visiting my dad in the hospital today was an encouraging experience. he's doing remarkably well. as i thought about it afterwards i don't recall seeing him as happy before. i think it's the combination of having a near death experience and surviving, but also he's so extroverted and it seems that being at the hospital, being around people constantly, has really been good for his soul. it seems to be bringing out his most lovely and warm side. five days after surgery and they're set to release him tomorrow. to see him you won't really believe that he just had major surgery. he's up walking on his own unassisted. he's lively and spunky. he seems like a perfectly well gentleman.
while at the hospital joy and i joined my dad at an aftercare session. this covered physical restrictions, a talk from a dietitian and some medical information. the dietitian made it clear that the tips she was providing are good principles for everyone, not just people with diagnosed heart problems. she talked a lot about salt and encourages a no-adding salt approach. this prompted my dad to give me a 'i told you so look' since he's been waging war on my use of salt for my entire life. she suggested mrs dash seasonings instead and i decided to give that some thought, and when i looked up the website later i was quite impressed by the selection. so i'm giving up adding up salt to my foods in favour of spices :D
we're having some difficulties with our tenants. they're trying to convince us to lower the already low rent. i felt badly because he looked like he was about to cry. it's extremely awkward and i know we're in this crappy situation because they had no lease or defining agreement. that said, we're not negotiating with them. i feel sorry for him, but this issue is actually between them as housemates and doesn't actually involve us. blah......
i always wanted to be
commander in chief
of my one woman army.
3 comments:
What happened with the water?
And with the salt... does she recommend not even adding any when you're cooking? If I'm using things from a can, like tomatoes or beans or what have you, I often don't feel the need to add salt because these things already have salt added, but I find that food cooked from scratch using unprocessed ingredients is very bland without any salt at all, even when using a host of wonderful spices.
she said not to add any when cooking or add any when eating. with things like canned vegetables to rinse them before preparing them for the meal. that all seems doable. the only thing is that i tend to put salt in water to make it boil faster so i'll have to reconsider that.
The studies all say that only 25% of people have bad effects from eating salt. I think sometimes health pros get a big over-eager and evangelical about certain points of view, and a lot of them are disproved soon after. For example, they used to tell us to avoid fats and eat more carbs, but too much of either is unhealthy... I say take it with a grain of salt ;)
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