Monday, April 12, 2010

Yet Another FAQ

OK I promise to be BRIEF on this one. Seems that Mr. Jeffrey Lebowski (who asks me to refer to him as "Dude") who hails from Los Angeles, CA has submitted a fine question here to Transplant Trib Universe Headquarters. Mr. Lebowski, uh, sorry, Dude writes " I understand you consider yourself a (former) hospital dining expert of some sort. So, Mr. Smarty Pants, how was the food REALLY during your long stay at UCSF? I mean, would they get you, like, a White Russian if you asked nicely?"

Outstanding question Dude. As I may have mentioned elsewhere I considered my dining experiences to be very, very good, approaching excellent. Highlights included my well-known affection for French toast, as well as chicken curry, corn chowder, Madeleine cookies (unfortunately discontinued suddenly), chicken taco salad, Shasta diet cola and many many others. Clunkers were very few in number including most of the sandwiches and the "entree salad" which was also a new addition but a confusing choice (Is it an entree? Is it a salad?) that I tried once then abandoned.

I did experience some frustrating tray accuracy errors like missing margarine a lot, failure to send me double portions (oink oink) of high- protein items as specified by The Team, cereal with no milk, and so forth. Staff were unfailingly pleasant and efficient and I know how difficult achieving that can be. I must give Nutrition Services at UCSF two enthusiastic R.J.'s Transplant Trib thumbs up for maintaining a fine program in spite of a census of over 500 and a major re-do of the cafeteria.

Uh, Dude, concerning the White Russian I kinda doubt it but then again I never asked. They truly aim to please (and would you aim too please?) so it might be worth a try. Knock yourself out. And thanks for the fine FAQ. I hope you are enjoying my humble blog.

Bob/Irv
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RJ/Bob/Irv is a 61-year-old beloved husband, father, uncle, brother, motor racing fanatic, and Livermore resident who received a heart and kidney transplant in February of 2010. Bob's recent years have been defined by his health, which forced him into early retirement. Unfortunately, many of his days were spent in a dialysis center or at various medical appointments, primarily due to his living with diabetes for over 40 years. Numerous were panic visits to various Emergency Rooms all over California for treatment of chest pain. But now no more dialysis and no more late-night dashes to UCSF! The main focus of Bob's family, friends, and doctors has been a prompt transplant, so that he can get back to traveling with his Sweetie, driving fast cars, enjoying great music and laughing with his friends. This blog will function as a way to communicate with all interested parties and to keep everyone informed. And hopefully it can serve a great purpose also, in making people more aware of the importance of organ donation and how each life saved has a positive effect on dozens of related friends and relatives.