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Skriven 2008-02-15 23:06:00 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
   Kommentar till text 2469 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: BlueWave                                                 [2]
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Hi Ruth!

>> Yep.. then once in a while I make something I haven't made in ages,
>> like jambalaya and we both think, wow, why haven't I made this in so
>> long ? (g).

> It's one thing I'll enjoy when eating out; it's got 2 of Steve's non
> favorite foods in it---okra and "pig" (sausage).

Yes, but I don't put okra in mine (g) I usually make a chicken and shrimp
jambalaya and if I have sausage, I'll throw that in as well :)  I seem to
always have chicken and shrimp in the freezer :)

>>> Yes :(  The symptoms these people were getting were very very much
>>> like the ones that person with MS gets (but more than even that).  The
>>> problems down to  the method used to take out the pigs' brain (it's
>>> not used all over the country) and they believe it was caused by brain
>>> matter spraying on the workers..

>> > Mad pig disease?

>> At this point, as far as they knew, no one had ever had problems from
>> eating the pork .. only people who worked at the plant were affected,
>> and not al of them.... ("as far as they knew" eek).

> Probably good thing we don't eat proccessed (canned, "lunch meat" type,
> etc) pork products.

I have a hard time buying any luncheon meats these days since they are packing
them all with some germ or other to allow longer storage life.. sick.

>> >That was some sharp medical sleuthing.

>> Yes.. but not before so many were made so very ill...  They were able
>> to track things down by the number of people who became ill that were
>> "brain-blowing".. IIRC, they were using high-powered air hoses to blow
>> the brains out..  What they are still not sure of, is why this is
>> happening.. is that some people are more sensitive to the pig brain
>> matter (they're immune systems attack), or an infection, etc... and
>> why.. It was a great article and a little scarey.

> Definately scary--and enough to make me steer clear of pork products
> produced in MN.

Yep :)  You can tell Steve he made a good choice (g).

>> You'd need to sign up for a NYTimes account but it's relatively
>> painless to do that if you haven't done so.

> I think I'll pass on it.  My parents usually get the NY Times but an
> article like that they probably wouldn't think about.

Yes, probably not.

>>> not > given up beef. Seriously, we have cut way down on our meat
>>> consumption > and most of it is poultry now.

>>> Since we've gone the organic route or whatever you want to call it,
>>> we've been eating more meat than we were before.  But I don't feel bad
>>> doing it, since I know these animals weren't fed a diet of corn
>>> products when they were born to eat grass... and I don't worry about
>>> mad cow as much either.  Just because a farmer doesn't industrialize

>> > Yes, and we should probably go the same route for our eatingtoo.

>> I figure it's something (g).. and I know I have allergies to corn or
>> at the very least can't digest it anyway...

> Every little bit helps. Steve seems to be a bit sensitive to corn too
> so, much as we like it, we don't have it as a vegetable (or in corn
> chips) very often. If he has too much, he notices a migraine aura the
> next day.

That would drive Ron nuts if he got migraines from corn.. he loves it in the
summertime :)

>> > Not only me but his other patients.  He's now a better doctor for
>> that > experience. It showed in how he treated me the rest of the time
>> he was > my doctor.

>> Yes, I bet.. Along those lines, I felt especially bad when my first
>> neurologist retired after I had trained him so well (vbg).  I figured
>> I'd have to break a new one in when I went back to
>> NYHospital/Presbyterian Med. Center in
>> Manhatten.. but the new guy was just as sharp as my old doctor,
>> luckily for me :)

> Same here when I moved and had to change pulmonologists.  After having
> had the same excellent one for the previous 5 1/2 years, it was hard
> knowing I'd be dealing with a new one.  But, I got another excellent
> one.

That's so good to hear.. It's not the kind of thing you like to gamble with,
that's for sure.  When we were in Louisville, I couldn't find a decent
neurologist .. so every time we'd come home for a visit to NY, I'd make an
app't with my doctor in Manhatten.. Little bit of a pain, but it was better
than dealing with someone you didn't feel comfortable with.

Take care,
Janis

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