Text 29116, 120 rader
Skriven 2007-06-15 05:58:13 av Ed Hulett (1:123/789.0)
  Kommentar till text 29114 av Mimi Gallandt (1:123/789.0)
Ärende: OUT of Oraq or ???
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Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG>>> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>>>> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:
 MG>>>>> Ed Hulett -> Mimi Gallandt wrote:
 EH>>>>>> Mimi Gallandt -> Ed Hulett wrote:

 EH>>>>>>>>>>>>>> To which the "Oraqis" are very appreciative. ;-)

 VH>>>>>>>>>>>>> Indeed they are -- they serve lemonade to the troops every
 EH>>>>>>>>>> afternoon.
 VH>>>>>>>>>>>>> :-)

 EH>>>>>>>>>>>> Lemonade and butter mints. :-)

 MG>>>>>>>>>>> I haven't seen those in years. I figured out a couple of
 MG> years
 MG>>>>> ago
 EH>>>>>>>>>> that
 MG>>>>>>>>>>> I'm definitely middle aged; I can go all the way through the
 MG>>>>> candy
 EH>>>>>>>>>> aisle
 MG>>>>>>>>>>> in the commissary and nothing yells "eat me". :)

 EH>>>>>>>>>> Heh... I used to love butter mints. Like you, I haven't seen
 EH>> any
 EH>>>>>>>> for a
 EH>>>>>>>>>> long time.

 EH>>>>>>>>>> I still buy a Hershey bar now and then. I have to watch how
 EH>> much
 MG>>>>>>>>> candy I
 EH>>>>>>>>>> eat since I'm borderline diabetic. I don't want to end up
 MG>>> like my
 MG>>>>>>>>> sister
 EH>>>>>>>>>> and have to self-inject insulin.

 MG>>>>>>>>> Yeah, that would suck. My sister had the opposite problem
 EH>>>>>> (forgive my
 MG>>>>>>>>> spelling) she had hypoglycemia and had to stop eating fried
 EH>> foods
 EH>>>>>> she
 MG>>>>>>>>> ate a lot of grilled plain fish. Don't they have nasal
 MG>>> delivery of
 MG>>>>>>>>> insulin these days? I know they have it for kids, but not
 MG> eating
 MG>>>>>>> candy
 MG>>>>>>>>> is easier than chancing self injection. I'm no longer phobic
 MG>>> about
 MG>>>>>>> the
 MG>>>>>>>>> possibility of dialysis; apparently they can now implant a
 EH>>>> shunt so
 EH>>>>>>>> you
 MG>>>>>>>>> don't have to deal with hours of needles in your arms. The
 EH>>>>>>>> nephrologist
 MG>>>>>>>>> tells me that my kidneys are only going to get worse, but that
 MG>>> I'm
 EH>>>>>>>> doing
 MG>>>>>>>>> fine right now, it's probably the same for you if you just eat
 MG>>>>>>>>> correctly. (says the gal who keeps Frito-Lays in business <g>)

 EH>>>>>>>> The mother of a friend I bought my house from had dialysis 3
 EH>>>> times a
 EH>>>>>>>> week for several years. She was almost 70 at the time. In
 EH>> November
 MG>>>>>>> 2004
 EH>>>>>>>> she got the flue and died the day after Thanksgiving.

 MG>>>>>>> That sucks, my next older brother had dialysis for years, finally
 EH>>>>>> had a
 MG>>>>>>> transplant and died 20 years later of a massive stroke to the
 EH>>>> medulla
 MG>>>>>>> obligata (sp?) anyway.

 EH>>>>>> Well, even health nuts like Jim Fix and Dr. Atkins aren't immune
 MG>>> from
 EH>>>>>> dying unexpectedly.

 MG>>>>> I'm no fan of commercials on TV but even Dr. Jarvis (inventor of
 MG> the
 MG>>>>> artificial heart) is hawking some cholesterol lowering medicine (I
 EH>>>> don't
 MG>>>>> remember which one).  :)  Take care of yourself.

 EH>>>> Ah yes, Lipator (sp?). If you listen to the possible side-effects of
 EH>>>> those anti-cholesterol medicines, you'd think twice before trying
 MG>>> any of
 EH>>>> them.

 MG>>> Yes they supposedly can damage your liver. Many drugs have odd side
 MG>>> effects ie Cialis (sp?) can cause 4 hour erections, but if you get
 MG> one
 MG>>> you're supposed to contact your doctor.  :)

 EH>> It also makes you sit naked in a bathtub. :-)

 MG> This may be none of my business, but don't you normally sit naked in the
 MG> bath tub? I'm pretty sure that's what they're for; keeping your clothes
 MG> on while taking a bath makes getting clean very difficult. Also I
 MG> suggest you just sit there; dancing in a wet tub is not advisable. :)

Not out in the open like they do in the Cialis commercials. :-)

Ed

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