Subj : 'stuff...'
To : Daryl Stout
From : August Abolins
Date : Thu Apr 28 2022 09:30 am
Hello Daryl!
** On Saturday 23.04.22 - 09:36, you wrote to me:
DS> If it's real low, like the one in the bathroom, and I
DS> have the walls to place my hands on, it'll keep me
DS> steady. But, the ones in the medical clinic, where I
DS> have to step up on them, and have nothing to hold on to,
DS> that gets dangerous...and I'm a Fall Risk. [...]
They can simply hoist you up like they do to weigh cattle. just
ask for that option. ;) Seriously, you SHOULD be allowed to
step up those higher scales with the assitance of hold onto
something. All they need is a 2 - 3 seconds to take a reading.
AA>> Just having some boiled eggs in the fridge can come in
AA>> handy from time to time. And.. you don't have to throw
AA>> them out when the electricity goes out or a day or two.
AA>> You DO know how to boil water, don't you?
DS> I can burn water. <G> Yet, I haven't used the stove
DS> here...let alone turned on any of the TV sets, in the
DS> last 4 years...since I put my Mom in a nursing home
DS> before her death.
TV has nothing to do with this. Why even mention that? Boiled
eggs = simple. All you have to do is place enough water in the
pot to cover the eggs. Remove pot as soon as the boil is a
steady roiling boil. Let eggs remain in hot water until cool.
Then store eggs [sans water] in fridge. Side note: you are
allowed to SIT when peeling eggs. And egg or two makes a great
satiating snack/meal. Have them with a little salmon and
mustard or avocado, or whatever. And.. all that is good for
you. You are wasting money on icecream sandwiches and pringles
and getting no nutritional benefits out of them.
AA>> There are numerous FRESH foods you can prepare sitting at the
AA>> kitchen table and that do not need serious cooking.
AA>> Pork chops and skinless chicken come out quite well in the
AA>> microwave. A baked potato comes out perfect in the microwave.
DS> The harder part is finding food low in sodium... [...]
READ what what I wrote above again. A skinless piece of
chicken or a piece of pork has no sodium! All they need is a
little bif of browning sauce + bread crumbs. Add some
flavouring to taste (eg Club House brand from the jars).
That's one course. And veggies as a next step while chicken/
pork cools.
DS> [...] but with only given a paltry amount of money on
DS> disability each month, and the price of groceries are
DS> through the roof (the price of low sodium foods are on the
DS> moon), I can't afford it.
Then why do you afford the pringles and the icecream
sandwiches? Is that from another budget? ;)
DS> It's likely I have to cut my diet to only 1 meal a day,
DS> with a very small quanitity of food, just to take my
DS> medicine...then eat nothing else the rest of the day.
DS> That's not very nutritious, though.
That's crazy. Maybe poor nutrition is making you think that
way! ;) Basically, find out what your body needs in max
calories for the day in order to attain a healthy weight, and
DON'T exceed that. Split that max cal count into as many
"meals" as you like.
DS> Plus, I'm looking at cardiac ablation surgery in early
DS> June...while that will possibly get rid of the atrial
DS> fibrillation, but I may still have to deal with
DS> congestive heart failure. I can deal with being on Lasix
DS> once a day...I just do my errands early in the day (I
DS> have to be up before the buttcrack of dawn to do my
DS> vital signs), and take it when I get home.
You've mentioned that many times before. You are clearly facing
a serious situation. I really hope the docs can fix up that
part. But do try to do your own part and eat better.
