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RooFlyer said:
We only know you by what you write in this forum. Such as your recent comments about women being constant naggers.
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I've met him several times. So I think I have formed a reasonable opinion between this forum and real life actions and words
 
love_the_life said:
They certainly look interesting though some a little over the top. :)
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Ha, sugar crash warning.

Didnt realise there was so many fruit farms north tassie - I see there are lots.

And cheese - Ashgrove looks like a stop over is needed to stock up for our cradle mountain visit.
 
Denali said:
Ha, sugar crash warning.

Didnt realise there was so many fruit farms north tassie - I see there are lots.

And cheese - Ashgrove looks like a stop over is needed to stock up for our cradle mountain visit.
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Tassie is a food paradise :). We did a walking tour of Hobart which mainly consisted of visiting various places and tasting food and wine. Then we went to Bruny Island and OD’d on oysters and cheese :). Then various restaurants and vineyards. Looking forward to another trip to a different region to try more.
 
RooFlyer said:
I should leave this to the medicos, but hemochromatosis is a genetic condition where (put simply :)) you lack an enzyme which stops digested iron being transferred into the bloodstream when there is enough already absorbed. Therefore the blood becomes saturated, and ultimately overloaded with iron. Then, the body seeks to store the excess iron elsewhere, such as in the liver and pancreas where it can then cause cirrhosis. There can be other effects, such as arthritic conditions in fingers and toes caused by the deposition of calcium salts there. This is where the 'gout' comes in. Not gout sensu stricto as explained by Quickstatus, but the 'old guy's sore big toe' type.

Not sure what the chiro did, but hemochromatosis is usually treated by blood vinesections (donations), where after blood is removed, new blood is created, using up some of the excess iron. I've been happily donating blood for abt 25 years, ever since I was diagnosed. Oh, the other thing they did at first was to stick a thick needle into my side, into my liver, to take a 'core sample' (sort of like what they do to cheeses :)). They looked at this and found I had no cirrhosis, which was a nice thing to find out after a young bloke's beer drinking habits :cool:.

Edit: I should add that a whole lot more has been found out about this condition in the last 20 years, after I found out about it and had it explained to me, so YMMV.
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Hemochromatosis summary:
General Medical issues thread
 
Flying mermaid said:
Tassie is a food paradise :). We did a walking tour of Hobart which mainly consisted of visiting various places and tasting food and wine. Then we went to Bruny Island and OD’d on oysters and cheese :). Then various restaurants and vineyards. Looking forward to another trip to a different region to try more.
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Did you day trip or stay a night on Bruny? I've been slack and still haven't planned my Tassie trip outside of our time in Hobart and visiting the market on Saturday morning ... !
 
Don't you bloody mainlanders come to Tassie intending to scoff our raspberries, cheeses, oysters, abalone, crayfish, strawberries, wines, gins, whiskeys, cakes, toffees, summer puddings etc etc .... They're all bloody awful, d'ye hear? Awful!

The Yarra Valley is much nicer.
 
RooFlyer said:
Don't you bloody mainlanders come to Tassie intending to scoff our raspberries, cheeses, oysters, abalone, crayfish, strawberries, wines, gins, whiskeys, cakes, toffees, summer puddings etc etc .... They're all bloody awful, d'ye hear? Awful!

The Yarra Valley is much nicer.
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Nah, the Yarra Valley is full of that pinot noir rubbish!
 
RooFlyer said:
Don't you bloody mainlanders come to Tassie intending to scoff our raspberries, cheeses, oysters, abalone, crayfish, strawberries, wines, gins, whiskeys, cakes, toffees, summer puddings etc etc .... They're all bloody awful, d'ye hear? Awful!

The Yarra Valley is much nicer.
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Ok can I just come for the Salmon, olive oil, flinders island lamb, honey, fudge, truffle,wagyu beef?
 
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Did you day trip or stay a night on Bruny? I've been slack and still haven't planned my Tassie trip outside of our time in Hobart and visiting the market on Saturday morning ... !
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we actually stayed on Bruny for 4 nights. Apart from the penguins and ghost wallabies there are some beautiful drives and walks (and of course we could eat oysters every day :)).
 
Denali said:
Is that when your iron levels are through the roof? Hubby had similar but his chiro worked with him on some adjustments and blood tests went back to normal soon after. Our chiro was a medical doctor in a previous life so he suspected it (after talking to hubby about some issues) and sent hubby off for tests first to confirm.
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He should have the genetic tests done for haemochromatosis if iron levels are high.It can not be treated by simple manipulations except for venesections.
However some docs call a rise in Ferritin a high iron level.While it occurs with Haemochromatosis it is more common with inflammatory disease-autoimmune or infection.If it was infection it will go back to normal and if viral without any specific treatment usually.
 
definitely a stiff drink situation.I have had my monts in the last 24 hours as well.Posting in the mistakes thread again.
 
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