Category: cholesterol
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On My Mind
I started this blog when I thought I was recovered from my recently diagnosed cardiac issues, not realizing that this kind of thing is never…healed…just managed. For new readers a recap: In Feb 2008 my brother, at the tender age of 51, fell over dead from a massive heart attack. When asked by the coroner…
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Patience
Life has been trying – for a very long time – to teach me patience. Unfortunately it’s not a virtue I possess… It feels like Life has been a whole lot of ‘hurry up and wait’ for a rather long time. I am a planner and a do-er. When I can’t make plans because I…
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Simple Pleasures
I can’t begin to tell you how difficult the last 10 days has been. I’m no stranger to chronic pain, but the pain I was having was particularly cruel in that I could not sit or lay down without sharp pain. That meant I could not sleep properly – which meant Doug couldn’t, either –…
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A Little Happy
the ‘wrong’ side of the cloth the ‘right’ side of the cloth – weaving this up-side down to lift the fewest shafts The past week hasn’t been great for a couple of reasons but today is looking up. The smoke from the wild fires has cleared and we have lovely blue skies with predicted temps…
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RED!
Yesterday I was very, um, distracted. I kept changing my mind about what I would work on ‘next’ instead of focusing on what I am working on ‘now’. And that is this lovely, very red, painted scarf warp. I am very affected by colours and today this red is really appealing. But I also have…
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Olds Fibre Week
We took it easy getting here, leaving Friday, stopping over at Hinton, AB, then continuing the rest of the way to Olds on Saturday. We arrived early enough that we were able to erect the booth structure and begin setting out yarn before the hall closed just after 6 pm. This morning we were…
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The Wire
As in coming down to, home stretch in sight. Just now cut off the #8 warp for AGY: L and H. In the photo you can see the ‘plain weave’ (although there is no true plain weave with this threading) cut line and the mark the apron rod has left in the cloth. The latter…
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Towels for Sharon
Perhaps it was my cold, perhaps the many days of hot (for us) weather or the poor night’s sleep, but this afternoon I lay down for a few minutes and got up an hour later. :} However I did manage to beam the warp tonight for Sharon to weave on when she arrives. It took…
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Sensational Sixties
more camo cloth When I turned 49, I told friends and family that I was poised to enter my Golden Years. Little did I know. Now I’m 59. A year and a bit after my angiogram, a month and a bit after changing my cholesterol medication to the Niacin, I am not only feeling better…
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Encouraging a Healthy Heart
Given that my heart has not had an ‘attack’ in spite of a rather large 70-90% blockage in a major artery, I can only assume that it’s a good sturdy muscle. And given that I have further blockages, one of which – at 60% – is not treatable via angio-plasty due to it’s position, let’s…