My wife says I now rattle when I walk

due to the cardio-meds I take, post-STEMI.

I swallow about 8 pills a day (and night)
but WTH they keep me alive so I can cruise again, some day!

And by the way:

Heart Attack and Stroke are the same thing -

Cardio-Vascular Disease.   One manifests in the heart..

the other.....in the brain.

By now, the fleet should be looking very smart indeed!

Even the older 'boats'! -particularly the older boats!!

And nothing more in a year...... 🫤

All I ever won

was a few Quarters in that silly

Shove-the-coins-over-the-edge game.. (see first two pics below)

..but I was there to see the guy win $2,500

when he got that machine aligned Just Right! (other two pics)..

Casino Boss came over,  game him a big fat check instead

and put 'his' $2,500 cash-bait ... back in the machine!

And by the way...all you cardio-people..

I have this amazing cardio-educational App on my phone

and on the iPad...

it is issued by the American College of Cardiology

for the purpose of educating us lay-people

to explain to us, graphically, what's going on in there!

CardioSmart Explorer

My cardiologist thanked me..
saying "Thanks for bringing this to my attention!"

I've learned a lot from it,

have turned-on many others to it,

and use it every now and then, to show folks this and that.

https://www.cardiosmart.org/content/cardiosmart-heart-explorer-app

Interesting thread!

I haven't cruised in eight yrs. now,

and in that time I had myself a STEMI (May 2020)

I now take a bunch of tablets every day, and I take it easy.

This thread makes me wonder about a few things...

Just an observation, sorry....

Those pics of Carlisle Bay are stock pics,

some/most of them taken years ago but, tbh,

general conditions on CBay don't change much, over years,

other than the beach slowly gets wider and wider, incrementally!

A basic island tour (any destination!) is always a good bet

if you have nothing else in mind!
A basic island tour will give you a good cross-section
of what that destination is about: you'll see

some of everything on offer
- it's hard to go wrong with that choice.

These pics are the S-East coast of Barbados.

And another thing...

It won't hurt to carry an extra 3-4 days worth of daily meds

just in case your travel adventure/cruise

takes an unexpected, unforseen turn, due to weather or whatever!
Because ship happens!
 

Remember the ppl on Carnival Triumph, whose 7 day cruise
turned into nearly two weeks? OK.. that sorta scenario!
Better to have extra meds and not need them, than vice versa!

I wouldn't sweat it too much.

You're not the first person to be travelling

with loads of prescribed meds!

Keep your meds in the labelled containers

that were issued to you, at source,

so they can read Exactly What it is, plus dates, dosages, etc.

They should have a fun time with me,

next time I travel with multiple cardiac meds: I swallow

about 8-9 tablets a day to keep the heart running

after my STEMI in May 2020....but like I said,

neither you or I are the first ppl to travel with lotsa meds!

Wallet - in my left pants pocket.

15 minutes ago, CarolRoy said:

Thanks for the info.  Another question. 

How far is Brownes to Pebbles, if you walk it on the beach?

It's not far BUT...

you have to get around that jetty that sticks out.

If it's a low tide, it might be do-able, but at Hi Tide, maybe not!

If it weren't for the jetty, it's about 200-300 yds.?

56 minutes ago, CarolRoy said:

Thanks for the info on Pebbles Beach. Could not really pin point where it was in relation to Brownes.  Now I know.  Do you know how far it is away from Brownes and if they rent chairs, rest rooms, etc.  at Pebbles.  

Pebbles is on one side of that jetty sticking-out..
and Yacht Club beach and Browne's Beach are on the other side

(closer to Bridgetown and the Port).
 

Yes, I see chair and umbrella rentals at Pebbles, regularly
and there is an NCC Hut there with showers and toilets.
NCC = National Conservation Commission.

Hope this helps?

There is also Wine World in the Rockley area of the South coast.
They have everything!

Tell your driver it's near Bubba's and Lewis Drug Mart - he'll know

Three more pics of Carlisle Bay generally......

Yeaahh... Carlisle Bay is one big sweeping arc of a beach

with a few different names, per section: much of a muchness, really!

The farthest-away (from the dock), and nearing the Hilton Hotel

is called Pebbles Beach -see picture below.

so called because there was once a beachside restaurant there

by that name...back in the 1960s (most locals have NO idea why! lol)

Carnival Corporation Adding BV

https://porthole.com/carnival-corporation-partners-with-bureau-veritas-on-cruise-return/

to certify a clean return to the cruise industry..

for all 87 ships across 9 cruise brands operated by Carnival. 

3 hours ago, pc_load_letter said:

 

Do you know if any after action report was performed on the efficacy of muster stations and muster drills after Costa Concordia?

What a nightmare that was, huh?

Geez, that's not cheap fun any more.

Last time we cruised (awhile ago admittedly!)
I think Bingo cards were $5 each!
What happened??

Sounds like Atrial Fibrillation to me.

She should already be on meds, long ago!

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atrial_fibrillation

Privacy? What Privacy?

I gave up on that illusion about 20-25 yrs. ago.

We have no privacy.

Big Brother already knows everything about you!

Ditch your phone. It tracks your every move
down to the nearest 3 metres (accuracy)!

^ That is not a pretty sight! lol

On 6/14/2022 at 8:50 PM, Saint Greg said:

That’s gonna have to go…..

 

WTH IS that?? Seriously. I need an ID.

1 hour ago, BlerkOne said:

That's exactly the problem. The card stock might be that old.

Card stock might be that old but

the laminate layer goes on with your info printed on it,

just before you arrive!

Incidentally,

they used to change the cute card design (around mid-year)

every two years or so, but not sure if that still obtains.

Some folks collect them over time
and have neat collections established now.

Here are a few items in my collection.