List of Lists

A To Do lists in not one that I have. But there are a few. Like these.

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  • Areas of Obsession
  • Authors
  • Bad Influences
  • Cars Owned
  • Celebrity Crushes
  • Countries Visited
  • Earworms
  • Fall Foods
  • Frission Songs
  • Irritations
  • Lessons Not Learned
  • Movie Moments
  • Nostalgic Items
  • Photographers
  • Pivitol Life Events
  • Places I’ve Lived
  • Scars
  • Spring Foods
  • States I’ve Lived In
  • Summer Foods
  • Things Found After Buying New
  • Things I Adore
  • Things I Dont Do Well
  • Things I Dont Share with Peers
  • Things I Dont Understand
  • Things I Wish I Liked Better
  • Things That Make Me Cry
  • Tribes
  • Trivia About Me
  • Why I Like
  • Winter Foods
  • Women Mentors

Low Blood Pressure 2019 August

Most people who have had a heart attack also have high blood pressure. Not me. Well, my blood pressure is easily controlled. I had very mild high blood pressure. After the heart attack, it was decided to treat it. And now I have low blood pressure. It is low enough that I’m not released from the place where I get treatment for cardiac issues.

It’s part of my condition. Hopefully we can work it out.

Walking: New Height

After, it seems, a month I took off on another “big walk” to work up to my half marathon. A start of up to a horse in a horse ring and a free library with a warning about books being stamped with warnings. They were for reading, not for stealing for resale. Then I’d stop in at Plaid Pantry to pick up something to eat, just in case.

Road paving, which It sorely needed, was ongoing. This blocked cars from going through. Pedestrians were allowed and in an instance escorted. Complete with route suggestions and a warning that if “it started to beep, it’s backing up.”

On a whim, I decided to climb Mt. Tabor. It was the most arduous thing I’ve done so far. It didn’t look to be tough for others. Like cycling, I didn’t pass anyone. Not that on the edge of the morbidly obese person walking past me. Not a family of four. At the top of the mountain, there was a man walking with two canes and three poeple on the crest. There was a woman jogging to the top, while pushing her infant in a carraige. There were lotsof people to see. It was good.

Taking Lincoln street it seems as if we went further down. Did I really climb that high?

Off I went through the flat lands. Thinking of pie. I stopped at Laureta Jean’s for pie. And then it was time for home.

Summer of Anticipation

More than any other season summers seem to have themes. At least this is true in my life. 2017 was The Glide Path to Retirement. 1979 was The Time of Red Wine and Steamer Clams. 2005 was The Return to US Bank.

This summer, 2018, has been the Summer of Anticipation. In May an echocardiogram showed severe aortic stenosis. A condition which if left untreated has a death rate of over 80% within five years.  Fortunately, it is a treatable condition. As this appears I’m in the hospital for a TAVR – transcatheter aortic valve replacement.  From May until now I’ve been going through diagnostic testing to assure I’m fit for the procedure and waiting for the next step.

Today is the final step and my Summer of Anticipation draws to a close.