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I had a chemical stress test years ago, a couple of Echocardiograms and nothing of real importance showed up.
My biggest limiting factor (besides my WEIGHT) is how short of breath I am. The wearing a mask is a killer for me and I wear it as little as possible by not going anywhere more than I have to. I am still blown away by the number of people not wearing a mask, they are mandated now where I live.

Morning, spent most of the night up listening to the pumps, light drizzle but another storm brewing, hope it comes during daytime as I’d like the get sleep tonight.

Pat, I find it difficult so have no idea how you do it..don’t know if my test is chemical or not..still thinking about his comment about my drivers license, wondering if because my blood pressure is high he was warning in in his medical terms that if I had a stroke there would be no driving?? Likely that..sure has me worried though.

A friend Charlie will be here any minute, we booked this morning 2 weeks ago, am prepped for his learning how to shade and hi-light as he is really interested in painting, once he is gone I’ll nap. I enjoy teaching painting..he is a challenge to teach as he always says he is no good at something, can’t do it and yet does an excellent job.

Drats, just had to let Ziggy in, cat fight outside with a large black and white cat, almost twice his size..he came in when I called, went to check on him and he is hissing at me soooo I will leave him alone.

Hope your neck of the woods has sunshine..know my grass is loving this rain

Good luck teaching him to paint.

Had a great morning, we enjoyed ourselves, although he says he did poorly he did not..made a cake pan sweet for me which was nice. He no sooner left that Sharon dropped in for 1/2 hr.we enjoyed the sweets, she no sooner left Cathy dropped in so I had another piece, best I freeze what’s left before I eat it all. Tummy is churning had BLT for lunch, greasy then mixed in with all the sweets I should know better.. got the sniffles, coming down with something, no not Covid so early night for me.

Look at the radar for rain and it looks like it’s now bypassed us I can only see up to about 1 o’clock in the morning so I should be OK to have a good night sleep tonight was going to nap this afternoon but knew it would ruin my night sleep.

What did you get up to today?

We are 109 and the kids and I are staying inside. The dogs and I went for a 9 and it was only 91. We have a large portion of th green belt in the shade at that time of the morning. I just tied my hair in a bun and put on a visor and we hit the walk. We did fine.

I have not done much today. I wanted to talk to Betty about her tests.

I had a problem about 10 years ago and ended up in the hospital because I couldn't breath. They discovered I was over hydrated and not releasing fluids. I was over weight and lived on salty food. The heart doctor thought because I as over weight that I ate badly. They did an anagram and found my veins were clear. But not before they told me I had congestive heart failure. That I would probably need a heart valve replacement if I was lucky but probably a heart transplant. After scaring me to death, they discovered my veins were clear, heart valve had a flapping something and with proper diet, I would probably survive. I was not drinking so did have to give that up and that was #1 on the list. Second was salt or fried. So I am home and buying groceries to start my low salt new life. Everything I loved was loaded in salt. After spending over two hours t the grocery, I discovered there was nothing I could buy that was canned. No frozen dinners. I had to switch to fresh fruits and vegetables and cook my own food. Slowly my heart improved and I no longer needed a valve replaced. It took over a year before I didn't have to go to the cardiologist every two weeks and have an ultrasound on my heart flow. The heart ultrasound tech was a happy a I was when the flow returned to normal. When flaps are not working bloods leaks backward. Not Good.

So don''t let them scare you to death. Just pay attention and if you do not understand, please ask questions. An maybe cut back on th salt without them telling you to. Be proactive. They usually take away your driver's license when they feel you may pass out, faint, while driving or having a seizure.

Hugs to you and everyone. Weather channel you guys are going tp get a bunch of rain. We are getting nothing.

Well, so far I have finished reading a book and taken a nap. Besides only an hour of weeding. THAT's it, kinda sad huh? LOL
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Sharon, a valve that allows blood to flow back in is called mitral valve prolapse. I have had it for 38 years. It started when I was pregnant with my youngest son. Medication helps control it. It is quite painful when it flaps and allows the blood back in.
We have another 100+ day. Supposed to reach 111 today. 113 tomorrow. Think I will stay in the house.

Betty, how is your sister doing? Did she have a stroke, or something else.

Betty - re: painting & doing a bad job........ sounds like he wants possitive reinforcement cuz he has a low self-esteem problem. Maybe will never adjust himself, but if anyone can help with self-esteem, it's you 😊
Sharon - wow, you did a great job adjusting your eating patterns, good for you! Flapping backwards, eh? scary stuff........

Looked like we were going to have a lot of rain, but it bypassed us. Here's what the clouds looked like, and there was a lot of thunder.
Canadians - remember this little ditty? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=upsZZ2s3xv8
or this one? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LFrFRslbJ2s

We are currently 109 and will probably still go up 2 more degrees. Our low is forecast to be 93. The dogs did get their walk but we only walked in the shade and made it short.

Susan, hardest thing I have ever done was to eliminate salt from my diet. I was very strict for many years. I did learn to make my own soups and pasta sauce. Whole Foods was my savior because they had many salsa's and items like that which were very low in salt. Now it is not unusual to find them with low salt and low sugar. The major lesson is you do not buy pre-made food. I do now use salt but I needed to heal my body before I reintroduced it again. Took years. Learned how to use different flavors.

Animals and I have been in my bedroom the majority of the day. Very comfortable over stuffed chair. One dog on the bed, one on the chair behind me and cat on arm of chair to my left.

Susan, those clouds are amazing and really scary looking.

Sharon, I take it your bedroom is the coolest place in the house?

I am blessed with GREAT air conditioning, but it should be! I added a whole ductless system to the what was already here and then added two more window conditioners for separate bedrooms.

Sorry for all the "open space" in the previous post. The cat would NOT leave my computer alone and just let me whip off a short note.

End of the day..it’s also been a rainy hot day in my neighbourhood, hasn’t stopped Ziggy from wanting out though..just went to lock up for the night and he almost escaped.

Susan, looks like our sky all weekend..thank goodness there was no mopping up.

Sharon , thanks for the health background information, likely I do have to make changes in my diet. Most important thing is I will set timer to remind me to drink some water.

Pat, your body must be telling you something.

Greg called around noon to let me know my ex Bill passed away this morning, he has been fighting cancer for quite some time, feel badly for his kids..been an odd day as I don’t know how I’m suppose to be feeling!

Going to watch good witch then call it a day

Pat, my home has 3 5ton air conditioners. One just for my bedroom and guest bedroom. The total home is cool but the bedroom is much more comfortable with all the animals having some place to be close by without fighting with each other. But my bedroom is probably 1200 sq ft. That is why it is comfortable.

Betty, I did not know you had an ex. The way you should feel that he was part of your life, but that was way back and not important in your current life.

My daughter has to drink a lot of water and she adds lemon wedges. She say it makes it drinkable.

We are supposed to reach 123 today. A record setting day for this day. Tomorrow is another record heat of 111.

Morning, rained good part of the night...cooler for next 3 days..just closed a /c, going to open everything up, enjoy fresh air.

Yes , did have an ex..somewhere at the start of the posts we would talk about it, then life went on..

Sharon,I was 47 when Roger died, lol married a man we had been friends with, I sold my house on the lake and moved to a farm he had bought, needed mega work, invested my $$ in it and made it home..his daughter has children when she was 16, needed dad to support her, as the grans kids got to age of talking urged by their mom and grandmother who lived in same time they made my life hell, finally I left and we never spoke again, although people always felt they should update me on his goings on. I got nothing when I left, wasn’t smart enough to think of safeguarding myself..I did get a note from him saying I would be given $$$ owed, he would put it in his will..at the time I just didn’t have the heart to fight for anything..not even sure I’d know where to find that note but I’d have to fight his daughter and son to get it and it’s almost 20 years ago, I’ve lived ok since then so unless he kept his ord I’ll night go after it.

Wed. was the last day of out quilt shop hop Felt fine. Lunch was fine. By the time we got home I was pretty ragged. Laid down on couch to sleep and no appetite at all Thurs, Fri more of the same all I wanted to do was sleep and had pain in my lower left side that was getting worse. I tried once to eat and immediately threw up. Sat. afternoon I gave up. I just knew I couldn't get any better on my own. Hubby took me to hospital. Blood work and CT scan showed I had UTI which was affecting my left kidney. Sent me to a room on antibiotics and pain Meds. Until that time hubby could stay with me. They said he could come back next morning at 10. They brought a lovely breakfast but I simply couldn't eat. Drank some juice. I had a very uncomfortable night. The bed was simply very hard. I spent about half the night in a chair. also not comfy. I told Dr. the next morning, I simply had to go home. He was not happy but agreed. Still very tired and no appetite. Slept most of the day. Hoping tomorrow is a better day. I just don't know when I've been this worn out.

So sorry to hear you're not feeling well. Don't hesitate to let your doctor know if you need further testing or treatment.

Heart goes out to you Karen, those UTI infections sure can attack your entire system.know you have loved ones looking after you but although uncomfortable in the hospital they have the equipment and meds to get you back on your feet.
Rest well..praying your health issues improve.

Because of all the rain this week my grass sure needs cutting, imagine, have to put a sweater on to keep the chill off..hope there is more gas in the can.
Got message this morning that fire restrictions still apply, have no idea why, everything is so wet. Caleb and I did video chat yesterday, greg dropped in for an hour and Kathy is back to visiting so it was a nice day. A good one health wise, felt my own self..I drank half bottle of water, I know that its nothing but it’s more water than I’ve had in years, today I’ll try to drink the other half.

Cut 7 more masks and I’ve five pinned to finish off..have a helper who is throwing everything off working area..grrr

Little Stinkweed doesn't like you spending time doing "masks" when he could have your undivided attention.

Karen, I am so sorry you have had a MISERABLE week. A hospital is NO place to get any sleep that is for sure!

Sharon, YOUR BEDROOM is 1200 SF? LOL, wow!

Between this morning before work & then after work, I got the rest of the caulking done on the patio and REALLY wanted to start painting. Son & I could NOT get the plastic lid off the paint can! I got every thing taped and tarped, ready to paint, ,so I guess I will have to be satisfied with that for today. If I wake up early I might get the ceiling rolled before work, the brush work is going to be the time consuming part.. Between the pillars, the overhang & 2 levels of ceilings, 4 cannon lights, there is going to be a LOT of brush work! I am grateful that I can roll most of it because going up and down the ladder is NOT easy for me. I will hire some help if I find I can't do it. I have one step ladder that has short steps (not long distance between the rungs). On a good day I can climb it. A portion of the brush work I can wrap an extension on a brush and do it without climbing. The angle between the overhang & ceiling for instance, since both will be the same white paint.

Betty, now that you mention it, I do remember you talking about Bill's kids a long time ago. I can appreciate how you must feel now that Bill's gone - mixed feelings. You & he were no longer a "couple" but it's tough not to remember that there are others who shared your lives. When my ex died, our daughter was hurting, big time. It was a shock, and this Father's Day I argued with myself about calling her & "remembering" him. I chose not to because it's a bone of contention with my daughter & I and it wouldn't end well. 'nuff said.

Pat - come do our place afterwards, ok? My goodness, but you're one busy lady, I can only applaud your energy.

Sharon - your bedroom is bigger than our whole home 🤣 1200 sq ft?!?! Is it square? What are the measurements?

Quiet day - dug up some cottoneasters from our friend Dianne's, and will plant them tomorrow morning.

Morning all, seems I’m getting up later every day, wouldn’t be up yet if it were not Ziggy misbehaving , his up and at it is 5-6am...

The sun is shining so that is a plus.

Karen, how are you feeling today?

Pat, you are so energetic, you only have a few weeks of work left, could you not wait till then and be able to do it at your ease..,I remember talking a broom and taping a brush to handle to I would not have to climb a step stool. Sure will look lovely once finished.

Lindakay and Dianne, can’t imagine how you are both enduring the severe heat..we will have a week of the feels like 100 so guess my a/c has to be turned back on.

While having my coffee I decided to divide my pills in the weekly containers to make sure I’m right on schedule with them.

My niece called me last night, her wedding is August the 1st at her home, 50 will be in attendance. She knows LINDA and I would be concerned so said she would put a few chairs next to the garage with reserved on them for us then we will both head home.li feel better doing that.

Guesss I should get a move on, have things that need done before I head out for my test..specifically checking my left ventricle for disfunction.
Might even pack up my vehicle and make a load to the dump..we will see how energetic I am as the day progresses.

Busy day for all of you?

Betty, I am feeling a bit better, thank you. It took a while to get myself in this shape and it will take a while to back out.

Positive attitude, that is good news.

What is the chances I’d go get it my test done today and it’s in Dolezel’s office, his assistant was doing test and he was monitoring visually on screen the heart functioning.

I said I knew that the report would be sent to my doctor but my doctor I is away for a few weeks so he said he would give me a quick overview.

Showed me where the lining in the heart had thicken, damage cause by high blood pressure, said it’s imperative that I pay attention to blood pressure, do some exercising, make sure to take meds and monitor every day....as far as heart if I do as told I’m ok..I asked then if not the heart why the chest pain in my left side, down my arm and tingling in fingers..said my doctor will go over that, he had the results from last thursday, he said likely due to deteriorating disks in upper neck portion,likely pinched nerves etc. So i will have to wait until I speak with my for full report and options.

Betty last night a guy from Victoria Harbour was featured on the news. He is a musician and obviously has no work right now. So I think it is every Friday or Saturday at 7 pm he puts on a concert of his own. His last name is Lock.

Make sure you take your pills Betty.

Dianne, he kuves a few homes away from Greg..at Ne point they were stopping him from playing as the crowds were gathering bringing chairs and no social distances..

Will do Lindakay, didn’t do anything today really, fell into a deep sleep, Sharon was messaging me, said it looked like I had opened them just not replied, was going to come over and check on me, hope I can still sleep tonight lol.

Muggy, low barometer, feels like rain...
I put my mower higher yesterday when I cut grass, looks like I need to do it again so hoping it doesn’t rain til I get that done.

Feeling better today. Even got our laundry done. Brody carried to the table for me to fold.
We'll see what Dr has to say tomorrow.

Susan, I have a compressor and really should learn to spray paint. I Dad did auto body & repair so of course he was REALLY good at spraying! He helped my Uncle paint his house. Same routine, prep, tape off & spray...

Today I stopped on the way home & bought the paint to touch up the brick. When somebody did some cement work they slopped cement on the brick, somebody else slopped some paint. DRIVES me crazy so I will touch it up finally. I have had good luck doing that when it's not HUGE areas so I hope the cement mess will turn out OK, thats bigger than I normally do. I need to go color match the grout, that will need work too.

By doing the painting NOW, I am forced to only work an hour or so. That forces me to not overdo. After an hour of overhead work this morning, I was grateful I did not have time to do more!

We have a paint sprayer too, Pat, and I spray painted our 2 wooden lawn chairs (bigger than muskoka ones)
Had a couple of distressing phone calls tonight - one from Doug where he was confused & couldn't hear me (although he has a hearing aid capable phone - he said he was holding the phone correctly........ away from his ear?!?!) He talks about moving out here, but doesn't seem to realize what I'm saying when I tell him he needs to get a med form filled out by his Dr to put with the application to move to the senior's manor. The 2nd was my call to a friend of Doug's & ours (John), who lives in Calgary & has known Doug almost as long as we have (13 years).We had a long long long talk about how it may be the worst thing for Doug to move from familiar surroundings, with his current state of mind. It may just be too much of an emotional & mental shock to expect him to move from the big city to a small town - it's hard to explain, but Bob's & my trying to help may actually have been the worst thing to have done. He's sounding less capable than he was before. He has no family in Alberta - closest are his married daughters who never comes to see him (and he never goes to see them) and the only one I know of to speak to is his younger (82yo) brother David in Nova Scotia. Last summer Doug went to visit David for 2 weeks.
I'm feeling badly that we may have brought this on by trying to get him into a better situation I think it would have been better, 2 years ago or so, but Doug's stubborn & wouldn't think of leaving the city where he volunteered at a medical center for (now) 26 years. Now, with the pandemic, they won't be having any volunteers in the facility for about a year, so that leaves Doug out. He's lonely, with nothing to do, and we waltz in with the "perfect solution" - move near to us, who are as close as family and we could see each other several times a week. The manor is much closer to being a community (40 suites) than the place he's in now - a senior apartment block with 300 suites. Well, live & learn. I hope this can get sorted for Doug, but in the meantime, he'll have to do what he can, with our friend John's help (also a senior, in his 70's).

Morning, too early to call the day, looks like it could be a rain day, had to turn ona/c before going to bed last night..

Omg I had the best dream ever, was in New Orlean enjoying cuisine and travelling the area..big sigh, no Roadtrip this year..

Hope your doctors consultation Karen is a good one..always doing even a little bit like folding clothes is a blessing.

Pat, I painted a lot with small sprayer, still have it, does great for smaller abject..those sprayers unless you have a good quality one doesn’t work especially well...I think if I ever wanted to paint large area I would go to somewhere like Home Depot and rent one of theirs. Old luck with your projects..are you now counting the days?? We usually say ‘how many more sleeps?

It’s hard Susan trying to help Doug, your friends are right in thinking it will confuse him more,j how many times do they visit him? The way things are with Covid which I’m sure will have an effect on the way we live for quite some time how would he do with no help or visits where he is. If he is capable of making the decision himself at this time then whatever he chooses would be the right decision.

I’m dressed, breakfast is behind me,upper floor cleaned so now it’s a play day..not sure what I will play with but am sure there is something here that needs finishing or startinglol

Well, our mayor announced last night, that he is asking those that can, to stay in place and only go out when needed. Only 1 person per family allowed out for shopping. That is what we have been doing, but so many othere have not. Out small-town now has 807 covid cases. It has been going up 50 to 70 per day. All because the younger adults just have to travel and party, and bring this crap back home. We have 18 deaths.

Those regulations probably was where we were a few months ago.. areas and I think my area is one of them are entering phase 3 starting tomorrow but friends/relatives will still follow earlier guidelines...

Aug 1st I have been invited to one of my favourite nieces wedding..she has positioned a few chairs well away from anyone there and I will watch ceremony then leave..no eats

Have you ever done the Medicare health Assessment? Well I did First and last today. Was given three words to remember. Then I had to draw a clock face, then add the hands for a certain time. Now time to give back the three words. Pretty infantile if you ask me.

I had hubby go with me to see if he saw what I saw and he did. Vindication. She barely hears what I have to say, dismisses what I have said and ignores my concerns. I'd switch but it's been the same with my last three Drs. I feel invisible. So I go, get my refills and come back in 6 months. It was more important to her that I draw the damned clock face than the hear I'm having leg cramps and need help for them.

Didn't sleep well last night so maybe I'm just a crab.

How very sad Karen, is it because you do not have a permanent doctor since you’ve moved? Feel for you re cramps but do gave to say girls here recommended magnesium and it is helping. Hope the meds give you some relief. I had wondered if it was caused by how very humid it was..anyway will continue wit magnesium tablets.

Here we after 80 have to go for testing, I’m told very much same, making hands on clock etc..why not give them an on the road road test..best I shhh because it won’t be that long before I have to take the test lol

Making masks and hungry for sweets

Betty - now Doug only has our friends John & Ann to visit him, and with her health issues it's only John. He goes to another church because all of the United Churches in Canada do NOT have in-person services. If Doug gets the 2 forms filled out, without our help, it will be a miracle. If he does, then he wants to move badly enough to do so & we will support him. If he doesn't get them filled out he's not understanding why. When he moved to the senior block he's in now, he didn't need a medical form & I don't think he understands that part of this potential move.

We got a DEAL! I'd never heard of Nanking Cherry bushes until I did gardening for a friend, when we were in Calgary - they're very nice. Someone's selling them in Three Hills, Bob's there, and getting 4 of them, for $20! Now....... where to put them?!?!

On the search Susan, never heard of Nanking cherry bushes

This is my regular Dr. Betty, has been since we moved here. Worries me because I seem to be moving backward and have a cough but no congestion. I tried telling her this yesterday but she just said it takes a while to get better. Meanwhile I cannot laydown to sleep as it makes me cough. Scary, we are heading to MI next week.

I’d have to reconsider the trip, would be disappointing but your family would not want you taking such a big chance with your life..you are one that the virus could srravk and you would not be strong enough to fight it...get stronger in health before travelling!

From the frying pan into the fire. Waiting for my Drs. off ice to open. Believe I'm having reaction to the antibiotic...one new to me. Yeast infection, mouth sores, dry cough keeping me from sleeping.

Sorry to hear that Karen. Please ask them to test you for thr covid, just to make sure.

I also was going to say have them check for Covid, not that that is what you have but best be on safe side. Amazing that the drugs www get to help often create more problems that what go go to the doctor for,

Mom wanted appointment to have dog groomed, Wanneta can’t do until the 28th..aunt Muriel wants to go visit with mom so I said either tomorrow morning or Monday morning early I could pick up aunt Muriel and meet her in Cookstown, (more than 1/2 way) save her driving all the way here then home again..she will let me know which day. Can’t do it Sunday as Jeff messaged me earlier and said he would call around noon to gab and thought he would take a run up on Sunday.

Beautiful outside, rained all night..I hear people cutting grass so should be out do8ng mine as well, either that or go do groceries.