David Bowie Low
Posted: Sat Jul 10, 2004 1:44 am
Read today that the great DB has had an emergency angioplasty during his tour of Germany. As he is the recent parent of a baby girl (as well as a genius) I wish him a speedy recovery. By his own admission he has been lucky with his health so far. Perhaps that is about to change.
I had occasion to go beering it with a doctor about ten years ago. He was part of a special unit that wait for the green light with regard to young healthy people having a major trauma and dying. (Usually a car accident) They would then swoop in and harvest the organs for transplant. He said that it was dispiriting to see how many hearts he had to throw away because of cocaine use. He could spot a cocaine heart from a hundred yards away. It was never my drug of choice but after his description of the damage it was right off my list.
I had occasion to go beering it with a doctor about ten years ago. He was part of a special unit that wait for the green light with regard to young healthy people having a major trauma and dying. (Usually a car accident) They would then swoop in and harvest the organs for transplant. He said that it was dispiriting to see how many hearts he had to throw away because of cocaine use. He could spot a cocaine heart from a hundred yards away. It was never my drug of choice but after his description of the damage it was right off my list.