Laid up in the hospital in London
Just one word = kidney stones
And another word = stent
Unfortunately this means I’ll miss the econSM conference starting today in LaLa. But Maura Sparks will be there!
Hopefully I’ll get this all out of the way so I can make it to Mix07.

April 25th, 2007 at 5:47 am
Ah, we missed you at Mashup last night. Get well soon.
April 25th, 2007 at 6:56 am
Oh no! Hope it goes quickly, get well soon!.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:25 am
Ouch! Get well soon Marc.
Make sure the nurses wash their hands - gotta be careful in these 3rd world countries
April 25th, 2007 at 8:25 am
Hey Marc, hope all is well and that you’re up and about and as pointed at Mix07 as you were last year.
April 25th, 2007 at 11:29 am
you need chicken soup?
feel better
April 25th, 2007 at 11:44 am
Get well soon Marc!
take care!
Ton
April 25th, 2007 at 6:55 pm
Wow! I had a CT Scan and blood test (family history of heart problems) a couple of weeks ago and spent an hour yesterday reviewing the tests with the doc. Three big red flags…get straight on meds he says. I send the report to my eagle-eyed mum and she noticed the name on the report was not mine!! Whoa! Lesson here is don’t take everything at face value. Check and doublecheck.
Good luck and wishing you a speedy recovery.
April 25th, 2007 at 7:02 pm
Marc! That SUCKS!! I haven’t replied to your GPL license post a while back because I’ve been pretty out of it lately dealing with kidney stones myself… two surgeries in the past two weeks, still feeling horrible… hoping there’s an end in sight… and very much hoping that you’re having an easier time with it. Oddly enough, I started feeling the kidney stones in early January when I was in London, but it didn’t get bad/incapacitating until a month after I got back to LA. Some odd synchronicity in there somewhere.
Feel better soon,
=john
April 25th, 2007 at 7:10 pm
PS: The kidney stones are bad, sure, but the torture of THE STENT should’ve been outlawed by the Geneva Convention or something… Definitely feel your pain, man. All the best…
April 25th, 2007 at 7:48 pm
i hope they medicinal drugs for managing the pain. it’s England, after all.
take care and keep laughing.
Sylvia
April 25th, 2007 at 8:49 pm
Oh man, dude I know about kideny pain…. That’s what the big drugs are for..But the stint oh shit have listen to the doctors.. Peace and love
April 26th, 2007 at 6:33 am
*ouch*
Sympathies
April 26th, 2007 at 8:51 am
Most important thing is your health and family. Take it easy and get well!
April 26th, 2007 at 8:59 am
They just mentioned your name here at EconSM, and I was expecting a loud “Yo!” from the audience — and then they said you weren’t able to attend EconSM and that you were in a hospital in London…. so I jumped over to your site and saw the news.
Sorry you weren’t able to make EconSM… hope you have a fast recovery!
- Brian
April 27th, 2007 at 12:37 am
Sheez Marc! As always you’ve got a great way of putting things in perspective. Prayers for a speedy recovery.
April 28th, 2007 at 2:27 am
thank you very very nıce thank you very very much…