Text 25443, 95 rader
Skriven 2012-05-27 21:39:01 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 25397 av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
Ärende: mental 715
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Hi Michael,

 RH> She benefitted from it, after she realised that she needed it and the
 RH> meds to function.  She got to the point where she was able to
 RH> discontinue both but will always be affected by it.

 ML> Fair enough. Certainly having an open mind - at some point
 ML> at least - yields positive results. But many who could
 ML> benefit from therapy don't, either by not getting it or not
 ML> accepting the lessons learned from it.

Very true. There've been a number of high profile court cases in the
greater area over the past year or so where mental health has played a
part. One just got going a couple of weeks ago after taking a good month
to pick a jury & alternates. From what I've heard/read, the defendent
and parents didn't tell the doctors everything some years ago.

 RH> The hard part was seeing what beneficial traits you might have made
 RH> more of an effort to go for.

 ML> That's still hard.

 ML>  Still, there might be some relatives that
 RH> see some positives from your parents in you, even if you don't see any.

 ML> I'm pretty certain no. But then I haven't seen a relative
 ML> aside from my unfortunate brother in four years.

Doesn't sound like you've got a whole lot of relatives you see much of
anyway. What about friends of your parents?


 RH> That'll do it. I've never been able to sleep on a plane, even the
 RH> overnight flights to Germany or from HI to the mainland.

 ML> There are several odd factors that allow me to live this
 ML> particular lifestyle (which many find unbelievably luxurious,
 ML> but which for me is mostly an adaptation to circumstance).
 ML> One of the most important is my ability to sleep on a plane.
 ML> Back when I was going with Carol, she noted that it appeared
 ML> that I was unable to sleep well anyplace except on a plane.

You're in the air so much. We'll be doing a lot of driving again this
summer--down to NOLA, returning via AL for the wedding of a couple of
our friends from church. A bit after that, heading north for the annual
summer check on the parents and a family get together. Who knows, we
might find an interesting hole in the wall restaurant somewhere in our
wanderings? Had an appointment with an orthopedic doctor last week--in
the WF area--and found a new to us Mediterranian restaurant. We also got
a chance to go by our favorite Indian place in Raleigh at lunch time on
Thursday for a good meal.

 ML> I slept in a similar strange position yesterday and got a
 ML> similar but less potent headache. I will save the Tylenol
 ML> trick for more severe situations.
 RH> Makes sense.

 ML> Comes of flying in coach, I suppose.

That's the only way we fly.


 ML> Grilled Pork on Skewers (Sateh babi)
 ML> cat: Indonesian, United Airlines, starter
 ML> servings: 8 to 12

 ML> 2 lb lean pork
 ML> Garlic salt and pepper to taste
 ML> juice of 1/2 lemon
 ML> 1 Tb ground ginger
 ML> 3 Tb sweet soy sauce

 ML> Cut meat in 1" cubes mix in all ingredients and let
 ML> marinate 1 hr. Put meat on skewers and grill over
 ML> moderate charcoal fire until done.

 ML> Serve with peanut or soy sauce.

Now that looks good! I guess we'd have to make up both a soy and a
peanut sauce; most of the latter use peanut butter which Steve would
like but I don't. Hmmmm, see what pork I've got in the freezer, what
fresh veggies can be grilled at the same time & put on the rice cooker.
Easy supper. Come to think of it, I've some boneless pork chops in the
freezer. I think I know what supper will be some night this week. (G)

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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