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   Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:50 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:51 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Me: Dad's not eating I will give him Ensure.

     Ensure: Every carton has 60% of daily vitamin D!

     Me: :oh_no_bubble:

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:52 JST Charles ☭ H

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     I'm supposed to fly home tomorrow and idk I haven't mentioned it to dad. I feel kind of guilty but I've been here three weeks and I fucking hate Texas so fucking much.

     (Sorry, the people are nice but the logistics are super challenging. Also the fake facades make it feel like if there were a Disneyland for automobiles. Like if self-driving cars became sentient, Dallas would be their theme park.)

     My dad has no friends here at all. I don't know how much longer he'll be in hospital. I don't know if he'll still be alive in December, when I plan to return.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:53 JST Charles ☭ H

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     How often does the priest come around? I guess once per day and I asked too late for today?

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:54 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Just watched a nutritionist go on and on and on and on and on and on and on about food options until dad agreed to order adequate food including protein, vegetables and carbs.

     Experience suggests that once it appears in front of him, he will actually eat it.

     I'm super impressed.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:55 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Clinging to a fad diet that is harming you is an eating disorder.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:56 JST Charles ☭ H

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     His room now is like twice the size of a room in a UK private hospital. It has a chair for him. A chair for a visitor. A wardrobe. A private bathroom. A sink. A set of draers and a 3 or 4 person sofa!

     (Back in the bad old days of St Pete's Andrology, bottom surgery only happened in private hospitals.)

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:57 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Catholic priest successfully ordered. Hopefully.

     Not for extreme unction, just for reassurance.

     Well, he can be anointed if he wants, but the treatment seems to be helping. He's much less pale.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:58 JST Charles ☭ H

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     This room is like 15 degrees or less and we've been parked her for nearly 8 hours. My dad's circulation is poor and prefers to be at at least 25. This is crap.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:56:59 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Like all of my dad's current woes might be triggered by this.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:57:00 JST Charles ☭ H

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     Do **not** fuck around with high doses of vitamins, y'all. Holy shit.

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:57:01 JST Charles ☭ H

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     The reason every doctor asks separately for a full medical history is because they apparently can't access his record?

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     Charles ☭ H (celesteh@lgbt.io)'s status on Monday, 19-Jun-2023 19:57:02 JST Charles ☭ H

     Dad told everyone endlessly about his ketogenic diet to prevent dementia and how he was growing broccoli sprouts and eating red meat and so forth in great detail, but it turned out he had gradually (or suddenly?) stopped being able to manage his own food and was barely eating at all.

     His mother had the same thing happen. Apparently, its relatively common in elderly people. If you are calling in on old people, check their refrigerator. Ask them what they had for breakfast. Or lunch or whatever. If you eat with them, do they only have a tiny appetite?

     Also, obviously unbalanced fad diets are bullshit unless being used to manage inflammation or diabetes or an actual, diagnosed problem. Low calorie / lpw carb diets are being hyped on YouTube as a panacea for aging.

     Thank goodness the "zero grain keto" breakfast cereals are actually made of corn…