Dinner 9/5/2018
 

On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 9:18:47 AM UTC-10, S Viemeister wrote:
> On 9/7/2018 5:55 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>
> >
> Likely norovirus or winter vomiting disease.

Winter vomiting disease - I like that. It sounds poetic, compared to stomach flu.

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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 8:41:22 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Yes, I know gastroenteritis! Horrible. I had it once, many years ago in
> Germany. We were travelling and stopped at a small cafe/restaurant. I
> was
> so ill after eating there! Eating out is such a rare event now I don't
> have
> to worry too much. I love to cook, D loves to eat my cooking .. so who
> needs to go out <g>
>
> Anyway I hope you are both fully recovered.

Not fully - just around 90%. We're still feeling a little weak. There is
however, a mild euphoria about being alive. :)

====

Oooh yes!!! Ask me how I know <g>

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dsi1 wrote:

> On Thursday, September 6, 2018 at 2:03:52 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
> >
> > I think you mean something like this:
> >
> >
https://www.chowhound.com/recipes/gi...porridge-29184
> >
> > There are many types, you wanted the ginger type.
>
> I've never heard of jook without ginger. OTOH, the one I had was
> gingerless so I guess anything is possible. OTOH, jook without ginger
> has no miraculous, restorative, properties.

LOL, no problem, Thats just what you get in Hawaii for it. You are
used to that version.

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On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 4:26:55 PM UTC-10, cshenk wrote:
>
> LOL, no problem, Thats just what you get in Hawaii for it. You are
> used to that version.

That could very well be, I've never been to China. OTOH, ginger is highly valued in China for its restorative properties. It seems odd to have jook, i.e., "Chinese Penicillin" without the stuff.

https://metropolisjapan.com/the-story-of-ginger/

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On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:56:45 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Oooh yes!!! Ask me how I know <g>

You are a fellow traveler? You know Trotsky? Ah yes, I know.

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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Friday, September 7, 2018 at 10:56:45 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Oooh yes!!! Ask me how I know <g>

You are a fellow traveler? You know Trotsky? Ah yes, I know.


==

Hmmm you may wish you hadn't asked. I nearly died after I got a serious
infection after surgery.

I am sure you are not interested in the gory details ;p

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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 12:18:39 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Hmmm you may wish you hadn't asked. I nearly died after I got a serious
> infection after surgery.
>
> I am sure you are not interested in the gory details ;p

Not to be nosy but what's the scoop on that?

Okay, I am nosy.

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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 12:18:39 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Hmmm you may wish you hadn't asked. I nearly died after I got a serious
> infection after surgery.
>
> I am sure you are not interested in the gory details ;p

Not to be nosy but what's the scoop on that?

Okay, I am nosy.

==

After I had one of my knees replaced, I caught a serious infection in the
wound. I was in hospital for a long time after they had opened it and
cleaned it up. The infection was a bug that can be found on the skin so it
wasn't anyone's fault. After I was released from hospital I had a thing put
in the wall of my chest and I had to feed antibiotics into it regularly.
Well D did it for me. It allowed me to get out of hospital or I could have
been there for a very long time:(

I don't remember an awful lot about it. But it took me more than a year to
recover. I can't remember the name of the bug and D isn't here atm but if
you are interested I will ask him when he comes back.

You can imagine I was hesitant about getting the other one done, but I did
and D was in my hospital room every day, cleaning every inch of it. This
was private medicine too.

No problems at all with the other one thank goodness:)

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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:14:52 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ==
>
> After I had one of my knees replaced, I caught a serious infection in the
> wound. I was in hospital for a long time after they had opened it and
> cleaned it up. The infection was a bug that can be found on the skin so it
> wasn't anyone's fault. After I was released from hospital I had a thing put
> in the wall of my chest and I had to feed antibiotics into it regularly.
> Well D did it for me. It allowed me to get out of hospital or I could have
> been there for a very long time:(
>
> I don't remember an awful lot about it. But it took me more than a year to
> recover. I can't remember the name of the bug and D isn't here atm but if
> you are interested I will ask him when he comes back.
>
> You can imagine I was hesitant about getting the other one done, but I did
> and D was in my hospital room every day, cleaning every inch of it. This
> was private medicine too.
>
> No problems at all with the other one thank goodness:)

"Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" aka, MRSA aka, "super-bug?" That's some nasty stuff.

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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:14:52 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ==
>
> After I had one of my knees replaced, I caught a serious infection in the
> wound. I was in hospital for a long time after they had opened it and
> cleaned it up. The infection was a bug that can be found on the skin so
> it
> wasn't anyone's fault. After I was released from hospital I had a thing
> put
> in the wall of my chest and I had to feed antibiotics into it regularly.
> Well D did it for me. It allowed me to get out of hospital or I could
> have
> been there for a very long time:(
>
> I don't remember an awful lot about it. But it took me more than a year
> to
> recover. I can't remember the name of the bug and D isn't here atm but if
> you are interested I will ask him when he comes back.
>
> You can imagine I was hesitant about getting the other one done, but I did
> and D was in my hospital room every day, cleaning every inch of it. This
> was private medicine too.
>
> No problems at all with the other one thank goodness:)

"Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" aka, MRSA aka, "super-bug?"
That's some nasty stuff.
===

Yes, that's it! Staphylococcus aureus! Well it nearly killed me!

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On 2018-09-08 1:37 PM, dsi1 wrote:
> On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:14:52 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:

>> You can imagine I was hesitant about getting the other one done,
>> but I did and D was in my hospital room every day, cleaning every
>> inch of it. This was private medicine too.
>>
>> No problems at all with the other one thank goodness:)
>
> "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" aka, MRSA aka,
> "super-bug?" That's some nasty stuff.
>

Hospitals are full of sick people and strange bugs. When I had my gall
bladder out a few years ago they kept asking about my bowel movements.
I was loose, very loose, which was no surprise to me because I had been
on a clear fluid diet for more than a week, tea, coffee, broth and
juice, the sort of things that do that to me. I had to do the stool
sample thing. After that, everyone who came into my room was wearing a
gown and then disposing of it. Feeling so much better after the surgery
and having been so sick for so long, I was out walking up and down the
halls. No one said a word to me about it, so I was quite surprised to
learn from the cleaning lady that I was under quarantine. No one had
told me that I had fallen into the C-dificile protocol.

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On Sat, 8 Sep 2018 18:22:25 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2018-09-08 1:37 PM, dsi1 wrote:
>> On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 1:14:52 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
>>> You can imagine I was hesitant about getting the other one done,
>>> but I did and D was in my hospital room every day, cleaning every
>>> inch of it. This was private medicine too.
>>>
>>> No problems at all with the other one thank goodness:)
>>
>> "Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus" aka, MRSA aka,
>> "super-bug?" That's some nasty stuff.
>>
>
>Hospitals are full of sick people and strange bugs. When I had my gall
>bladder out a few years ago they kept asking about my bowel movements.
>I was loose, very loose, which was no surprise to me because I had been
>on a clear fluid diet for more than a week, tea, coffee, broth and
>juice, the sort of things that do that to me. I had to do the stool
>sample thing. After that, everyone who came into my room was wearing a
>gown and then disposing of it. Feeling so much better after the surgery
>and having been so sick for so long, I was out walking up and down the
>halls. No one said a word to me about it, so I was quite surprised to
>learn from the cleaning lady that I was under quarantine. No one had
>told me that I had fallen into the C-dificile protocol.

Can't you write your autobiography rather than post it all here?

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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 8:18:44 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ===
>
> Yes, that's it! Staphylococcus aureus! Well it nearly killed me!

Congrats on being alive. Being alive is a very good thing. It's gotta be one of the best ideas I've ever had. :)

I too, had a MRSA infection. It is a most peculiar bug. My wounds looked like some kind of cheesy sci-fi special effects makeup. It was a bloody mess with little white bubbles that looked like alien bug eggs. That was creepy.

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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 8:18:44 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> ===
>
> Yes, that's it! Staphylococcus aureus! Well it nearly killed me!

Congrats on being alive. Being alive is a very good thing. It's gotta be one
of the best ideas I've ever had. :)

I too, had a MRSA infection. It is a most peculiar bug. My wounds looked
like some kind of cheesy sci-fi special effects makeup. It was a bloody mess
with little white bubbles that looked like alien bug eggs. That was creepy.

====

Congrats to you too! I am very pleased you are recovered too!! We are very
lucky:)))

I bet Mrs D was relieved. I know my D was!! If we get the chance we should
all celebrate :))

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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:33:58 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Congrats to you too! I am very pleased you are recovered too!! We are very
> lucky:)))
>
> I bet Mrs D was relieved. I know my D was!! If we get the chance we should
> all celebrate :))

My wife was the infection control officer at her hospital at the time and she was scared to death of the stuff. She did the wound cleaning for me - thank God! That must have been a pretty repulsive job.

The day my mother-in-law died, I had to make a choice between going home to be with my family or to keep a doctor's appointment to have it looked at. I did the unthinkable and saw my doctor. I felt I had no choice in the matter. In the end, the infection was controlled by a drug used to treat acne.

I shall contact you if we ever get to your neck of the woods. We can celebrate being alive. :)

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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:33:58 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
>
> Congrats to you too! I am very pleased you are recovered too!! We are
> very
> lucky:)))
>
> I bet Mrs D was relieved. I know my D was!! If we get the chance we
> should
> all celebrate :))

My wife was the infection control officer at her hospital at the time and
she was scared to death of the stuff. She did the wound cleaning for me -
thank God! That must have been a pretty repulsive job.

The day my mother-in-law died, I had to make a choice between going home to
be with my family or to keep a doctor's appointment to have it looked at. I
did the unthinkable and saw my doctor. I felt I had no choice in the matter.
In the end, the infection was controlled by a drug used to treat acne.

Wow! I hadn't heard of that. I was allowed out of hospital with a
Hickmanline in my chest and D inserted the antiboitics daily. The ambulance
came once a week to take me to the hospital to be checked and get more meds.

I shall contact you if we ever get to your neck of the woods. We can
celebrate being alive. :)

Jolly good:))

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On Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 9:12:52 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:33:58 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > Congrats to you too! I am very pleased you are recovered too!! We are
> > very
> > lucky:)))
> >
> > I bet Mrs D was relieved. I know my D was!! If we get the chance we
> > should
> > all celebrate :))
>
> My wife was the infection control officer at her hospital at the time and
> she was scared to death of the stuff. She did the wound cleaning for me -
> thank God! That must have been a pretty repulsive job.
>
> The day my mother-in-law died, I had to make a choice between going home to
> be with my family or to keep a doctor's appointment to have it looked at. I
> did the unthinkable and saw my doctor. I felt I had no choice in the matter.
> In the end, the infection was controlled by a drug used to treat acne.
>
> Wow! I hadn't heard of that. I was allowed out of hospital with a
> Hickmanline in my chest and D inserted the antiboitics daily. The ambulance
> came once a week to take me to the hospital to be checked and get more meds.
>
> I shall contact you if we ever get to your neck of the woods. We can
> celebrate being alive. :)
>
> Jolly good:))

I thought I had it bad, yours was much worse. The important takeaway from this is that without our spouses, it would be like being lost at sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_256xd9N27o

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"dsi1" wrote in message
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On Sunday, September 9, 2018 at 9:12:52 AM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> "dsi1" wrote in message
> ...
>
> On Saturday, September 8, 2018 at 11:33:58 PM UTC-10, Ophelia wrote:
> >
> > Congrats to you too! I am very pleased you are recovered too!! We are
> > very
> > lucky:)))
> >
> > I bet Mrs D was relieved. I know my D was!! If we get the chance we
> > should
> > all celebrate :))
>
> My wife was the infection control officer at her hospital at the time and
> she was scared to death of the stuff. She did the wound cleaning for me -
> thank God! That must have been a pretty repulsive job.
>
> The day my mother-in-law died, I had to make a choice between going home
> to
> be with my family or to keep a doctor's appointment to have it looked at.
> I
> did the unthinkable and saw my doctor. I felt I had no choice in the
> matter.
> In the end, the infection was controlled by a drug used to treat acne.
>
> Wow! I hadn't heard of that. I was allowed out of hospital with a
> Hickmanline in my chest and D inserted the antiboitics daily. The
> ambulance
> came once a week to take me to the hospital to be checked and get more
> meds.
>
> I shall contact you if we ever get to your neck of the woods. We can
> celebrate being alive. :)
>
> Jolly good:))

I thought I had it bad, yours was much worse. The important takeaway from
this is that without our spouses, it would be like being lost at sea.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_256xd9N27o

===

You better believe it!!! I don't know what I would do without my lovely
D!!

I am not sure Kate Bush can portray it with her sheep but .. there ya go:))

I would look forward very much to meeting up with you and your wife! She is
lucky to have you, as I am indeed very lucky to have my D :))))

It should be fun:))