Thank you both, with whom I agree, but the point I was making was that there was absolutely no-one else there, all cubicles were empty, so it was not difficult to be treated with priority. 
Meanwhile back in the uk a friend went to start his second round of cancer treatment but fainted before it could begin. Sent to A&E where he spent a day on a trolley in the corridor, another 2 days in a cubicle followed by a day on a ward. Finally released with a verdict of possible anaemia.
Not always like that I was in last year with Remy (midweek, late afternoon) and there were beds all in the corridors. A poor old guy with dementia who had obviously been a charcutier as he kept calling, for hours, âjambon, jambon, jambon du qualitĂ©â every minute or so 
I think perhaps that is the way I will go too if I get the dreaded disease, because one of the things I have most regretted having to do without is my weekly jambonneau. 
surely a small portion, once a week, would be ok ⊠
So different from Lyon where I asked for a dietician and no one appeared a d tgey totally did not u derstand the difference between a wheat intolerance and gluten free.
I think, now that weâre all getting to a certain age, everything in moderation and nothing to excess is just fine.
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thatâs certainly how we view things and our Doc is in agreement
(Hmm⊠everything except for grapefruit which is absolutely forbidden⊠on Docâs orders!)
I assume thatâs because it conflicts with a particular medication - something that can also be discovered if one reads the patient information leaflet (David Spardo take note!).
Yep⊠and as one gets older itâs becoming quite a conversation subject with pals. More and more find themselves with serious medication and (like us) their Docs have warned 'em about grapefruit.
When weâre all out dining together, at least one of us will be interrogating the Bar/Restaurant staff to find out just what is in this delicious looking apero⊠
EDIT: just to add that my pals are French and have no trouble understanding the info supplied with their meds, nor discussing with their Docs etc
Beacuse I havenât finished the previous consignement of pills, I ordered the new ones because the old will finish during the week, and the leaflet from the new box is with me now.
It is 80 cms in length (counting both sides) and in tiny print. I had to skim down 30 cms before I could find anything to do with a warning and all that was if I had one of the following of which only one applied to me ie heart attack, I was not to take it before consulting a doctor or pharmacist, presumably the doctor who prescribed it, the one who confirmed it and the pharmacist who delivered it. What kind of a stupid warning is that?
Sorry @_Brian but life is already far too short to waste on all this nonsense arse covering by terrified big pharma executives and their equally terrified lawyers.
BTW just skimmed the headlines down to how to take it. âSwallow accompanied by half a glass of waterâ So thatâs alright then.
I shanât bother puttng it back in the box so that is one less thing to do later. 
If thatâs your view on this⊠fair enough. Youâre a grown man and can take responsibility for your actions and your medications 
over and out
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I can take the word of the doctor and the pharmacist without having to be told to, the very fact that I had the ordonnance proves that I had already done so.
Iâve been trying to make sense of the plethora of pills that my parents have to take, which come prepackaged from the pharmacy. I simply took a photo of the inside cover, where each pill is listed and sent it to Perplexityâs AI tool. Back came a list of what each drug is for and the side effects of each, categorised as common, unusual and rare.
Iâm quite sceptical about AI but, as a search engine on steroids, it was very useful.
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Hoho!
I saw it after I posted and chose to let it lie 
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Not all medications are not interfered by grapefruit. I take Levothyroxine and that does not have an interaction with grapefruit; it can, however, be complexed with calcium.
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I never suggested they were and itâs interesting to hear about calciumâŠ
Grapefruit is simply something which our Doc (amongst others) has warned against⊠(actually forbidden)⊠due to certain prescribed medications OH takes, which are adversely affected.
I hope all Docs guide the patient on what one should/should not doâŠ
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Apologies for my inexcusable double negative.
The grapefruit juice contains compounds (furanocoumarins) that block the metabolism of certain drugs, particularly certain statins leading to an increased concentration of the drug in the body.
Is it just grapefruits? I eat large oranges including the ones with red flesh, and cut them with a grapefruit knife because they are so similar.