For those of us without family - Who will take care of you ?

Have you discussed ablation surgery with your cardiologist? I experienced arrhythmias several years back, and the ablation surgery stemmed the arrhythmias.
Best to you.

@gardinia123

Thanks for your reply.. no I haven’t as of now… I may call the office at Belvoir Monday and let them know what’s happening.. I just saw her the week before last… funny, they let up some last night and most of today , then at dinner they started up again…and it’s really disruptive and it always freaks me out….thanks again for you response and input
🙏pvctom

Good luck to you!

The idea of building an intentional circle is different than "burdening ones friends". We live half the year in a multi-aged intentional community, some year round, others seasonal. We ALL look out for one another, providing social and emotional connections, sharing meals 3-4 times weekly, and of course helping out in any kind of crisis or tough situation. Younger people tackle heavy tasks for those who cannot, older people provide support to young families when grandparents are far away. We have a no-questions-asked table of food, household supplies, etc. When someone needs a hand up it's there. Anyone with wheels provides rides as needed. And when we go "home" for the summer we stay in touch, visit and help out whenever needed.

At home, we have built a network of various friends and relatives who can call on each other - some near neighbors, some farther away. My daughters who live nearby are learning to do the same since Mom and Dad are not always on hand.

I believe Americans have to get out of the mindset that we must take care of ourselves by ourselves.

Thanks 🙏 I’ve heard of ablation… I’ve also been watching YouTube videos from a wonderful cardiologist from York Cardiology who touches on many different reasons for PVCs.. he has been very comforting to watch and listen to…🙏pvctom

My EP says PACs are harmless. My zios report indicated I had many. EP said “ not to worry, very common”.

I heard yesterday that soon HB’s could live to 117 yo. Several people in the group said they wouldn’t want to live that long.
I think as Americans so much has changed that as a whole we don’t consider the customs of other nationalities.
Italians, for instance ( mostly those in the old country ) take care of their seniors. It’s expected and honorable. Think about that compared to our country. I can’t imagine any of the newest generations even understanding why taking care of their family members would be considered “ an honor “
A friend of mine mentioned a term that I had never heard of before: “ Intentional Community “ I found a list of Intentional community’s on line and picked on not so far from where I was living at the time and called to ask some questions and to ask if I could visit. The women who answered filled me in about the process of starting one. At some point she asked me why I picked them and I mentioned that they were only an hour from where I lived and was hoping to visit. She chuckled some then told me that this was a community of Lesbians who formed the group with the intention of being there for each other as they grew older and at that time had often been shunned by their family.
It’s interesting that as a group they realized that they wanted to be cared for by people who, like them didn’t have family that they could count on.
Also turns out that they purchased two old house in a run down part of the city. But the news spread fast and now they’ve purchased two whole blocks of houses and those who could beautified the area which the town loved and a higher class of people started buying up houses so that part of town is now desirable.

Just a story about possibilities.
These communities are now all over the planet. You can find lists of them on line. They’re all different except a majority of them lean towards sustainable living.

Hope this helps!