deejStuff Is Here!! (Part Three!)

[LisaR]

Oh, and I put in an order yesterday and put in the comments NOT to fill it until you are well and caught up on other orders. I'm very serious about this! I love your juice, and am missing the ones I'm out of, but I have plenty (PLENTY!) of juice to keep my nic addiction in hand for a good long time!

 

[CES]

Good morning y'all

i guess nutellla is probably high in both carbs and sugar..but it's oh so good....chilli sounds good too (but not with nutella)

 

[TravTech]

Trav, what sickliness did you have?
I inherited my father's veins -- easy to see but impossible to find. The only person who gets them on the first time is the nurse in my GP's office. My Dad always tells them to just start with a butterfly needle. I've tried that but nooooo. They'd rather save half a penny and stab me 5 times. I once ended up getting anesthesia in the back of my hand because they ran out of places on my arm to stab me.

Had a DVT in my SMV. AKA superior mesenteric vein thrombosis. Supposedly kind of rare and hard to diagnose with a 34% mortality rate due to misdiagnosis.

Did I mention misdiagnosis? When I first went in they just assumed it was the appendix since I still had mine. They yanked it and sent me home a couple days later. About 3 weeks later I was in excruciating pain throughout the abdominal area.

I'm still not 100% sure that's what it was (the SMVT). They had been floating 2 theories and settled on treatment for the above which was basically blood thinners / anti-coagulants and IV nutrition for a while. Theory was, the vein's supposed to drain the "used blood" from the intestines and other organs in the area to allow fresh oxygenated blood to flow in. The blockage was decreasing that function starving the intestines of oxygen and allowing toxins to build up in the tissue. Similar to a muscle being overworked to the point of pain during a workout, but it was throughout my abdominal organs and of course I couldn't stop the workout.

I do still occassionally get some similar but minor pains, even when I was still on the blood thinners. When I do I just reduce my intake for a day or two and drink lots of liquids. Since the underlying issue does seem to be an inability to process.

I stopped taking the blood thinners but have also stopped smoking which is a major contributor, and I also take aspirin and garlic everyday to help keep my blood thinned some.

 

[jj2]

 

[jj2]

The peanut butter I get from Trader Joe's has the following
Ingredients: Dry Roasted Peanuts

You can get it with salt as well, but I don't like that. Supermarkets have sugar free PB as well.
2 Tablespoons = 190 calories, 7 grams of protein & 7 grams of carbs (2% of RDA)

Spud, so their TV ads aren't things like Mr. Jameson receiving an invitation to court for "your wiskey + one"?
or "The only thing we've changed in the past 1xx years is the bottle." I'd really like to think they've improved on the hygiene a bit since then, but I guess not.

Trav, what sickliness did you have?
I inherited my father's veins -- easy to see but impossible to find. The only person who gets them on the first time is the nurse in my GP's office. My Dad always tells them to just start with a butterfly needle. I've tried that but nooooo. They'd rather save half a penny and stab me 5 times. I once ended up getting anesthesia in the back of my hand because they ran out of places on my arm to stab me.

They've had to draw blood from my son that way. He hates it too.

Now chili, I can eat anytime. I think there has only been a few times when someone made it that I didn't like it.

 

[Poeia]

Had a DVT in my SMV. AKA superior mesenteric vein thrombosis. Supposedly kind of rare and hard to diagnose with a 34% mortality rate due to misdiagnosis.

Did I mention misdiagnosis? When I first went in they just assumed it was the appendix since I still had mine. They yanked it and sent me home a couple days later. About 3 weeks later I was in excruciating pain throughout the abdominal area.

I'm still not 100% sure that's what it was (the SMVT). They had been floating 2 theories and settled on treatment for the above which was basically blood thinners / anti-coagulants and IV nutrition for a while. Theory was, the vein's supposed to drain the "used blood" from the intestines and other organs in the area to allow fresh oxygenated blood to flow in. The blockage was decreasing that function starving the intestines of oxygen and allowing toxins to build up in the tissue. Similar to a muscle being overworked to the point of pain during a workout, but it was throughout my abdominal organs and of course I couldn't stop the workout.

I do still occassionally get some similar but minor pains, even when I was still on the blood thinners. When I do I just reduce my intake for a day or two and drink lots of liquids. Since the underlying issue does seem to be an inability to process.

I stopped taking the blood thinners but have also stopped smoking which is a major contributor, and I also take aspirin and garlic everyday to help keep my blood thinned some.

So, you're defective and they couldn't figure out how. Scary!
(ETA: When they removed the appendix, didn't they notice that it was fine?)

If you're too lazy to make chili from scratch, you can start with Manwich and doctor it up. It's pretty good with browned, drained turkey. The original recipe (not the bold) has around 200 cal per can, no fat and <50 carb grams. I use half a can for a pound of meat (which is half what they suggest) and then throw in whatever else sound good that day.

 

[jj2]

I've never heard of anyone making chili from Manwich.

And hi Poe

 

[Poeia]

I don't exactly make chili because I don't particularly like beans. But I've used it to make similar spicy stews. It depends on what I have in the cupboard at the time. (When I was looking up the nutritional content -- which I don't have memorized -- I saw a chili recipe on the manwich site.)

 

[TravTech]

So, you're defective and they couldn't figure out how. Scary!
(ETA: When they removed the appendix, didn't they notice that it was fine?)

The surgeon who took it out "volunteered" the information (without me even asking) that it was showing signs of inflammation.

I'm all like"yeah riiiiiight..."

Even at that early stage, before the real attack, I knew it wasn't my appendix. The pain wasn't localized enough, it was more like all over the place at times and would even move around from one spot to another other times.

I generally accept their SMVT diagnosis, mainly because from the treatment I got better and was finally able to get out of the hospital. But if it were correct, I shouldn't ever feel that type of pain again like I sometimes but very rarely do. If anything I think it was the 12 days without food in my system of any kind that relieved the symptoms.

Thinking back the "12 day" thing that stuck out in my mind was actually how long I went without eating. I was in the hospital for like 14+. Sucks when the TV is nothing but Burger King and Outback commercials.

 

[jj2]

Not a great fan of Manwich but DH certainly likes it so I'll have to check it out!

Good night everyone.

 

[TravTech]

I've never heard of anyone making chili from Manwich.

They're what you call cheaters.

One place I worked, the same guy would win the chili cookoff every year and it made me sick. Not because he beat me, I never entered because I'd have to make public my list of ingredients.

What made me sick is this guy used spaghetti sauce in his chili. But the "distiguished palettes" doing the voting would still pick his every year.

Any real GOOD chili is always made from scratch!

Don't get me wrong, I love shortcuts for day to day around the house stuff. Heck in fact one of my childhood favorites growing up (that I still like), was ground beef mixed with baked beans. Not quite what I'd call chili but it's easy, fast, and sticks to your ribs.

But REAL cooking, especially for a contest, requires REAL COOKING.

 

[CES]

good morning & Happy Friday

Trav, that sounds like a miserable experience- I'm glad that you no longer have to go for a couple of weeks with out eating.

 

[jj2]

 

[JerryRM]

Good morning, Deejsters. I haven't read back yet, but I hope Deej is getting better.

Oh and for the chili lovers.

 

[jj2]

Hey Jerry. Hormel isn't all that bad in a pinch!!!

Yes it is a commercial but watch it............funny!

 

[JerryRM]

Hi Jan.

 

[jj2]

How you and your dad doing?

 

[JerryRM]

How you and your dad doing?

My Dad is doing very well, he got a physical exam last week and was given a clean bill of health. I'm having a few problems, healthwise, but I think that they will straighten out soon.

How are you doing ?

 

[jj2]

I'm doing fine.

Hope it's nothing serious.

 

[priorities]

~God Morning everyone I hope you all have a wonderful day and I hope Deej Gets Well Soon so sorry to hear he is not well Big {{{hugs}}} to him and {{{{hugs}}} to you all ~