In article >,
"jmcquown" > wrote:

> "Omelet" > wrote in message
> news
> > In article >,
> > Janet Wilder > wrote:
> >
> >> jmcquown wrote:
> >> > "Ed Pawlowski" > wrote in message
> >> > ...
> >> >>
> >> >> "SteveB" <toquervilla@zionvistas> wrote in message
> >> >> ...
> >> >>> Any here who are post CABG (coronary artery bypass surgery). Would
> >> >>> you care to share your recipes and food practices with regard to
> >> >>> cholesterol, coumadin, et al? Other tips or practices?
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Thanks in advance.
> >> >>>
> >> >>> Steve
> >> >>
> >> >> My wife takes coumadin. The most important thing is to know what
> >> >> foods affect it and be consistent with them. Green salads are OK if
> >> >> you eat them in moderation two or three times a week, but if you eat
> >> >> spinach every day for a week, then don't eat any for a month, you will
> >> >> be out of whack for the PT test.
> >> >>
> >> >
> >> > They put my mother back on coumadin while she was in the hospital.
> >> > When
> >> > she came home and I went over the list of (30!) meds they had her on
> >> > (he
> >> > wasn't the one who prescribed this madness) I pointed out spinach is
> >> > one
> >> > of the few things she'll eat. And she can't eat spinach if she's
> >> > taking
> >> > coumadin. He prescribed a low-dose aspirin instead. You do indeed
> >> > have
> >> > to be careful about food and drug interactions.
> >> >
> >> > Jill
> >>
> >> He could have adjusted the dosage to accommodate the spinach.
> >
> > Uh, I think that's harder than you think. You'd have to have access to
> > constant lab testing.
> > --
> > Peace! Om
> >
> > "Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity
> > cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama
>
>
>
> And at that point I wasn't about to limit what she could/would eat for sake
> of coumadin. The daily low-dose aspirin accomplished the same thing. And
> she could eat Stouffer's Spinach Souffle with impunity It was all about
> making her comfortable, in the end. And she was comfortable. She died in
> her own bed, at home, with someone who loved her by her side.
>
> Jill

You did exactly the right thing. :-) Palliative measures are all that
really matter once people reach a certain point. Been there, done that.
<hugs>
--
Peace! Om

"Love and compassion are necessities, not luxuries. Without them humanity cannot survive." -- Dalai Lama