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     Kommentar till en text av RUTH HAFFLY
Ärende: back to school                                           [1]
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Hey Ruth!

-> ->  HN> Glad to hear he's ok...I had an acute
-> ->  HN> attack of kidney stones..not sure how
-> ->  HN> many but it lasted a week and I was
-> ->  HN> pretty much out of it for most of the
-> 
-> -> OUCH!!!!!!!!! My sympathies, good to hear you're
-> -> doing better.
-> 
->  HN> Chirpy as a bird at this point! (grin)
-> 
-> And avoiding high calcium intakes? I had a friend in HI who had to take
-> calcium but got kidney stones--double whammy. We've upped our fresh
-> greens intake over the past couple of years; I understand that can
-> contribute to stones as well.
->
Not particularly avoiding anything right
now, have a Dr's appt on the 27th and
will hopefully address the issue at that
point.
 
-> ->  HN> than moan and hurt..Did manage to stay
-> ->  HN> out of the ER and hospital so did not
-> 
-> -> A good thing then. Just rest and lots & lots of liquids to take care 
of
-> -> it? ERs are not fun; my FIL checked in at 8:42 pm and finally got a 
bed
-> -> around 5 am the next morning. They'd decided to admit him around
0030,
-> -> knew what ward even, but had to wait that long for a bed. After he
was
-> -> discharged, Mom dropped a perscription for him off at a big box
store,
-> -> was told it might be ready in an hour. About 4 hours later, after
some
-> -> "hard talking", Steve was able to pick it up.
-> 
->  HN> Which was one of the primary reasons I wanted
->  HN> to stay away from the ER and the hospital. Not
-> 
-> In this case, Dad had no choice but to go. It was for his own good & our
-> peace of mind.
->
When you gotta you gotta....
-> 
->  HN> much you can DO for a kidney stone unless it's
->  HN> so large or dangerous that you have to go in
->  HN> after it. If you go to ER they'll pump you
-> 
-> Dad's first room mate was in there for kidney stones--had them "blasted"
-> into smithereens. The first night he was in, Mom treated us to Sonny's
-> bbq for supper. Dad was on a liquid diet at that point; he had planned
-> to go with us. He was moved up to soft foods, discharged to a bland
-> diet. Now he's back to anything he wants, within reason but to avoid
-> nuts, seeds and such like.
->
If it's ever determined that I have 
the type that can be blasted I'll be
right there in line to get it done!!
 
-> -> City West where carts are allowed on public streets--she does not
care
-> -> for that and lets us know her opinion. She may be in that situation
-> -> herself some day tho.
-> 
->  HN> My wife's aunt seldom leaves her "complex" so seldom
->  HN> needs the car for other than trips outside the
->  HN> area. The retirement community she is in has
->  HN> several small busses that take folks on outings
->  HN> and even to Doctor's appointments and such.
-> 
-> AFAIK, the park Steve's folks are in doesn't have that. A medi-transport
-> is available thru one of the hospitals tho, and I guess they help each
-> other out for shopping, etc as needed.
->
From what I understand, the retirement
community where Anne's Aunt lives has
a shopping area with lots of other stores
as well...bordering the community. One side
is full of golf carts and the other side is
open to "the public"...Grocery, Drugstore, 
starbux, and a couple of restaurants as well.
 
-> -> We took over payments on a double wide mobile home once; that was the
-> -> closest to home ownership we've ever been. Sold it before Steve went
-> -> into the Army. It had a good sized kitchen, probably about comparable 
to
-> -> the one in the house here. Used for laundry room, dining room,
freezer
-> -> storage, etc besides cooking. Nice fridge/stove/sink layout tho not 
the
-> -> triangle that some designers say is idea. It also had a gas stove; 
don't
-> -> have that here but wish we did. (sigh!)
-> 
->  HN> Next place perhaps.
-> 
-> If I have my way but not if Steve wins out. He says it's a hazard to my
-> breathing.
->
Well that IS something to consider isn't it!
 
-> ->  HN> concern in her life. Heat in the Summer
-> ->  HN> will be a MUCH bigger factor!
-> 
-> -> Too far inland for the fog we got in Monterey/Pacific Grove when we
-> -> lived there while Steve was at DIL. We missed the heat of the summer
-> -> tho, not there long enough.
-> 
->  HN> Oh she's gonna get plenty of the heat!!
->  HN> Too far from SF and the coast for the
->  HN> fogs but the Sacramento river does cause
->  HN> some fogs of it's own...lots of rice grown
->  HN> in that area so LOTS of water.
-> 
-> Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm, have to check out where Lundberg Rice farms are in
-> relation to Sacramento. We've enjoyed their rice since we were in HI,
-> especially some of the blends.
->
Just checked on google earth, Lundberg
farms is based in Richvale which is 
about 65-70 miles north of Sacramento.
They could however be getting rice from
any number of areas....LOTS of rice 
grown around there!!
 
-> ->  HN> The two of them are happy and that's
-> ->  HN> as much as I can ask for at this point.
-> ->  HN> She's grown and living her own life and
-> ->  HN> I only give her my opinion WHEN she asks
-> ->  HN> for it..and very little advice when I do.
-> 
-> -> Sounds like us & our girls. (G)
-> 
->  HN> Yep, I figure we raised her to make
->  HN> good decisions, and she's not let us
->  HN> down yet...gotta trust that they know
->  HN> what they are doing. And stand by em when
->  HN> they ask for it.
-> 
-> Yes, that's why we say we have 6 grandkids instead of 4.
->
Whatever works! I'm just happy that 
we have a great relationship with her,
I know many parents who don't have a
decent relationship with their grown
kids...either because the kids have 
turned out to be idiots, or the parents
can't seem to understand that they've 
grown up and still treat them like
toddlers.
 
chat with you soon!
ha
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