Subj : Re: food and family was: To : JANIS KRACHT From : NANCY BACKUS Date : Wed Nov 20 2019 21:21:00 -=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 11-15-19 22:21 <=- >>> high compliment from him... >> hahaha yep :):) He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who >> passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay >> eating by lining up the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various >> designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down > I guess we all have our own eating styles... ;) JK> Yes, and everybody's body is different in how it processes the fuel we JK> put in I've been wearing essentially the same size clothes for JK> so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet I have this JK> velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear JK> this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket JK> ... works great with boots and a satin blouse :) How pretty... :) You are so right as to everybody's body being different in how it processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as accomodating as yours is... >>> It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated >>> to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them... >>> and the healing as well.... >> The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most >> days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly >> before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we >> had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when >> we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were >> locked was a necessity.) > For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as > though she'd already been slipping some... JK> Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard JK> about the stroke.. with essentially no progress, her insurance will JK> slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare. She might have been having little strokes all along that just weren't noticeable... that would also have played into the ability/mindset for doing the rehab... >> It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and >> I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection. > Yes, both are good things... good signs, too... :) JK> And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for JK> my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :) That company is so great, JK> I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones JK> ), tomatoes and bok choy :) Should be here in a couple days JK> so that's just great :) That's a mood booster, for sure... :) And you'll have the fresh veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing outside... ;) >>>> It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her >>>> hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'. Her doc thinks she'll be >>>> staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is >>>> going a bit as well as her sister's did. That's sad. >>> I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not >>> making total sense of the strange surroundings... >> Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her >> latest fall. > Lots of factors there... And that could have contributed to her fall in > the first place.... JK> Yes, and now that we know she had a stroke it makes way to much sense JK> :( True. >> I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not >> ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she >> could take a turn for the worst at any moment. I'm glad her doctor >> decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill. > Sounds like perhaps it is time for that now, then... and you'll still be > able to visit her regularly and keep tabs on the facility... JK> Oh yes, we are in pretty much constant contact with the facility, so JK> that helps. Yes, that would... :) >>>>> Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as >>>>> opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the >>>>> junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez. I'll disappear soon if >>>>> this doesn't change :( >>>> Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you >>>> can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;) JK> My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used JK> since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups JK> sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour. Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB than on a spoon from the jar... >>>> I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :) >>> And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...? ;) >> Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :) > Not that into slathering it with butter....? :) JK> Nah, too much butter kills it IMO .. but to each his own I guess JK> :) Yup. >>>> Another use for your indoor garden... :) Have you made any goodies yet >>>> with the pumpkins...? >>> Maybe next week.. we'll see :) >> Anything yet...? ;) JK> I'm going to be defrosting some of the pumpkin soon to start pumpkin JK> bread, and pies for the holidays soon :) Yup the holidays are fast approaching now... :) ttyl neb .... Forbidden fruit is responsible for many a bad jam. ___ Blue Wave/QWK v2.20 --- Platinum Xpress/Win/WINServer v3.0pr5 * Origin: Fido Since 1991 | QWK by Web | BBS.FIDOSYSOP.ORG (1:123/140) .