Mammele -“However, when I was hospitalized (usually after giving birth) the ou slice of bread always irked me. I usually abstained from eating it.”
Why? Even if not a Choleh -you can eat it. If no water around just don’t touch the bread. Even with water around you wash your hands without a Brocha (I don’t know if you even have to wash your hands at all). And then you make a Hamotzay. And Bench if you ate a Kzayis.