Guest guest Posted June 24, 2001 Report Share Posted June 24, 2001 stocked up on strips before the disaster hit! pays to stay ahead of the game when it comes to control (no subject) Carolyn, I'm not sure how one can control on insulin and not meter? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 In a message dated 01-06-25 12:08:44 EDT, you write: << , i did start to feel hot, and shacking retested it was at 20, so now i need to test on schudale(sp) so that i don't go to low, and, i do keep the gluco tabs handy these days. >> Twenty is a pretty dangerous low, Glenna...what meds are you taking? Good idea to keep the glucose tabs around! Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 In a message dated 01-06-25 12:08:44 EDT, you write: << , i did start to feel hot, and shacking retested it was at 20, so now i need to test on schudale(sp) so that i don't go to low, and, i do keep the gluco tabs handy these days. >> Oops, just read your signature line re meds, sorry. Maybe you should cut back on the Actos? Vicki Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 In a message dated 06/25/2001 3:27:47 PM Eastern Daylight Time, whimsy2@... writes: > Oops, just read your signature line re meds, sorry. Maybe you should cut > back > on the Actos? Vicki > > yes, since she also takes insulin, isn't actos the same chemical properties as avandia? carol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 Glenna, low sugars can make you think fuzzy, damage brain cells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted June 25, 2001 Report Share Posted June 25, 2001 i do understand that, but i was in no case miss reading my numbers or thinking fuzzie i was thinking man i better get one of my gluco tabs, my husband was right by my side and read the numbers. out of all honesty if you avged my bs over the 30yr period i would most likley come out on the normal side of the readings, hence i really have no diabetic complacanions as of yet, my mom dose so dose my brother who will be 40 this dec. and both were dx long after i was. and where mom eats anything she wan't to extrems now i am not saying ada or lowcarbs i am saying tons of candy, cake, pies, in extream stuff that a non-diabetic person would consider extreams, she is big, i was big still am in my book, randy on the other hand has always been thin he is 6'2 and weaghs in at 110 now, yes he is out of control, i know this but geting him hear me is another story. now when there sugars get low they get stuborn as a mule compative, and a friend of mine is like that too, she hits 59 and she is hard to get to do anything, i have seen and heard of this happening but luck would have it that when i am low i have no problems comperhinding the problem. glenna 15mg actos,10mg lipitor,360mg armor thyroid,50units nph 5th generation diabetic 30yrs on the 28th on june 2001 http://www.geocities.com/barnie_64/FAMILY.html Re: (no subject) Glenna, low sugars can make you think fuzzy, damage brain cells. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 14, 2002 Report Share Posted October 14, 2002 > >HOW WILL YOU START > > YOUR DAY TOMORROW. > > > > is the kind of guy you love to hate. > > > > He is always in a good mood and always > > > > has something positive to say. > > > > When someone would ask him how he was doing, > > > > he would reply, " If I were any better, I would be > > > > twins! " > > > > He was a natural motivator. > > > > If an employee was having a bad day, > > > > was there telling the employee how to look > > > > on the positive side of the situation. > > > > Seeing this style really made me curious, > > > > so one day I went up to and asked him, > > > > " I don't get it! You can't be a positive person > > > > all of the time. > > > > How do you do it? " > > > > replied, " Each morning I wake up and say > > > > to myself, you have two choices today. > > > > You can choose to be in a good mood or ... > > > > you can choose to be in a bad mood. > > > > I choose to be in a good mood. > > > > Each time something bad happens, > > > > I can choose to be a victim or...I can choose to > > > > learn from it. > > > > I choose to learn from it. > > > > Every time someone comes to me complaining, > > > > I can choose to accept their complaining or... > > > > I can point out the positive side of life. > > > > I choose the positive side of life. > > > > " Yeah, right, it's not that easy, " I protested. > > > > " Yes, it is, " said. " Life is all about > > > > choices. > > > > When you cut away all the junk, every situation > > > > is a choice. > > > > You choose how you react to situations. > > > > You choose how people affect your mood. > > > > You choose to be in a good mood or bad mood. > > > > The bottom line: > > > > It's your choice how you live your life. " > > > > I reflected on what said. > > > > Soon hereafter, I left the Tower Industry to > > > > start my own business. > > > > We lost touch, but I often thought about him > > > > when I made a choice about life instead of > > > > reacting to it. > > > > Several years later, > > > > I heard that was involved in a serious > > > > accident, > > > > falling some 60 feet from a communications tower. > > > > After 18 hours of surgery and weeks of intensive > > > > care, > > > > was released from the hospital with rods > > > > placed in his back. > > > > I saw about six months after the > > > > accident. > > > > When I asked him how he was, he replied, > > > > " If I were any better, I'd be twins. Wanna see > > > > my scars? " > > > > I declined to see his wounds, > > > > but I did ask him what had gone through his mind > > > > as the accident took place. > > > > " The first thing that went through my mind was > > > > the well-being of my soon to be born daughter, " > > > > replied. > > > > " Then, as I lay on the ground, > > > > I remembered that I had two choices: > > > > I could choose to live or ...I could choose to > > > > die. > > > > I chose to live. " > > > > " Weren't you scared? Did you lose consciousness? " > > > > I asked. > > > > continued, " ...the paramedics were great. > > > > They kept telling me I was going to be fine. > > > > But when they wheeled me into the ER and I saw > > > > the expressions > > > > on the faces of the doctors and nurses, I got > > > > really scared. > > > > In their eyes, I read " he's a dead man. I knew I > > > > needed to take action. " > > > > " What did you do? " I asked. > > > > " Well, there was a big burly nurse shouting > > > > questions at me, " > > > > said . " She asked if I was allergic to > > > > anything. > > > > " Yes, I replied. " > > > > The doctors and nurses stopped working as they > > > > waited for my reply. I took a deep breath and > > > > yelled, > > > > " Gravity. " > > > > Over their laughter, I told them, " I am choosing > > > > to live. Operate on me as if I am alive, not > > > > dead. " > > > > lived, thanks to the skill of his > > > > doctors, > > > > but also because of his amazing attitude. > > > > I learned from him that every day we have the > > > > choice to live fully. > > > > Attitude, after all, is everything. > > > > " Therefore do not worry about tomorrow, > > > > for tomorrow will worry about itself. > > > > Each day has enough trouble of its own. " > > > > 6:34 > > > > After all today is the tomorrow you worried about > > > > yesterday. > > > > You have two choices now: > > > > 1. Delete this. > > > > 2. Forward it to the people you care about. > > > > You know the choice I made. > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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