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Dialysis Discussion => Dialysis: Diet and Recipes => Topic started by: kitkatz on July 12, 2006, 09:28:40 PM

Title: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 12, 2006, 09:28:40 PM
The Renal Patient Diet Poem

Eeny, meeny, miny, moe
Those luscious french fries gotta go.
As well as the 32 ounce coke.
Now, now do not choke.
Said the dietician to me.
All I wanted to do was flee.
She said to watch the potassium.
No more grapefruit juice, no oranges, no sodium.
Oh and also forget potatoes,
most fruits and vegetables and also no tomatoes.
No wheat bread, even though it says it's good for you,
Eat the white bread. It tastes like glue.
You can adapt to this diet.
I thought this was a riot.
Do not eat any thing that tastes good.
Do not go out to eat in the hood.
Stay home and cook it.
Then you will really know what tastes like sh**.
Put that salt shaker down.
Get Ms. Fake salt at the store in town.
You won't miss eating.
Now remember no cheating!
Can I have water and two rice cakes for every meal?
Sorry, no water, no deal.
Now remember a renal patient now are you.
Do what we say, not as we do!


Katherine









Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: anja on July 12, 2006, 10:48:30 PM
What a great poem, Kitkat, you sure know your potatoes when it comes to the renal diet!   :-X   :D ;)  Ever thought of publishing your work?  You have the humor to entertain!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: goofynina on July 13, 2006, 01:32:54 AM
KITKAT? GIRLFRIEND?  you wrote that?  That is AWESOME, and you typed so well (wink);)   I enjoyed that, i am going to send that to my dietician, i think he will get a kick out of it,  and if he dont, well, he will get a kick from me...thats for sure....   GOOD JOB

Goofynina
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Sara on July 13, 2006, 03:05:34 AM
That was hilarious!   :D
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: jdat on July 13, 2006, 03:28:15 AM
I thought fake salt was bad for you because it was high in potassium!  ??? >:D


Regardless that was a fantastic poem!
 more more more  ;D
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 13, 2006, 10:19:45 AM
There will be more coming from me.  Yes. Goofynina, I wrote that last night while sitting at the computer!  I usually write free form, but a rhyming poem just fit the subject.   Thank you, I will take my bows while I can.

Katherine
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Bajanne on July 13, 2006, 11:55:23 AM
Kitkatz, I was so amazed to see
Your interesting and pertinent poetry!
It was great!  The surprise to me is -
I never knew our site had such a whiz!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: goofynina on July 13, 2006, 12:31:15 PM
UHOH, do i detect a little competition, lol,  dont make me bust out with my version of Dr. Seuss, lol,  (well, if i had one i would):P
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Epoman on July 13, 2006, 12:48:40 PM
Kitkatz, I was so amazed to see
Your interesting and pertinent poetry!
It was great!  The surprise to me is -
I never knew our site had such a whiz!


 >:( Hey I thought I was a "Whiz"  :(

But yeah that poem is GREAT! create more, I have a few poems I have written, I can't post one of them because I would have to BAN myself.  :o
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Bajanne on July 13, 2006, 12:50:27 PM
You duh BIG WHIZ, Epoman.  She duh poetry Whiz.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Rerun on July 13, 2006, 08:56:50 PM
Nice job Katz, that was great!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: angieskidney on July 14, 2006, 12:27:29 AM
I thought fake salt was bad for you because it was high in potassium!  ??? >:D


Regardless that was a fantastic poem!
 more more more  ;D
Ya that is what I heard too and doesn't it have phosphate too ? :P


Kitkatz can I show that poem to my mom?? :)
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 14, 2006, 01:12:16 PM
You can show that poem to anyone you want, sweetie!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 14, 2006, 09:11:22 PM
Bad Renal Diet Patient

I would eat that banana with a monkey,
On an elephant trunky.
I would eat that avocado with a fox
In a great, big box.
I will eat that donut in a car
With lots of jelly in a jar.
I will eat fried eggs and sausage for breakfast,
Just don't expect me to get up real fast.
I will drink that 32 oz. coca cola in a cup.
No one better ask me what's up.
I am the renal patient who eats whatever.
I am probably going to to be sick forever.
I make frequent runs to the hopsital for fluid overload.
Just call me a frog or a toad!
Change your ways
The dietician always says.
For I am the bad renal diet patient you see.
Don't look up to me.

Katherine (with apologies to Dr. Suess)

Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: goofynina on July 14, 2006, 11:07:46 PM
*clapping*  Now thats what i'm talking about... Keep 'em coming girlfriend....EXCELLENT!!!!  I know that one had my name all over it... ::)



(do i get a cut from this since i mentioned Dr. Seuss?)  just wondering, lol,  j/k

Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: angieskidney on July 15, 2006, 01:45:27 AM
Bad Renal Diet Patient

I would eat that banana with a monkey,
On an elephant trunky.
I would eat that avocado with a fox
In a great, big box.
I will eat that donut in a car
With lots of jelly in a jar.
I will eat fried eggs and sausage for breakfast,
Just don't expect me to get up real fast.
I will drink that 32 oz. coca cola in a cup.
No one better ask me what's up.
I am the renal patient who eats whatever.
I am probably going to to be sick forever.
I make frequent runs to the hopsital for fluid overload.
Just call me a frog or a toad!
Change your ways
The dietician always says.
For I am the bad renal diet patient you see.
Don't look up to me.

Katherine (with apologies to Dr. Suess)


That is great! Good job! :) I sent the 2 to my mom but reminded her that they are copywritten (you really should so no one else takes them.) Did you know if you just mail a copy to yourself you will always be safe incase anyone wants to claim them as theirs? You just mail yourself a copy and don't open it. The stamp proves it was mailed on such and such a date and proves it was written at least by that time ;)

I am serious :) They are good enough to be part of anything to support dialysis patients :) I like it! Maybe I will do some poetry for me site  ;D
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 15, 2006, 11:31:15 AM
Anything posted on the internet is immediately copyrighted to the author.  I looked it up or rather had a small 1hr class in copyright law for writers on the internet. You are probably right though I should mail things to myself once in awhile.
Thank you for the compliments on the poems. I have not written poetry in so long I thought I forgot how to write anything. Goofynine you can have a cut since you mentioned Dr. Suess.  A cut of nothing is nothing Ya know!

Katherine
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: goofynina on July 15, 2006, 11:50:55 AM
OK, I got it in writing AND, i mailed it to myself, so there is no backing out of it now,  i got it in black and white baby, lol, 
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 15, 2006, 12:00:13 PM
Yeah, okay you have copyright of a cut of nothing Hahaha!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: goofynina on July 15, 2006, 02:23:36 PM
But you know, even nothing is something.........huh?  ???    oh sh*t, just confused myself,  how the hell did that happen  ::)(shaddup Epoman)   ::)
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 15, 2006, 05:48:32 PM
roflmao Goofynina.  I gotcha!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 23, 2006, 12:42:13 PM
Oh me, oh my,
I just want to sigh.
I took a long look
At the renal diet book.
It just does not fit
My eating habit.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: angieskidney on July 23, 2006, 06:45:13 PM
Oh me, oh my,
I just want to sigh.
I took a long look
At the renal diet book.
It just does not fit
My eating habit.


I try to find
something I picture in my mind
like mac and cheese
I would love that please.
But it is not in there
and it is not fair!
What about choco cake?
Any way that I can make?
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 23, 2006, 06:57:47 PM
Cute cute cute
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: angieskidney on July 23, 2006, 06:58:37 PM
Cute cute cute
;D Let's keep it going!! Wheee we can add to it ;) ;D
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 23, 2006, 07:03:59 PM
Got to watch the calorie
Got watch how much you pee.
Got to look and see
If the meal outweighs me.
Nothing but ice in my glass
Nothing but fat on my ass.
Oh ,the renal diet cook book
Can I trade it in for a real cook?
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: angieskidney on July 23, 2006, 07:07:38 PM
Got to watch the calorie
Got watch how much you pee.
Got to look and see
If the meal outweighs me.
Nothing but ice in my glass
Nothing but fat on my ass.
Oh ,the renal diet cook book
Can I trade it in for a real cook?



I LOVE it !!! I LOVE IT!!!!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 23, 2006, 07:23:20 PM
Oh my, oh me
I don't have to pee.
Isn't it great?
I don't have to wait
In a long bathroom line,
And hear other people whine. 
But in the real long run
I don't know who really won.
Was it you or me?
Let's check with reality.
I have each week six needle sticks.
You have to deal with human pricks.
I have a strict renal diet to be on.
You get to eat filet mignon.
Between you and me and us
I'd like to get off this dialysis bus.


Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: angieskidney on July 23, 2006, 07:32:12 PM
Oh my, oh me
I don't have to pee.
Isn't it great?
I don't have to wait
In a long bathroom line,
And hear other people whine. 
But in the real long run
I don't know who really won.
Was it you or me?
Let's check with reality.
I have each week six needle sticks.
You have to deal with human pricks.
I have a strict renal diet to be on.
You get to eat filet mignon.
Between you and me and us
I'd like to get off this dialysis bus.




oh that is really good!!!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on July 23, 2006, 10:04:22 PM
Oh how I want to eat.
Anything would be a treat.
Instead of old ice chips
I want potato crisps.
Instead of rice cakes
I would like a drink the size of a lake.
Moan, groan and whine
The renal diet and diabetic diet do not combine.
I do not understand
How to get meals to plan.
Between the diabetic hubby
And the renal patient me
I have discovered one little thing
Together we better not eat anything.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: livecam on July 30, 2006, 04:07:16 PM
I still remember the staff dietician telling the story about the patient who just had to have a beefsteak tomato.  The story goes he picked a big one, ate the whole thing and then...died.  Their little way of telling you to avoid those pesky tomatoes.  Now with that said I'll have the spaghetti with rich meat sauce and a couple of meatballs.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: goofynina on July 30, 2006, 05:34:54 PM
Maybe it was just his time to go :-\
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: nkviking75 on October 16, 2006, 10:37:28 PM
I thought fake salt was bad for you because it was high in potassium!  ??? >:D


Regardless that was a fantastic poem!
 more more more  ;D

Late to this discussion, but... There's an alternative to the alternative.  They offer one at my unit and I believe the name is Papa Dash.  It's suitable for the renal diet.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Rerun on October 17, 2006, 02:21:03 AM
I've seen Papa Dash in a clinic in Spokane, WA.  I wonder why they don't push it more.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Epoman on October 17, 2006, 07:46:52 AM
I still remember the staff dietician telling the story about the patient who just had to have a beefsteak tomato.  The story goes he picked a big one, ate the whole thing and then...died.  Their little way of telling you to avoid those pesky tomatoes.  Now with that said I'll have the spaghetti with rich meat sauce and a couple of meatballs.

I really think you should add in your signature line that you currently have a working transplant because new members you do not know you or have read your previous posts will just think you are a non-compliant patient. You can add it by clicking on your "profile", then clicking "Forum Profile Information" and adding to your signature line.  :thumbup; 

And the tomato story is just propaganda, "Tales" they say to scare us, if they told that to me I would eat a beefsteak tomato right in front of them.  >:D
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on October 17, 2006, 04:08:27 PM
Right on Epoman!   We are adults after all. And scare tactics do not work on me!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: jbeany on October 17, 2006, 04:50:58 PM
No tomato now
Sorry, no fries and ketchup
That is potato

No ice cream allowed
I have banana split dreams
Do you have them too?

Everyone needs a little haiku, don't they?
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on October 17, 2006, 06:15:52 PM
Oh dietitian dear,
why don't you come near?
Do you have a fear of what
Your patient might tell you?
Do you worry about me
and my little food insanity?
Perhaps you should.
I know I would!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: nkviking75 on October 17, 2006, 08:12:18 PM
A haiku for my Achilles Heel

Milk!
sweet nectar of the cow.
Delectible, but curses!  Out of bounds.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: nkviking75 on October 17, 2006, 08:13:53 PM
A haiku for my Achilles Heel

Milk!
sweet nectar of the cow.
Delectible, but curses!  Out of bounds.

Ok, I was working so hard on getting 17 syllables that I forgot all about proper form!  Heading off any literary critics here.
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on October 17, 2006, 08:25:05 PM
Diet pepsi, friend
Oh how I wish I just could
take the can and drink!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: Zach on October 17, 2006, 09:36:07 PM
Did you know that diet Coke has 18 mg of phosphorus per 8 oz.?

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/mail/goodanswer/soft_drink_nutrition.pdf
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on October 17, 2006, 09:49:53 PM
Did you know that diet Coke has 18 mg of phosphorus per 8 oz.?

http://www.thecoca-colacompany.com/mail/goodanswer/soft_drink_nutrition.pdf

That sucks!
Title: Re: The Renal Patient Diet Poem.
Post by: kitkatz on December 10, 2006, 12:11:21 AM
Okay I am a tear tonight!


I hate BMI
It makes you hate your weight so.
It makes me fatter.