The totally off-topic thread

[Pushka]

A high ferritin can mean iron overload but you also need a high transferrin saturation.
A high ferritin in isolation is usually an acute phase reactant indicating some inflammation somewhere in the body.Doesn't tell you where.

The test result took me by surprise so I didn't ask enough questions. I'd been in the waiting room for 3 hours and pretty much done in. I'm not aware of any inflammation currently though but who knows. Retest ordered.

 

[JohnM]

The things I never learnt about science-

Glaciers, gender, and science

Wow.Feminist glaciology,feminist political ecology,feminist postcolonial science studies and the problems of gendered science.
I plead ignorance.

At first I thought this just had to be something from the Journal of Irreproducible Results, but no :shock:.

 

[JessicaTam]

The test result took me by surprise so I didn't ask enough questions. I'd been in the waiting room for 3 hours and pretty much done in. I'm not aware of any inflammation currently though but who knows. Retest ordered.

All the best for you Pushka.

Seems a couple of ADL AFFers are on the no-fly list for a while.

Might have to duck over to say 'Hi'.

 

[RooFlyer]

Haemochromatosis !! I happen to know somebody with that.

High levels of ferritin can indicate an iron storage disorder, such as hemochromatosis, or a chronic disease process.

Haemochromatosis | Haemochromatosis Australia

That's one of the bags I carry. Discovered when I was in my 30s by a chance iron test. Man! They could have given my blood to the iron recycler and got cash back.

Now its nothing that a course of blood donations initially bi-weekly, then monthly and now 3-monthly or so doesn't keep in check. Giving blood for a self-interested reason - win/win .

There was also the liver biopsy to check on any damage (I'll save the squeamish the details on how they take a sample of liver without a knife). Great to hear that that baby came through the young bloke, beer swilling years unscathed .

 

[drron]

A thing we have in common rooflyer.

 

[RooFlyer]

A thing we have in common rooflyer.

I'll drink to that (OK, that's a redundant statement, I know ..)

 

[Pushka]

I'll drink to that (OK, that's a redundant statement, I know ..)

Ah. The drink can be a problem.
Did you both have the genetic testing for confirmation? They did find some kind of hemangy thing in my liver but not concerned about it. Haematologist appointment end of April might get expedited - that was for the clot.

 

[OATEK]

Haemochromatosis !! I happen to know somebody with that.


High levels of ferritin can indicate an iron storage disorder, such as hemochromatosis, or a chronic disease process.

That's one of the bags I carry. Discovered when I was in my 30s by a chance iron test. Man! They could have given my blood to the iron recycler and got cash back.

Now its nothing that a course of blood donations initially bi-weekly, then monthly and now 3-monthly or so doesn't keep in check. Giving blood for a self-interested reason - win/win .

There was also the liver biopsy to check on any damage (I'll save the squeamish the details on how they take a sample of liver without a knife). Great to hear that that baby came through the young bloke, beer swilling years unscathed .

I have one gene mutation, and my wife another. So my eldest finished up with iron overload, which ended her 2 years at Buckingham Palace as she came home for treatment.

As with Rooflyer, my wife and daughter both give blood to keep the iron levels down - but I have not had raised levels.

 

[Pushka]

If the next test is high and I have the double mutation I expect I will need to 'donate'. Except I cant while on the treatment for the clot. Time will tell.

 

[love_the_life]

As I said, there are always leeches, though with the blood clot treatment you would probably still bleed overly much...and not sure about you but I have a morbid fear of leeches.

Seriously though, hope you get some joy from the tests soon.

 

[Pushka]

As I said, there are always leeches, though with the blood clot treatment you would probably still bleed overly much...and not sure about you but I have a morbid fear of leeches.

Seriously though, hope you get some joy from the tests soon.

Yes - can deal with spiders and even snakes but leeches?

No planned Dr visits this week - yay.

 

[drron]

If the next test is high and I have the double mutation I expect I will need to 'donate'. Except I cant while on the treatment for the clot. Time will tell.

You still would need venesections if you have both the genetic makeup and iron overload.Even before I knew about my condition I was a regular blood donor-75 donations.I thought I was being good but turned out to be a blessing for me.I was diagnosed in 1993.The Red Cross wouldn't accept donations if you had HH then.Then went to England in 1995-mad cow time-so even when they would accept iron rich blood I was on the no give list.After the pathologist of the centre I used for venesections retired he thanked me for the generous donations to the health of his roses.

 

[Pushka]

Seems the age of detection is around 50 or so for men and a little later for women for obvious reasons. I wonder if the genetics does come up + for me, that this contributed to my Fathers pancreatic/liver cancer diagnosis at 69. He didn't drink, didn't smoke and wasn't diabetic.

 

[RooFlyer]

You still would need venesections if you have both the genetic makeup and iron overload.Even before I knew about my condition I was a regular blood donor-75 donations.I thought I was being good but turned out to be a blessing for me.I was diagnosed in 1993.The Red Cross wouldn't accept donations if you had HH then.Then went to England in 1995-mad cow time-so even when they would accept iron rich blood I was on the no give list.After the pathologist of the centre I used for venesections retired he thanked me for the generous donations to the health of his roses.

On of the many benefits of AFF. I was also diagnosed in the mid 1990s and was sent to a pathology lab to give blood and I'm sure it benefited their roses as well. I could never remember why I went there and not the Red Cross until the late '90s or early '00s. Now I know.

Actually, many of my donations still go to 'blood and bone' - I start reciting my travels from the last time and out comes the book and the inevitable 'We'll just be using the plasma this time.' (tick/mosquito/you name it disease present in those countries.)

 

[anat0l]

Cooks and culinary enthusiasts:

Making pannacotta is not difficult, but I've got some problems:

• What do we use for moulds? I used to use plastic cups when I was living in Europe, but I still found them very difficult to unmould neatly. I could leave them in the moulds and serve them as is, but I often prefer a free standing pannacotta. I could try using less gelatin so it wobbles more and is looser, but then there's a risk of unmoulding essentially a goo.
• I like making vanilla pannacottas with real vanilla pods and seeds, but after the pannacotta sets after many hours in the moulds, the vanilla seeds always settle to the bottom of the mould (or the top of the pannacotta when it is unmoulded). Short of covering up the seeds with a sauce or something when presenting the dessert, any ideas to ensure that the seeds are distributed in the set pannacotta?

 

[donovan301]

tried silicon moulds?

 

[anat0l]

tried silicon moulds?

How deep can you obtain them? I've seen them used before to make fairly shallow pannacottas, e.g. about thick biscuit height.

In any case, I don't have any right now. Can they be quite expensive?

 

[donovan301]

How deep can you obtain them? I've seen them used before to make fairly shallow pannacottas, e.g. about thick biscuit height.

In any case, I don't have any right now. Can they be quite expensive?

Not sure on price, but then...perfection is well...priceless ;-)

Depths I've seen are up to 65 or 90mm...

To be honest, I haven't looked in a while but me mum used to have them around 60mm mark...

Try hospitality supplies, Culinary wholesalers, oddly enough Kmart occasionally keep suitable items...Harris Scarfe maybe?

There's a wholesale hospitality supplies on Brunswick Rd, Mel..(Rd, not Street, it's besides a security company).
Will let you know if I see anything...
Regards, D

 

[medhead]

How deep can you obtain them? I've seen them used before to make fairly shallow pannacottas, e.g. about thick biscuit height.

In any case, I don't have any right now. Can they be quite expensive?

Most kitchen retailers I would've thought.

 

[penegal]

Apparent shortage - stock up on single malt whisky:

http://m.nydailynews.com/life-style/shortage-single-malt-scotch-whisky-looming-article-1.2553971

This has been mooted for a while.

Most distilleries maintained, or reduced production in response to soft demand about 1-2 decades ago. (e.g. The stereotypical old guys and politicians in wood panelled offices who drank Scotch got old, passed away, or drunk less; Demand slumped, so prices and sales slumped.).

Single Malt has had a renaissance in recent years with a wide cross section of customers (including younger people, and the Chinese / Asian market) now developing a taste for it. The affect of this is compounded by the growth of the whole market for alcoholic drinks as more people are more affluent and can indulge in a tipple.

Distilleries can ramp up production again, and new distilleries have opened, but the lead time for a good aged Single Malt is a decade or more.


Similar things happen with tastes in the wine industry, varieties which were once vine pulled and are now being replanted.

As humans we seem to like copying each other so fads and trends emerge in these markets.