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Skriven 2014-02-13 14:11:18 av Stephen Haffly (1:396/45.27)
   Kommentar till text 9786 av Dave Drum (1:18/200.0)
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Hello Dave,

On (12 Feb 14) Dave Drum wrote to Stephen Haffly...

 DD> So long as your peripheral vision has recovered sufficiently you
 DD> should be all right. An acquaintance has a son who was born with an
 DD> extreme
 DD> form of tunnel vision - he can only see a very narrow field directly
 DD> in front of the centre-line of his eyes. Now he wants to learn to
 DD> drive -
 DD> and Steve isn't looking forward to that fight. The boy is pretty
 DD> amazing in what he has accomplished with his limited sight - but, I
 DD> don't think driving is in the cards for him.

Most of my loss is in the lower-left quadrant. The peripheral vision in
the upper-left seems to have come back most of the way except for the
border area between upper and lower quadrants, where it is missing some.
That area increases in the lower-left to take out a good portion of the
lower-left, kind of like this:

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          xx...
            .

This is for the left eye. The right eye has been missing vision in the
same area for some years, since I had laser eye surgery (PRK) in 2002.
That was totally unrelated to the recent stroke.

 DD> Hopefully it will be for you.

I hope so too.

 DD> Apparently you are going to be hit by the mess that has been beating
 DD> up on the middle of the country. We set an all-time low temperature
 DD> record yesterday -13oF/-25oC. That's Jim Weller temperatures. Heck,
 DD> Bill
 DD> Swisher in Anchorage, Alaska was basking in +17oF weather - nearly
 DD> shorts and tee shirt time.

We had about 4.5" of snow. Then we started getting sleet and freezing
rain. It warmed up to 35F overnight. It started raining earlier and has
transitioned to snow. We are expecting 1-3" of snow before this system
moves out. It will be cold overnight, and then daytime temperatures
should go back to above freezing and help melt this mess.

SH> So far, I have not noticed any significant negative effects from the
SH> lower-dosage of Atorvastatin. I won't know if it is effective though
SH> for a few more months when I have a follow-up appointment with my
SH> primary care doctor and can get the liver enzymes checked. If they
SH> are okay and the LDL levels are at a level that makes the doctor
SH> happy, then all is well. I don't want to increase the dosage and the
SH> risk of side-effects.

 DD> That's a good thing. Fred Ball takes a non-statin thing for his
 DD> cholesterol which may bear looking into, as well - but, the name of it
 DD> slips my aging memory right now - IIRC it was (something) fibrozil.

Gemfibrozil. I looked it up, and it has many of the same warnings as do
the statins.

I made one of these as part of making a trifle:

Title: Light Angel Food Cake
Yield: 1 Batch
Category: Dessert
Source: Nutrimill manual

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Ingredients
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12 ea egg whites (large eggs)
1/4 c cornstarch
2 1/4 c powdered sugar
3/4 c whole wheat flour
1/2 tsp salt
1 tsp vanilla or almond extract
1 1/2 tsp cream of tartar

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Instructions
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First mix 1 1/4 cups of the powdered sugar with the wheat flour and
cornstarch in a small bowl and set aside. Then separate the egg whites
completely, add salt and cream of tartar to them and whip on high
speed until the egg whites stand in peaks. Switch mixer to low speed
and gradually add 1 cup powdered sugar plus flavoring. Stop the mixer
and sprinkle in 1/3 cup of the flour mixture. Blend lightly
again,adding the remaining flour mixture. Blend only until mixed. Pour
into angel food cake pan. Bake on 375 degrees for 30-35 minutes or
until done.


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Notes
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First, the baking time is seriously underestimated. It took 45 to 50
minutes to be done. Cooling should be done inverted (use a bottle or
something to hold if needed)
Gourmet entry by Stephen


Most recent modification involved substituting 1 cup of Stevia in the
Raw Baker's Bag stevia for 1 cup of the powdered sugar. It worked well,
and there was no appreciable difference in taste.
Regards,

Stephen
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