My father died of a heart attack at the age of 58.
I'm 56.
My paternal grandfather and his father each died of a heart attack, one of them at 61 years of age, and the other at 62.
If that is to be my end too, and relatively soon, I am at peace with that. Mostly. But I wouldn't mind another twenty years if I wasn't a burden to my kids, and if my mind was not much worse than it is now.
My mother had a heart bypass operation when she was 68. She was under anesthesia for about eight hours, and it affected her brain. Her mental condition had been deteriorating for several years, but immediately after the operation her mind took a major turn for the worse. She never regained her pre-operation level of mental acuity. That was in 2012.
After her surgery she was diagnosed with Alzheimer's. She is still alive, but can no longer walk, and can no longer speak more than a few words at a time. Some days we don't hear a single intelligible word from her, although she will sometimes babble like a toddler learning to speak. She hasn't been able to fully take care of herself since her operation.
There must be a better way than bypass operations to resolve the problem of clogged arteries. If the chemical composition of arterial plaques is distinct from that of arterial walls, it seems like there must be some compound that could bind to one or more cells of plaques and disengage them from the rest of the body of plaque to which they are attached. If the plaque could be broken up into small enough pieces, it seems that the pieces could be filtered out of the blood like any other impurities are.
It also seems possible that an enzyme could be designed to dismantle plaque buildups. The key would be that the plaques would be taken apart one tiny piece at a time so that there would be no danger of a large body of plaque breaking loose and causing a heart attack.
If such a compound or enzyme could be discovered and administered at an early enough age, plaque buildup could be prevented. Possibly a similar cure could be discovered for Alzheimer's as well.
I feel confident that one or both of these breakthroughs in arterial treatment will eventually be made. Whether it will happen in time to prolong my own life for a few years remains to be seen.
Dr. Drew interviewed Scott Adams recently, and Scott Adams mentioned the absurdity that Republicans went to overthrow the government on Jan 6, but they neglected to bring their guns. On the first or second anniversary of the event, that alleged oversight made the narrative appear absurd to me, so I made a "video" that was supposed to be audio from January 6, captured on a video camera from which the lens cap had not been removed. I'm posting it again just because.
While I was waiting on hold to talk with a human at the IRS, I decided to put some food out for the dogs. I set the full bag of dog food on a chair, and walked away to get the bowls. When I turned around I saw the bag slowly tipping over, spilling much of its contents onto the floor. Fortunately I had help cleaning it up.
The main task for today is to begin revising McGuffey's Fourth Eclectic Reader. It may take a couple of weeks, possibly more. I still have to work at Publix, and next week I start a new job in the memory care unit of a rehab/nursing home facility, and I'll also be working at Publix at least one night.
After that I'll take a look at the double-slit experiment, and see if there is an interpretation that is consistent with my theory of wave physics.
Also, I came across the attached meme, which I had created two or three years (or so) ago. I thought I'd include it because I still like it.
I recently proposed a theory of matter and energy called Wave Physics. In this theory, the only things in the universe are energy and the universal membrane, which is the medium through which all energy is transfered and stored.
Tonight I realized that according to this theory, everyone and everything in the universe are connected to each other at all times. Things that would be impossible according to the standard model of particle physics, are very possible in the universe of wave physics. Psychic transmissions and the power of prayer are physically possible and make sense if the universe works in any way like the theory I proposed.
If you've ever heard the phone ring and felt sure who it was before answering it, and were proven correct, this makes sense in wave physics, but not with particle physics. If you've ever looked intently at someone, and had that person quickly turn and look directly at you (I have), that phenomenon makes sense if all of us are parts of the same vast, ...
I was only scheduled to work three days this week, so I decided to work on a theory I'd been playing around with for fun over the last few years. I'd never been a big fan of the standard model of particle physics, so a few years ago, just for fun, I thought about exploring some alternate ideas, with zero training and zero experiments.
This week I wrapped up a few loose ends, and posted it to a community I created called Wave Physics. Originally I had called it Alternative Physics, but I changed my mind, so the link still has alternativephysics in it, but the community name is Wave Physics. I'd love for people to pay $5.00 a month to tell me how wrong I am.
https://alternativephysics.locals.com/
I also posted it on my personal website: