MSGID: 1:396/45.29@fidonet fbd893ab   
   REPLY: 938.fidonet-fidogaze@1:2320/33 26c94dba   
   PID: OpenXP/5.0.51 (Win32)   
   CHRS: ASCII 1   
   TZUTC: -0400   
   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.  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.   
      
   --   
     ../|ug   
      
   --- OpenXP 5.0.51   
    * Origin:  (1:396/45.29)   
   SEEN-BY: 1/123 15/0 18/200 19/50 90/1 105/81 106/201 633 987 120/340   
   SEEN-BY: 123/131 124/5014 5016 129/330 331 130/330 153/7715 218/700   
   SEEN-BY: 226/30 227/114 229/110 111 200 206 307 317 400 424 426 428   
   SEEN-BY: 229/470 664 700 266/512 280/464 282/1038 292/854 317/3 320/219   
   SEEN-BY: 322/757 342/200 387/25 26 396/45 460/58 633/280 712/848   
   PATH: 396/45 229/426