Subj : Re: Health Update To : Dallas Hinton From : Daryl Stout Date : Mon Aug 24 2020 08:57:00 Dallas, DS> I decided not to do it after all...and that was before I saw the post DS> you made. DH> Super - a wise decision, I think. Thanks! At least I did ask the moderator beforehand. :) On another note, the testapel (testosterone pellets) for Low-T (basically male menopause) are STILL back ordered, due to COVID-19, and Arkansas Urology has no idea when they'll get them in. So, I have to get weekly shots in the gleute. I quipped that "I think they use barbed wire for the needles" (that first stick really stings), and the nurse sarcastically said "We dip them in rust beforehand" . My level is on the LOW end of the medium scale...and the doctor said over a month ago that "if we wait, your levels will crash, and you'll develop cardiovascular (heart and lung) and diabetes issues". That was too big a risk for me to take. My Hemoglobin A1C has been hovering around 6.1 -- and I keep hearing different figures of the threshold for Type 2 diabetes...with values from 6.4 to 7.0 -- and some even lower than 6.0 -- would it be too much trouble if we could make up our minds?? I think that the American Diabetes Association has the level at 7.0 -- if anyone can clarify that, I'd appreciate it. I'd be most likely to develop type 2. I don't eat that many sweets (especially candy, although I love plain M&M's), but at times, I get a craving for something sweet. Yet, I can't eat the rich foods too often (especially cheesecake or frostings), or it upsets my colon something fierce. I skipped an area Train Show And Sale over the weekend. Because of COVID-19, they weren't selling food and drink, and requiring everyone to wear masks. While I didn't have a problem with that, I had laundry to do instead...and along that line, clean underwear comes to mind... although with incontinence (part of growing old), it's having to wear Depends now. I think of a meme that showed this woman speeding in a car, next to an ambulance in emergency mode. Apparently, it was taking her son to the hospital, and she holds out a pair of clean underwear, telling the paramedics "to put those on him before they take him into the Emergency Room". There was another cartoon where the woman's son was in the Emergency Room, and the doctor comes out to talk to her, and says "I have good news and bad news". The mother panics, as the doctor continues "He'll be OK, but he didn't have clean underwear on!!". At that point, Momma is kicking and screaming on the floor, "NO!! NO!! WHY??!! WHY??!!" . Yet, nudity and dirty underwear means nothing to the medical folks. Also, in the restaurants, because of COVID-19, some are only doing take-out orders only, but some are still closed. Those that are open in the dining room (at least in Arkansas), can have 2/3 (67%) capacity. But, in some places, even before COVID-19, they were automatically putting a 20% gratuity on the bill, whether you were the only one in the party, or you had more than 15. So, some folks got some business cards created, noting that they disagreed with that policy. I do as well, because if the food and service is going to be lousy, I don't feel they deserve a tip. But, if the food and service is good, I will leave a nice tip. Back to the card, it noted "Since you want a tip, I'll give you three"...and had these listed: 1) Plant your corn early. 2) Keep your powder dry. 3) Always have clean underwear on. I've seriously considering doing that myself ...although I've known people, who when finding out there was going to be that 20% charge beforehand, they turned around, and walked out of the business. In some cases, they are even charging "a COVID-19 treatment fee". Most folks, like myself are "frugal cheapskates", and will definitely not be going to places that have those expensive surcharges...whether for health reasons or otherwise. Daryl .... DO NOT WRITE BELOW THIS LINE -- FOR SYSOP USE ONLY. === MultiMail/Win v0.52 --- SBBSecho 3.11-Win32 * Origin: The Thunderbolt BBS - tbolt.synchro.net (1:19/33) .