-=> Rob Mccart wrote to SEAN DENNIS <=-

 RM> Yes, that was definitely a nice thing for them to do.

It was.  Something I'll never forget.

 RM> I've never been in a hospital long enough to eat there but I have
 RM> to wonder if the bad reputation of hospital food is true or not..  B)

It is quite real.  At the VA hospital I go to, they have change it up daily
(unless you're on a very retricted diet).  At the civilian hospital I went to,
they have a set group of ingredients every week and you get the same stuff
wvery day, just made differently.

At my VA's Community Living Center (two-story building: bottom is a nursing
home, top is for long-term care; I have been in the long-term care section),
you have a representative from dietary show up every afternoon asking what you
want for the next day's meals--as long as it's within your diet--and generally
the food is pretty good.

With my diabetes behaving with my insulin pump, I hope when I go in for my
foot reconstruction surgery, I'll get better and more food. LOL  But they do
actually make some killer meals that were restaurant-quality, especially at
dinner.

 SD>That's real also.  I am currently being billed by a radiology group for an
  >x-ray at an external hospital's ER ... that I've never been to.

 RM> That takes it to a whole new level..

It's only USD$37 but still...

 RM> That can be important, both for self esteem and the activity might
 RM> help to keep one in better shape.. I think giving up on things
 RM> kills a lot of people. There are so many people you hear who were
 RM> in poor health but still somewhat acive and then they end up in
 RM> the hospital, and a few days or weeks later they are gone.

It's so very true.  Also, when I get a car again, that will help a lot.

When I go into get my foot rebuilt, I'll be alllowed to use my mobility
scooter and wear my own clothing (not wear their pajamas all the time) which
will allow me to get out and be social as well as take myself down to the main
hospital for my appointments.  I'll also have a nice laptop to do what I
normally do online: stay active with the BBS and my social stuff, pay my
monthly bills, chat, et cetera.  With that and the VA hospital has fiber
Internet from the same ISP I have at home, that makes me feel less isolated.

I may pay my younger sister, who is the assistant  housekeeping manager at a
local hotel, to come over once a month and do a light clean of my apartment.

 RM> My mother really wasn't all that bad healthwise (for 92) but ended
 RM> up in hospital for a broken leg and she really should have been
 RM> okay but just wasted away there and died a couple of weeks later..

I'm sorry to hear that.  That's terrible.  Issues with the hospital staff?

-- Sean

... Alan's Second Law: never eat anything bigger than your head.
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