Running Bear's October 2026 Coffee Shop

[Kusojiji]

Terry’s medical meeting

Hoping for the best! Testing can be nerve wracking.

 

[Kusojiji]

Well, it seems I've lost another .3 kg and am down to 58.8 kg/129.6 #. Lowest I've been since retiring from the Nav. I guess stopping the late night snack may be attributing to that, but am surprised since I thought I ate a lot yesterday.

Oh, and I checked MHS Genesis yesterday and saw that my blood work had posted. I am high in three items and low in another, all related to blood stuff. Same 4 items that caused concern with the doc, but a little bit closer to the limits. Something about platelets, blood count, iron, not sure. I am wondering if it is due to me consuming a lot of raw spinach. I have been eating 1-2 bags a week, stems and all. Each bag contains 4-5 stalks. I read in one of the tests that if the number was low, then I might be iron deficient. If the number was high, then something about B12. Not sure what that means, but it got me thinking about all that spinach. Anyway, will start reducing that and go back to lettuce and cabbage.

 

[Kusojiji]

Wife and I just pulled our test sample of the sweet potatos to see how they were coming along and it wasn't very reassuring. We're around day 130 and within the recommended amount of days. We have a lot of leaves and vines, but not a lot of roots it seems. Since they are all stuck inside a low tunnel, we really can't get a good check. I'd like to keep them in the ground a lot longer, but we have some rain guessed in a few weeks, so we'll play it be ear. I tried to pull the tunnel off, but the vines have wound their way around the stanchions and have a good hold of it.

 

[RhB Michael]

Well, it seems I've lost another .3 kg and am down to 58.8 kg/129.6 #. Lowest I've been since retiring from the Nav. I guess stopping the late night snack may be attributing to that, but am surprised since I thought I ate a lot yesterday.

Oh, and I checked MHS Genesis yesterday and saw that my blood work had posted. I am high in three items and low in another, all related to blood stuff. Same 4 items that caused concern with the doc, but a little bit closer to the limits. Something about platelets, blood count, iron, not sure. I am wondering if it is due to me consuming a lot of raw spinach. I have been eating 1-2 bags a week, stems and all. Each bag contains 4-5 stalks. I read in one of the tests that if the number was low, then I might be iron deficient. If the number was high, then something about B12. Not sure what that means, but it got me thinking about all that spinach. Anyway, will start reducing that and go back to lettuce and cabbage.

Too much spinach can cause kidney problems. I've always hated the stuff. You'd have to tie me down and feed it to me in an IV to get me to eat it.

 

[migalyto]

I've always hated the stuff. You'd have to tie me down and feed it to me in an IV to get me to eat it.

Same here!

My wife makes a spinach casserole for her and the daughter and it looks like the underside of my mower deck when I cut the grass wet!

 

[RhB Michael]

Exactly!

 

[santafewillie]

Too much spinach can cause kidney problems.

Also can contribute to kidney stones due to the excessive calcium. Moderation is good.