anabella

It's nice to hear that you were treated so well, I wish him a speedy recovery ..

Rete

Nah, it was:

E.R.

3 days CCU

We don't see the actual hospital bill as we have insurance. We will only see the doctors' bills as Blue Cross sends us notification of what they paid.

Rete

LOL, Ray, if I did that he would have a heart attack never mind fibrillation.

You would have laughed when you saw me having to move his truck. It is a standard and its been years since I've driven a standard. But after a few jerks and sputters I managed. But you would have pissed yourself laughing.

Bob

talking of dinged....dental....had a check up, clean and x-ray, the missus didn't have the x-ray, but had a filling....cost us $122, mostly her filling, total cost without insurance was $550 for the two of us...thank god for insurance...should now look for some kind of eye ball insurance now me thinking

Poppy girl

Goodness me Rete I only just saw your post lets hope Mr SM is feeling better I am sure he will do once he gets home and has his home comforts around him.

Noorah101

Oh Rete! I'm sorry I rarely come to the USA forum, and never saw your post until now! Yikes! I hope things go well now, I'm glad he's OK. Take care of yourself as well, we don't want you getting all stressed out on top of everything!

Hugs!
Rene

Rete

Thank you for the kind words and prayers. Mr. SM came home from the hospital on Friday and we spent a quiet weekend. Now we are revamping the menus to exclude salt for his blood pressure. Only problem is we don't use table salt on the table and I use only a smidgen when cooking and have always relied on herbs to flavor food. We rarely eat anything from a can and only use fresh veggies and fruits. Have been using butter substitutes for years and whole grain breads so what am I suppose to eliminate?

Tracym

One of my best friends has the B.P. issue. They basically told her - don't eat stuff that tastes very salty. It's mostly prepared foods that have a lot of salt, so you're probably doing fine with the salt thing.

As far as butter substitutes - hydrogenated fats seem to now be thought to be worse than butter. I don't know in detail (afraid I like butter, just don't eat tons of it) but many margarines are now considered worse for you than butter.

Olive oil is the good cooking fat I believe, and probably some others.

meauxna

Pickles?

Ray

My spread ....
http://www.promisehealthyheart.com/

Tracym

Hmmmm yes would have to look at the sodium content. From making homemade ones, some types have more salt than others.

They did say - everything in moderation. The more salt it has (olives for ex. are terrible) just eat less of it.

Trixie_b

hope he's feeling better now.

Good luck with the cooking thing - I've found after looking after my mother in law since her heart attack in July (and subsequent 4 way bypass) that any prepared food is high in sodium, including pre-packaged meat. so, don't buy pre sliced for sandwiches, but roast it yourself.

Leslie

Chin up Rete I hope everything goes smoothly from here on out.

Ben

You can't go wrong if you use only olive oil to replace all butter or butter substitutes. It really is the best and most readily available.

Also, basically any type of processed foods - this includes cheese, bread, crackers etc. Each piece you have contains at least a tiny bit of salt.

Eating a portion of oats a day will also help absorb those foods that aren't good for you too.

Noorah101

olive oil on toast?