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  1. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    PSA at 1.8, baby! Down from 4.5 pre-radiation. I think they expect it to go down to 0.5 or less, eventually, but it doesn't happen over night. And F cancer!
  2. DougE

    True Dry Cured Bacon.

    The sodium nitrite initially applied to the meat is converted to nitric oxide and gassed out during the process of curing. There really isn't much left in the finished product.
  3. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    I started working part time around 1980 as a high school student with an after-school job. "The U.S. federal minimum wage was $3.10 per hour in 1980, effective January 1, 1980, after increasing from $2.90 in 1979 and before rising to $3.35 in 1981". There was no way in hell anyone could...
  4. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    The origin of it was to not underpay, mostly teens with an afterschool job learning what working for a living was all about. It was never meant to be a living wage.
  5. DougE

    True Dry Cured Bacon.

    Yep, no need to rinse. I think I did the first go, but learned that it is unnecessary with equilibrium cures.
  6. DougE

    True Dry Cured Bacon.

    Yes, that is the main purpose of curing ........... to allow the meat to safely remain in the "danger zone" for longer periods while smoking.
  7. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    Remains to be seen on the results. but absolutely, SCREW CANCER
  8. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    Some farmers around here raise soybeans as fodder for their cattle.
  9. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    I got these chops on sale today. When not on sale the price would be almost double. It's just crazy.
  10. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    Pretty decent odds of a good outcome.
  11. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    You're fine, bud. I just was saying that I am up on the latest treatments and the like as far as prostate cancer goes. I even stumped my radiation oncologist with a question or two. He told me he had only 2 or 3 of his patients that had complications from SBRT radiation. Ok, doc, what's the...
  12. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    Your lips to God's ears! And F cancer!
  13. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    If you even, for a second, think I just jumped into this radiation treatment without doing a ton of research on my options, you are mistaken, with all due respect.
  14. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    A little late for that, as I have already done radiation treatments. I trust my radiation oncologist though.
  15. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    My urologist wanted a 4 month post radiation follow-up as well but haven't made the appointment yet. One doc following my results is plenty.
  16. DougE

    I figured I should give a follow up since I posted it in the open forum (prostate biopsy)

    Well, went for a blood draw for my first post radiation PSA test today. Been 4 months since the last treatment so my PSA should be coming down. I have a follow up with the radiation doc this coming Thursday.
  17. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    I apologize if I have said anything uncivil in this thread, I don't think I have, though.
  18. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    Processing fees keep going up as well, unless you are equipped to do your own butchering. The last one I had processed was $200.00 for my half ......... up $75.00 from the prior one even though the rail weight was less on the last one.
  19. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    A few posts ago, you stated that farmers had a hand in the beef prices and now you back off of it. I can tell you first hand that the only time I have ever had anything to do with the price an animal brought was a beef sold privately
  20. DougE

    What in the Sweet Baby Jesus is going on? Meat prices.

    I hate to tell you this, but the farmers have no hand in it. We sell at auction and get whatever we get for the cattle we sell. May be different for commercial farms, but for the rest of us, we get what the bidders will pay.
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