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7145. jexster - 6/14/2007 3:48:15 PM Do Not Get Sick in Los Angeles
Tragic Catch-911 for dying woman
June 13, 2007
In the 40 minutes before a woman's death last month at Martin Luther King Jr.-Harbor Hospital, two separate callers pleaded with 911 dispatchers to send help because the hospital staff was ignoring her as she writhed on the floor, according to audio recordings of the calls.
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An LA Supe says the janitors did a fine job of cleaning up the vomit of the woman dying on the floor 7146. thoughtful - 6/14/2007 4:51:58 PM and to think we're spending 16% of our GDP for this top notch health care system! 7147. arkymalarky - 7/14/2007 3:28:07 AM Well, I did 2 miles of mt. Walking at 8800ft, and now we're walking in Pearl Street Mall in Boulder. I'll post more at home, but since getting my thyroid straightened out I've lost 11 lbs and I'm getting more able to exercise. I've taken a lot of the advice here, especially keeping an eating journal. I'm trying to stay at 1500-1600 calories a day and staying out of restaurants. I'd like to lose 25-30 more, but mostly I'm ready to stop feeling like crap all the time. It's pretty bad when both your 70+ parents can run circles around you, to say nothing of Bob, who's 8 years older. 7148. thoughtful - 7/16/2007 5:30:12 PM good news on the 11 lbs. Keep up the good work. 7149. arkymalarky - 7/16/2007 10:10:01 PM Thanks!
We're on our way home now and I'm going to the doc Wed to talk about thyroid, hormones, etc, and I hope to have a diet/exercise/supplement regimen in full swing by the time school starts. The isolation of the cabin makes it easier to establish a routine and I'm hopeful I will stick with it.
I have another question for y'all along that line. I'm trying to decide what supplements to take besides a multivitamin. I'm thinking ginseng and flaxseed, and maybe D. I'm probably about to go back on hormones, at least for a while. Any suggestions would be very helpful. 7150. thoughtful - 7/17/2007 2:12:31 PM IMO ginseng is not worth it. Flaxseed oil definitely is but make sure the oil is refrigerated when you buy it and keep it refrigerated. The good omega-3s deteriorate rapidly when heated, thus you can't cook with it and expect it to stay beneficial. Vit D would be ok, depending on how much sun you get as your body will make its own. Also check how much is in your multivit. You should also consider adding a calcium supplement and most of those have added vit d as it's necessary to properly utilize the calcium. Along with calcium, it doesn't hurt to supplement magnesium. 7151. arkymalarky - 7/17/2007 3:47:24 PM Thanks! Bob takes ginseng and I have noted positive effects from drinking ginseng tea in the past wrt feeling. As a daily supplement, you're probably right, tho Bob's best friend swears by it and it's had good results in some major study, I think I read about in Newsweek. I'd as soon drink the tea, but it's hard to find here. Bob got a huge box of ginseng tea from a Korean exchange student, but that was a few years ago; he takes a supplement or the real root, which grows in parts of AR, when he can get it. 7152. judithathome - 7/17/2007 11:28:46 PM Arky, I'll bring you a box of the tea...Keoni drinks it and gets a good brand from Korea. It keeps really well, too. 7153. arkymalarky - 7/18/2007 12:33:53 AM Oh cool! Thanks Judith! 7154. arkymalarky - 7/18/2007 7:48:13 PM Well, went to the doctor, have meds in order and a plan lined out, and I'm done. I will check back with her wrt meds in 2 months and with my allergist at the end of Sept. I'll either stick with my plan or not, but my meds, supplements, diet, and exercise are all in place. Thanks for all the good advice and support! I feel I can take control of my routine for the first time in several years, and if it doesn't work it's all on me. 7155. thoughtful - 7/18/2007 8:07:42 PM Or, if it doesn't work, there's always more adjustments.
I've found I do much better with gradual adjustments than drastic changes.
I'm amazed at how I used to never drink coffee without sweetener/sugar, and now just the smell of is such a turnoff.
I'm amazed at how I used to mainline diet soda and now regular soda smells like sugar syrup and the diet smells flat. BLECCH!
But if someone told me I had to give them up all up at once, I'd've never done it. I would've felt deprived and craved it, and gone back.
And just as bad habits can be a problem, good habits can also be your friend. I miss veggies if I don't have them at breakfast and I go nuts if I miss more than a day or two of my walk. A few years ago, if you asked me if i'd ever eat broccoli at breakfast, I'd have told you you were nuts! 7156. wonkers2 - 7/20/2007 3:17:57 PM 2008 brings big stakes for health care 7157. concerned - 7/20/2007 5:59:10 PM Re. 7155 -
Broccoli for breakfast? Isn't that taking things a bit far? Unless you're talking broccoli filled doughnuts, of course. 7158. concerned - 7/20/2007 6:02:02 PM Can you become 'addicted' to supplements? One weekend, I tried not taking mine and by Monday morning, I felt like I used to when I had a hangover, even though I had almost nothing to drink during the weekend. 7159. judithathome - 7/20/2007 8:51:43 PM Keoni is on week 4 of his Chantix (to stop smoking) and not only is he off ciggies, he isn't as enthusiastic about coffee, either. Bizarre, because he drinks coffee almost every waking hour. 7160. robertjayb - 7/26/2007 4:55:34 AM Scat! Get that cat outta here!
PROVIDENCE, R.I. — Oscar the cat seems to have an uncanny knack for predicting when nursing home patients are going to die, by curling up next to them during their final hours.
His accuracy, observed in 25 cases, has led the staff to call family members once he has chosen someone. It usually means they have less than four hours to live.
"He doesn't make too many mistakes. He seems to understand when patients are about to die," said Dr. David Dosa in an interview.
7161. wonkers2 - 7/26/2007 1:38:15 PM There must be a scientific explanation?? Maybe the cat is somehow speeding up the process! 7162. arkymalarky - 7/26/2007 1:42:03 PM Maybe when he curls up on their beds he's pinching an oxygen tube. 7163. Wombat - 7/26/2007 2:51:20 PM More likely, he doesn't get petted or otherwise fussed over, so he can get some rest. 7164. arkymalarky - 7/26/2007 5:34:24 PM OOoooh.
BTW, Wombat, did you get my email a while back? My syllabus was approved, so now all I have to do is implement it. ;-)
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