Nancy Young wrote:
> "MayQueen" > wrote
>
>> Chatty Cathy wrote:
>>> James Silverton wrote:
>
>>>> When I have a choice I do not eat in bed but I have been in
>>>> hospital and had no alternative so my answer has to be rarel!
>>>
>>> I have only been in hospital 3 times - twice for the birth of my
>>> kids and once for an appendix operation... so I wasn't "very sick",
>>> and the nursing staff had no objection to my sitting in one of the
>>> visitors' chairs to eat my meals on a tray, next to the bed. But I
>>> suppose if you can't get out of bed to eat, or if the hospital
>>> "rules" don't allow it, you don't have much choice.
>>
>> I did answer never to the meals in bed, but didn't think of hospital
>> stays. So I guess it's a rarely then.
>
> I don't consider being bedridden and eating in bed the same as a
> question, Do you eat in bed, as if it's a usual voluntary thing you
> might do.
>
> nancy

Yeah, totally different. It's not like if you're in the hospital you get a
choice, would you like to eat here or in the dining room?

Jill