I have been on SSA Disability since around 2017, with very little supplemental income on top of my disability pay from 2017-2024. I have been learning Medical Informatics largely on my own and independently for years now, and I have generally been developing more IT skills. I have become interested in monetizing some of my social media accounts (Instagram, YouTube, etc.).

I was formerly a US-trained Radiologist (and still am), but I left practice in 2014 due to mental health issues (burnout mostly), and I have not practiced clinical medicine since then nor do I have an active medical license.

As far as I know (AFIK), I am officially retired according to the SSA, but there seems to be some confusion about the precise date. That is understandable because there are some administrative problems at the SSA and also at the IRS. Nevertheless, I almost have to continue some form of work to generate a little extra income, just so I can avoid homelessness. I have thought about picking fruits and nuts, now that I am in Sicily, but I could probably not compete with other workers for that position. I would rather continue with information technology.

I recently had yet another laptop computer stolen (MacBook Pro M1 chip) which cost me about 2500 USD. That is the 2nd laptop I've had stolen. I had a lot of equipment stolen in Vienna, Austria (a phone and 2 laptop computers), and I bought and sold other equipment at a substantial loss.

I was living in Vienna, Austria from 2022 to 2024, but I finally moved to Italy where I am a citizen. Vienna is a nice city, but I had too many thefts and other mishaps there, and I am not "Austrian". I am Italian (dual US - Italian citizenship)

I have a webpage with some links to Medical Informatics resources here: https://www.medinformatics.eu and a Link Tree: https://linktr.ee/ithrynluin

Long term, I'd like to travel to Nigeria where a friend of mine has started to build the infrastructure to set up a medical clinic. That has been his dream for decades, and I would like to help him realize that dream over the next few years.