-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 09-08-15  12:29 <=-

 > You probably already had the appendicitis starting, but the staging
 > probably would have made the pain more readily obvious to you...

 JK> Yep.. IIRC, it wasn't the first time such symptoms had shown
 JK> themselves but without an exporatory surgery, they couldn't be sure. 
 JK> When this happened during the play's 2nd night run, they did the
 JK> exploratory and found a rotten appendix 

Better they find it before it killed you, though... :)  My mother had
appendicitis when she was pregnant with me... Apparently we both
survived the surgery..  ;)

 > But you might have just as proud of
 > the costume had you made it originally for some one else..  :)

 JK> It was a beautiful dress in the fashion of the time.  I picked out the
 JK> colors and fabric after consulting with the stage designer, we had a
 JK> great time with that.

I can well imagine..  :)
 
 >> Yes, "Don't turn your head fast!" -  Live and learn :)  Walking in the
 >> dark is still a challenge sometimes though.  If I can spot some light
 >> in the distance, I'm ok.  That helps.
 > Something to focus on.... and recalibrate the spinning brain...

 JK> Yeah -  I have to use other senses to judge the up and down of things.
 JK> I.E., you can't count on your vestibular nerve, or sensations from your
 JK> feet, etc. (am I on the ground? where am I in space? Lol) when vertigo
 JK> hits. These days when it does hit it is no where as severe as back when I
 JK> first got it, as well.  The first time it hit, I was immediately puking
 JK> and the spinning was outrageous, and severe.  Now if I notice a weird
 JK> momentary spin, that's about as bad as it gets.

I can appreciate the relief.. ;)  I periodically go through times where
I have vertigo, probably the benign positional type... sometimes, just
knowing what it is helps it pass faster... and one learns some tricks
along the way for minimizing the effects...  :)
 
 >> I think I did for Fred.. One bag of Seafood Dinner, and one bag of
 >> Chicken whatever.. That way I could switch whenever the cat stopped
 >> eating one or the other :)
 > We've generally just set out a mixture of foods all along... for
 > instance, Dad's Special Mix with Meow Mix... or more recently, Wegmans'
 > Bugu and Ziggie Complete with the same brand Indoor...  Up till now that
 > worked quite nicely... but these two apparently decided that all they
 > like is the Complete, so we've dropped the Indoor mix...

 JK> If they are like Fred was, that would probably last about two weeks :)
 JK> One can hope I guess :)

They don't seem to be like Fred... we are somewhat surprised that they
prefer not to have the variety... but then, they're all different... and
these more than most... (G)

 >> I think it's funny that none of the 4 kittens we got from the animal
 >> shelter in Ithaca were so picky as Fred was.  Maybe because they were
 >> feral cats and were happy to not have to hunt? :)
 > Or maybe because they were young enough when they were brought in to not
 > have developed so much of a taste for "garbage smorgasbord"...?

 JK> hehe.. maybe.  I found Fred in our basement when he was new born,
 JK> along with the rest of his litter.  SweetHeart, my sister's cat had the
 JK> litter down in some hidden place in the basement, it was like Christmas
 JK> in the Spring when I found that litter :)  I think I was about 8 then,
 JK> it was great to find them. 

Then Fred probably just was a special case... that was his idiocyncasy
as a feline.. ;)

 >> sure the whole family will enjoy her birthday party...  :)
 >> Yes, I think so.  It's going to be in her home so at least if she gets
 >> weary she can retire to somewhere quiet.
 > That's good planning...  :)

 JK> Think so.. She has a large rambling home up in the catskills and I'm
 JK> sure her family hires help for her to maintain it.

If they aren't just doing the help for her themselves... :)

 >>> That does sound good..  :)  Will there be people there that might
 >>> appreciate having something be gluten free, though...?
 >> I think I'll ask around.  That's easy enough to do.  I can make both
 >> versions as well... that might be the best thing to do.
 > If your daughter is planning to come, she'd appreciate it, probably...
 > and I've been noticing that there are a lot more people around now that
 > are gluten-free either by choice or by necessity... We have some of each
 > in our church now...

 JK> Yes, there are a good number of people who are gluten free these days.
 JK> I just may make the gluten free one and forgo the 'gluten' one.  I've
 JK> gotten very good at making gluten free great tasting cakes, and most
 JK> people can't tell the difference.  You just have to have the right
 JK> ingredients :) 

As long as they don't have too much "bean-y" flours, I can quite enjoy
the non-gluten cakes and such... but the beans make me too gassy...

ttyl       neb

... Space is curved.  Either that or my car pulls to the left.

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