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Posted 6/26/2011 1:33 AM (GMT 0)
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Posted 6/26/2011 1:39 AM (GMT 0)
Hey....where are all my buddies? I hope I got on the right train. I do hope this is the continuation of, "I'm not negative." Tee hee.

Just read a news update from Hep-Central. Does anyone know about the tests, Fibrospect, FibroTest and Fibrosure? Can they be done in place of a biopsy? Hep-Central says yes. I want to know what your input is on this subject.

Hope everyone is having an enjoyable Saturday night. I am. I just ate salmon and crackers, watched, "Unstoppable," with Denzel Washington.
Hugs
Mitzi
Posted 6/26/2011 1:47 AM (GMT 0)

Mitzi, congrats on being the first poster in this thread (indeed a continuation of No Negativity, Positively Fourth St., etc.)

Hepatitis Central is a good site for info.  I've heard of Fibroscan, which is used instead of biopsy to diagnosis cirrhosis.  So perhaps the other tests are similar.  However, the gold standard remains the usual liver biopsy.

I made a huge avocado salad with butter lettuces, fresh mushrooms, tomatoes, pomegranate seeds, freshly ground black pepper, and a strip of bacon crumbled on top.  I used Ken's Lite Raspberry-Walnut vinagrette to dress it.

Hugs,

Connie

Posted 6/26/2011 2:25 AM (GMT 0)
Connie, that sounds absolutely fantastic. I'll be right over! I love avocado's.....

Yeah, the news update stated you could have these three tests instead of biopsy. They have been used in Europe for years and are not invasive. Just curious.

Glad I am in the right thread!!
Hugs
Mitzi
Posted 6/26/2011 3:26 AM (GMT 0)

Mitzi, do you have to take all 3 tests?  With Fibroscan, it's just the one.

I watched the season finale of Season 4 of Dexter.  What an ending!  I'm also reading Suze Rotolo's A Freewheeling Life, about the early 60s in Greenwich Village (of which I was a part) and her 4-year love affair with Bob Dylan starting in Nov. '61 (I had met him around Feb. or Mar. of that year.)

Hugs,

Connie 

Posted 6/26/2011 3:37 AM (GMT 0)
I'm lost in LOST - watching season after season - I'm in season 6 and I wish the smoke monster would eat me - cause I'm so tired of running from the beach to the hatch, to the temple, to Jacobs place and back again..........doesn't anyone ever take a bath. Yes, the do, in the same water they drink. Someone put me out of my misery. Pam
Posted 6/26/2011 7:20 AM (GMT 0)
Hello to all ,Firstly Mitzi (Sandi) , You're smokin' hot darling .

Sparkles , Just a miss communication this morning. Never mind ,life goes on. My team came in 2nd on the trivia. I think some of Tricky's rubbing off on me ,I felt like smacking the grin off the winning teams captains face,but I'm a good loser and congratulated him . Great to see Healthy now and rcmoonpie joining in. It makes a great change from your mundane comments .Haha Mine to. Tricky's about the only one who adds something different. Gee I thought Connie was going to tell us all about T-Rex and his friends!!!
Root beer ,what's root beer Connie ? Does it get you in the mood? Haha
Well that's about all folks ,Take care
Princess
Posted 6/26/2011 7:33 AM (GMT 0)
Hey Princess-I play pub trivia once a month. Lots of fun. My team mate and I drink diet cokes when we play. We have only won once. But we keep going back...since hubby is the "Quiz Master". We've met alot of nice people while playing. In fact, we met the man that "saved hubby's life" at Quiz. He became our insurance guy. He was trying to sell us a policy and hubby failed his insurance exam due to his liver tests...this is what sent us to the doctor...and here we are. The rest is history.

Late here...gotta go.

Emma
Posted 6/26/2011 9:20 AM (GMT 0)
HELLO EMMA
Good to see there's another trivia buff,.Did you know the queen's guards funny hats are made from bear skins? I thought they would be fake .That's the question that put us second.It's good to see you over here ,guess Dougie 's won on two fronts ,he's got you and a good doctor.
Masterchef's coming on soon so time to go .Bye from the Princess
Posted 6/26/2011 1:42 PM (GMT 0)
The best thing about Mick is that he's an equal opportunity letch. I'm waiting to see his "Weiner" type pictures on the internet. Get ready ladies, he's feeling his oats.
Posted 6/26/2011 5:50 PM (GMT 0)
Connie, that salad sounds great!! I love avacados myself!! Hubby and I got back from visiting his Mom and Step-
Dad in GA Friday . .she sent me home with some avacados, butter beans, and 3 bags of sea scallops!! Oh yeah and a bunch of bags of shelled pecans!! We were worn out from the trip, its 7 hours, and were lucky to get all the food in the freezer. Yesterday, Saturday, must have been movie day . .we Redbox'd a few, "The Town" and " The next 3 days", they were both good movies. We watched "Country Strong" while in GA . . WOW!! that was a really good movie!!

I'm a trivia buff too Mike . .I watch Jeapordy every night its on!!LOL!!

Happy to see everyone in such good spirits!!

Debbie
Posted 6/26/2011 6:28 PM (GMT 0)
Debbie,
You chose some good movies. Try these when you get a chance:

Unknown Liam Neeson
Edge of Darkness Mel Gibson
State of Play Ben Affleck, Russell Crowe
Paul

Those are a few I have watched in the past few weeks.
Your trip to Georgia brought back some goodies! When I go to Alabama I like to bring back field peas, pecans, and jellies!!
Hugs
Mitzi
Posted 6/26/2011 6:42 PM (GMT 0)
Did not know about those bear skin hats.
The one time my team won, the winning question was about which meat is highest in vitamin A. Polar Bear liver! And I knew the answer! No one else did.
Posted 6/26/2011 6:45 PM (GMT 0)
Mitzi, we are very lucky! My hubby's family has been in GA/AL all their lives just about. They have a Pecan grove, and friends that have huge gardens and share with them. They know the best produce markets to go to. The best part is their friends . .true friends that are always there for them and visa versa. One friend is actually a liver transplant survivor of 5 years and healthy as can be. He's a doctor of some kind, had a rare blood type, and got real lucky . . was only on the list in GA for a few months!! Eats anything he wants now. his transplant was due to cancer, not hep c or alcohol.

Where are you traveling to AL from?

i wrote down the movies!! Thanks for the info!!

Debbie
Posted 6/26/2011 6:53 PM (GMT 0)

Michael, it wasn't me who mentioned root beer--think it was Emma or Sandi.  Anyway, it's an old-time soda.  It's especially good as a root beer float with a scoop of vanilla ice cream in it.  Decades ago, there were root beer stands where one could get a frosty mug of R.B. for .25.  Those were the days!  I've gotten away from drinking sodas, except occasionally Sprite Zero (sugar-free lemon-lime soda.)  My drink of choice now is spring water.

Emma, you left GA with gold!!  Sea scallops and shelled pecans are expensive in the stores.  I had an aunt in GA (now deceased) who would occasionally send me a big bag of shelled pecans.  She had the trees on her property.  My g'mother in AL had a big black walnut tree in her front yard.  I loved those nuts and to me that is the "real" walnut.  I don't care much for the "English" walnuts that are common today.  I really prefer baby bay scallops to the sea scallops.  I buy the bay scallops once in awhile and saute them in butter, garlic, and dill weed.

Hugs,

Connie

Posted 6/26/2011 7:09 PM (GMT 0)
Connie, the Sea Scallops she got at Sams Club . .they are good, but very expensive!! She got them for her son, cuz she knows he can't afford to buy them!! The pecans they get from their grove they've had for years. I throw 2-3 scallops in the garlic shrimp pasta . . gives it a little more flavor!!
My MIL puts walnuts in her salads, she's a real southern cook, with recepies up the gazu!! A great southern cook!!

Debbie
Posted 6/26/2011 7:49 PM (GMT 0)
Okay, girls, I'm coming over and bringing my chicken salad with pecans and red grapes!!! Y'all are making me homesick for Alabama!! Although I do remember as a young girl, going to Alabama for the summer. We'd have to sit on the porch and shell peas, pick watermelon, cotton, and can the jellies. As they said on, "Talledaga Nights,"Dear Sweet, Infant, Baby Jesus, six pounds-eight ounces, with the balled up fists," I sure am glad those days are over. I just want the end result.

Connie, I still remember the A&W Rootbeer stands. Those cold mugs of Rootbeer! I think I have been chasing that taste for years. I no longer do soft drinks. Once in a great while I may drink a Sprite.


Mick, Thanks for the compliment. Yeah, I'm still hot......it just comes in flashes now!!!
Hugs
Mitzi
Posted 6/26/2011 8:51 PM (GMT 0)
Sparkles, may I retort ,I thought we weren't going into hedonism until we'd won a few hearts and minds.Now we're going to have to try a bit harder .They're onto us ,holy smokes, what to do? I know ..we'll get Tricky Ricky involved .We both know all the ladies love him ! All the lovelies will soon be focused on him .

Hey Emma ,I knew about the polar bear .Were you aware they can smell you from 5kms away.That's when they come looking for their dinner.

Oh and Debbie , How do you go at Jeapordy?My darling Karen ,she sometimes comes to trivia but it's like the lights are on but nobody's home.

All have a beautiful evening
Princess
Posted 6/26/2011 11:03 PM (GMT 0)
Mick, Jeopardy is a game show . .a trivia game show . . been on for close to 30 years, maybe more. They actually give the answer and you have to answer in the form of a question.

Bring on that salad Mitzi . . I love it!!

Debbie
Posted 6/26/2011 11:41 PM (GMT 0)
Debbie, I know what Jeopardy is all about ,what I meant was do you answer a lot of questions .More importantly how many do you get right? How did you come up with cable poodle ?
Cheers Mick
Posted 6/27/2011 1:31 AM (GMT 0)
I was wondering Mick!!?? I do really good on answering when its the kids or teens!!LOL!! i even do well when its things from the 70's and 80's, music/ rock and roll, and US geography, animals, food and spirits. No good at opera, or history before 1950. usually do not get the final answer either!!

i got the name Cable Poodle from working in communications. Guys call themselves Line Dawgs . . so Cable Poodle. I hope to get back into Communications Construction Inspection soon . . right after we get back from PA, for my husbands evaluation.

later Mick
Debbie
Posted 6/27/2011 1:53 AM (GMT 0)
Well , Whats a humble pig like myself to say ? Sounds like you all have been enjoying my temporary absence .
Mickey , Mickey , Mickey our little princess , It would appear you got your " groove " back on again . I happened on a news article this weekend ( Yes pigs can read , Although we do have problems with writing ) Any who the article mentioned that the land of OZ is infested with rats and it's causing problems .
I immediately thought of you for some strange reason . And then all of a sudden a solution to your fellow countrymen dilemma appeared before my eyes . And you being of Irish blood makes it all the more better . Didn't St.Pat drive out the snakes with his awful flute playing , I reasoned . Hmmmm Perhaps Mick could put a pair of his Kelly Green panties on and start blowing his Kazoo down main street Ettalong or Woy Woy and drive those pest out . Think about it bud . Surely you've had your way through every land mammal , marsupial , and a few crocodiles so how about taking one for the team and working that charm of yours on a few rats yeah smilewinkgrin .
Just kiddin of course but it is something to think about .


A. Ziffle
Posted 6/27/2011 1:57 AM (GMT 0)
Arnie,
In OZ, they call rats, "the other white meat."
Posted 6/27/2011 2:14 AM (GMT 0)
Plenty of protein and after all they are organic ! Food for thought (pun intended).
Here I am spending so much money poisoning them ,you're a genius Arnaldo.
Obviously their lifestyle doesn't suit a princess like me .

Nantucket has the same problem ,I'll bet Prince David knows how to cook them.

Finally Arnaldo,are you going on skype ?,If so you, me and Dave can have a threesome ,what say you??? devil Princess devil
Posted 6/27/2011 2:34 AM (GMT 0)
I haven't tried Skype . Dont you have to wear some silly earphone thingy and a microphone ? I'm a pig for goodness sake !!!!!! Do you realize how uncomfortable it is just sitting upright never-mind the issue I'm having with this mouse and a hoof .

David , Please tell me he is more comprehensible over the phone . Did I miss something ? He referred to you as prince ....... Eloped maybe ?


A. Ziffle
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