3-14-2026
This tiny serving of orange Jell-O was the first food or liquid of any kind that I’ve had my mouth since Saturday night. It tasted wonderful, and I savored each spoonful. Then I moved on to a 4.23 ounce box of apple juice from concentrate. It also massaged my taste buds. And, finally, I got to sip on a small serving of vegetable broth. I’m hoping for chicken broth later in the day, but we’ll see.
I am restricted to a clear liquids-only diet for the time being as my system begins to power up again. It’s not so bad. At least, not as bad as I thought it would be. After not eating for so long, everything taste really good.
It’s been an interesting morning. Non-nursing staff throughout the University of California San Francisco system were scheduled to go on strike this morning. I think it’s something like 40,000 people. So as of early this morning, nursing staff were here, but there were no nursing assistants or other staff on duty.
I waved off Meda and other family members who wanted to visit ,thinking that they would have to cross a pick up line to come and visit. I just told them I’m doing fine and they don’t need to cross the line. But then I read the news and found they had reached a last-minute deal, and not long after that the nursing assistants and other staff started showing up for work.
Meda’s two sisters and their husbands live in the area here in and around San Francisco, and we have several friends who are here as well, so I’ve had a busy social calendar, holding Court here in my hospital room, dressed in my flimsy hospital gown and wrapped in a blanket to protect myself from the ravages of the freezing temperatures here in the hospital.
All in all, I can’t complain.
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Wishing you a comfortable and speedy recovery. Please tell Meda i sent greetings ?
Ian, you seem much better than earlier posts. I agree about hospitals’ frigid temperatures. I devised more coverage by wearing a second gown like a cape – it does prevent the bare okole- if it doesn’t hinder the iv and other lines. I also asked for and received lots of hot tea which made me feel warmer.
I wish you swift recovery!
It’s clearly an upscale hospital if you can get an individual serving of orange Jell-O!
In my experience, hospital Jell-O is strictly limited to green and comes from huge vats of it stored since the Truman administration. I have always assumed it was selected to complement the color of the walls and for its uncertain institutional flavor.
Chicken broth is nature’s oldest medicinal. My mother used it to cure whatever ailed us. She always added a healthy chunk of daikon to the pot while keeping it on simmer with chicken, carrots, celery and parsley — all strained out before serving. She considered the broth a success if it gelled, like an aspic, when refrigerated.
I was sorry to read of the incomplete surgery but identifying the problem is half the fight. Now that they know what it is, you (aided by chicken broth and some appropriate chemotherapy) will beat it.
Aloha,
Bruce Graham
Wonderful to read your positiv report.
Ask for more blankets before you catch cold in unaccustomed cold temperature.
Continuous good wishes .
As I said before, one step at a time. Science is our friend and there are so many advances being made.
Keep sipping those fluids and as one of the previous comments said…lotsa Hot Tea!
Thanks for keeping your followers up to date.
Margaret
you are sounding good and well-cared for. it’s like you had to power down completely and now re-booting. we are all rooting for effective treatments and healing. and appreciate your updates. it will be one of our turns next… i keep drawing your cats as a form of feeling connected!
Dear Ian,
Good to hear you loved the jello! Let your family pamper you, they love doing so. Bask in the warmth of their affection. It’s important as any medical help.
With aloha.
Veronica
Thanks for the update.! Im so glad to hear you are in good spirits and Im hoping for chicken broth for you soon! And would you know that you would end up in the middle of a potential news story right there at hospital! Still praying for you!
Mahalo piha for all the good news this morning, Ian?? You sound perky in absolute spite of it all and I’m thrilled that you tolerated a few starterfoods well too. Enjoy your visitors today!
Aloha Ian – it’s nice to hear that you’re resting comfortably and in good care. I hope there’s a way you can get some poi (superfood) in San Francisco somehow. Take care until next time.
Nothing like simple food to lift the spirit! When I complained that hospitals were so doggone cold, a retired nurse friend told me that it helps keep germs at bay.