The author describes a harrowing personal experience of suffering from chest pains and ultimately being diagnosed with a heart attack after 20 days of illness. Encouraged by friends, she goes to the ER, where doctors find a 100% blockage in her coronary artery and perform life-saving angioplasty. The narrative emphasizes the importance of prioritizing one’s health.
Dodging the Bullet. My Heart Attack Experience: A Wake-Up Call for Women
In a personal blog post, a 49-year-old woman shares her traumatic journey of suffering a heart attack, misattributed to gastroesophageal reflux disease. Despite her seemingly healthy lifestyle, she emphasizes the need for awareness of heart health among women over 40. She urges women to recognize differing heart attack symptoms and act promptly.
Indienne: 2nd visit
Our son’s 18th birthday warranted a special celebration. I tried last minute reservations at Indienne to no avail. Why do I always forget that his birthday is on the one day when everyone and I mean EVERYONE wants to eat out - Valentine’s bloody day! All frustrated I put my name on the waitlist knowing…
Bagheera and his business!!!
We always take a week off and run away to a warm place in December. The thought of enduring sub zero temps for another 2 months or more pushes us to seek warmer climes. In 2021,we are all under a lot of stress - the hubby is under crazy duress at the work front, the…
The Last Queen by Chitra Banerjee Divakaruni: A short review
The Last Queen,history aside, shines a spotlight on yet another female character - Rani Jindan of Punjab. I’m not very familiar with Maharaja Ranjit Singh, thanks to our Anglicized history textbooks which hardly give us a look into what actually went on in the different parts of our country while the British colonized and plundered us. But, the book is very entertaining without being boring while familiarizing us with the history of the time.
The Hauntup by Deepti Srivatsan: A review
"Everything in this world is but a hallucination." this quote from 'The Hauntup' by Deepti Srivatsan best describes the tone of this supernatural thriller. A very easy yet riveting read. I am a slow reader, but those of you who finish a book in one sitting, this one is totally doable. Srivatsan's debut novel is…
My Covid Memoirs: What I’ve been upto during these Crazieeee times
What have you been upto since our world went topsy turvy due to Covid? Have you been anxious, depressed, scared? I have!!! and much much more. Read what Ive been upto since Covid hit us like a thousand arrows!
Key West part 2: The food
Do you like to eat out? Try out different cuisines at different restaurants? Here's where and what we ate on our vacation at the Florida Keys...read on about our mouthwatering experience!!!
Part 1: Our planned (or not so planned) trip to The Keys
Do you take a vacation around Christmas and New Year? It is the longest my husband gets off so every year we pack our bags and head off to somewhere warm. This year we went to the Florida Keys. Read about our adventures...or misadventures.
The struggle continues…
I've lost 9 pounds...yay...😆😆😆 but let me underscore - it hasn't been easy. After the diagnosis of GERD (I write about this extensively in a post - What I've been up to) I have been feeling okey. I say "okey" because sometimes my GERD does act up and that is certainly not fun. The flare…