Hospitalized After Falls and Weak Legs

[Seilerbird]

How many entree choices are on the menu for each meal?

Several dozen choices.

 

[Seilerbird]

 

[NY_Dutch]

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Looks pretty similar to the menus at the hospital my wife was in last December for three weeks. Then when she was moved to the hospital nursing home for physical therapy rehab after surgery on her wrist and a hip replacement, the menu was the same. We had trouble getting her to eat much, but it wasn't because of the food. Even bringing in some of her favorites didn't help.

 

[Arch Hoagland]

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Dang!!

 

[8Muddypaws]

My experience with hospital food was mixed. For some reason the doctor put me on salt restriction. They brought breakfast and said no when I asked for some salt for the cold scrambled eggs. 20 minutes later a nurse came in with an electrolyte mixture for me to drink ‘because my sodium was dangerously low’.

 

[TheBar]

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We are all getting older and our memories are fading. Based upon your menu choices, are you sure you didn't check into a resort instead of a hospital?

 

[whiteva]

A resort would not have a nurse standing at the door with a 5 gallon bag & hose staying roll over!

 

[Wasillaguy]

I asked for some salt for the cold scrambled eggs. 20 minutes later a nurse came in with an electrolyte mixture for me to drink ‘because my sodium was dangerously low’.

Hyponatremia. 10% to 30% of all hospitalized patients but they usually say you're "low on fluids" and then give you the saltwater IV.
Biggest scam in the medical industry. They tell patients not to eat salt. Lasix and other drugs prescribed to control edema are actually salt.
Studies show those who consume 4x the recommended have the lowest blood pressure.
Salt does not restrict blood vessels, low nitric oxide does.

 

[Alan_Hepburn]

Studies show those who consume 4x the recommended have the lowest blood pressure.
Salt does not restrict blood vessels, low nitric oxide does.

When my cardiologist was trying to figure out why my blood pressure was low (90/60) and I kept getting light-headed one thing she said was to eat more salt - she said I should be taking in between 4-8 grams of salt per day.

 

[Brad Buchanan]

Lasix and other drugs prescribed to control edema are actually salt.

Quite the opposite. Years ago there were salt tablets in factories to help the workers retain water.

If you ever took Lasix you would know the difference.

 

[jymbee]

Lasix and other drugs prescribed to control edema are actually salt

?? Lasix is NOT salt.

 

[Wasillaguy]

It is a carboxylic acid & is most frequently administered in its sodium salt form for solubility & therapeutic use. Patented salt.

As for workers taking salt tablets, I was one of them. Doesn't make you retain water. Replenishes the sodium lost in sweating, so you can continue sweating, so you don't get heat stroke.

 

[Arch Hoagland]

So how is your health doing now that you've been in there a couple weeks?

Any chance of getting discharged?

 

[Seilerbird]

You talking to me? If so the answer is no, I am getting worse.

 

[Arch Hoagland]

Yes and I really hope things turn around for you soon. Hang in there my friend!

 

[RayIN]

Quite the opposite. Years ago there were salt tablets in factories to help the workers retain water.

If you ever took Lasix you would know the difference.

Yup. Back when I was in the army at Ft. Benning, every table in a mess-hall had a bowl of salt tablets during summer months. Everyone had to swallow at least one tablet.
I recall having difficulty keeping my boots shined because first I had to use a wet rag to clean off all the salt stains, let them dry(required alternating pairs of boots), then polish them to a high shine again.
Now I'm on a salt-free diet due to high BP and stage 3 kidney disease.

 

[UTTransplant]

The photos of the hospital food are convincing me to post photos from our recent hospital excursion. Kevin and I just got home from the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, MN where he got an aortic valve replacement. They used a catheter through his groin arteries to put it in, so no open heart surgery! He’s doing great, just a little sore. Mayo is a miracle of organization, and I am really quite impressed. The food was also really good! Kevin got pot roast with carrots, a roll, ice cream, and a drink. I was able to order a “patient visitor tray” with all kinds of items for the kingly price of $8! Salmon, asparagus, roasted potatoes, fruit, dessert, and a drink for me. I had the fruit this morning for breakfast. Hospital food has come a long way!

 

[Seilerbird]

They want you to be healthy so it would be stupid to serve junk food. The meatloaf I had tonight was fabulous.

 

[Wasillaguy]

Most hospital food is horrible and it's been that way for decades. Skim milk and margarine and cereals and lots of ultra-processed junk.
The only thing turning it around now is the spotlight being shined on the problem by RFK and others.

 

[LarsMac]

In my Last hospital stay, they had great food. That was about ten years ago.