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"What have you eaten" Parallel Chat

Breakfast was avocado and egg on lc toast.
Lunch red and green cabbage salad with ginger, lime & sesame dressing
Dinner is about to be meatloaf with mashed cauliflower and asparagus spears.
We are south for the winter so there’s lots of eating out with winter friends but thankfully the local restaurants are very accommodating with my usual request of “ no rice or beans please” even though they are the most common side served.
 
Antje77 said:
Aw @Annb , I'm sorry you're this ill, but very happy you managed to see a doctor for once.
May the treatment make you more comfortable very soon!

This is a standard conversation with any hospitalisation or home nurse care around here, just a choice to add to your file just in case.
When my father needed nursing care at home because of his cancer, he had it put in his file he wanted to be resuscitated if possible only when he was actively collapsing, not if he should be found without a heartbeat. Success rates and recovery are highly dependent on how quick a resuscitation starts.
When he got sicker, he had it changed to a regular DNR.

My visitor is now a tenant. The only housing or shelter available was the night shelter. Large room filled with homeless and addicted people sleeping on stretchers for the night, and getting thrown out in the morning. Not a healthy place to try to improve your life, and it made me miserable thinking I'd had to drop him off there in the near future.
So last weekend we went over to my neighbour-in-the-garden and his visiting girlfriend, and between the four of us we decided to keep him and share the burden of helping him get in a better mental state. We cleared out the very small caravan in the garden and fixed electricity and gas for cooking.
He's still in the spare room though. Today he admitted that at the moment he's pretty scared to move to the caravan and to be alone. He can stay in the spare room a bit longer until he's ready. He's improving very quickly, the voices have stopped bothering him, and he even laughs every once in a while!

The day before yesterday he joined my neighbour Astrid to work, and yesterday early morning he got up to give her daughter a ride to the ferry. He's a very troubled person but he also fits in very well, and I'm happy for him to stay, even if it means a bit of work.

Today he cooked so I feel very spoilt. :joyful:
Slow cooked beef, cooked in nothing but butter, amazing meal!
I had some leftover runner beans to add. Very happy that his food preferences fit my diabetic preferences very well. He eats bread during the day, otherwise he's perfectly happy without potatoes/rice/spaghetti.

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It's standard practice here as well to have a discussion about DNR but I was surprised that he juxtaposed it with the news that my heart is struggling atm with the pneumonia. I think he must have thought that too because he was quite hesitant. Not an easy subject for a doctor to bring up, I don't suppose. Better though than the doctor who told me, quite brutally, that they were putting a DNR notice on my husband. I asked if I had any input into that but the answer was "No". Better too than the hospital speeding the end of a sick patient by removing feeding. The local hospital tried that with my dad but he woke from his apparently unconscious state and demanded his porridge! The Uist hospital did that with an old friend who had had a stroke and had mild dementia. When her daughter arrived from Germany and demanded a review, it was too late. She had been without food or fluids for many days! Anyway, he said they don't do that now.
 
jpscloud said:
What a good thing you're doing for him, I hope he gets that supportive place to live. It's so uplifting to do good, isn't it? I know it's not in the same league, but feeding the hungry garden birds and making sure they have water to drink and bathe in makes me feel good too.
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Oh, I forgot about your reaction @jpscloud , yes, it looks like we've found him a very supportive place to live right here. Not ideal as far as living spaces go but possibly just what he needs at the moment, and much better than alternatives. For now, he seems to be rather overwhelmed by suddenly having a supportive circle of people around him, he was used to being very alone.
And I love you taking care of the garden birds!
 
Antje77 said:
Oh, I forgot about your reaction @jpscloud , yes, it looks like we've found him a very supportive place to live right here. Not ideal as far as living spaces go but possibly just what he needs at the moment, and much better than alternatives. For now, he seems to be rather overwhelmed by suddenly having a supportive circle of people around him, he was used to being very alone.
And I love you taking care of the garden birds!
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Supportive and very kind hearted. He’s fortunate to have found you and your neighbours.
 
No reason to not help someone out if you can @MommaE . Granted, it's a rather big change in my life, but why not? Life is built on chance encounters, and I'm feeling quite good in this new role as social worker. I also hope that when we've fixed the practical issues coming with a move he'll manage mostly on his own, and we can be friends just sharing a cuppa or a meal a few times a week.
Very happy too that a genuine social worker is coming over on monday, things are pretty complicated.

There's an annoying question that's been stuck in my head for days now, more urgent now I actually tried my hand at the amazing Welsh rarebit (https://www.diabetes.co.uk/forum/threads/what-have-you-eaten-today-low-carb-forum.75781/post-2792401).

I know how to pronounce Worcestershire sauce, but how do you say rarebit?
 
Antje77 said:
how do you say rarebit?
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Rare like not common, and bit like a small piece.

Reportedly it was originally a Welsh working class dish eaten by people who couldn't afford meat and it was called "Welsh rabbit" (rabbit meat being fairly common at the time but still unaffordable to poorer people). Because of this some people say it should be pronounced rabbit, but I haven't heard that pronunciation in everyday speech.

I'm not sure about that though, wouldn't cheese also have been expensive? But it's a funny name however you pronounce it!
 
Annb said:
It's standard practice here as well to have a discussion about DNR but I was surprised that he juxtaposed it with the news that my heart is struggling atm with the pneumonia. I think he must have thought that too because he was quite hesitant. Not an easy subject for a doctor to bring up, I don't suppose. Better though than the doctor who told me, quite brutally, that they were putting a DNR notice on my husband. I asked if I had any input into that but the answer was "No". Better too than the hospital speeding the end of a sick patient by removing feeding. The local hospital tried that with my dad but he woke from his apparently unconscious state and demanded his porridge! The Uist hospital did that with an old friend who had had a stroke and had mild dementia. When her daughter arrived from Germany and demanded a review, it was too late. She had been without food or fluids for many days! Anyway, he said they don't do that now.
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Hi how are you feeling now. Hope you are on the road to recovery. Take care. X
 
Plodding on with house reset, slow going but progress every day even if it's just one little thing. I've planted some indoor lettuce, pea shoots, coriander and celery under grow lights - another experiment really.

I had the usual breakfast, small and carby, then the last of the lentil and bacon (it was actually more swede and carrot than anything) stew for lunch and chicken with sprouts and gravy for tea.

@Annb, I hope you are doing ok, I'm thinking of you and wishing you well x
 
Caws pobi - toasted cheese in Welsh. Mentioned in a 1500's recipe. Later developed into Welsh Rarebit. Difference of opinion on rarebit/rabbit. If you're calling it rarebit, then it is pronounced as it looks "rare" and "bit".

Sorry no food to report on. Just finding what is easy and light. Eggs keep appearing. Currently on a regime of a cocktail of antibiotics, pepto bismol, lactulose, morphine, paracetamol and codeine, milk and water along with oxygen. No space in my sore stomach for anything else. Antibiotics should be finished tomorrow.
 
Annb said:
Caws pobi - toasted cheese in Welsh. Mentioned in a 1500's recipe. Later developed into Welsh Rarebit. Difference of opinion on rarebit/rabbit. If you're calling it rarebit, then it is pronounced as it looks "rare" and "bit".

Sorry no food to report on. Just finding what is easy and light. Eggs keep appearing. Currently on a regime of a cocktail of antibiotics, pepto bismol, lactulose, morphine, paracetamol and codeine, milk and water along with oxygen. No space in my sore stomach for anything else. Antibiotics should be finished tomorrow.
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Sending lots of love @Annb! x
 
Annb said:
Caws pobi - toasted cheese in Welsh. Mentioned in a 1500's recipe. Later developed into Welsh Rarebit. Difference of opinion on rarebit/rabbit. If you're calling it rarebit, then it is pronounced as it looks "rare" and "bit".

Sorry no food to report on. Just finding what is easy and light. Eggs keep appearing. Currently on a regime of a cocktail of antibiotics, pepto bismol, lactulose, morphine, paracetamol and codeine, milk and water along with oxygen. No space in my sore stomach for anything else. Antibiotics should be finished tomorrow.
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Would somebody be able to get you some bone broth, @Annb? Very easy to digest, soothes sore stomach, without taking up too much room. Was always recommended by medics in the dim and distance past for anyone ill, or recovering from illness.
I always used to make my own, but found some at local butcher, and notice M&S also gave some in the freezer section.
 
Breakfast, same small carby thing, lunch beef and broad beans and I don't know about tea yet but it might be chicken again.

Today I'm shredding cardboard that I've saved and asked my friends for, and storing it ready for the summer to mix with grass clippings and other green garden waste. My little paper shredder can manage all the Amazon type cardboard boxes apart from the very thick ones which I can use whole as weed suppressors. The bin I filled (well, started to fill) last autumn has now got some really nice compost full of worms and quite well broken down already, so it definitely works! It should save me a few bags of compost and I can use cheaper stuff with this mixed in.
 
Cauli cheese last meal yesterday and more of the same for breakfast. BG up to 8.1 but steadily down afterwards.

I was taken off the oxygen last evening and the kit was collected this morning. Blood test shows inflammation reduced from around 120 (not sure what the unit of measurement is) to 70 - doctor is OK with that. Sats still varying between 88 and 95%. Antibiotics finished - thank goodness. Not clear where we go from here.

Occupational Care man came in to see what they can do to help. He's recommending various things to try, so we'll see how that goes.

Lamb is on the cards for later.
 
Annb said:
Cauli cheese last meal yesterday and more of the same for breakfast. BG up to 8.1 but steadily down afterwards.

I was taken off the oxygen last evening and the kit was collected this morning. Blood test shows inflammation reduced from around 120 (not sure what the unit of measurement is) to 70 - doctor is OK with that. Sats still varying between 88 and 95%. Antibiotics finished - thank goodness. Not clear where we go from here.

Occupational Care man came in to see what they can do to help. He's recommending various things to try, so we'll see how that goes.

Lamb is on the cards for later.
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How are you feeling today?
 
A bit grotty today. Nurse says that's normal after an infection, so not to worry. I actually managed to lay down in my bed for and hour and a half last night. Discharged by the "Hospital at Home" service back to my GP - who will take no notice whatsoever. Anyway I can go to get my legs bandaged tomorrow. All's good.

Breakfast: cauliflower cheese. That's the last of it.

2nd meal: ragout made with lamb mince, onions and tomato with a few slices of cooked, chilled potato, roasted. A bit hard actually - I fell asleep and didn't take them out of the oven early enough. I will have them shortly.
 
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