BYC Café

[Shadrach]

How long did it take you all in all?

We started on March the second. I had a lot of help from some local builders with the ground work and building the shell. The builders left second week in April if my memeory serves me. But I did somehting really stupid and had a heart attack and as one might expect, that slowed me up a bit. I moved in in September. Without the heart attack and modern tools a house like this could be build in a couple of months.

 

[LaFleche]

I'm staying home and focusing my efforts there. I have to keep as busy as possible to keep my mind from wandering into dark corners that I can't brighten. I've had several minor melt downs over there past few months.
I focus on the things I have an influence on and let the rest just happen. What else can I do?

Keep going strong! Your husband is a very lucky man in spite of everything.

 

[LaFleche]

But I did somehting really stupid and had a heart attack and as one might expect, that slowed me up a bit.

What was it that caused a heart attack?!

(Hopefully something you enjoyed doing.)

 

[Shadrach]

What was it that caused a heart attack?!

(Hopefully something you enjoyed doing.)

A misspent youth......middle age......later years.....midlife crisis
Nobody is quite sure. I've been very fit most of my life apart from smoking.
The doctors say it is most likely that at some point I injured myself; I've done a lot of that, and a small clot from an internal injury broke loose and blocked up something up.

 

[LaFleche]

A misspent youth......middle age......later years.....midlife crisis
Nobody is quite sure. I've been very fit most of my life apart from smoking.
The doctors say it is most likely that at some point I injured myself; I've done a lot of that, and a small clot from an internal injury broke loose and blocked up something up.

But you are back to your old self by now, no health restrictions left I hope?

 

[pennyJo1960]

We all have done things in youth we may have changed or done different. I have never regretted my choices but had to slow down after a stroke warned me

 

[Shadrach]

But you are back to your old self by now, no health restrictions left I hope?

I'll be honest with you and then perhaps we could move on to chickens.
I don't know anyone who goes back to their old self after the type of heart attack I had. One minute you're fine, next minute you are on the floor helpless and dying.
That does something to your head. While my body may be working as best as can be expected given my age and the abuse it's had over the years my head is never going to fully recover. There is always the memory of the attack lurking in the background. I do things rather differently now and think differently to.

 

[pennyJo1960]

Getting like 8 or 10 more birds from my Bud the Post Mistress she has decided to take a break from birds..

 

[Mtn Margie]

Sunny and 46F out there! I love it! T-shirts in snow weather...
I am brewing up another pot of cafe because it is going to be a late night.
Enjoy and Hugs to the Cafe!

 

[LaFleche]

I'll be honest with you and then perhaps we could move on to chickens.

I did not mean to intrude, sorry if I came across nosey instead of concerned.

One minute you're fine, next minute you are on the floor helpless and dying.
That does something to your head.

Although I never had a heart attack (fingers crossed it will stay that way), I still can relate as over the years I experienced several anaphylactic shocks (gone and brought back) rocking my world and self-conception.

It is a humbling experience leading me to adopt a different and more appreciative attitude.