Subj : Re: 'stuff...'
To   : August Abolins
From : Daryl Stout
Date : Fri Apr 29 2022 09:01:00

August,

 AA> They can simply hoist you up like they do to weigh cattle. just
 AA> ask for that option.  ;)   Seriously, you SHOULD be allowed to
 AA> step up those higher scales with the assitance of hold onto
 AA> something. All they need is a 2 - 3 seconds to take a reading.

  As for weighing cattle, they do keep it cold enough in the medical
facilities to hang meat. 

 AA> READ what what I wrote above again.  A skinless piece of
 AA> chicken or a piece of pork has no sodium!  All they need is a
 AA> little bif of browning sauce + bread crumbs. Add some
 AA> flavouring to taste (eg Club House brand from the jars).
 AA> That's one course.  And veggies as a next step while chicken/
 AA> pork cools.

  I was able to get a deal with GA Foods from my HMO to deliver 14
meals a week (1 for lunch, 1 for dinner), plus some bread and snacks.
They are apparently heart healthy (low sodium) and diabetic healthy,
even though I'm just classed as pre-type 2 right now.

  I had to make another trip to the Emergency Room last night. My
right ankle had gone to sleep, and I discovered the ankles and legs
were swollen. With having congestive heart failure, and atrial
fibrillation, I didn't want to take a chance.

  The chest X-Ray was negative (no fluid around the heart), the
blood work didn't show anything abnormal, and the Doppler Ultrasound
on both legs showed no deep vein thrombosis. They did diagnose what's
known as Baker's Cyst in both legs...build up of fluid at the knees,
which can cause pain, and is caused by arthritis and gout (which I've
previously been diagnosed with). They also told me to avoid standing
or sitting in one spot for long periods of time.

  My guess is that the swelling was threefold...I had eaten 2 cheese
dogs for each meal the day before, I had been at the computer and the
BBS too long, and my feet weren't elevated enough. Before I went to
the ER, I ate only a dozen honey chicken strips, and took my Lasix,
with the rest of my medications...I was 5 pounds lighter this morning.
So, I will cut down my meal to just 1 cheese dog per day...and hopefully,
those meals I get from GA Foods will be heart healthy. Otherwise, my
eatings are going to be very slim. My BMI says I'm 80 pounds overweight
for my age and height.

Daryl

.... Hindsight is 20/20 - but I don't have eyes in my butt.
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