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  1. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    Well, based on what you've said, maybe I'll reconsider. The statin that was prescribed is Simvastatin 10 mg once a day. I haven't checked to see if that's a low, medium or high dose. Here's the site where I read the info that made me not want to take a statin: Statin side effects: Weigh the...
  2. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    I used Turbo Tax, but when once I completed the NC state income tax extension request, I was disappointed to find out that Turbo Tax didn't have any way for me to submit my estimated payment online, and I didn't want to drive back into town to mail the form and payment. So, for the state...
  3. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    Here's your change from the 2 cents: I'm sure you're correct about the doctor's reasoning. However, one of the side effects of statin drugs is muscle soreness. I'd rather take the calculated risk of reducing my LDH cholesterol more slowly than have it be more painful to get around than it...
  4. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    I'm supposed to take both. My doc won't find out that I'm only taking one of them until after I'm retested 2 months from now. Whether I inform him sheepishly or triumphantly will depend on what the new test results are. Of course if I have a stroke or heart attack between now and then I'll be...
  5. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    The picture that Legs posted is, seriously, a Sarcastic Fringehead. (Thanks, Google Picture Search!) Well, my doctor's office called on Friday with my blood test results. They told me my LDH is ridiculously high and my Vitamin D is ridiculously low. I immediately reduced my alcohol consumption...
  6. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    Well, of the 4 cups of beans that I cooked, less than 5% are on that tortilla, so you'd actually only need to use less than one-fifth of a cup of Trappey's Red Devil sauce, which is approximately equivalent to 4 drops of Dave's Insanity Ghost Pepper sauce.
  7. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    So simple, so inexpensive, so delicious. 4 cups dried Great Northern beans, 6 cups water, boatload of coarsely ground black pepper, cooked for 80 minutes in Instant Pot with additional 30 minutes on "warm" for pressure to bleed off. I don't presoak dried beans and never will; there is no...
  8. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    I appreciate your comments, Mary. Of all the types of medication that one can be prescribed, pain relievers are the ones I'm least hesitant to take. Whether that's good, bad or neither, I'll listen but won't argue one way or another.... that's just my personal opinion about meds. I'll report...
  9. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    I took a 15 mg meloxicam yesterday, after I immediately filled the Rx that my doctor wrote yesterday. An hour ago, I took one for today, with food as recommended. The doc told me that even though the prescription is written for 1 pill per day, I can skip it any time I'm not feeling it...
  10. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    It isn't an option for the USPS to select those they think are athletic enough to perform the duties of the job for which hiring is taking place. As a Federal agency, the USPS is pretty strictly bound to using hiring policies which do not involve opinion, and degree of athleticism is not...
  11. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    At my physical today, the doc told me I won't likely be a candidate for back surgery due to what he thinks is the nature of my problem. He says that misalignment looks to him to be the issue... front to back misalignment rather than side to side, if I understood him correctly. At any rate, I'll...
  12. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    She is clearly a Super Genius! I'm off to have a full physical. Haven't seen a doc since 2015; I really need to get more regular. :lol: Then I'll have to get scheduled for my once-every-three-years colonoscopy, probably get a chest x-ray or some type of scan, and demand a bone density test for...
  13. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    I realized that the over the counter capsules are 5000 IU at most. Is taking 10 of them out of the question for you?
  14. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    Legs; vitamin D is available over the counter for cheap, since the VA veterinarian won't prescribe sufficient amounts for you. Once you tell her that you've been supplementing what she prescribed by buying enough over the counter to make up the difference, maybe she'll be embarrassed enough to...
  15. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    Yep, I saw it for the first time on Sunday afternoon. Although I seldom indulge, I do enjoy their ads. The sodium content in Arby's sandwiches is ridiculous, and in my opinion, there's no good reason to use that much. The meats would be just as good with less salt.
  16. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part 5

    I think of the vape bands strictly as rubber cushions to help decrease the possibility of tank breakage from knockdowns.
  17. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Front Porch - Part 5

    It took me a while to realize that vape bands had an actual beneficial purpose. I kind of hope that fidget spinners go the way of pet rocks, though.
  18. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    Now I've got a soft spot for Lance myself, thanks to that story! Have you ever considered writing to Lance customer service or advertising department and telling them about it?
  19. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

  20. bigbells

    Older Folks and Vaping Back Porch - Part Seven

    I forgot... also available to me were Lance Cream Cheese and Chives Captain's Crackers. One whole pimento-stuffed olive atop each of 6 crackers was pretty good, and I can do it again if desired.
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