Hi, Daryl!  Awhile ago you wrote in a message to Ardith Hinton:

AH>  I think your doctors know *you* know enough to go to
AH>  the ER if you have blood in your urine or can't produce
AH>  anything after drinking 3 liters of Gatorade.  :-)

DS>  My late wife was diabetic, and she drank water like a
DS>  fish. In fact, at one doctors appointment, after she
DS>  left a urine sample, the nurses told her "you have
DS>  really good looking urine" (clear). With the diuretic
DS>  I'm taking, due to holding a bit of fluid in my legs,
DS>  and the drinking of almost a gallon of Gatorade a day,
DS>  mine is the same way. I'm to go see my urologist on
DS>  November 8, and I'll find out if I need prostate surgery.
DS>  At least it isn't cancer.


          I know other folks in the 50+ crowd who have had part of the
prostate removed.  If that's what your urologist recommends I'm sure at least
one of the guys here would be willing to discuss the pros & cons with you.  :-)



DS>  But, this having to run to the restroom every few minutes is
DS>  annoying...especially in winter, when cold temperatures tend
DS>  to make the urinary bladder shrink...especially in males.


          Ah.  Conserving heat, I suppose... as do the blood vessels & at
least one part of the anatomy which is unique to males!  I hadn't heard the
situation explained that way until now.  I was under the impression it was
more common in females because I've had the same problem since I was pregnant
with Nora.  :-))



DS>  On a funnier note,


          It gets funnier?  You already had me chuckling above....  :-)))



DS>  when she had gone in for a colonoscopy, and I went in to
DS>  help her, the medical staff addressed me as "Mr. Harvey"
DS>  (her maiden name)...


          Uh-huh.  One can't be sure nowadays that Dick & Jane & their 2.3
kids all have the same surname.  I made a similar mistake years ago when I
addressed the mother of one of my students as "Mrs. X".  She responded huffily
that *she* was "Miss Y".  I'm guessing she ditched "Mr. X's" surname when she
ditched him, and wasn't concerned about what others might think of her marital
status at the time the child was conceived.  Some years before this incident,
an older friend of ours called herself "Mrs. Z" & wore a wedding ring in
dealing with her son's school although to this day she has never married.  How
times have changed!  If Janice preferred to keep her maiden name I don't blame
her.  As a teacher I had to redo almost every form I'd filled in since junior
high school, together with an explanation for the change on each one, when I
married Dallas.  If I'd known beforehand about the paperwork, I might have
kept my maiden name... [wry grin].



DS>  I get the Gatorade when I go grocery shopping. When I eat
DS>  out, I try to get either Sprite, Sierra Mist, or 7-Up (clear
DS>  liquid). But, I'm trying to get away from the caffeine, more
DS>  than the carbonated beverages.


          I take it you live in the US, where many carbonated beverages seem
to have caffeine added.  In this country Sprite, 7-Up, Mountain Dew, etc. do
*not* include caffeine.  And Fresca, brought to us by the same company which
supplies Coca-Cola, contains neither sugar nor caffeine... it does contain
aspartame.  I can't help thinking at times that it must be one of Canada's
best-kept secrets, however, judging by the reaction I get when I take it to
the cash desk....  :-)



DS>  ... Why do they sterilize the needle for lethal injections?


          Do they?  Okay... let me guess!  There are certain set procedures
for giving injections regardless of the reason for giving them, meaning you &
I can rest assured that nobody will have mixed up the needles or tried to save
a buck at our expense.  OTOH I'm also reminded of a guy who was told he
couldn't use a power chair to go to the synagogue on the Sabbath.  I
understand why others may hesitate to force domestic animals or hired help...
including bus drivers... to work on such occasions.  Four or five thousand
years ago the idea of allowing a day off once a week was progressive & having
everybody observe the same day was convenient... but how folks get from there
to the idea that one mustn't require electrons to work on Saturday or Sunday
is AFAIC a matter of preferred learning style.  Our friend thought so too, and
eventually found another synagogue.  ;-)




--- timEd/386 1.10.y2k+
 * Origin: Wits' End, Vancouver CANADA (1:153/716)