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Skriven 2013-06-22 16:47:07 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
   Kommentar till text 1526 av RUTH HANSCHKA (1:123/140)
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Hi Ruth,

->  RH> taught on the dinosaurs.  I actually got to use punch cards, the
 RH> last class to do so.

-> I used them on a class project my senior year. We did a survey and
-> tabulated the results on punch cards. I took the results from the paper
-> copies I had and worked them into a paper for another class.

 RH> Good idea.  Double duty research is your friend.

Especially in sociology and psychology classes. The survey was done for
one on population problems, the paper was for a social psychology class.
The former class was a sociology one, the latter could be used for
credit in either field (I took it for psychology credit.) so the
research benefitted both my major and one of my minors.


->  RH> Yes.  He'd been having problems, but it was all lung and breathing
->  RH> issues. Someone finally connected some dots and figured out it was
->  RH> something called "leaky gut syndrome".  No one knows the cause, but
 RH> at
->  RH> least it heals eventually if treated.

-> Good thing somebody finally put everything together and came up with a
-> reasonable answer. Hopefully, now that he knows what it is and how to
-> treat it, the problem will clear up. Does it mean he has to eat this way
-> the rest of his life or only until the gut clears up?

 RH> No one knows.  It should heal, but how far and how much you never
 RH> know. They still don't know what caused it to begin with.

And probably never will. Hopefully he can resume eating a more normal,
but maybe with some limitations, diet.


->  RH> It's the bread yeast that's the problem.  The wheat itself, and
 RH> gluten in general, don't seem to be involved.

-> Interesting, you wouldn't think there's that big a difference in yeasts.

 RH> Apparently there is. I have a friend who's allergic to walnuts but not
 RH> almonds.

I knew someone while we were in HI who could have ground nuts (like
peanuts) but not tree nuts like macadamias.


-> -> acting ones like orange juice). Giving up OJ was hard but I don't
 RH> miss it that much any more.

->  RH> It does take a while.

-> I know, when we were in NY in February, I had morning blood glucose
-> readings in the low 50s so Steve made me drink some orange juice. Just
-> that bit of a taste reminded me again how much I miss it at times.

 RH> Low 50s?  That's like low deadies.

It was only a couple of days, and a 4 oz shot of OJ brought it back up
to a reasonable level. I was on a low dose of insulin at the time; those
readings were part of the reason we dropped the insulin entirely about 6
weeks later.


-> -> Artists tend to find each other. (G)

->  RH> Seem to, even if they're in different disciplines.  Painters and
->  RH> musicians often hook up. Musicians of course are a given.

-> And then the opposites attract thing. Steve is as left brained as I am
-> right brained.

 RH> My parents were the same way - hard core enginerd and a special ed
 RH> teacher.

Makes life interesting, doesn't it? (G)

->  RH> Wow.  Holy muslin dyeing party batman!

-> She passed them on to a co workier, I've no idea how fresh they were.
-> Even with a good assortment of teas on hand some months ago, we didn't
-> have that big a stash for 2 people. Most of it is gone now, drunk up.

 RH> Good.  I have a big stash, but I suck it down seven to eight months of
 RH> the year.

We drink it year round. In the summer I usually make a couple of gallons
of iced tea a week. Haven't this summer because it's been so cold that
Steve brews what he wants, one glass at a time, in the Keurig and I
drink water most of the time (hot tea in the morning). He will go with
hot tea after so many cups of coffee in a day.

---
Catch you later,
Ruth
rchaffly{at}earthlink{dot}net  FIDO 1:396/45.28


... First Law of Lab Work:  Hot glass looks exactly the same as cold glass.

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