Text 38917, 149 rader
Skriven 2010-06-11 23:57:58 av Janis Kracht (1:261/38)
  Kommentar till text 38893 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
Ärende: X-ray stuff                                              [1]
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Hi Ruth,

> At a point where I can catch up on Fido again. The dress is ready for a
> final fitting & marking the hem on Monday.  Tuesday will be a long day
> of sewing so I can give it to the young lady that evening. She wanted it
> fitted sotighitthatIcan'tbreath in the bodice.

Perhaps she is used to really fitted garments..

>  We decided to gather the
> skirt in back and pin it with a fancy pin instead of taking it off the
> bodice to redo that as well.

I can imagine.. good solution because the bodice reworking with delicate
fabrics would probably have been near to impossible to hide. :(

>> > I do appreciate her.  We had an appointment with another doctor
>> closer > to where we live but neither Steve nor I felt comfortable
>> with him.  We > felt like he was trying to say that he knew our bodies
>> (after only one > visit) than we did.

>> Know what you mean there... We're happy with our gp since he seems to
>> stay on top of things in general regarding health issues and seems

> Good that you found a gp in that area.  Does he take veggies in barter?
> (G)

haha I WISH :)  He knows I garden as I've brought in summer squash, etc. for
his staff at times .. but he's never mentioned a barter system (g).


>> pretty sharp.  He suggested the neurologist I'm seeing now since he
>> felt this neuologist was the best in the area.  We're both real happy
>> with him as well.  I'd been to a different one in the area when we
>> first moved back to NY, but I wasn't crazy about his attitude in
>> general... nor of his office workers.

> The office workers on the first dr we visited were great!  He was the
> one we couldn't tolerate. The one we changed to has office staff as good
> as she is.

This particular office is one of those where you can tell that the staff is
under duress (g).. but I'm glad you were able to find a good combination
there..  that's how our GP's office is.. great staff and great doctor.

>> knowlege about
>> 'side-effects' are now known that say 50 or 60 years ago, were
>> completely unknown.  My mom and dad always felt bad about my oldest

> Yes, that's true.  A lot of medical knowledge has only come about over
> the last 15 years or so.  The advances of computerised medicine have
> made for better research, tests and trials.  A lot can be done virtually
> that saves "wear & tear" on anmals and humans alike.

Yes,  very true.  It is incredible what research is able to accomplish with
computer models.

>> sister's exposure to a lot of X-Rays which were necessary at the time,
>> but not thought to cause tremendous problems 'back then'.  She was
>> born with both her legs 'curled up'. When she was an infant,
>> specialists had to break both her legs and straighten them..
>> naturally, it required a lot of X-Ray proceedures and surgeries.  She

> Ouch!  I think they do a lot with casting and braces now.

That makes so much sense when you think about the state of braces these days...
though they had to stunt the growth of one of her legs so that the other one
could catch up as well.  She was always in casts as a small child.

>> From what I understand, the collectors can be installed in crawspace

> We've lived in a lot of slab construction places.  Made it really
> interesting (G) when a pipe from our HI kitchen sink broke and had to be
> replaced--jackhammered up the slab to get to it.  It was a Priority 1
> job tho.

I bet!  going without a kitchen sink is about the pits :)  When the pipes froze
in that house in Louisville, it was so horrid waiting for someone to get there
to repair things.

>> started searching for homes for sale in New York.  The first house we
>> bought was in about 1978 I think.

> We took over payments on a double wide mobile home in NC in 1980, passed
> it on to someone else when Steve joined the Army in 83.  That's the
> closest we've been to being home owners.

Ron's parents never owned a house except for one very early on, they just
didn't believe it was of benefit to them.  It worked well for them and they
never minded it at all.

>> It can be nasty stuff, that's for sure.  IIRC, we're not in the worst
>> Radon zone.. I think the north west and south east are about the worst
>> according to the EPA.

> And we're in the south east. (G)

Yes, I know.  Well, they don't know everything after all :)

>> > Ours get used several times a day.  We usually heat the water for
>> our > tea in it in the morning and then various uses thru out the day.

>> Ron really prefers using the tea kettle for tea.  It's funny because
>> he decided a while back to get a whistling teapot, which drives me
>> crazy haha.. I swear, the noise it makes reminds me of someone
>> scratching fingernails on a blackboard (vbg).  When I have tea, I
>> always use the microwave :)  I can understand his using a pot to boil

> We use the microwave most of the time but if we want to make a pot of
> tea, we'll use a pot and boil the water on the stove in a tea kettle.

That's what he does as well, but when I make a pot of tea, I take off the darn
whistle thingy :) :) He says, "I can tell when it boils.. from the sound".. I
tell him "I can tell given how long I've been away from the pot" (laugh)..

>> water though; the water stays hotter longer when you use the stove..
>> I'm guessing that temperature difference may make a difference in the
>> flavor when you are steeping tea, but I can't tell (g).

> Probably but more likely, it's the little bit higher heat that extracts
> the essential oils & flavors faster.

Could be.. I wouldn't be surprised.  I still would microwave it though I
think.. most of the teas we buy are very flavorful it seems.

>> Is that the reason.. I guess it does make sense.. you can't have it
>> swirling around while the probe is attached (g).

> Sort of makes it hard, doesn't it?

Lol.. it does.


>> Ron's blood pressure is doing well, which is also good.  He's lost a
>> little weight and that probably helped.  The doc will probably either
>> have him drop that medication or cut down on it, which is great I
>> think.  He's got an appointment this month sometime.

> We're going tomorrow for checks on various reasons.  Renew
> perscriptions, check other issoes, etc.

Hope all goes well.  Ron's app't is Monday so hopefully he'll be on one less
pill after that. (g)

Take care,
Janis

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