Sarah

Thanks again. It is working. And, yes, the weaker vinegar seems to be more effective than the stronger. More aromatic I guess.

"Dear RatFink, Let me introduce you to my little friend, RBG." ANTI. Amonium Nitrogen Tri-Iodide. I will NOT tell you how to make, but easily made, and probably the most unstable fulminate known to man. Do a web search, or ask a Kurt Saxon reader. RatFink brushs a crystal with a whisker, and Rat Be Gone. I know, it is evil of me, but hearing a crystal 'crack' is very satisfying. Think of the little poppers you can buy around the Fourth. The little twisted tissue things, thrown to the ground and they go 'bang'. Now you know the active ingredient of them, and have a general idea of any of the relatively small safety issues. I used to crush a handful of the poppers in my hand, to keep my sisters from using them against me.

No on 'Brita' and 'Zero', etc. Berks, as they are called, are part of the MM deployment kits. (Mennonite Medics)(along with 'aqua' brand pills and 'survival straw's) The big multi element Berks, for when the water is suspect, such as flood senerios, where a lot of people need water, and electricity is problematic. If it were me, and with good electric, an RO (reverse osmosis) would be my answer, for 'whole house'. Correct me if I am wrong but those are charcoal and membrane filters? Didn't the AMA endorse the Berks as the only 'raw' water treatment they would recommend? The single element ones are coming down in price, but slow on the filtration. And they can be the very devil to clean. Sarah

Sassenach, one strip every three days? I have two type 1 vets who use VA (Martinsburg) in this enclave. They have, by endocrinologist prescription, no limit on 'supplies', which includes strips. And no copay, so free. Shipped. I know this as the Librum also includes the enclave PMO that they ship to. (Private Mail Office). Also the insulins come in those cute little ice chests, but those are copay ($9 a vial?). Why they would 'cut you back', I have no idea. If $ an issue, would suggest you try them again. Again, I am type 1 centric, so the ins and outs of type two are not well known to me. Maybe they do limit 2's. Anarchy, now the 'at home' test kits are more available, cheaper, and more accurate. No need to visit Doctor for the test. But again, be advised of the limitations / hidden gotchas. Again, they are not effective for us. Twilight, the 'push a pill' syndrone. I have sometimes wondered if the American medical system is so badly broken, that we have to 'bail it out' by mandatory health insurance, if it can survive. One person I know wrote that said medical costs could well be the 'trigger' for a second revolution. (third?) His brother is a doctor, but has such a large school debt that, well, he will be paying for most of his career, so I do not blame the doctors. Why should any American incur such debt to be a doctor? And we wonder why so many are foreign born and trained. Broke. Momo, I am thinking the Walmart insulins you mention are 'pig' insulins, 'N' and 'R', which are not effective for my people. I think the the modern rDNA types are cheaper. Or should be, considering the manufacturing costs. Some of the comments above about bringing the a1c down via diet and life changes reinforces my opinion that setting the clinical definition of diabetes as 6.5+ on an a1c test is bunk, and 'push a pill'. Oh, and I did not get an answer to my reply question about hypoglycemics and glucose injections. I know no hypos. Twilight, more 'push a pill'. I have often wondered at how many drugs are being tested on type 2's. So many recalls and court suits. Jeepers, yes, a slight injury can case major issues due to poor blood circulation. That is why one person I know wears 'shin guards' under her dress, and uses only thick, as in cushiony, socks she knits herself, more padding against injury. And you can buy, medical, what struck me as dirt bike racer shin guards. Stray thought... perhaps we should bring back the high laced boots for women I wore in my youth? Sarah

Seconded. We are working on the old Wilderness Way magazine archive here. Some interest. I realize you folks think me primitive to begin with.

Update. I am very busy today. We are having our quarterly 'peak-up' of our medical folks, and we support other enclaves (shhh... and two of the counties' volunteer units). This is where they come in, and get their credentials updated (Red Cross, AMA, First Responder ®)(does the circle r work here?), some common 'emt pack' supplies are updated (bulk purchase saves money), etc. This time we have 'Doc El' with us, who is always welcome, she has a doctorate in emergency medicine. I posted in the meeting room, on one of the 'white boards', "If the ADA says that an a1c of 6.5 is the clinical definition of diabetes, how does hyperglycemia work into ths system?" This morning, as I was opening up, I found my reply. "It does not. Hyper and Hypoglycemia are now discounted concepts and terms." I added a followon question. "Do the hypoglycemics still get perscribed the gluco shots?" Will respond back with the answer, if any. Sarah Edited to add: No, the ® for the circled R, for registered trademark did not work.

Thank you, Wormguy! Mt_Rider, Bananna? We freeze those before storage, just before they 'turn'. For pies, breads, puddings and the like. We are not big on raw. Hmm... Going to have to experiment a bit. I do not want to put soap in my glass traps, it would be too difficult to clean out. And I wonder if it has to be store bought 3-4% apple cider vinegar. Ours is normally stronger. Reproduce overnight in the drain?!? So that is where... But I would have thought the wire strainers would block. Going to try a couple of drops of soft lye soap in the drain each night, after the nightly flush. Thanks again. Sarah

$3,700 for an enameled, and $6,250 in stainless. Sheesh. I am 'sending this up', perhaps it will be a enclave acquistion. Thank you, Ambergris, for the link. Bags not required? GOOD. With the quality of cans, we do true canning at the enclave level, really going 'south', hmm... Sarah

I am looking for a DIY formula for my fruit fly traps. The costs of refills keep going up. Apple and grape juice do not work so well. Anybody got anything? Sarah

punching squirrel into the database gives: FF FOXFIRE 1-12 Recipes, squirrel, 01:269 Squirrel cooking, 01:269 Squirrels, dealing with (in the garden), 04:191 Wild animal foots, squirrel, 01:269 xx:yyy is Foxfire volume / page. WHCB WHITE HOUSE COOK BOOK 1887 POULTRY AND GAME: Squirrels. 89 SOUPS. Squirrel. 30 freebie copies of both works via the link below. Sarah.

Anarchy, (sorry, something seems wrong with the quote function) >>> What does dKa stand for? What does a1c stand for? dKa: diabetic ketoacidosis. The body, in distress, not having enough glucose and other sugars in the blood stream will turn on the body. First it eats up the fat. This makes the blood more acidic. Then it turns on the muscle. Hence 'the wasting sickness'. This is also why aspart insulins are by prescription only. Lantis type insulins, in many states do not require a prescription. A body builder could take three to five units of an aspart, (depending on person) and the body would counter. A few such cycles, with six hours between, and they are 'ripped'. NOTE: dKa is not just diabetes. Normally, yes. It is the body turning on itself, several things can trigger. a1c: I do not know the meaning, but it measures the average glucose level over a rough three month period. There are now standardized, measurement and scales wise. This is an electo-chemical electro-isotope test, similar to the standard glucometers, but expressed as a percentage. The older form of a1c was a visual spectrum test where they actually measured the thickness of the glucose coating on the hemoglobin. I am not sure of the figures, let me check... "Diabetes is officially diagnosed with an a1c of 6.5 percent. This middle ground between 5.7 and 6.4 percent is called prediabetes. This means that a person with an a1c in this range is at high risk for eventually being diagnosed with diabetes if changes are not made to lower the glucose levels in the bloodstream." The modern meters may also report 'keytones'. It used to be that the doctor was required to ask if you ever had such a reading before taking blood for a1c. >>> That's almost scary, if you do not know you have retention issues, the results would be skewed? Retention issues, and high/low, or dKa skews any electrolytic a1c for that 90 day period for anyone. This is one reason that a doctor is REQUIRED to ask if any highs or lows prior to taking blood for the a1c. Standard glucometers, yes and no. Genetics again. For us, yes. General update: There is an update on the figure of what part of the population has invalid readings with an modern glucometer. It was 2.7%. Abbot now claims 2.5%, with the Precision eXtra with the latest rom, according to the latest sales flyer. Hope for us? Now, all of our juveniles take the old 'glucose tolerance test'. If hinky in any way, the pre-pubesent juvenile will take a small, 25% rda, supplement of the various minerals. This experiment has not been active long enough to tell any true results. The suspicion is that the damage is done back then, and making sure they are in retention norms during this period will offset the chance of 'the wasting sickness'. Sarah

I am thinking you have mixed the standard type 1 and 2 treatments here. This is a type 1 'bracket' system. The other type 1 'bracket' is called 'by the threes': 0600: test and shoot aspart to lower to 100 by standard scale, and 'x' number of Lantis. 0900: test and shoot aspart to lower to 100. 1200: ditto the 0900. 1500: ditto the 0900. 1800: ditto the 0900. 2100: ditto the 0600. Normally the 2100 lantis is half the 0600. If awake at 2400, ditto the 0900. If awake at 0300, ditto the 0900. Type 2 do not do anywhere near that much testing. Again, I am type 1 centric, but I understand that type 2 only do one test a day. Sarah

No arguement from me on that. But I think it is more 'added ingredients'. I will not go into that MSG thing ('other natural flavors'). FYI: here, in our community store, asulfame potassium, aspertame, alcohol sugars, etc are BANNED. FYI, if OOM produced, you get real COMPLETE ingredients lists, and the OOA follow suit to a large degree. Sarah

My mentor, again, was a early transplant, and a 'skinny as a rail'. I was unaware of the ten year thing. He died due to other causes, and did not see ten. That does surprise me that I had not heard of that. But then again, as another posted, economics plays a big factor, and most of the medical HMO (is that correct term?) or insurance plans do not support it. Pure out-of-pocket. Yes, work is and has been done. I remember the 'glucowatch' for type 1s. And then the combination of that technology with an automatic injector. These were discarded, I think, for two reasons. The constant needle in the blood vessel, and complications thereto. And they had, I guess corrosion might be a good word, issues with the 'pig' R insulins. Today, they have the rDNA ones, but I have not seen any revisit to that type of unit. Oh, and yes, type 2 can take insulin, but normally the long types, not asparts. That is why I capitalized ASPART in my previous post. Sarah

Umm... Yes and no. The way it was explained to me is using an engine analogy. If you have a rough running engine (type 2), and you let it run that way long enough, damage can occur (type 1). But you could get a bad engine to start with (type 1). Another engine analogy. Do you remember the old 'catalyst' engines, ones that had a second smaller tank of 'catalyst', Think of the old 'corn oil' diesel engines. If the catalyst tank was empty, and you could not refill it (they corroded), that is type 1. If that catalyst tank was not metering correctly, very common, then type 2. Sarah

Look for the generic term 'glucophage'. Glucophase is a tm. I should have stuck that in. Sorry.

Thank you! The 'Christmas want' list has just been updated. That triple dipper, each cup 16 oz? $21? May not make it to Christmas. But I will not complain about the size of this one. He brought it home. Sarah

Jeepers, there are drugs that block the nutritional value of the food eaten. These 'diet pills' are often used for type 2 as an early test if diet can be controlled. 'Glucophase' comes to mind. The 'staple' may just be a continuation of that thought process. Sarah

Thank you. Much better said than I did. Sarah

Not familiar with that brand. I would be taking a hard look at the ingredients list to see what if any additives. Amused, not 'funny'. As in 'small world'. And speaking in a general tone, keep supporting that store. Sarah

Folks, I see some 'cross up' between type I and type 2. Please lets be more careful here. The treatments, in my experience, are often contra-indicated. And sometimes cross me up too. The stomach staple thing is for type 2. The rule used to be, and I think still is: if the patient required ASPART insulin injection to live, type I. Otherwise type 2. Aspart 'run's up to an hour. Some asparts are Humalog, Novolog, 'R; (pig) and Apidra. Detmir is a generic synonym (another spelling?) of the long types. Brand-names of the long are Levemir, Lantus, and 'N' (pig). Inhalent insulins are for type 2. Another way to say it. A type 1 is insulin dependent, and has no production of natural insulin. A type 2 is 'impared' production and utilization. Sarah.

No. But I do know of one who underwent the islet transplant surgery. My late mentor again. While he is dead now, he did NOT die from diabetes. He had a careful diet thereafter, ratios wise, but no restrictions on quantity or type. Normally this would not have been done or allowed. In case you are wondering, he lost his goodwife, (hitting the idiom book again) 'broken heart'. Sarah

I can help here! The 'new' electric meters such as the OneTouch, work based on the different electro isotopes of iron oxide. They react differently with magnesium, potassium, and (argh! Can not remember the third!). ferro/ferric/ferrus oxide. If the patient has retention issues of these three minerals, the meters can be greatly skewed. The older 'color change dot' units, where you blotted a strip, and then slid the strip into a color scanner also suffered from the above, but also contamination issues. The chemicals in the dot would become contaminated from open air. The oldest test, the 'tritration' test, where they take a 'large-b' vial of blood is a true lab test, but the most accurate, if you have access to such. The 'new' A1c meters are also electrolytic/electric, so they also suffer from the same issues. <start edit due to my bad english> NOTE: If you have had a 'crash', below forty on the standardized range, or 'high', above 400, then any 'new' a1c meter usually WILL will give a false reading for that period, aka 90 days. A dKa too. The daily meters also skew due to this. This shows the fallacy of a medical clinic using a standard test to monitor a gentle let down from dKa. Most EMTs do not know this. I have sat through several a dKa let down, visiting, and bit my toungue when the patient was told 'when you get down to 150...' <end edit> The even older urine dip strips are still available but the average human eye can not really use the color grid to tell. Certainly not accurate enough to be able to determine needed amount of aspart. Sarah

Mt_Rider beat me to it. I was going to suggest 'alternate' eggs, such as duck. And then in the same post she mentioned waterglass. Georgene, 'checked' means they are not lilly white like the large stores want them. This can mean 'reject'ed by the stores, or self pulled, check the dates. It's the old 'brown egg' thing again. I was also amused at WE2's comment. This is another trick, unless she is buying a brand name, such as 'egg-beaters'. Have a care there with the brand names. If you have such a 'store', you might also get just the whites and just the yolks, or whole with yolks unbroken, in mason jars. Such is not commonly offered to 'English' though. Ours also carries 'glazed' whole eggs by the six pack, see Mt_Riders post again. And there is a container deposit, just like was done with glass soda bottles. I have not seen any price fluxuations. But then our supply chains are different. Just a minute. Let me check that last baby flat of 12. $2.40. Hum. About the same? Our goods are normally more expensive. Sarah

Uh oh... I will pass this on to the Millian elder we have visiting. Thank you.