Well, I checked the boletes stew for more maggots (they're not huge - very thready) this morning and tossed out some more. I actually ate half of the mixture for lunch, pureeing it. As I think about it more and more, though, I plan to throw out the other pint and try to forgot that I ever ate little mushroom critters!
What I've learned: Be very, very picky about mushrooms just as Mahlon is. I was eager to try wild boletus but I really would rather not know when I'm eating insect larvae (the FDA allows a certain percentage of such critters in our food).
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Doctor Visit - Will Live
I told Dr. Church about my bout of small intestine blockage in Alamosa, CO while on vacation. He agrees with Dr. Dooley that adhesions from my pelvic surgery 17 years ago is the likeliest cause. All I know is that it has the potential to kill me (my own assessment) if one day I can't decompress the intestinal blockage via throwing up.
Dr. Church said to keep the orthopedic surgeon appointment and that Dr. Miller is the best in the state. He agreed to let me get an MRI of my foot/ankle and I'll do that on Tuesday at the Los Alamos Medical Center. I'll carry the foot/ankle MRI and earlier foot/ankle x-ray to Albuquerque when I go down for my appointment. I wish I would have asked Dr. Church what, if anything, I can do to help my foot in the meantime but he offered no further suggestions. Afterwards, I stopped at the library and trolled through the non-return box and then I came back home after the appointment. I will exercise this evening. My foot is bothering me today. Wonder how it will behave tonight.
Tomorrow is the BESC hiking group and a Santa Fe trip. It's still unknown if I'll do trail work this Saturday or Sunday. I'd like to but spouse seems to frown on the idea since I'm going out with Dorothy on Monday, thus using one of our Labor Day weekend vacation days. Well, he could get in shape and join me on both the Dorothy outing and the trail work if he really wants to spend quality time with me! To be honest, though, bushwacking and trail work would not be everyone's cup of tea even if they are in good shape. But, after watching the Garrison Keillor Rhubarb tour show in Santa Fe where he talked about life being short and we all know where we're going to end up (not in such barren terms - it was a humorous monologue), I should be allowed to fulfill my life in ways that make me happy before I meet my inevitable end. The same applies to spouse. I know that a trip with Dorothy Monday and a trail work day this weekend would make a very busy time for me but I found the cross-training of the trail work to be exhilarating.
Dr. Church said to keep the orthopedic surgeon appointment and that Dr. Miller is the best in the state. He agreed to let me get an MRI of my foot/ankle and I'll do that on Tuesday at the Los Alamos Medical Center. I'll carry the foot/ankle MRI and earlier foot/ankle x-ray to Albuquerque when I go down for my appointment. I wish I would have asked Dr. Church what, if anything, I can do to help my foot in the meantime but he offered no further suggestions. Afterwards, I stopped at the library and trolled through the non-return box and then I came back home after the appointment. I will exercise this evening. My foot is bothering me today. Wonder how it will behave tonight.
Tomorrow is the BESC hiking group and a Santa Fe trip. It's still unknown if I'll do trail work this Saturday or Sunday. I'd like to but spouse seems to frown on the idea since I'm going out with Dorothy on Monday, thus using one of our Labor Day weekend vacation days. Well, he could get in shape and join me on both the Dorothy outing and the trail work if he really wants to spend quality time with me! To be honest, though, bushwacking and trail work would not be everyone's cup of tea even if they are in good shape. But, after watching the Garrison Keillor Rhubarb tour show in Santa Fe where he talked about life being short and we all know where we're going to end up (not in such barren terms - it was a humorous monologue), I should be allowed to fulfill my life in ways that make me happy before I meet my inevitable end. The same applies to spouse. I know that a trip with Dorothy Monday and a trail work day this weekend would make a very busy time for me but I found the cross-training of the trail work to be exhilarating.
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