[Mahler9th]

Some good perspective here.

Brings back memories, and the world is small...

I contributed to a new GE cath lab system in the late 70's as an engineering summer student. Also to GE's second whole body CT product.

On the biz side many moons later... I was in a parking lot at a PCA AX and asked a fellow member what type of engineering work he did. He said "systems engineering."

Very rare to hear that in the Silicon Valley area.

I asked "what kind of systems?" He said "a new type of digital x-ray system-- in a start-up."

I asked "what kind of digital x-ray system?"

He said "a new type of cath lab."

That was in 2004, and two weeks later I was working for his startup as a biz consultant.

The CEO drove a 3.2 car with a whale tail.

My PCA friend had two RSA's.

I had a 993 cab.

I had heard of this start up way back in the 90's as my CEO was on their board. They ran out of money and were reborn in 2000.

In 2004, flat panel tech had hit cath labs. GE's flat panel was developed in conjunction with Corporate R&D, and the head of CR&D had worked at GE's medical biz. An old friend/mentor that I carpooled with when I was a summer engineering student.

Anyway, the second iteration of that company ran out of money in 2005. They had tried for investment from GE and Siemens and failed. I knew members of the diligence teams from both of those companies.

After that company ran out of money, key engineers formed a high-end R&D consulting company. I helped a young friend get a job in that company about five years later. I also helped that young friend with his entry into the world of Porsches. I even found his second p-car on a PCA region web site.

He eventually co-founded a corporate VC subsidiary.

Anyway, the world is small and we are all connected. I hope the OP's medical care is top notch and prognosis is excellent.

Medical imaging has come a long way!