Seattle / Being Sick / Veggies

[max&tabby 0]

We were lucky to have been given a slot at the country doctor's clinic as suggested by my mother-in-law to be. We were surprised to be accommodated without further ado specially so knowing that I just arrived in the US on a fiance visa. The staff took our word for it and gladly assigned a physician to see me. The Doctor treated me well and was very accommodating, in fact, we talked about issues not relating to strep throat at all.

I am beginning to feel okay and I can talk well now. I am hoping to feel normal at the end of this week, hopefully.

Thank you guys

Im glad your feeling good now, its expensive to get sick here. The doctor visit is way up high( well i always convert it in pesos). Regarding with food, ohhh i dont eat veggies either, but i have to try it my husband loves veggies so as our friends here. When I met his buddy's family his wife cooked green peas soup for me, ohh my i tried hard not to throw up. Good thing my husband dont care on what i eat as long as im happy and he is not picky either. The only veggies i can cook for him is steam brocolli, steam frozen veggies, butter carrots & mashed potatoes. We been married for almost 4 yrs now, & he never complained on my cooking, hehehe. I guess as long as there is love, faith & trust between 2 people everything is possible whether its foods, cultures, money or personality.

[JoBri 548]

Sorry you are not feeling well. I usually take ibuprofen, along with drinking lots of hot green tea when I've got a sore throat.

My wife and I also started out with really different tastes in food, and it was a bit stressful when she first arrived here, but now after 3 years, we're a bit more accepting of each others taste. One thing that I think helped is that I love Filipino food, so right away, I was taking my wife to the local asian markets so she could prepare the foods she was more accustomed to. Then we'd try to different places to eat out and she gradually developed a taste for Mexican food (I could eat it everyday and not get tired of it). One thing she insisted in the beginning - having a Coke with almost every meal. We eventually switched to Coke Zero and then fairly recently, cut back on any soda, except when eating out. We also recently bought brown Jasmine rice and surprisingly, both my wife and 9 yr. old stepson liked it.

My wife still tends to be really picky about what she'll eat, but when we do go out to eat now, we have a list of restaurants she likes...Japanese noodles, Mexican, Indian, Chinese, Greek, and anything buffet. When eating veggies at home, she likes broccoli, baby bok choy (pechay?), kangkong, asparagus, cabbage, green beans.

"So she could prepare"... hehe... wow. I am the husband, AND the cook... I just learn to cook filipino. I make chicken adobo, pan de sal, pancit canton, and that seems enough... and then cook what I think best.

[Revenesque 2]

It's been a while since I started a topic in VJ, tonight since I couldn't sleep because of my sickness I decided to make one.

For the first week of my life in Seattle WA, it was perfect. I love the weather where its so cold even if the sun is shining, bouncing on your head, love the way streets are organized, less traffic and most of all, I love the neighborhood, it looks like the one I had in Cebu, less jeepney and population, of course.

After few days of merry making, came the unexpected stuff, GETTING SICK. I was just surprised one morning when I woke up sick and my throat aching pervasively. I figured it was tonsillitis so I constantly took ibuprofen just to ease the pain out. My fiance has just started working so we couldn't go to the doctor for the "amox prescription." Right now I am just taking ibuprofen and benadryl along with sore throat candies.. and what not?! Oh well.. I really hope it will finally go away at the end of the week. Its so damn hard to swallow specially when I'm craving for food thats kinda hard to chew.

In so far as the food is concerned, it's really making me hard to adjust because I haven't eaten vegetables my entire life since birth. I just grew up eating fruits rather than vegies. I tried eating it at one point but shiz it's really the taste that I couldn't take. My fiance on the other hand, loves to eat asparagus, sweet onions, broccoli and the like.. this is where we insanely become incompatible. However, there are food that we love to eat without much problem - ice cream, fries, burger, adobo just to name a few. . .

Curious how most people here are able to work the relationship out despite the hindrances in terms of food, money, etc.. Feel free to share.

Welcome to Seattle! I'm visit Seattle regularly cuz my hubby lives there (I'm from Vancouver, Canada). Hope you feel better!

re: Food, I take my hubby's preference in mind and cook basically pan-asian food--but I put it on a plate and use fork and knife to fool him (vs. the communal asian way with rice bowls, chopsticks, etc), lol. I also gotten him used eating to more veggies, fruits, vietnamese phos, salad rolls, etc. It was easy for him to adjust because I do the cooking, lol. Every now and then, he craves pizza, burger, tacos so we go out for them.

re: money, I'm the better money manager of the two, so when we move together, it's understood I'll manage the money for the both of us, with his input of course. Right now, since we don't live together yet, he handles his own and so do I, and we split the cost of assets, e.g. car.

[GuardianAngel 1]

Wow! Glad to hear all your insights guys.

I'm feeling so good today. The weather in Seattle is sunny, still cold, but I am beginning to like it. Earlier, I was walking around the neighborhood to buy Diet Coke.. geeze! cravings

Humm.. about veggies. Oh well, it will really take a while to get used to eating it ..we will see in the long run. My fiance took me to the "Old Country Buffet" for a date and all sorts of American food were there. I enjoyed munching most of the food, so I guess it its not really true that I don't like eating Amercian food, maybe it't just because of the veggies - American Veggies - thats hindering me from eating it.

[Jasman0717 9]

I love the neighborhood, it looks like the one I had in Cebu, less jeepney and population, of course.

There are jeepneys in Seattle

Try hot, salt water gargling every 3 or 4 hours, it does help.

[GuardianAngel 1]

There are jeepneys in Seattle

Try hot, salt water gargling every 3 or 4 hours, it does help.

Less - minus the jeepney

Yes I gargled salt water 3 times a day and it helped a little bit. But the antibiotics are the triggering factor for my recovery.

Actually, I am feeling a whole lot better now. I am just consuming the rest of the antibiotics that were prescribed to me for 10 days.

Edited February 22, 2010 by GuardianAngel