Greasy, fried food, he thinks it should be okay for him to eat.
He better learn to love oatmeal or raisin bran or he can start working on his will this afternoon.
Death is your art. You make it with your hands day after day. That final gasp, that look of peace. And part of you is desperate to know: What's it like? Where does it lead you? And now you see, that's the secret. Not the punch you didn't throw or the kicks you didn't land. She really wanted it. Every Slayer has a death wish. Even you.
Spike ,'Conversations with Dead People'
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DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:06:33 am PST #8236 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
Trudy Booth - Mar 21, 2005 8:08:17 am PST #8237 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart
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Amy P: Tell her, "quit it"
Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2005 8:10:39 am PST #8238 of 10001
brillig
Plus his eating habits are going to be an issue. Every day he goes and eats "country" food at a restaurant across from his office. Greasy, fried food, he thinks it should be okay for him to eat.
As someone who's been dealing with this, you telling him to change will do nothing but annoy him. He's just had a huge scare, and contemplating the pleasures he'll have to modify is not going to help his mood. If he's been going to that restaurant for so long, it's part of his social life. Sweeping changes, unless he initiates them, will not stick. He's going to miss his old life, and he may come to the conclusion that a country fried steak with his buddies is worth the risk.
Would it be possible for you to go to that restaurant with him and look at the menu? There might be compromise options. Heck, enlist the waitresses who have served him for years in the fight. They want to keep a good customer.
At the bottom of it, though, an extended life without joy is not always a victory.
brenda m - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:21 am PST #8239 of 10001
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
He better learn to love oatmeal or raisin bran or he can start working on his will this afternoon.
Good luck with that. My father's been resisiting any and all improvements to his diet and lifestyle for more than ten years since his first heart attack.
Pix - Mar 21, 2005 8:11:35 am PST #8240 of 10001
We're all getting played with, babe. -Weird Barbie
askye, so glad your dad is doing better!
Aims - Mar 21, 2005 8:15:20 am PST #8241 of 10001
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Amy P: Tell her, "quit it"
I'm trying!!
Connie Neil - Mar 21, 2005 8:16:18 am PST #8242 of 10001
brillig
What am I supposed to quit now? I haven't endulged in pervy thoughts of underage relatives in hours.
Betsy HP - Mar 21, 2005 8:16:21 am PST #8243 of 10001
If I only had a brain...
I think Connie's suggestion is brilliant. "What can you eat in your favorite restaurant?" will probably work better than "Hey, son, it's Meiji's Macrobiotic Munchies from here on!"
DavidS - Mar 21, 2005 8:19:48 am PST #8244 of 10001
"Look, son, if it's good enough for Shirley Bassey, it's good enough for you."
I think Connie's suggestion is brilliant. "What can you eat in your favorite restaurant?" will probably work better than "Hey, son, it's Meiji's Macrobiotic Munchies from here on!"
Undoubtedly, she speaks from experience and knows the ways of the stubborn greasy spoon fancier.
-t - Mar 21, 2005 8:20:55 am PST #8245 of 10001
I am a woman of various inclinations and only some of the time are they to burn everything down in frustration
I'm glad to hear there's no damage to the heart, askye!
My dad was in a support group/research program for people with heart disease after his surgery, and he was impressed by how much there seemed to be a type among them (including himself) - people who didn't like to relax and wanted to be in charge of everything. My dad channeled his Type A-ness into being very focussed on his diet and getting exercize and forcing himself to do his meditation and relaxation. I hope yours can find a way to be healthy, too.
Also, that drug coated stent thing sounds really cool.