Text 3646, 77 rader
Skriven 2006-07-20 13:20:37 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 3546 av Carol Shenkenberger (6:757/1)
Ärende: some news
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Hi Carol,

RH> Fun when you have a doctor who's easy to work with.  I have to say "go
RH> bye" in a couple of weeks to my pulminologist; when I first started
RH> working with him 5 years ago, he said that he might do some things I

 CS> Yeah, bummer to lose a good one once you find one.

Yes, I'm glad he kept extending over here so I could keep up the
continuity of care.


 CS> Oh, lab rate tests back <g>.  Yup, low grade calcium deficit here.
 CS> Fixable as it's been caught early.

OK, gives you a chance to become Cheese Monkey #2 on here. (G)

 CS> shift in Japan other than off red meats mostly, is cheese went way

RH> We haven't changed much in our cheese eating habits (high) but have
RH> switched from mostly cow's milk to mostly soy for drinking and on
RH> cereal.  We've also picked up on our yogurt consumption, especially
RH> Steve, in the last couple of years. Also, we've eliminated just about
RH> all pork (me rather reluctantly) and most red meat from our diet and
RH> added more fresh fish.

 CS> I get to have my cheese fix again <g>.  1 cup of cottage a week plus
 CS> at least 2 oz of 'other' a week.  I'm not a big yogurt fan but skim
 CS> ricotta will go back on the shopping list along with FF sourcream.

Was it something you gave up intentionally or just sort of slipped away
from eating? I upped my yogurt eating when I knew I needed to get more
calcium but didn't want the extra pills. (I already do use a couple a
day.)  Over here we've become bigger ice cream eaters too but too much
of that isn't good for either of us.

 CS> I'm not absorbing it right.  He also looked over Charlotte and advised
 CS> we keep giving her a healthy cup of milk with dinner as well as keep
 CS> up the habit of a bottle of floridated water a day (something he's

RH> Sounds like he's got his act togethr quite well. He appears to be
RH> incorporating the best of traditional and modern medical practice; I
RH> know you'll miss him when you move back to the states next year.

 CS> Yup.  It's Japanese style to do it that way.  I wont say all their
 CS> medical practices are great, but the eating for health part is very
 CS> common here with long time traditions.

It sounds like a lot of "western" medical schools could take a lesson
from their Asian counterparts.  Eating for health isn't exactly a major
part of their curriculum.


RH> worse, depending on how much weight bearing exercise I've been able to
RH> do, eating habits, use of various meds, etc.  I'm tryng to keep from
RH> slipping into full blown osteoporosis; OTOH, I know my boes will never
RH> be in the "normal" range.  Good thing I like soy milk, cheese, ice cre
RH> (G), yogurt, etc and will push the greens more.

 CS> He hasnt mentioned exercise to me, but i think I probably get enough
 CS> for that to not be an issue.

I think he probably knows you get more than the average amount.  I need
to get more han I do, OTOH, I'm not as much a "chair (vs couch) potato"
as my mom.  One good thing about this townhouse--I'm up & down the
stairs umpteen dozen or more times a day. (G)


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Ruth
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