The Retirement Thread

[welsh dragon]

Stupid novice question but why do you need to brown the carrots and potatoes?

You don't need to but it does give a better taste to the casserole if everything has been browned off first.

 

[welsh dragon]

That sounds good.....Will try that.
Thanks.

And casseroles are easy. You can just throw anything into them. If you like peppers, or mushrooms then chuck them in as well. You can't really go wrong.

 

[SpokeyDokey]

Good morning all.
It's misty outside at the moment with rain forecast for later on this afternoon.
Now that the Doctor has his teeth into me, I have an appointment with the vampires at Barnet hospital this morning for more blood letting. Checking up on the liver and kidney function, cholesterol and whatever else they want to check. Everything was tickerty boo last time, but they are keeping an eye on me.
It gives me a chance to get out on the bike again for a few miles.

Had my annual blood tests about 3 months ago and had a clean bill of health. Cholesterol was down on previous year but I attribute that to major dietary changes rather than the Statins I now take.

I am still very much time-out on statins and am currently wrangling with the surgery to come off of them.

Also, I had my usual thyroid tests at the same time, and I am slighly over on Free T4 so they unilaterally cut my Levothyroxine dosage down and now I feel fairly tired all the time. All research indicates that the range is advisory and that some patients will function better just outside the range with very minimal possible side-effects. Possibly, an uphill battle is looming to get my old dose reinstated.

 

[screenman]

How do you brown something, yes I am that thick when it comes to cooking.

 

[welsh dragon]

Had my annual blood tests about 3 months ago and had a clean bill of health. Cholesterol was down on previous year but I attribute that to major dietary changes rather than the Statins I now take.

I am still very much time-out on statins and am currently wrangling with the surgery to come off of them.

Also, I had my usual thyroid tests at the same time, and I am slighly over on Free T4 so they unilaterally cut my Levothyroxine dosage down and now I feel fairly tired all the time. All research indicates that the range is advisory and that some patients will function better just outside the range with very minimal possible side-effects. Possibly, an uphill battle is looming to get my old dose reinstated.

Mr WD and most of the village were put on statins by the local quack. Every single person said how ill they felt and all of them stopped taking them.

 

[Paulus]

How do you brown something, yes I am that thick when it comes to cooking.

You 'brown' things by part frying them in a frying pan or other utensil to brown the outer edges, but not cook all the way through.
It seals the items ready for slow cooking or casseroling.

 

[numbnuts]

Mr WD and most of the village were put on statins by the local quack. Every single person said how ill they felt and all of them stopped taking them.

So Mr WD is still with us, but what about the rest ?

 

[ebikeerwidnes]

Just had an expected phone call from the GP

well - when I say expected - I was told "in the afternoon" and the online system said 3:30 - 3:45

but she rang at about 11:00

good job I was in!


anyway - I wanted to talk about my blood test - why is the iron so low and has been for so long in spite of taking iron tablets??

I have a gastro appointment - but not until the very end of July - to check for Coeliac Disease - so basically they are assuming that will sort it all out and I have to wait until then

OK - it is not urgent as there are not physical symptoms so non-urgent is right
but after that they will probably want a biopcy or something which will be another wait
after which I may have to go on a gluten free diet for life

given current delays I have told my wife that she doesn;t need to worry about working out how to make gluten free gravy for the turkey at Christmas
(just to note - I cook everything except the gravy because there is only one way to make it and my way is wrong - like Scouse)

 

[welsh dragon]

So Mr WD is still with us, but what about the rest ?

Some have not faired as well I am afraid. Whether that's because of statins or other things like covid or the vaccine or other illness 🤒

 

[numbnuts]

For lunch today was honey garlic chicken, the one I made in the slow cooker,
it was nice, but it was only a small portion, then I realised I should had had rice with it.....D'Ho

 

[numbnuts]

Some have not faired as well I am afraid. Whether that's because of statins or other things like covid or the vaccine or other illness 🤒

I must have been on statins for year, so far so good....well I ain't dead yet

 

[Mo1959]

I had soup and a couple of slices of bread.

I can hear the bin lorry coming. Once I bring it in I might have a short siesta as I have a headache. I often seem to get one after running even although I made a point of rehydrating well.

 

[Tenkaykev]

Oh wow . I thought beavers could only be kept in enclosures at the moment. I hadn’t realised that they gone on to the the next stage of reintroduction in Scotland.

And on a completely not really related topic, our six year old granddaughter has recently started going to Beavers. She's really keen and is so proud of her uniform 😎

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

Oh wow . I thought beavers could only be kept in enclosures at the moment. I hadn’t realised that they gone on to the the next stage of reintroduction in Scotland.

There’s official and unofficial beavers in Scotland. Official ones have been released as part of government licensed and carefully monitored schemes in Argyll and more recently Speyside. These are considerably outnumbered by the unofficial ones in the Tay catchment that got there by means unknown. There’s probably over a thousand of them in the Tay catchment by now.

 

[Flick of the Elbow]

The mist and murk here is only now starting to lift. I went for a mostly off road ride, 28 miles of canal towpath, old railway line, footpaths, private drives and country park. Very useful to have such a network on our doorstep.