comments

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October Pride Parade in Orlando 2025!

Steve (DOS) and I were proud to march in the Orlando Pride Parade, as a small group organized by our College Park United Methodist Church this past weekend. While we didn’t have the big floats or local mega- corporate sponsors,…

Steve UnoNovember 10, 2025November 10, 2025 Beer, Breakfast, Church, City Parks, Dinner with a View, Embassy Suites, Flags, Florida, Friends, Fun dinners out, Heart Conditions, Hilton Diamond, Hotels, Knee Replacement, LGBTQ, LOVE BIG, Orlando, Parades, Rainbow, Stay-cation, Walking No Comments

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Spring has sprung and so has March!

Wow – March has come and gone and like a whirlwind! We had no major trips, but a few activities close to home, and mixed in with a bit of the spring cleaning thing as well. We started off the…

Steve UnoApril 16, 2025April 16, 2025 beaches, Beer, Brewery, Canada, Car, Church, Friends, Heart Conditions, Hospitals, Knee Replacement, Senior Citizens, St Patrick's Day, Tesla, Trains No Comments

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Four Tries is a Score! ICD implant at a different Hospital is a Success!

On my fourth attempt (in the last couple of months) my IDC implant was finally a success! I was originally all set to have this surgery in August, but 2 days before it was to be done, both DOS and…

Steve UnoNovember 6, 2024November 6, 2024 Heart Conditions, Hospitals, Hurricane, ICD internal Cardiac Defibrillator, Orlando, Pacemaker No Comments

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It’s ICD Procedure Day; 3 Times is not a Charm!

Well, it will be in just 3 hours. I’m writing this from our hotel adjacent to Advent Hospital South in Orlando, where I will have my ICD (Internal Cardiac Device) implanted tomorrow morning. This is the third time this has…

Steve UnoOctober 9, 2024October 26, 2024 Doctors, Health, Heart Conditions, Hospitals, Hotels, ICD internal Cardiac Defibrillator, Nurses, Pacemaker, Sanford Florida No Comments

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Rescheduled ICD, Grand Floridian Cafe, and Sarasota Days!

Lots of stuff happening now in the month of September! We had taken the cruise on the Celebrity Beyond (last post) in July/August, in hopes of having a bit of fun before my Cardiac Defibrillator Device being installed to regulate…

Steve UnoSeptember 26, 2024September 26, 2024 beaches, Car, Church, City Parks, Disney, Disney World, Florida, Food and Wine dinner, Friends, Fun dinners out, Grand Hotels, Heart Conditions, Hyatt Regency, ICD internal Cardiac Defibrillator, Lunch, Museums, Orlando, Parking, Pizza, Pool, Sarasota, Suites, Walt Disney World No Comments

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Quick Update: Back home for a while

I haven’t posted for quite a while, and for the craziest of reasons (i.e. I hurt my hand and haven’t been able to type! More down further in this post). We’ve been back home from our Doha, Australia, and New…

Steve UnoJune 21, 2024June 21, 2024 Australia, Balcony, Cardiologist, Church, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Dinner with a View, Doctors, Emergency Room, Family, Food and Wine dinner, Fun dinners out, Health, Heart Conditions, Hospitals, Lab Tests, LOVE BIG, MRI / CT Scans, Orlando, Pacemaker, Restaurants, Retirement, Riverfront/Dock Areas, Room with a View, Summer, The Villages No Comments

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Hospitals around the World! Happy January 2024!

Today is Tuesday January 31th, and I’be been in a Rehabilitation Hospital (for Physical Therapy and Occupational Therapy) in the Orlando area for the last 10 days. I was previously in the Oviedo Medical Center for 10 days as well;…

Steve UnoJanuary 31, 2024February 10, 2024 Australia, Costco, CPAP Machine, Cruise Ports, Cruises, Dengue Fever, Doctors, Emergency Room, Encompass Rehab Hospital Altamonte, Grand Hyatt, Health, Heart Conditions, Hospitals, Hotels, India, Nurses, Occupational Therapy, Orlando, Physical Therapy, Raffles Hospital Singapore, Seabourn Cruises, Singapore, Sleep Apnea, Volunteering, Walking, Wheelchair/Walkers No Comments

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Happy New Year’s Eve 2023 from Singapore Airport!

It’s now December 31, 2023 as I write this from the Singapore Kris Silver Lounge in Terminal 2 at Singapore Airport. (Sorry for any typos; I didn’t get a change to proof-read this before our flight). Steve (DOS) and I are…

Steve UnoDecember 31, 2023December 31, 2023 Airports, Andaz Hotel, Beer, Boeing 787, Business Class, Cardiologist, Chinese New Year, Christmas, COVID, Cruise Ports, Flights in 2023, Health, Heart Conditions, Hospitals, Hyatt, insurance, Jumbo jets, New Year, Nurses, Pool, Room with a View, San Francisco, Seabourn Cruises, Seattle, Suites, Travel insurance, Uncategorized, Walking No Comments

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Touring Around Seattle Before Taking The Amtrak Empire Builder Train Home!

After a long and eventful trip to Seattle (previous post), Steve DOS and I slept well the first night at the Hyatt Olive 8 Hotel in Seattle. This hotel is part of the Hyatt Chain and directly across the street…

Steve UnoOctober 8, 2023October 8, 2023 Amtrak, Beer, Beijing, Bridges, Cabarnet, Cabernet Sauvignon, Concierge, Disney World, gift shops, Heart Conditions, Heart Valve replacement, Hospitals, Hotel Status, Hotels, Hyatt, Hyatt Olive 8, Hyatt Regency, Jesus, Lunch, Malbec, Malls, Open heart surgery, Restaurants, Seattle, Tours, Trains, Water Falls, wineries, Wines No Comments

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