Reply #92: what ...

[iverglas]

My parents genes have earned me high cholesterol and hypertension.

... you thought I didn't get them?? Ha. Metabolic syndrome and all that jazz, also from the pater's side. (Along with, for fuck's sake, psoriasis! Very very minor, fortunately.) Watch out for the type II diabetes susceptibility.


I actually have no idea whether it's possible to stay with adult patients overnight. In critical situations, a patient would be in ICU with limited visiting hours anyhow (as my dad was when first admitted for what led to the pacemaker); in chronic situations (like when he got the bedsore) it wouldn't be sensible.

I do know how often I get to rub my hands with that icy-cold antiseptic stuff ... and get Raynaud's attacks as a result ...

Speaking of which: time to go stick my hands in the freezer and dig out the tortillas to make the low-carb mu shu chicken thingies with.

My own super dooper low-carb cheesecake for dessert! One-quarter of a blueberry orange with chocolate graham crust (okay, I bought that) cheesecake: about 45 grams of carb. Stupendous.