Guest guest Posted October 27, 2004 Report Share Posted October 27, 2004 I would say that if you are fairly healthy, and you are going to be in Paris only a short while, then don't be too strict on the diet.... have a holiday.... That's what I would do.... - T Date: Tue, 26 Oct 2004 22:03:53 -0700 From: " Trish W " <trishw@...> Subject: finger nails and PARIS Any suggestion on what I can do to strengthen my nails? Since being on this diet (about 3 years now) my nails have gotten flakey and they split in the middle . . . Also . . . I'm going to PARIS!!! Sorry to shout, but I can't help it! I'm going to be 50 in a few weeks and a trip to PARIS is my gift to myself .. . . it has been my dream for years and I'm finally getting to go! But, there is one big problem! What can I eat in PARIS? No bread, cheese, wine, chocolate or coffee!!!! I don't speak very good French, and certainly not well enough to make myself understood about my dietary needs! We will be very close to a market, so will be able to get fresh fruit and veg, and I'm told meat . . . but I don't know how I'm going to manage in restaurants. Any suggestions or thoughts? Has anyone been to PARIS and managed to stay on the diet? Thanks so much in advance for the input!! Trish __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 I think I voted on that abs thing also. From: Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...> Subject: [ ] Paris " CML " < > Date: Thursday, January 15, 2009, 11:47 PM Dear Marcos, I hope you will correspond with the young man in France. I didn't say that about Paris, it was a quote from Mark Twain's book. He could spin a lot of yarns, tongue in cheek and this was one of them, I suppose. I actually do like Paris there is so much to see and do there. We preferred riding the Metro rather than taking a cab. Our friends would take a cab and we would arrive at the same destination within minutes of one another. There is no better ham in the world than in Paris, or the French bread or fries. We saw a photo of La Mouche on the Seine the other day and the Pons Neuf, and remembered we had been a passenger on it. I love their soft cheeses, too and the best omlettes. Don't like the Galois or the coffee, but there are lots of other things to like. We went to the old restaurant on the Eiffel tower built in 1900, and it was later dismantled and sold to a man in New Orleans, so we got to see it in Paris and New Orleans where it was turned into a restaurant and the new one in Paris. The man in New Orleans did not make a wise business choice and went bankrupt, and the building is empty. What I did mean to say, is that you keep in shape and that is probably why you maintain good health. I do worry about the constant diving that you could be damaging your eyes. The divers in Acupulco eventually do go blind from the pressure and then pose for pictures for money. There is a disease called irreversible retinal artery thrombosis. Because of internal pressure, could there also be the danger of retinal artery occlusion? Maybe you have researched everything about diving and I am just preaching to the choir, but it does bear looking into. I had a viterous detachment many years ago, and it was weeks before I knew my vision would be saved. Later when I had a heart attack, I suffered from amorosis fugax and again feared I wouldn't get my vision back then, either, both in the same eye and my only good eye. You know in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, but I couldn't count on the other eye with amblyopia. LOL Blessings and take care of your eyes as well as your body, we still want to see a picture of your abs, LOL, Lottie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted January 16, 2009 Report Share Posted January 16, 2009 Hi Lottie, I will send him an email. Don't take my rant on Paris too seriously, I was just making conversation. Actually there are few thing I really don't like in Paris, like rude drivers. You did well using the Metro, in Paris it's in general faster than by car. I didn't know about the restaurant in New Orleans. I have to visit there one of these days. For the diving, there are risks, maybe more than hiking, but we do our best to be cautious. I have been diving for a long time, and I know a fair number of divers in their 60s with 40+ years of diving, and they are fine. Diving very deep with mixed gases (helium rich mixes) with leukemia and gleevec was a bit of a gamble at the beginning, as I was probably the only one doing that worldwide, but after over 3 years I never had any problems. I took some precautions like seeing a cardiologist (what is recommended anyway for deep divers at 40) and talking with a dive partner who is a md with a degree in dive medicine and a deep diver himself. I believe the extra risk due to the cml is pretty small compared to the general risks of these dives. The most dangerous part of the dive days may well be driving to and from the place. Marcos. On Thu, Jan 15, 2009 at 11:47 PM, Lottie Duthu <lotajam@...> wrote: > Dear Marcos, > I hope you will correspond with the young man in France. I didn't say that > about Paris, it was a quote from Mark Twain's book. He could spin a lot of > yarns, tongue in cheek and this was one of them, I suppose. I actually do > like Paris there is so much to see and do there. We preferred riding the > Metro rather than taking a cab. Our friends would take a cab and we would > arrive at the same destination within minutes of one another. There is no > better ham in the world than in Paris, or the French bread or fries. We saw > a photo of La Mouche on the Seine the other day and the Pons Neuf, and > remembered we had been a passenger on it. > > I love their soft cheeses, too and the best omlettes. Don't like the Galois > or the coffee, but there are lots of other things to like. We went to the > old restaurant on the Eiffel tower built in 1900, and it was later > dismantled and sold to a man in New Orleans, so we got to see it in Paris > and New Orleans where it was turned into a restaurant and the new one in > Paris. The man in New Orleans did not make a wise business choice and went > bankrupt, and the building is empty. > > What I did mean to say, is that you keep in shape and that is probably why > you maintain good health. I do worry about the constant diving that you > could be damaging your eyes. The divers in Acupulco eventually do go blind > from the pressure and then pose for pictures for money. There is a disease > called irreversible retinal artery thrombosis. Because of internal pressure, > could there also be the danger of retinal artery occlusion? Maybe you have > researched everything about diving and I am just preaching to the choir, but > it does bear looking into. I had a viterous detachment many years ago, and > it was weeks before I knew my vision would be saved. Later when I had a > heart attack, I suffered from amorosis fugax and again feared I wouldn't get > my vision back then, either, both in the same eye and my only good eye. You > know in the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is king, but I couldn't > count on the other eye with amblyopia. LOL > > Blessings and take care of your eyes as well as your body, we still want to > see a picture of your abs, LOL, > Lottie > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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