St. Jude Medical has a site with lots of information and resources about SCA and that stands for Sudden Cardiac Arrest. There’s also a risk factor assessment that you can print and fill out from St Jude Medical and you can take it with you on your next visit to your doctor so you can discuss it together. I think you’ll find this very interesting, I know I did.

I was reading about all the risk factors because heart attacks run in my family and with SCA even with no risk factors it could happen in a second and if not treated within 4-6 minutes it could be fatal, now that’s scary. I was amazed that it actually kills 325,000 people a year. On the video it shows a graph and this was higher than cancer and Alzheimer.

This site has 2 videos that will show you how the heart actually works and the doctor explains everything as you watch the heart and it’s easy to understand the way it’s explained, the other one explains about sudden cardiac arrest and I think everyone should watch them to learn more about treatment and therapy.

I have never known anyone that had to have an ICD implant. ICD stands for Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator and it is put under the skin and a lead goes through a vein into the heart, you’ll have to read it for yourself because I’m not good at explaining technical stuff.

I would imagine it’s along the lines of a pace maker, but I have never really read much about those either. They use these implants to treat in their words, dangerously fast heart rates. You’ll want to learn more about this.

The weather was beautiful yesterday and today is gorgeous. I mowed the lawn and did some edging, pruned my rose bush I transplanted it last year and thought it was going to die, but it’s blooming although there were some dead parts that I had to remove. I have never  grown anything in my life that lived till I moved in with Bill. So I really don’t have that much experience. My brother was always trying to teach me things, but I was never interested.

Bill and I had to reposition one of our evergreen bushes because it decided it wanted to grow backwards instead of standing up straight. So after repositioning it and watering it down I thought it was going to be fine, but the ground isn’t level so Bill had to insert a stake and anchor it till it settles and decides to stay straight.

I also removed my Tennessee grass except for the one showing below (I call it that because I brought it back to Pa from my brothers house)
from the front flower bed and got that ready to plant some flowers Saturday. I know you can get it anywhere, but this is special grass and I don’t know the proper name for it. I haven’t decided on the type of flowers or colors yet, but they will have to stand up to a lot of direct sunlight.

So all and all it was a productive day for me except I keep forgetting about my degenerating disk and today I’m suffering for it. I really didn’t accomplish much on the computer yesterday, but it’s good to take a break every now and then. Now when I go out on the balcony I can admire my handiwork and it makes me feel good.

I don’t mind getting older, but I get frustrated that I can’t do the things I use to do. I keep saying I need to make a living will, but I haven’t gotten around to it yet. I certainly would not like to be kept alive by machines and I definitely want to make it legal so there will be no questions if that time should ever come and someone decides otherwise.

I also moved my Cactus to the front porch so it can get lots of sun, but I waited till the really cold weather had past. I’ve had this cactus since it was eight inches high and that was 4 years ago or maybe a little longer and I’ve transplanted it 3 times. I have seen this type grow to huge proportions. Not quite sure what I’ll do with it if it out grows my house, maybe I shouldn’t put it in a larger vessel.

As you can see from the photo it’s sitting on my suggestion box on the front porch and yes that is a faux commode and yes I am a bit quirky and I love it. I bought it from a place going out of business for 5 dollars. At one point I kept the lid up and was growing flowers from inside, it was cute or at least I thought so. I have to do some other things so I’ll wish you a great day.

There are niche dating services for everyone out there, even senior citizens. At any age it’s hard to meet someone we might be compatible with, but as we get older it seems to get even worse. A lot of our friends and partners have passed on and just because we are older it doesn’t mean that we have to give up companionship and the hope of finding someone that will make us feel happy again.

I’ve seen the children of an older person that is alone, more or less try to keep that surviving parent separated from someone that could possibly make their parent happy. Whether it was because they couldn’t stand the thought of someone possibly taking the place of their Mother or Father or that someone else might share their possible inheritance I haven’t a clue.

Whatever the reasoning behind this I have to conclude that it must be motivated by selfishness. Why wouldn’t you want to see your surviving parent happy and not alone? Can’t say how I might have reacted as an adult if  that had happened to me because both my parents died when I was 7 years old within 6 months of each other, but I’m sure I would want to see them happy and it wouldn’t have been my place to sabotage any type of relationship.

I was 49 when Bill and I started going out and he was 55 and since cohabitating with  Bill I have been happier than any other time in my life. We have been engaged for those 5 years, but I don’t think we will get married and I have to say that his children were very happy that he found someone to share the rest of his life with. I know that I could never find anyone like him so I wouldn’t even look.

I started this post about the senior dating services that have gained momentum online and got a little sidetracked. These senior dating services follow the same procedures as any other and most times if you’ve been alone for a long time this can be a perfect way to find a companion. You can opt for the group or club date because it can be pretty awkward to go on an individual date when you’ve been out of circulation for a long time.

Many dating services around here have get together’s for their members and it makes for a more relaxed way of meeting a potential companion without putting pressure on anyone. These services also will make sure that your profile matches up with a potential date or companion so make sure that you fill out the application carefully so they will be able to find someone in their data base.

I met a couple people through a local dating service that I found online some years ago, but I should have gotten to know them better through chat and talking on the phone and e-mails, because you can usually tell more about a person when they aren’t face to face, they feel more comfortable and their guard isn’t up so high.

You might be able to make a better connection by getting to know them first. At the very least after speaking with them on the phone and chatting you may save yourself the bother of a one on one in person if you find that their interests aren’t really to your liking. Remember that people aren’t always truthful when they fill out those applications.

So make sure you gather as much information as possible and make sure that there would be no problems that might complicate things for you in the end. If it’s a free online site you’re dealing with make sure you don’t give any credit card information because there are a lot of fraudulent sites out there.

You never know where you might find that special person you can share with and you might make a few friends that you simply enjoy talking to. I was lucky I found Bill right in my back yard, actually he ate at the restaurant I worked at for years, but for whatever reasons the timing was never right so it just goes to show regardless of how you meet someone that anything is possible.