Re: Waiting til after the holidays

[Guest guest]

Mimi, just to get you through the Thanksgiving feast...do know that you can

have all the turkey you want...all the (green) salad you want. Go light on

the veggies and skip the candied yams. If you're going to bring something,

make a pumpkin pie using Splenda and skip the crust when you eat your piece.

Remember, Thanksgiving is about getting together with family and friends and

giving thanks, not JUST about food (tho it may seem that way!) Vicki

[Guest guest]

Good show, Robin. And how true.

I'm kinda nervous about the holidays, because I have mono AND type II, and

I've been fainting/dehydrating/unable to keep anything down for the past

week and a half. I'm eating foods in the smallest amounts possible

throughout the day because otherwise my sugars jump above 400.

Yes, I'm seeing my doctor this Friday after Thanksgiving. :-)

But I dread Thanksgiving Day. I'm going to my boyfriend's parents, and I

don't want anything to " happen " .

I wish my sugars were going to be in control over the holidays...heck, I

wish I didn't have mono over the holidays! :-) But it can't rain all the

time, and I'm sure that soon all will be well.

In the meantime, messages such as Robin's really keep *my spirits up. I

mean, we diabetics must stick together, after all!

Mimi

>

>Reply-To: diabetes_integroups

>To: diabetes_integroups, lose2winegroups

>Subject: Waiting til after the holidays

>Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:01:20 -0600

>

>Last year (and, I presume, every year) we get messages from newbies saying

> " can I wait to get control til after the holidays? " . This is my second set

>of holidays with dm (not really diagnosed til January, but I knew) and I'd

>like to be the first to say " DON'T WAIT!!!!! " .

>

>I wish someone had hit me in the head, and told me how much better I would

>feel after I got control. I think the most insidious part of this disease

>is that for most of us, you don't really feel bad. You're not feverish,

>coughing, dizzy, etc., things that we ordinarily associate with being

> " sick " . Not so bad that you recognize that making a change will improve

>your life significantly. You just don't feel really good anymore.

>

>I admit it, I avoided getting an actual diagnosis because it was the

>holidays. I intentionally set my doctor's appointment for January so I

>could get through Thanksgiving and Christmas without having it actually

>hanging over my head. But, I'd just had a fasting blood sugar done for

>insurance (230). I knew.

>

>Just a few months after I got my life on track (or, on treadmill and I

>felt like a whole new person. I felt so much better I was able to see that

>I hadn't felt well for some time. My endurance improved, my breathing was

>better, my muscle tone was coming back, I wasn't tired all the time. We

>all

>know the consequences of exercise and eating right. I climbed the stairs

>to

>the choir loft at church one Sunday, and didn't have to stop singing to

>breathe!! It surprised the heck out of me!! I think that was the real

>turning point.

>

>Where I'm rambling toward is that you should begin today. Leave that

>second

>helping in the serving dish. Choose diet soda instead of regular. Eat

>more

>leafy greens, and fewer starchy things. Go for a walk. Change your focus.

>The holidays should be about getting together with friends and family, and

>not just over the table.

>

>Know that you'll feel better, soon. Don't put off getting your life back.

>

>Robin G.

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[Guest guest]

Mimi, I'm so sorry you're going to be ill this weekend. Hopefully the

doctor will know just what to do (and say) to make you better as quickly as

possible. Keep drinking as much water as you can (Crystal Light or Diet Ice

Botanicals are also good ideas) and feel better soon.

Robin G.

>

>Reply-To: diabetes_integroups

>To: diabetes_integroups

>Subject: Re: Waiting til after the holidays

>Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:40:43 -0500

>

>Good show, Robin. And how true.

>

>I'm kinda nervous about the holidays, because I have mono AND type II, and

>I've been fainting/dehydrating/unable to keep anything down for the past

>week and a half. I'm eating foods in the smallest amounts possible

>throughout the day because otherwise my sugars jump above 400.

>

>Yes, I'm seeing my doctor this Friday after Thanksgiving. :-)

>

>But I dread Thanksgiving Day. I'm going to my boyfriend's parents, and I

>don't want anything to " happen " .

>

>I wish my sugars were going to be in control over the holidays...heck, I

>wish I didn't have mono over the holidays! :-) But it can't rain all the

>time, and I'm sure that soon all will be well.

>

>In the meantime, messages such as Robin's really keep *my spirits up. I

>mean, we diabetics must stick together, after all!

>

>Mimi

>

>

> >

> >Reply-To: diabetes_integroups

> >To: diabetes_integroups, lose2winegroups

> >Subject: Waiting til after the holidays

> >Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:01:20 -0600

> >

> >Last year (and, I presume, every year) we get messages from newbies

>saying

> > " can I wait to get control til after the holidays? " . This is my second

>set

> >of holidays with dm (not really diagnosed til January, but I knew) and

>I'd

> >like to be the first to say " DON'T WAIT!!!!! " .

> >

> >I wish someone had hit me in the head, and told me how much better I

>would

> >feel after I got control. I think the most insidious part of this

>disease

> >is that for most of us, you don't really feel bad. You're not feverish,

> >coughing, dizzy, etc., things that we ordinarily associate with being

> > " sick " . Not so bad that you recognize that making a change will improve

> >your life significantly. You just don't feel really good anymore.

> >

> >I admit it, I avoided getting an actual diagnosis because it was the

> >holidays. I intentionally set my doctor's appointment for January so I

> >could get through Thanksgiving and Christmas without having it actually

> >hanging over my head. But, I'd just had a fasting blood sugar done for

> >insurance (230). I knew.

> >

> >Just a few months after I got my life on track (or, on treadmill and I

> >felt like a whole new person. I felt so much better I was able to see

>that

> >I hadn't felt well for some time. My endurance improved, my breathing

>was

> >better, my muscle tone was coming back, I wasn't tired all the time. We

> >all

> >know the consequences of exercise and eating right. I climbed the stairs

> >to

> >the choir loft at church one Sunday, and didn't have to stop singing to

> >breathe!! It surprised the heck out of me!! I think that was the real

> >turning point.

> >

> >Where I'm rambling toward is that you should begin today. Leave that

> >second

> >helping in the serving dish. Choose diet soda instead of regular. Eat

> >more

> >leafy greens, and fewer starchy things. Go for a walk. Change your

>focus.

> >The holidays should be about getting together with friends and family,

>and

> >not just over the table.

> >

> >Know that you'll feel better, soon. Don't put off getting your life

>back.

> >

> >Robin G.

>

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[Guest guest]

Oh, Thank you, Robin! How kind. Good advice, too, on the drinks--thanks!

MImi

>

>Reply-To: diabetes_integroups

>To: diabetes_integroups

>Subject: Re: Waiting til after the holidays

>Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:07:20 -0600

>

>Mimi, I'm so sorry you're going to be ill this weekend. Hopefully the

>doctor will know just what to do (and say) to make you better as quickly as

>possible. Keep drinking as much water as you can (Crystal Light or Diet

>Ice

>Botanicals are also good ideas) and feel better soon.

>

>Robin G.

>

>

> >

> >Reply-To: diabetes_integroups

> >To: diabetes_integroups

> >Subject: Re: Waiting til after the holidays

> >Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 10:40:43 -0500

> >

> >Good show, Robin. And how true.

> >

> >I'm kinda nervous about the holidays, because I have mono AND type II,

>and

> >I've been fainting/dehydrating/unable to keep anything down for the past

> >week and a half. I'm eating foods in the smallest amounts possible

> >throughout the day because otherwise my sugars jump above 400.

> >

> >Yes, I'm seeing my doctor this Friday after Thanksgiving. :-)

> >

> >But I dread Thanksgiving Day. I'm going to my boyfriend's parents, and I

> >don't want anything to " happen " .

> >

> >I wish my sugars were going to be in control over the holidays...heck, I

> >wish I didn't have mono over the holidays! :-) But it can't rain all

>the

> >time, and I'm sure that soon all will be well.

> >

> >In the meantime, messages such as Robin's really keep *my spirits up. I

> >mean, we diabetics must stick together, after all!

> >

> >Mimi

> >

> >

> > >

> > >Reply-To: diabetes_integroups

> > >To: diabetes_integroups, lose2winegroups

> > >Subject: Waiting til after the holidays

> > >Date: Tue, 21 Nov 2000 09:01:20 -0600

> > >

> > >Last year (and, I presume, every year) we get messages from newbies

> >saying

> > > " can I wait to get control til after the holidays? " . This is my second

> >set

> > >of holidays with dm (not really diagnosed til January, but I knew) and

> >I'd

> > >like to be the first to say " DON'T WAIT!!!!! " .

> > >

> > >I wish someone had hit me in the head, and told me how much better I

> >would

> > >feel after I got control. I think the most insidious part of this

> >disease

> > >is that for most of us, you don't really feel bad. You're not

>feverish,

> > >coughing, dizzy, etc., things that we ordinarily associate with being

> > > " sick " . Not so bad that you recognize that making a change will

>improve

> > >your life significantly. You just don't feel really good anymore.

> > >

> > >I admit it, I avoided getting an actual diagnosis because it was the

> > >holidays. I intentionally set my doctor's appointment for January so I

> > >could get through Thanksgiving and Christmas without having it actually

> > >hanging over my head. But, I'd just had a fasting blood sugar done for

> > >insurance (230). I knew.

> > >

> > >Just a few months after I got my life on track (or, on treadmill and

>I

> > >felt like a whole new person. I felt so much better I was able to see

> >that

> > >I hadn't felt well for some time. My endurance improved, my breathing

> >was

> > >better, my muscle tone was coming back, I wasn't tired all the time.

>We

> > >all

> > >know the consequences of exercise and eating right. I climbed the

>stairs

> > >to

> > >the choir loft at church one Sunday, and didn't have to stop singing to

> > >breathe!! It surprised the heck out of me!! I think that was the real

> > >turning point.

> > >

> > >Where I'm rambling toward is that you should begin today. Leave that

> > >second

> > >helping in the serving dish. Choose diet soda instead of regular. Eat

> > >more

> > >leafy greens, and fewer starchy things. Go for a walk. Change your

> >focus.

> > >The holidays should be about getting together with friends and family,

> >and

> > >not just over the table.

> > >

> > >Know that you'll feel better, soon. Don't put off getting your life

> >back.

> > >

> > >Robin G.

> >

>

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