Letters

Dear KISS, I've been a fan since my teenage years in the mid 80's. I missed out on the KISS craze of the 70's because my mother, God rest her soul, believed that KISS stood for Knights In Satan's Service, so she wouldn't let me have anything to do with you. In the 80's, I was old enough to make my own choices, so I began listening, and I was hooked. I was able to see you in 1990 during the Hot in the Shade tour, but it wasn't until this year, when I was finally able to see you in all your glory at the Indiana State Fair. You guys were amazing! It was everything I always hoped to see in a concert. It very well may have been my last concert ever. You see, I had been having some pain and inflammation in my leg for about two weeks leading up to the concert. And at the end of the show I had a sudden pain in the back of my chest when I took deep breaths. I thought maybe I was having a flare up of pleurisy, which I've had in the past. I found out about a week later that I had been walking around with a blood clot in my leg, part of which had broken off and gone to my lung. Anyway, I'm still breathing, and am undergoing blood thinning treatment so the clots can dissolve. Thanks for putting on a great show, I hope I'll get to see you next time you come around.