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I'm drinking a cup of mint tea as we speak. And yes, dandelion roots (dried and broken) and leaves (fresh or dried; no pesticides) also make a good liver support tea.
 
I made clover tea last night actually. There's a ton of it growing around our temporary community garden so it seemed like a safe place to pick from.
 
A blessing for a foggy Friday morn:
May your tea never be cold. May your coffee cup never be empty. May the warm beverage of your choice help start the day in a good way.

Drink up.

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Ooo - sorry to hear about the steriods Luce NDs - tough drugs to endure, but often an only option. Hoping it is helpful to you - anything that would turn coffee out of my life would surely have to be proving its worth!!
 
Yeah, steroids can be great at treating what they are meant to treat but the side effects can be nasty stuff. Mrs. M and I have both had family members on them. Take care, @Luce NDs
 
I got very sad and worrisome news today.

My (sometimes former) "Aging Hippie", a man I've been in a complicated relationship with for 24 years, has had a series of strokes, and is in the local hospital. I'd been worrying for a few days, because I hadn't heard from him (he doesn't always call daily these days, but usually at least every other day). Because of COVID-19, I haven't seen him, except from a couple of metres away, when I dropped off groceries or something at the front door of his apartment building, since March. I'm at high risk of passing on COVID, because of where I work, and he's at high risk for complications of contagion, because he's on dialysis, and other problems. I got to talk to him today, and he's quite 'there', anyway. His sister said he was confused; he didn't really seem it to me, although concerned about his cat, Cookie, who is in the care of his mother and sister in Mom's condo, and they're not really cat people, so I get it.

This just sorta bites.
 
BetteTheRed said:
I got very sad and worrisome news today.

My (sometimes former) "Aging Hippie", a man I've been in a complicated relationship with for 24 years, has had a series of strokes, and is in the local hospital. I'd been worrying for a few days, because I hadn't heard from him (he doesn't always call daily these days, but usually at least every other day). Because of COVID-19, I haven't seen him, except from a couple of metres away, when I dropped off groceries or something at the front door of his apartment building, since March. I'm at high risk of passing on COVID, because of where I work, and he's at high risk for complications of contagion, because he's on dialysis, and other problems. I got to talk to him today, and he's quite 'there', anyway. His sister said he was confused; he didn't really seem it to me, although concerned about his cat, Cookie, who is in the care of his mother and sister in Mom's condo, and they're not really cat people, so I get it.

This just sorta bites.
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There's a situation where the 'God pod' would be helpful too. Hopefully he won't need to be in the hospital for long and recovery goes ok.
 
Not all that likely, although I try to stay hopeful. He has a childhood friend (in almost equally fragile health) who recently moved back from BC to Belleville, and I've been trying to work on a day trip to reunite them for a day.

They both acquired Hep C in the 60s in Yorkville as intravenous drug users. Hippies. Both cured of the Hep C, but leaves terrible long-term damage.
 
Sorry to hear about your Yorkville Hippie Bette - that's tough news for sure. Sending hugs and tea to you & yours this night.
 
I hope he recovers quickly Bette
isnt that the worst part of Covid. Not touching friends. Not hugging
even now with rules relaxing it feels unsafe


Having some lemon ginger tea.
I made some sage juice the other day, needs more sugar. Lol

and I didn’t know clover could make tea. will try that soon

looks like a hot day coming up. Enjoy it everyone
 
Good morning! As we think of loved ones afflicted with conditions, and share thoughts on clover, let us come around the coffee cart, where warm beverages await. Yes I know it will be hot. But there's always room for tea of coffee.

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Aw, Bette, that is so sad.

As one of that generation, I have often felt an affinity with hippies. By dropping out of the rat race, they seemed so free. They hoped for a better world, having faith (trusting in) love, resisting violence, protesting war. Flower children.
During the time I have known you at the Cafe, I have somewhat envied you ane your relationship with your 'aging hippy'. You seem to have been able to live comfortably each giving giving the other the freedom to live your own lives, but 'being there' for the other.

With compassion I hope that you have the strength to face this crisis, and move on to a new normal - whatever that might be.

Aging? You mentioned that his mom is looking after his cat. He can't be that old if mom is still around. Perhaps there is 'tough stuff' in his genes.
 
Had my MRI today. Was a bit annoyed they made me take off my mask and use theirs - they did have ear savers at least but the mask fit very poorly. Outpatient part of the hospital doesn't have that rule, own masks are allowed. MRI is within the inpatient building though.

Otherwise things were good. I called ahead to ensure Chemguy could come in, I may have had a bit of a reaction to the contrast before although it was very atypical and with how far away all my meds were required to be I felt much better that if I needed it he was present and could pull things out.

The masks though - ugh - again in the waiting room people off and on with the masks with no hand hygiene. We also had to pass the cafeteria to get where we needed to be, felt like we were a bit too close to people who weren't wearing masks due to eating but not much choice there.
Everyone in the MRI department was great. There was a bit of extra checking in because of the contrast, plus they gave me someone with great experience with IVs. Also appreciated the difference in procedures compared to the Misercordia, there it was a recording for when to hold the breath, here it was a person. That was nice as there was 2 way communication. If I needed a break between sets of images to just breath normally I could have it. I didn't need it but it reduces the stress just knowing that option is there. Plus also near the end of each I haven't always been perfect with it. With the live back and forth I find out immediately, with the recording they confirmed a bit after doing the images before injecting the contrast and then at the end so there's a bit of ugh did I screw this up while in there for a while. Nice to have that extra reassurance while laying still for quite a while.

The parkade - still all free to reduce touching. The used masks all over the place :sick: It's gross I don't understand why people do that, there are garbage cans right by the exits and if you're already at your car stick it in there.
 
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