-=> Quoting Janis Kracht to Nancy Backus on 11-15-19  22:21 <=-

 >>> high compliment from him... 
 >> hahaha yep :):)  He reminds me in some ways of my oldest sister who
 >> passed a while back from Pancreatic cancer... As a child she'd delay
 >> eating by lining up the peas, or rigatoni or whatever in various
 >> designs hehe... I always burned up food so fast, I just wolfed it down
 > I guess we all have our own eating styles... ;)

 JK> Yes, and everybody's body is different in how it processes the fuel we
 JK> put in   I've been wearing essentially the same size clothes for
 JK> so long, it's almost funny when I look in my closet   I have this
 JK> velvet outfit I sewed a bazillion years ago that I'm hoping to wear
 JK> this holiday season.. It's pretty cool... velvet knickers and jacket
 JK> ... works great with boots and a satin blouse :)

How pretty... :)  You are so right as to everybody's body being
different in how it processes its fuel... Mine certainly isn't as
accomodating as yours is... 

 >>> It can be an ongoing struggle to get someone like her actually motivated
 >>> to do the rehab... the surgery itself can take so much out of them...
 >>> and the healing as well....
 >> The meds they give her don't help with mental clarity either.. most
 >> days I think she's in a state of confusion from that, though honestly
 >> before her latest fall she was really out of it often enough that we
 >> had to keep an eye on her so she didn't 'escape' out the back door when
 >> we were sleeping (making sure the back door and the storm door were
 >> locked was a necessity.)
 > For sure on the meds making things worse... but I guess it does sound as
 > though she'd already been slipping some...

 JK> Yes, this week continues to confirm what we feared after we heard
 JK> about the stroke..  with essentially no progress, her insurance will
 JK> slip into Medicaid as opposed to medicare.

She might have been having little strokes all along that just weren't
noticeable... that would also have played into the ability/mindset for
doing the rehab... 
 
 >> It gets better for Ron as the days go on, so that's a good thing, and
 >> I seem to have recovered now from the chest infection.
 > Yes, both are good things... good signs, too...  :)

 JK> And today I felt great because I ordered a number of 'seed pods' for
 JK> my aerogarden - that is a always boost :) :)  That company is so great,
 JK> I love it... I ordered eggplant, sweet peppers (not into hot ones
 JK> ), tomatoes and bok choy :)  Should be here in a couple days
 JK> so that's just great :) 

That's a mood booster, for sure...  :)  And you'll have the fresh
veggies to look forward to even as the season gets less appealing
outside... ;)

 >>>> It was a heavy load when she was here before she broke her
 >>>> hip, and now we're trying to 'catch up'.  Her doc thinks she'll be
 >>>> staying at Oak Hill for a number of reasons... I think her mind is
 >>>> going a bit as well as her sister's did.  That's sad.
 >>> I wonder if some of it is institutional delirium... her brain not
 >>> making total sense of the strange surroundings...
 >> Could be true but she wasn't "all there" many days well before her
 >> latest fall.
 > Lots of factors there... And that could have contributed to her fall in
 > the first place....

 JK> Yes, and now that we know she had a stroke it makes way to much sense
 JK> :( 

True.

 >> I'm doing ok now, and Ron has been doing better as well, but I'm not
 >> ready to commit to going through that kind of rehab at home when she
 >> could take a turn for the worst at any moment.  I'm glad her doctor
 >> decided that it was time for her to have supervised care in Oak Hill.
 > Sounds like perhaps it is time for that now, then... and you'll still be
 > able to visit her regularly and keep tabs on the facility...

 JK> Oh yes, we are in pretty much constant contact with the facility, so
 JK> that helps.
 
Yes, that would... :)

 >>>>> Well, I have been trying to force myself to eat 'decent' food as
 >>>>> opposed to junk (cookies, ice cream Lol) but I'm not even eating the
 >>>>> junk food.. my weight is down to 114.. geez.  I'll disappear soon if
 >>>>> this doesn't change :(
 >>>> Just need to keep at it... nibble on good stuff between meals if you
 >>>> can... make the cookies specially nutritious... ;)

 JK> My favorite recipe for peanut butter cookies is one that I've used
 JK> since "forever".. it is so good, just 2cups peanut butter, and 2 cups
 JK> sugar (I cut down the sugar to about 1 1/2 cups), and no flour.

Those would be rather nutritious... and be an easier way to eat the PB
than on a spoon from the jar... 
 
 >>>> I've been making pumpkin bread - that's great :)
 >>> And eating nice thick slices of it with plenty of butter...?  ;)
 >> Well, pumpkin bread at least haha :)
 > Not that into slathering it with butter....?  :)

 JK> Nah, too much butter kills it IMO .. but to each his own I guess
 JK> :) 

Yup.

 >>>> Another use for your indoor garden... :)  Have you made any goodies yet
 >>>> with the pumpkins...?
 >>> Maybe next week.. we'll see :)
 >> Anything yet...?  ;)

 JK> I'm going to be defrosting some of the pumpkin soon to start pumpkin
 JK> bread, and pies for the holidays soon :)

Yup the holidays are fast approaching now... :)

ttyl         neb

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