Golombki with Tomato sauce is one of the few true hidden gems of Polish cuisine.
Rare to find in touristy places as it is proper home cooking stuff.
Boil cabbage leaf.
Pre cook pork mince & rice stuff into cabbage like a burrito bake in oven serve with a tomato gravy/sauce
Never have with wild mushrooms sauce - just wrong flavour combinations
Bit of a shit day today. My computer problems, a bit irritating but visiting my mate who is now approaching 2 months after his second stroke, was a real downer.
Perhaps Iām catching him at the low part of his dayā¦2.30 pm, but itās a struggle to understand a single word. Heās wearing padded gloves because heās often in an agitated state and could injure himself. God I felt so useless, all I could say was āsorry I couldnāt understand that.ā What itās doing to him I donāt know. 
I have to say that recently I have been feeling particularly sensitive to lumps bumps and pain etc. Not in the physical sense but mentally. I guess it has to do with whatās gone on around me in terms of other peopleās illnesses but with every cold / cough rib strain, I am wondering if its something more sinister.
I think I am turning into a hypochondriac
I think as you get older, particularly my kind of age you get a bitā¦whateverā¦i.e. fatalistic. We are all on a pre-determined course as a product of our DNA. I donāt want to know what I have in store but whatever it is, seeing my mate today, I hope itās quick.
I can relate to that Lord Slowlane. I am not far behind you, (75), and I too get fatalistic. When I turned 70 I started thinking about death a bit, wondering what it would be like. I read an article by a lady medic, forget her name but she was quite distinguished in her field. She was of the opinion that death, for her, was something to look forward to in an academic way. Finally discovering what it was all about. I personally wouldnāt go that far, but I kind of know what she meant. When I was seriously ill with pneumonia a couple of years ago I apparently had a dodgy 36 hours, most of which I canāt remember thankfully, but I made a full recovery and ever since I am entirely philosophical about dying, ie. I donāt think about it and take each day as it comes. Health wise I feel better now than I was 10 years ago.
I too have a friend, just a year younger than me who had an incident a year ago when he was driving his tractor, it was thought to be some kind of stroke. He is now in a Nursing home with a rapid onset dementia, doesnāt recognize anybody, canāt feed himself etc etc. God, I would hate that, Like you I hope when my number is up itās quick. But of course itās out of our hands.
Whatever happened to him on Saintsweb
Ive spent the day with a 72 year old.
In the day he ran Computer Fairs across UK, we had a love hate relationship but had great times.
A greT day today and understanding his personality i knew i would have to lusten a lot (he bought beers & dinner)
Damn how many things can someone have and still keep goingā¤ļø to you all
Iāll be one ahead of you later this month. 
He went full Rudi Giuliani
I have fundraised for charities looking for treatment and mitigation of this horrible disease (there is no cure or prevention on the horizon yet) and Iām grateful to many of you who have contributed.
I post today because tomorrow Seb is undergoing a potentially life-changing operation. Itās an early trial and success is far from certain, but it involves inserting a sensor into his Vagus nerve. This will detect signals that a seizure is imminent and, through a microchip respond with countering stimulation that could hopefully stop the seizure.
If a seizure nevertheless starts, the stimulator can be manually activated or intensified by the application of a magnet over the sensor.
We donāt want to be over-hopeful but if this is successful, the impact for Seb and family will be immense, reducing the use of damaging rescue meds when he has a seizure and hopefully also reducing hospital admissions.
His family at the moment are under constant stress and restriction as Seb can never be more than 30 mins from a hospital. For this reason he has never visited us.
You will understand our nervous hopes.
Went to the hospital this morning initially to get a urine test and an orthopedic doctor to check my back. Eventually had urine test, bood tests. Ultrasound on my abdomen X ray and MRI on my spine. Whilst getting the X ray and MRI was asked by the techs how did I injure my back and how much pain was I in.
I have not injured myself and have no pain.
Why are you getting this procedure then was there replies.
The doctors ordered it was mine
I think its a money making scam by the doctors but my insurance will be paying for it.
And employers wonder why their private medical bills are so high. Unnecessary testing is on the wane in the UK but you still see some bills and raise an eyebrow.
If anyone is looking for a decent keep-fit regime I, ahem, came across this.
Iām sure you did 
Got the results of the MRI scan and Xray the orthopedic doc said there were no issues it was as expected for my age and wrote out the fit to work certificate.
Medical insurance / company will now get the bill for USD 1000 for making me do these un-necessary procedures.
Fucking GPs
First you have to justify yourself to a receptionist who suggests that a routine appointment in two weeks might be appropriate - they didnāt appreciate the āwith respect are you qualified to make that kind of call?l
Now waiting on a nurse practitioner (fucking receptionist got their revenge) - who will then decide if I am worthy enough of crossing the hallowed threshold of a Dr consulting room.
I would have used my virtual GP but there needs to be a physical exam
I had reason to call the Surgery for a problem. I had to book a call with a GP, the earliest time slot was 19 days later. The call lasted under 2 minutes and the GP couldnāt wait to get rid of me with a referral to the Physio team. The Physio team were excellent, almost immediate contact and the first assessment booked up for 3 days time. GPās on the other hand, bit of a shocker.
Operation went well and heās recovering, but post-anaesthetic effect caused three seizures, fortunately not serious.
Stimulator will be turned on in two weeks.
Got the results of the ultrasound urine and blood tests apart from a slightly fatty liver (what do they expect from a 60 year old who has been drinking and shagging since he was 13)
prostate still good another fit to work cert signed and another 1000 usd bill for the insurance / company and I lost 3 days holiday doing these useless tests.
Went to say goodbye to my mate of 50+ years today.
This week his health took a dramatic turn for the worse. Since his second stroke about 8 weeks ago he hasnāt made any real recovery.
Had planned to visit on Thursday but got a call from his wife yesterday that he was very ill, his family have been gathering and his brother had cut his holiday short and flew back yesterday.
When I got to his room they were all there, his first wife and current wife, sons and daughter (my god-daughter) grand daughters.
I sat a hugged him and let it goā¦never easy but theyāve all done the same over the last two days.
He wasnāt responsive but we spoke to him in case he could hear, reliving the funny stories his kids grandkids have probably hear many times before.
I left him to drift off in his sleep in his own timeā¦itās a time for his family.
