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On Mon Mar 26 22:59:25 2001 Misty (chmgm@yahoo.com) said:
Faye & Marc,
Thanks for the great post today. It help put me into a better frame of mind
tonight. I spent the day at the hospital with my Aunt. It is difficult to see my
Uncle so bad and I can do nothing.-----------Marc. I also walk into a lot of
things. With vision gone in my right eye and all the laser done to my left it is
difficult to go and do a lot of things. The laser has norrowed the field of
vision so things that are below the waste and far to sides I walk right into. My
legs always have marks on them. The dishwasher door always seem to be down and
there I go finding it with my leg! Quch! People scare me by walking up tp me on
my blind side and start speaking to me, I jump a mile. I must go to movie
threaters early when the lights are still on to get a seat and hope I do not
need to use the restroom until the movie is done. It takes my eye a few minutes
to adjust before I can leave the theater. My husband is a great help and always
by my side. My trips to the hospital have taken a toll on the D. I have had
three lows in the past week and must adjust my schedule. I am going to make a
new one for schedule B. Lucky I tested today before driving my car, I was at 49
and had no low feeling. That could have been bad. Hope everyone is well here on
the chat, I have not had time to read the last few days. Take care, Love &
Luck, Misty
On Mon Mar 26 17:16:02 2001 () said:
I HAD A BAD LOW ONCE IN THE SHOWER WITH
MY SISTER
On Mon Mar 26 16:53:16 2001 Faith (saext@hotmail.com) said:
CB - why did I
think you were older than me! LOL.... You just caught up with me, and then in
July I'll be ahead of you again. Sigh!!! That's the way it goes! Ant then there
is the 'young whipper-snapper!!! Marc !' Sigh again!!! To be that young
again!!!
On Mon Mar 26 15:39:08 2001 JOHN. (To CB.) said:
I have too much loss of
muscle in the arms and are planning to buy a set of weights for beginners, to
regain some of the strenght I used to have. Any advise.??? JOHN.
On Mon Mar 26 15:30:20 2001 () said:
DOOM??? ARE YOU BEING PUNISHED FOR
SOMETHING JIM????????
On Mon Mar 26 12:48:45 2001 () said:
I HAD A BAD LOW ONCE WHILE LISTENING TO
ROCK AND ROLL
On Mon Mar 26 12:38:03 2001 Faye aka fara (fteague@sugar-river.net) said:
Marc W, I am going to do just that, give myself a printout. You should print
it out also and look at it when things are not going so well. You are right
about me. I never in a million years would have thought that I would feel the
way I do today. You WILL feel that way at some point in your life. I guess it
took another brush with death to make me "see the light" as the saying goes. It
has been a long hard fight, but for right now I have mastered it. I have
excepted the pain that I have had every day for 30 years and I know will not go
away, the blurry eyes, the CHF, the way the kids live their lives, etc. You have
always been there for me, and you will never know how very much you have helped
me. That is what this board is all about. Helping each other with words of
encouragement, friendship and yes, love for one another, even though we have
never met in person. I feel like you are one of my children and I will always be
here for you. You and Julie go out and start having fun, enjoying the things
that you like. When you go see AC/AD even if you won't be able to see them good,
you will be able to in your mind, see the drummer and know how hard he is
working to make the beat!!!! Believe it or not but I listen to their music, once
in a while, for a change of pace!!!!
On Mon Mar 26 12:37:31 2001 CB () said:
Not much here today. Going for a 300
pound squat. Just turned 53, so it will be a good accomplishment. faye, glad to
hear that you are dropping weight. Everybody take care! CB
On Mon Mar 26 11:06:41 2001 Marc W (sdlightningbolts55@yahoo.com) said:
Hey
Faye... do me a favor, print that last post out for yourself. So when you get
into a funk, you could look back on this day and know you typed your on top of
the world, to remind yourself you made it back here.There was a time that I
believed you may never sound that way, so it is really great to see.Jim,
impending doom? Man you have no idea how much sense that makes. I got some of
that myself at the moment. Actually I am seeing ACDC in 3 weeks and taking Julie
to see Matchbox 20 this Friday. She is more into that band then me but I hear
they put up a real good show. And for our friend who will ask what does acdc
have to do with diabetes, Julie and I talked about getting out more. Doing the
things we used to do before IT (retinopathy) hit. I have been almost in lock
down since, can't go to dark places, can't do this, can't do that. Well BS, I
just have to work within my limitations that's all.I guess I find getting on
with life hard, maybe a little scary. My home is my saftely , I walk into walls
and trip on things because I don't see them or missjudge their distances, so I
don't venture out often. Even golf I won't go anymore without a spotter, I won't
just walk on alone. And yes, I have "activity" in the other eye, and yes, it
scares the hell out of me and yes, I feel impending doom. I guess I had that on
my mind or I wouldn't have typed it, so thanks Jim for sharing and opening the
door to that also......Marc W
On Mon Mar 26 08:41:50 2001 Jim (as below) said:
Marc- Didn't you go to an
AC/DC concert for your birthday? How was it? Jim
On Mon Mar 26 08:14:30 2001 () said:
JIM YOU ARE IN TROUBLE AND YOU KNOW
WHAT YOU DID SHAME SHAME
On Mon Mar 26 07:44:26 2001 Jim (jimfultz@alltel.net) said:
Good morning
everyone, especially you Faye. My but you are in good spirits! I wish I felt
that good. Been absolutely miserable lately. I can't seem to shake the feeling
of impending doom, if that makes sense. Oh well, this too will pass I'm sure.
Have a good day everyone. Jim
On Mon Mar 26 07:23:05 2001 Faye aka fara (fteague@sugar-river.net) said:
Good morning to everyone. The sun is shining, the 10 feet of snow is melting
slowly, and it is cold this morning, only 12 above. I am feeling great and am
losing weight on the WW Food Plan . Have more energy since I had all those blood
transfusens. Am using the treadmill which I haven't been able to do for months.
Don't get short of breath , only the hip bothers now. That isn't stopping me
though. I go until it really bothers and then stop. Each day I add a minute to
the time. Have decreased my insulin to just NPH and that is from 40 units twice
a day to 32 units. No more regular or Humolog.Have a great day, I am going to.
Am going out to breakfast with my daughter Mary. Blood Sugars have been just
great. So, as of right now I am on top of the world!!!!!!!
On Sun Mar 25 22:47:27 2001 Gordo (gordom@earthlink.net) said:
Maria
Spencer: Don't waste any time getting to a doctor about this problem. If you are
a diabetic, you are way out of balance. If not, find out the problem NOW.
Gordo
On Sun Mar 25 18:16:19 2001 () said:
MARC,....PLEASE EXPLAIN WHAT EAGLES
HAVE TO DO WITH DIABETES?????
On Sun Mar 25 18:14:13 2001 () said:
I HAD A BAD LOW ONCE WHILE BLAH BLAH
BLAH JOHN BLAH BLAH JOHN BLAH BLAH!!!!!!!!!
On Sun Mar 25 13:49:30 2001 () said:
JOHN,...PLEASE EXPLAIN WHY YOU KEEP
REMINDING US ABOUT THE 18 MEDICAL THINGYS....YOU ACT LIKE YOUR THE ONLY
ONE...BOO HOO HOO.........BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH BLAH!!!!!!!!!!
On Sun Mar 25 11:06:03 2001 Bette (aka_bette@yahoo.com) said:
I started
taking insulin about six weeks ago. Prior to that time I changed my eating
habits and began exercising daily on the treadmill (up to 30 minutes now). I was
losing weight and feeling good about my progress. Although I am still motivated
because I feel better, am more energetic and my blood pressure has lowered
considerable -- I haven't lost a pound since I started the insulin. I will
continue food control and exercise because I'm committed to the healthier ways,
but I'm discouraged because I'm no longer losing weight. I have about 75 pounds
to lose and I know the loss of that extra weight would do wonders for my
diabetes, but I feel like I have my hands tied. I'm not exactly sure why insulin
prevents weight loss. If someone could answer that question, I would appreciate
it. Also, does anyone know of something I can do to get back on the weight loss
track? My sugar levels have been running 'in range' prior to meals. I'm
scheduled for my A1C in about 3 weeks. Hopefully it will be closer to normal and
maybe I can stop the insulin soon. I'm also on glucophage.
On Sun Mar 25 10:37:09 2001 Marc W (sdlightningbolts55@yahoo.com) said:
Thanks for the good wishes everyone. Had a good one. Stretching it out til
next weekend, got a big concert to go to. Sam... I know from speaking to you
that you have chronic pain, are you under any management for that? The reason
why I ask is that I have a ripped up shoulder again, and my Dr takes an
agressive approach with meds. He would rather have me not feeling pain as there
is a direct correlation between pain and high sugars as you just posted. The med
I take is Oxycontin, it is the same one I keep hearing about that it is the
lastest high addictive drug. The key is to not break it up because it is time
released and the drug addicts are breaking it up to get the drug all at once. I
take a low dose at bedtime and I am able to sleep through the pain without
horrible spikes.To me there is nothing worse then hurting like an SOB and having
the high sugars to boot. I hope you get that pain under control. I take several
other pain meds, you can e-mail me if you want to know the whole program I am
on. I got an e-mail from SCOTT, he said he can read here but his comp isn't
letting him post. So he will be back soon and joining in our pump conversations.
When he comes back, lets be nice to him. I mean he has enough to deal with
already being an EAGLES fan and all.......Marc
On Sun Mar 25 02:02:52 2001 MUDALI DENIS (drmdus@yahoo.com) said:
I MADE A
MISTAKE ON THE MASAGE THAT IS BELOW THIS MY e-mail adress is
drmdus@yahoo.com;not the one that is shown.
On Sun Mar 25 01:58:50 2001 MUDALI DENIS (drmd@yahoo.com) said:
IS THERE
ANYBODY WHO posts here who is a medical student SOMEWHERE.IF YOU ARE THE ONE
PLEASE e-mail ME I WOULD LIKE TO ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS.please mention the name
of your institution and the year which you are doing.(NELSON.R. MANDELA MEDICAL
SCHOOL;DURBAN;SOUTH AFRICA)
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