Heart Conditions - The Traveling Steve's

Ketchikan: The Port That Left a Permanent Mark on My Heart!

Of all the stops on an Alaskan itinerary—and perhaps anywhere we have traveled worldwide—Ketchikan holds a uniquely bittersweet place in my soul. It’s a town of deep nostalgia, incredible humor, and a life-changing memory that makes me incredibly grateful to…

Steve UnoSeptember 16, 2026September 16, 2026 Airport Transportation, Airports, Alaska, anesthesia, Boats, COVID, Flights in 2022, Food and Wine dinner, Health, Heart Conditions, Heart Valve replacement, Hospitals, Hyatt Regency, Ketchican, Luggage, Open heart surgery, Orlando, Photos, Physical Therapy, Port of Calls, Princess Alaska, Princess Cruises, Restaurants, Rocking chairs, Room with a View, Royal Princess, Seattle, Specialty Dining, Suites, The Love Boat, Travel insurance, Travel tips, Washington State, Welcome Home, Wines No Comments

Busy Summer at Home (With Stay-Cations at EPCOT and Disney Springs)!

Hello friends, family, and fellow travelers! Steve (Uno) here agin. If you’ve noticed the blog has been a bit quiet lately, it’s because we’ve been recovering from our incredible Tokyo trip back in April, and have actually stayed quite busy…

Steve UnoJuly 29, 2026July 29, 2026 Church, Dinner with a View, Disney, Disney Springs, Disney World, Downtown Disney, Entertainment, EPCOT, Fireworks, Florida, Food and Wine dinner, Fun dinners out, Health, Heart Conditions, Heart Valve replacement, Hyatt, Hyatt Regency, Hyatt Regency Grand Cypress, Italy, July 4th, Knee Replacement, Memorial Day, Open heart surgery, Orlando, Pool, Restaurants, Stay-cation, Suites, Summer, Tunnels, Volunteering, Walking, Walt Disney World, Weight Loss No Comments

Happy 21st Anniversary DOS!

Today is the 21st Anniversary of the day Steve “DOS” and I met! We officially met at EPCOT at Disney World, although we had corresponded on-line ( a travel site, not dating site) for a while before we met in…

Steve UnoJanuary 26, 2026January 26, 2026 Africa, Airline meals, beaches, Daytona Beach, desserts, Disney World, Elephants, Flight Attendants, Food and Wine dinner, Fun dinners out, Heart Conditions, Hyatt, Hyatt Place, Jesus, Norway, Restaurants, Sea Days, South Africa, sunsets, Sydney, Turkish Airlines, United Kingdom, Volunteering, Walt Disney World No Comments

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

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

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

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

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

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

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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