My sincere apologies for not posting until now, Linda. Continued healing and support! I hope you will slow your roll during the holidays and return stronger and more determined than ever.
Best regards, R
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Oooof. You just gave me the worst flashbacks to my time as a kid in the 70ās and being out on what was then the ācardiac dietā, which essentially meant no salt. In ANYTHING. My mother tried for MONTHS to get me to be ok with no salt peanut butter. No mac and cheese. Spaghetti with no salt tomato sauce and NO CHEESE.
Just awful.
I outstubborned both her, my doctors, and the hospital dieticians by simply refusing to eat until they eventually said āGive him whatever he wants, just get some food into him.ā
And that was how I got a Filet o Fish sandwich after my 2nd open heart surgery.
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Youāve enough on your plate with your overseas move! Absolutely no apology is necessary.
My roll is slowed, Iām paying much more attention to any signs that Iām tiring, and just trundling along at a slower pace, both physically and mentally, until my engine needs a bit of a rest.
Safe travels to you and the Mrs!
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Iāve come into this thread very late. Linda Iām so sorry to hear about your travails, and wish you the speediest of recoveries. Iāve been dieting since mid Sept also for health, so if you ever want to chat and motivate each other, or be sad about how much less youāre keeping company with cheese and bacon these days, hit me up.
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Yesterday, Sunshine took her first solo trip out since her surgery. She wanted to go Christmas shopping for her little niece. Sunshine does this every year and wanted her niece (who is now 9) to have a pretty dress ā a Christmas dress (if you will).
This was apparently a bit too muchā¦ too soon, as she is some pain today and had to take a pain pill. It had been about a week since she previously needed one.
Lindaā¦ please take your time to recuperate. Donāt be in a rush to get back to your day to day routine. Let your body heal.
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But sheāll have had great fun doing it. Itās a once a year thing. And the niece will grow up all too quick and think of Aunty Sunshine in a different way. Maybe worth a pill.
Good to hear she seems to be doing well, Dan.
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More clues! Not asking for more clues BTW, I prefer to intermittently wonder.
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Iām making sure I do so. A couple of hours on the laptop this week, 2 visits to the office next weekā¦again, just a couple of hours to say hello, pick up checks to be deposited, and then later in the week, a company lunch. If Iām tired, Iāll leave. Even when I (hope to) go back full time on January 2nd, Iāll be taking it easy. If I get tired, Iām out of there.
I hope Sunshine is doing better this evening!
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Yesā¦ after a pain pill and a day of bed rest (and the Hallmark Channel) she is feeling better.
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Jeez Louise- I remember the feeling about being killed by a thousand BUTTERflies. I tried no to low sodium, and that really limits a lot of things that needs salt, like eggs and potatoes. Itās easier if one has means to buy really spendy stuff full of flavor that doesnāt need salt, whatever that is. I did find out from a James Beard book that a baked potato with a shit-ton of fresh lemon juice is pretty darn good with no salt, butter, or sour cream. I wish there were more foods like that. It turns out that my cardiac issue was viral and nine years later my heart is back to normal, and I didnāt really limit my salt most of that time in between. I really lucked out.
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Ouch- tell her not to push herself- from me, not you, lest she think youāre nagging.
Wishing you both good health
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If youāre wondering what my exact ailment was/is, I have no issue saying so: Tetralogy of Fallot. Itās a congenital defect. Iāve had four major procedures (ages 5, 8, 15, 35). Iām fine now.
At the time, I was among the youngest kids to have a my particular procedure. I was in third grade. Now they can detect and repair these sorts of things in utero.
+1 for science.
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Ah! Iām familiar. I was training to be a pediatrician for a few years back in the 80ās. You are a testament to good ju ju!
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Truth. The idea that they snaked a tiny catheter through both my wrists to inflate balloons to press mesh stents into the walls of my arteries to widen them and help break up the plaque is rather mind-boggling to me. But over 600,000 are done every year.
+2 for science!
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Wishing you the best ā¦
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