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7 months ago
in The Best Gifts For Our Children - Part Two on Carrie and Danielle
Good tips. Thanks for this as we start wading into that territory. My daughter will, I expect, be fine with this approach. She starts high school next year, so I feel better armed now. My younger son, on the other hand, shows an alarming tendancy to addiction to all things electronic. He also get aggressive tendancies whenever he plays games or watches movies with what we would think of as "action". Thus we need to be very cautious about what comes into our house. Any suggestions for electronics that don't have aspects of violence? He just got a game that I thought would be innocent enough, that turned out to all about fighting (Shrek).
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pearl_mattenson
Well I know my sons really got into the sim city game that had you build your own amusment park, (SIM Theme Park) It was really complex (a litle beyond me) and you get to monitor things going on in all parts of the park. I found that digital photography was a nice bridge. Once you take the pictures, there are so many ways to manipulate the photoghraphs online and also to create movies with sound, etc...Hope this helps. Good luck.
8 months ago
in What is your current, of-the-moment obsession? on Carrie and Danielle
Melissa,
If you can get referred to a good cardiac rehab program (I write this from our program at St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver), you will have a whole team to help you sort this all out. So many of our patients have struggled with the same issues and I consistently hear them express gratitude once they get through for the ability to talk with other patients as well as learning from the program itself. Support through this time is key to making the changes that you may need to make - whether working with the dieticians, the exercise physiologists, the psychologists, the nurses and /or cardiologists - and with your fellow participants. Googling "cardiac rehab programs" and your area should get you some info to start with.
If Chuck sees this - we also work with folks with risk factors too - family history makes you so much more vulnerable to the effects of a questionable lifestyle.
Good luck on your journey!
If you can get referred to a good cardiac rehab program (I write this from our program at St Paul's Hospital in Vancouver), you will have a whole team to help you sort this all out. So many of our patients have struggled with the same issues and I consistently hear them express gratitude once they get through for the ability to talk with other patients as well as learning from the program itself. Support through this time is key to making the changes that you may need to make - whether working with the dieticians, the exercise physiologists, the psychologists, the nurses and /or cardiologists - and with your fellow participants. Googling "cardiac rehab programs" and your area should get you some info to start with.
If Chuck sees this - we also work with folks with risk factors too - family history makes you so much more vulnerable to the effects of a questionable lifestyle.
Good luck on your journey!
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melissa frykman-thieme
Dear mary b, Thanks you for replying to my message. I guess part of my dispair has been that I AM doing everything WELL- from diet to exercise to support group to psychotherapy to medication compliance. My labs are all NORMAL! I've lost nearly 70 lbs. I walk 3-5 miles/day. I take time for myself. I identify the stresses in my life and I DO something about it. I am a poster child for post heart attack turn around. My only uncontrollable risk factor is my heritage. My father and his father both died in their early 50's of heart attacks. I suppose (now) that it's true that life is not necessarily "fair" and that we get what we get, but darn it, NOT ME!!!! I see that I'm moving through some grief here about loss of what I previously thought my life course would be, and my self-proclaimed identity. AND, as I said to Chuck (above), there are gifts/blessings to be had through this. I just don't want to die yet, and it seems that the "veil" is a little thin right now. I really appreciate the fragility as well as the toughness and resilience of my own life. I also appreciate the generosity and kindness of your reply. I AM in a cardiac rehab program and wish that the rest of the world knew and could avail themselves of these services and opportunities. Thanks again, Mary B, and I hope to meet up again about something less about ME, and more about my engagement with the world. Love, Melissa.
