Sunday Rant

I'm looking forward to the week,
a busy Labor Day planned
a trip to the pharmacy at 9:00 am
and then back home
to finish
cleaning the refrigerator.

I have to face the fact that if it weren't for writing my life would be a bit boring. I think I need to take myself out to eat, perhaps on Tuesday after my doctor's appointment. The only problem I see is finding something I can eat. I have enough trouble staying on my diet at home without going to a fast food place or even a sit down restaurant. The issue with restaurant food is that it doesn't give the potassium count. I have to watch my potassium intake, which is difficult.

Another problem with a low potassium diet is the food labels. The potassium count is listed on some of the labels but not on others. This means I have to do an internet search for the potassium count in the food I eat. The canned food isn't difficult because the cans give the serving size even if they don't give the potassium count. If I can find the potassium count on line then I can figure out how much of the canned food I can eat safely.

What has the potassium count have to do with cleaning out the refrigerator? Probably not a lot or it may have everything to do with it. I have to see what I have in the refrigerator so that I know what product I search for. I have a blood test on Tuesday so my kidney doctor can check my potassium count. I'm worried about what it could be; however, at this point the only thing I can do is watch my potassium intake closer and pray.

Writing After Coffee

I finished the fresh coffee I made  this morning and I'm ready to brew another carafe. I'm not sure it's a good idea, but since coffee is one of the few things I can drink without worrying about the too much about the potassium level I'll go ahead and brew another carafe.

I checked my potassium level chart, which tells me that an 8 oz. cup of coffee has 128 milligrams (mg.) of potassium in it. An 8 oz. cup of black tea has 86 mg. of potassium, so I may change over to black tea after I finish drinking the first few cups of coffee each morning. I'll have to purchase some black tea the next time I go to the store because all I have in the house is herb teas and I don't  know how much potassium each of those contain.

Writing after coffee
my muse is awake and working
her little wings off;
perhaps I should switch  to black tea:
I wonder how it tastes with chocolate?

Now that I have to watch more then just fiber in my diet, my brain is becoming more active.  It has to become more active because I have to remember to check not only the fiber content of anything purchase, but the potassium content as well. Oh well, nobody ever said getting old was easy. I think someone did say that "Getting old isn't for wimps."