Welcome To Case's Column
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.
In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Let me say a big welcome to all of you for joining me here. I'm going to call these blog meetings Case's Column. I wanted to use "Corner", but that was already taken.
Since 2008, it's been a real privilege to come on here and share some of my life with you, and it's a big world where we live.In these blogs, I'll just speak whatever is on my mind, but we will be playing within the rules here. I may pick a particular topic, point out an event, or shoot the breeze. I'm a little bit of an essayist at times, so I'll just speak what's on my mind, and I might tell a story or two. Or, I might spew out an opinion or three. There will be some serious moments, some tender, some poignant, but there will also be those moments that you'll just bust out laughing. But, hopefully, everything will be in good fun here. And, of course, there's a place below for your comments and thoughts as we go along here. So feel free to join me for the ride -- I sure as heck hope I'm doing this right and not making any mistakes.
Thanks for taking your time in reading Case's Column. Hopefully, you'll enjoy being entertained by it as much as I've enjoyed putting these writings together. And thanks for the time you spend in City-Data.com, where it's great to be alive!
Regards,
case44
Dieting: I Think Garfield Said It Best.....
In life, you get greeted with a lot of things, and that sometimes includes unwanted things. So, when it came time four weeks ago to prepare for a simple medical procedure, the unthinkable had been asked of me by my endocrinologist.
Go on a low-iodine diet.
Preparation for any kind of treatment often demands sacrifice, and this was no exception. No dairy products. No iodized salt. No chocolate. No cured meats (bacon, ham, sausage, etc.). No fish or seafood. No marinades. No bread. No egg yolks. No foods that contained red dye. To put it bluntly, don't eat very much food for a few weeks. Basically, I interpreted this ordeal as "no taste". The only solid food I had was chicken or beef, but I couldn't use much seasoning, save for some Mrs Dash. I did steam some veggies and wash and cut some fresh fruit. Those things are fine, but it got boring after a while. I reached a point where I was about to go completely nuts. Remember when Alan Alda's Hawkeye Pierce character on M*A*S*H protested Igor's repeated mess hall servings of "liver or fish" with the chantings of "We want something else! We want something else..." over and over again?? It still ranks as one of my favorite episodes of that great series, but that situation was something I was reminded of during that horrible diet.
When Monday, April 26, 2010 arrived, I could not have been more ecstatic! Time for real food. Time for cheese enchiladas, refried beans, rice, tortilla chips, queso, flour tortillas, two ground beef soft tacos, and a glass of iced tea. Talk about a welcome sight! Once that full body scan was completed at the clinic, I got my life back. It was like leaving a penitentiary and chucking away the key. All of which leads to this line by the cartoon character feline, Garfield, who loved to eat. He had a comment about diets that best fit my ordeal right to the letter, and then some. Garfield said that dieting, "is die with a T."
I could not have said it better myself.
Go on a low-iodine diet.
Preparation for any kind of treatment often demands sacrifice, and this was no exception. No dairy products. No iodized salt. No chocolate. No cured meats (bacon, ham, sausage, etc.). No fish or seafood. No marinades. No bread. No egg yolks. No foods that contained red dye. To put it bluntly, don't eat very much food for a few weeks. Basically, I interpreted this ordeal as "no taste".
The only solid food I had was chicken or beef, but I couldn't use much seasoning, save for some Mrs Dash. I did steam some veggies and wash and cut some fresh fruit. Those things are fine, but it got boring after a while. I reached a point where I was about to go completely nuts. Remember when Alan Alda's Hawkeye Pierce character on M*A*S*H protested Igor's repeated mess hall servings of "liver or fish" with the chantings of "We want something else! We want something else..." over and over again?? It still ranks as one of my favorite episodes of that great series, but that situation was something I was reminded of during that horrible diet. When Monday, April 26, 2010 arrived, I could not have been more ecstatic! Time for real food. Time for cheese enchiladas, refried beans, rice, tortilla chips, queso, flour tortillas, two ground beef soft tacos, and a glass of iced tea. Talk about a welcome sight! Once that full body scan was completed at the clinic, I got my life back. It was like leaving a penitentiary and chucking away the key. All of which leads to this line by the cartoon character feline, Garfield, who loved to eat. He had a comment about diets that best fit my ordeal right to the letter, and then some. Garfield said that dieting, "is die with a T."
I could not have said it better myself.
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