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Skriven 2012-01-31 19:42:51 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 20626 av HAP NEWSOM (1:123/140)
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Hi Hap,

->  HN> pleased the doc quite a bit. Just had
->  HN> a huge battery of blood work done and
->  HN> urine samples to check kindey function as

-> Hopefully all numbers will look good to you and the doctor. We went for
-> years without eating a lot of potatoes but picked up the amount when the

 HN> Numbers DID look good, although he
 HN> says I am slightly anemic (?!) as

Good on the numbers--was it fasting or not? Our new MD does non fasting
tests. And, I've been on iron for several years for slight anemia--just
can't get the reading high enough to be in the normal range.

 HN> my hemoglobin was at the low end of
 HN> normal. As for Potatoes, I simply
 HN> love em..chips, fries, baked, mashed
 HN> scalloped, roasted..does not matter
 HN> I love em...however I realize they
 HN> Love ME a little TOO much...so I
 HN> now have them rarely. Have not bought
 HN> a bag of potatoes in ages!

I bought a bag today at Whole Foods Market. I generally buy russets but
will add in a sweet potato or two, sometimes Yukon gold or red. Sweets
are for Steve, the others go well in certain dishes.


->  HN> And I can be in real wilderness faster than you

-> Probably so, tho I've not looked at a map. There are a few desolare
-> places here in the state but the number is diminishing. OTOH, if we were
-> in AZ, there are still a lot of places with nothing but cactus, mesquite
-> and some nasty critters.

 HN> I can be in total wild in less than
 HN> an hour. Which can be a problem for
 HN> many as they go off into the wild as
 HN> if it were just a jaunt down the block
 HN> and as ill prepared too!

Some folks wouldn't know how to prepare for anything like that. We've
started making sure we have a fleece throw or 2 and some munchies in the
car if we're traveling in winter. Other times of the year it's just
munchies (and drinks).


->  HN> As far as breads go, I have
->  HN> whole wheat crumpets for tomorrow's
->  HN> breakfast (poached eggs on toasted

-> Sounds good; I've got some english muffins in the freezer I ought to
-> pull out for something similar. I made 2 beautiful looking loaves of
-> bread today using a cup of the leftover grain mix. Between those,
-> several kinds of crackers, other breads, pastas, etc, we've got a lot
-> of carbs in the house.

 HN> Have you ever made bread with
 HN> sprouting grain? I see it at the

Not tried it, I usually stick to my basic recipe for general eating. I
have done some experimenting but not too often. Just remembered--I was
at Whole Foods today and didn't look for red or black rice.

 HN> health food store quite often. High
 HN> on the carbs though. I have found a new
 HN> pasta that we really like; Dreamfields,
 HN> it has a 65% lower glycemic index than
 HN> regular and tastes better than whole
 HN> wheat.

We like the whole wheat but some brands are better than others. We've
cut back on the amount we eat but not gone for a low carb specific one.

->  HN> crumpets) and some high fiber english
->  HN> muffins...and that's it, no crackers
->  HN> or bread at all. Do have cheerios
->  HN> though!


Regular, multi grain or honey nut?

 HN> Everyone around here
 HN> has green grass currently.
 HN> Plenty of natural watering going
 HN> on!

Not here; we're almost 2" behind the 30 year average expected rainfall
total for the year.

->  HN> Our grass (if it did not get regular
->  HN> watering) turns brown in the dry
->  HN> summer heat.

-> Sounds like AZ but they get summer monsoons to help green it up. Most of
-> the year, if not watered, the grass would be brown.

 HN> Mostly because it should not
 HN> be there in the first place!
 HN> First time I went though AZ
 HN> in the 50's I don't even
 HN> remember seeing any grass.
 HN> No..wait, I DO! It was at
 HN> the Motel one night when we
 HN> stopped...there was a strip of
 HN> grass just in front of the
 HN> office, with roses...

A lot of it has come in then from folks moving there and bringing in
their bit of previous life. We had it, and had to maintain it, living on
post. If we do resettle there, we're going to xeroscape.

->  HN> and I took Annie out for
->  HN> a late lunch/early dinner when
->  HN> she got home from treatment..only
->  HN> 13 more treatments to go! Less than
->  HN> three weeks!!

-> Good to hear that the treatments are almost done! We went out last night
-> to the prime rib place, had the left overs for supper with some cleaning
-> out of odds & ends from the fridge to go with it.

 HN> Hormone therapy will begin after
 HN> radiation is done, but we have
 HN> not even had a meeting on that
 HN> regimen yet..

Hopefully no ill effects from that. I didn't need it but knew one lady
who did, and had problems with it. Then too, the way she's going, Anne
may have an easy time of it--you are good about keeping her nutrition up
which is half (or more) of the issue.

-> -> Steve has an appointment in Raleigh next week; I may go along and do
-> -> some shopping at Whole Foods Market. He needs peanut butter, likes


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