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Skriven 2007-04-11 14:27:50 av BURTON FORD (1:123/140)
     Kommentar till en text av GLEN JAMIESON
Ärende: TimTam Slam and stuff
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Hi Glen        4/11/07 1:00 PM

gj-> Poor, deprived Jim, never to have tasted TimTams before! 
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gj-> Uncle Burt may recall some experiments with the "TimTam slam", in
which
gj-> diagonally opposite corners are bitten off, and then one end is dipped
gj-> into hot coffee, which is sucked into the biscuit from the other. 
This
gj-> allows 0.15 seconds in which the coffee-filled biscuit can be popped
into
gj-> the mouth, before it all collapses into the coffee cup.   

gj-> Burt was extra smart, using red wine
gj-> instead of coffee.  That gave him a little more time to ingest the 
gj-> TimTam, but from the expression on his face at the time, I think the 
gj-> taste may have lacked something.  

I think my facial expression must have lied.  I adore TimTam wine slams, as
well as the coffee slam.  Red wine goes very well indeed with chocolate.

The idea of the slam by itself is enough to endear it to me.  It is such a
fun idea.

Sadly, I won't be able to indulge in such shenanigans, except for one
TimTam per occasion, once in a while.  I have now progressed to owning a
blood monitor and testing my blood pressure once a day.  No medication so
far, at any rate.

And my aldosterone has been confirmed, with apparently no 'bad' growths. 
[No big 'C' as we Seniors refer to it.] 

The aldosterone is now being treated with medicine.... Imspra.  Holy
smokes, it costs my insurance company over $900 for a three months supply. 
I have to pay $195 for my share.  Gaudy eh?

My blood pressure is still high, but my potassium levels are finally back
to normal.  That is a real step forward.  I am no longer taking any KCL. 
From 5 packets a day to none is a real plus.  

[chuckle]  I still manage to take 8 prescriptions a day, but I feel normal
and quite good.  Some of the fog of uncertainty has lifted and that helps a
lot.  

And that's enough of that!

Burt





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