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Skriven 2012-11-14 16:10:17 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
     Kommentar till en text av MICHAEL LOO (1:123/140)
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Hi Michael,

 RH> found out that tho I can do a fair number of things without
 RH> bothering the wrist, using the chef's knife is still a bit of a pain.

 ML> Is it a big heavy chef's knife such as I like? The obvious
 ML> solution is to get a littler one - but then I was at a friend's

It's a decently heavy one, much better than the el cheapo lightweight
one I got with a knife set some years ago. I'm getting better handling
it so I guess the wrist is getting stronger.

 ML> house looking at the Cutco catalogue, and I saw a nifty "mini"
 ML> chef's knife, and I said, how cool, and then I saw the price,
 ML> which was something outlandish like $79.99.

Out of my price range so I'll stick with the one I have.

 RH> Could be the way I hold it (as opposed to a regular knife) or just the
 RH> fact I'm doing more cutting than usual when I use it. Just don't know
 RH> but trust it will resolve itself.

 ML> Listen to your body.

I am, and I'm trying to pace myself on projects that use the hand/wrist
area.


 RH> I guess the days of penmanship are gone.

 ML> Suppose so. I keep finding supposedly literate people whose
 ML> handwriting looks worse than that of the street folks from the
 ML> days of my youth. Not that mine wins any kind of prize, but at
 ML> least it's fleet and flowing. People just don't do that kind

I'm one of the "turn the hand in" writers--it looks decent but I tend to
use a fine point pen that makes it a bit spidery looking. My mom's has
always looked like a chicken walking across the paper, mine is a lot
neater than that.

 ML> of thing any more. Pencils are hard to come by nowadays.

About the only time I use a pencil is for drawing.  I've got lots of
colored pencils and a few plain graphite ones.


 ML> a heavy carb household (and the main source of protein is
 ML> dairy products) - thankful for my metformin and for Barilla
 ML> 51% whole wheat pasta (sounds like a contradiction!).
 RH> Double whammy but it sounds like you're handling it well.

 ML> Interestingly, I've been coping with it with the aid of
 ML> cinnamon powder, of which they have a huge bottle.

I do the carb watch thing. Saw my primary care doctor yesterday; she cut
the insulin from 18 units to 10 with the caveat that if the morning
readings go over 120, to increase the insulin accordingly. She said that
I might be able to eventually discontinue it as she thinks my pancreas
is working again. The A1C I had done in September was 5.9; the June one
was 8.2.  Carb watching helps those numbers go down.

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Catch you later,
Ruth
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...  It works!  Now, if only I could remember what I did.

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