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Woohoo. 2nd shot. 1 week down/47 left. Rock and roll
Got the call from the Dr. And my platelets were at 70 (down from 73 a week ago) so got the go ahead for another full 180 dose of Pegasys. Just finished Friday's Incivek dose, watch a little tv and get ready for next week.
Want to thank you all for your inspiring stories (I felt sorry for myself with no shoes until I saw a person with no feet) and God for working his miracles daily.
Have a great weekend all!
Want to thank you all for your inspiring stories (I felt sorry for myself with no shoes until I saw a person with no feet) and God for working his miracles daily.
Have a great weekend all!
Lutefisk is made from dried whitefish (normally cod in Norway, but ling is also used) prepared with lye in a sequence of particular treatments. The watering steps of these treatments differ slightly for salted/dried whitefish because of its high salt content.
The first treatment is to soak the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent producing a jelly-like consistency. When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) has a pH value of 11–12 and is therefore caustic. To make the fish edible, a final treatment of yet another four to six days of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed. Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked.
And.. from our other Minnesota treasure.. Mr. Garrison Keillor "Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat. We did this in honor of Norwegian ancestors, much as if survivors of a famine might celebrate their deliverance by feasting on elm bark. I always felt the cold creeps as Advent approached, knowing that this dread delicacy would be put before me and I'd be told, "Just have a little." Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot."
The first treatment is to soak the stockfish in cold water for five to six days (with the water changed daily). The saturated stockfish is then soaked in an unchanged solution of cold water and lye for an additional two days. The fish swells during this soaking, and its protein content decreases by more than 50 percent producing a jelly-like consistency. When this treatment is finished, the fish (saturated with lye) has a pH value of 11–12 and is therefore caustic. To make the fish edible, a final treatment of yet another four to six days of soaking in cold water (also changed daily) is needed. Eventually, the lutefisk is ready to be cooked.
And.. from our other Minnesota treasure.. Mr. Garrison Keillor "Every Advent we entered the purgatory of lutefisk, a repulsive gelatinous fishlike dish that tasted of soap and gave off an odor that would gag a goat. We did this in honor of Norwegian ancestors, much as if survivors of a famine might celebrate their deliverance by feasting on elm bark. I always felt the cold creeps as Advent approached, knowing that this dread delicacy would be put before me and I'd be told, "Just have a little." Eating a little was like vomiting a little, just as bad as a lot."
Hehe. And it is all good except for whoever thought cooking fish in lye was a good idea!!!??
Does get chilly, but it can have the bluest sky you have ever seen. So deep it makes yours eyes cross trying to see into it.
WD, yes, my Dr has me on weekly CBC tests, and wants me above 60 for the whole Pegasys dose. So, I am hanging in there! Today I am s slug, but think I will be able to rally this afternoon for some time on the elliptical.
Cheers all!
Does get chilly, but it can have the bluest sky you have ever seen. So deep it makes yours eyes cross trying to see into it.
WD, yes, my Dr has me on weekly CBC tests, and wants me above 60 for the whole Pegasys dose. So, I am hanging in there! Today I am s slug, but think I will be able to rally this afternoon for some time on the elliptical.
Cheers all!
Congratulations on getting started! This is a great forum with great people. See you are from MN, land of the bluest sky, walleye, and lefse. :-)
hal...i don't know too much about platelets ...soon someone will come on here that does....i would keep that blood work...cbcs once or twice a week...good luck....billy
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