Subj : T.O.H. Daily Recipe - To : Sean Dennis From : Ruth Haffly Date : Sat Dec 16 2023 13:56:15 Hi Sean, RH> Quite a range of possibilities but hopefully it's something minor. SD> Semi-final verdict: I actually have severe lower back pain, not kidney No fun; I fell a couple of years and hurt my back, broke clavicle also. Still have twinges on the back if I am on my feet too long or otherwise mistreat it but it's nothing severe. SD> pain. I'll be talking to physical therapy to help me. If not, SD> there can be lidocaine injections or even minor surgical procedures SD> to kill off the sensory nerves that cause issues. Hopefully therapy will help, tho it may hurt more initially. SD> Blood being in places it shouldn't be is most likely due from being on SD> two blood thinners but more tests have been ordered to rule anything SD> else out. Steve is on one blood thinner so was actually surprised last week when he cut himself that the bleeding stopped fairly quickly. He did apply pressure right away and after we got it rinsed off, put more pressure on with the bandaging. Don't know, because I didn't go into the ER treatment room, how much blood was on the bandaging when they cut it off but it hadn't fully soaked thru. He'll have a nice little reminder scar on his arm. SD> Next week, I will start getting shots in both eyes (one eye each for SD> two weeks then three weeks between injections). That would freak me out, seeing a needle come at my eyes. I was semi sedated for the cataract surgeries so wasn't aware of the needle coming at me. RH> Since I wore the same pair almost everywhere, I carried them around, in RH> rooms but realised I was carrying the one pair just about everywhere so RH> never bothered to do so. They were most handy in the kitchen and living RH> room (on the computer), also the sewing room. SD> I have a pair in the kitchen. I cannot cook or do the dishes without SD> them. They not only help focus but help the blurriness some (diabetic SD> retinopathy causes my vision to be blurry one day, clear the next). I needed them in the kitchen because the distance correction lenses from the cataract surgery were just enough to put things about 18" to 2' away fuzzy enough that I needed to sharpen them up. That was the distance between my eyes and cutting something on the counter; I wanted to make sure the knife was headed in the right spot, not a finger. RH> I'm trying to cut my carbs somewhat, not as severely as when I was RH> first diagnosed. Some days are better than others, planning pasta RH> and RH> salad for supper tonight so will go heavier on the salad than RH> the RH> pasta. SD> It's not all carbs for me. It's what type of carbs. Processed and SD> ultra-processed foods are out, as are starch veggies and grains. All SD> cause inflammation and that's what's killing me, literally. The edema SD> in the back of my eyes is severe enough that it might make me lose my SD> visionj much, much faster. No fun--have you looked into learning Braille? RH> What about yogurt with active cultures--would that help? We ended up RH> doing farmer's style chicken the other night, a riff on something we'd RH> had in Germany. Had the pasta last night without the salad but I went RH> easy on my serving. SD> Unfortunately, the active cultures usually get destroyed in the SD> stomach beforwe it hits my gut. My problem is that my gut is so bad SD> that I may need a fecal transplant. No fun. Among other things that did my older brother in besides uncontrolled diabetes was a C.Diff infection. I don't remember if he had the transplant or not but have read about them. RH> Cooking for one--very understandable. Even when Steve was gone for RH> extended TDY's in the Army, I still had to cook for the girls as well RH> as myself. Did do a few quick and easy things like hot dog stew (can of RH> veggie soup and cut up hot dogs to taste) but most often it was same as RH> when he was home. He took cooking short cuts if he was TDY and had to RH> do his own meals but since he didn't usually have much of a kitchen, it RH> was more practical for him to do so. SD> I can cook if I want but it's painful for me to be standing for more SD> than 10 minutes so I tend to make things where they're usually quick SD> or I can sit down while the meal is cooking. My right foot has been SD> incredibky swollen lately due to a multitude of causes but ironically SD> I had to cancel a podiatry appointment today as my right foot will not SD> fit into my prosthetic shoe right now... Could you improvise a shoe and have somebody take you? I know standing for long times can be hard; I have a tall stool in the kitchen that I use if needed. Just semi standing against it is a lot easier than when I have to be on my feet for long stretches of time. I also do a lot of prep work thruout the day, sitting down for some of it. RH> We prefer the tow behind over the 5th wheel--the back of the truck is RH> full of other stuff. SD> I mainly want a fifth wheel with the bed being over the wheel and SD> giving me more room in the trailer. We each have our preferences. (G) RH> Too bad you couldn't have kept it under some sort of shelter but do RH> understand the space limitations. I'm glad I have a full sized RH> dishwasher built in; it gets used several times a week. SD> The apartment I was looking at before this one I'm in now had a nice SD> stainless steel dishwasher in it. Our older daughter has a Bosch, stainless steel and quieter'n a whisper. Her family room is right off an open kitchen and you can't even hear the dishwasher--oly way you know it is running is to see a spot of light on the floor in front of it. SD> Title: Microwave Never-Fail Fudge SD> Categories: Candies, Chocolate, Microwave, Christmas, Holiday SD> Yield: 1 Servings SD> 2 1/2 c Sugar SD> 1/4 c Margarine SD> 2/3 c Evaporated milk SD> 7 oz Marshmallow creme SD> 6 oz Chocolate chips SD> 1/2 oz Baking chocolate Looks good but I'd add maybe half a teaspoon or so of peppermint extract or sprinkle crushed peppermint candies (candy canes?) on top of it. --- Catch you later, Ruth rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net FIDO 1:396/45.28 .... Wisdom consists in knowing what to do with what you know. --- PPoint 3.01 * Origin: Sew! That's My Point (1:396/45.28) .