RE: could it still hurt after 4 years?

[Guest guest]

I'm sure there must be some great doctors in Houston Amy.

I made up an anachronism for diabetes care: DREAM. D is for diet, R is for

responsibility of doing BG, visiting docs, doing medication , E is for

exercise, A is for attitude and M is for medication. I think attitude

toward the disease is what makes people do the other things. Sometimes

seeing a counselor or joining a support group can help with a person's

attitude. Both Oklahoma City and Houston must have some sort of group.

Maybe you could look on the computer for such a thing.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of amy cooper

Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 6:44 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: could it still hurt after 4 years?

oh wow i know i am not doing good either.

last year i had lost 30 pounds and gained it all back and then some the

scale isnt working right now but i am over 275 probly more and i need to

lose weight despertley.

i need a support system and we need to get and keep some of this junk stuff

out of the house i dont want to go through what mark has gone through i am

on cholestrial meds as well need to find a doc after moveing here to houston

havent had an a1c in over a year i still have my meds i am takeing so i am

doing that this is just so hard staying on a good eating plan but i know i

need to change and needs to be now .

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but 26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Great response I have never had a great weight problem. Maybe over

20 pounds is the most overweight I have been, but I am a type 1 diabetic and

have been diabetic since the age of 2 years old. But I tend to occasionally

binge on stuff I should not eat at all-like today at an open house at the

local guide dog school. When I came home, despite taking extra insulin, my

BG was 304! More insulin and now it is down to 189 two hours later.

One thing I do not do is to buy junk food. If it is there, I will eat it.

Potato chips and Fritos are my downfall.

When my BG goes up to over 190, I feel awful, so the thought of feeling that

way keeps me from over eating, but I know type 2 diabetics often run high

BGs , so don't feel bad as there body is used to it. But you need to think

of what that is doing to you in the long run. I have been diabetic for 66

years and have lived that long because, for the most part, I have kept the

BG down. I do have a lot of complications, but still try to keep the BG

down. In 2 weeks, I go to UCLA to start the evaluation for a kidney

transplant, so I hope keeping the BG down will help make me an eligible

person despite the " old age " .

Amy and Mark, best wishes to you both and lets hope we all can help one

another here.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of armando del gobbo

Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 7:14 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: could it still hurt after 4 years?

Hi,

I don't post much, because I am not very knowledgeable, and I have a lot to

learn!

Mark, thank you for have the nerve to post such a great message! I think

that you have sent us all a message that we al should listen to! Vicki,

thank you for your wonderful comments! Amy, thank you for opening up to us!

This is a great list with very knowledgeable people and some wonderful

examples! Thank you all!

I find that if I look at the whole big picture, it gets very scary! So,

what I find helps me is to think in smaller chunks! If I need to cut out

junk food, I try to tackle one item at a time. If I need to lose weight, I

think one pound at a time! If I think of exercise, I think of a few minutes

at a time! So, perhaps those of you who need to lose a lot of pounds, if

you look at the big number, it can get very scary, and seem impossible.

Perhaps, a goal can be, " by the end of the month, I would like to lose 2

pounds " this is what works for me!

I wish that I had better advice for you! As you said Mark, there are no

magic tricks, and only you can do it! One thing that we can all do, is to

be by your side, and support you all the way!

Some time ago, we were posting our BG readings, and I found that very

motivating! Would the same thing work for junk food, weight loss and all of

that? We all need regular reminders, support and a little pat on the back

once in a while! And, from time to time, a good kick in the back side!!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Great response I have never had a great weight problem. Maybe over

20 pounds is the most overweight I have been, but I am a type 1 diabetic and

have been diabetic since the age of 2 years old. But I tend to occasionally

binge on stuff I should not eat at all-like today at an open house at the

local guide dog school. When I came home, despite taking extra insulin, my

BG was 304! More insulin and now it is down to 189 two hours later.

One thing I do not do is to buy junk food. If it is there, I will eat it.

Potato chips and Fritos are my downfall.

When my BG goes up to over 190, I feel awful, so the thought of feeling that

way keeps me from over eating, but I know type 2 diabetics often run high

BGs , so don't feel bad as there body is used to it. But you need to think

of what that is doing to you in the long run. I have been diabetic for 66

years and have lived that long because, for the most part, I have kept the

BG down. I do have a lot of complications, but still try to keep the BG

down. In 2 weeks, I go to UCLA to start the evaluation for a kidney

transplant, so I hope keeping the BG down will help make me an eligible

person despite the " old age " .

Amy and Mark, best wishes to you both and lets hope we all can help one

another here.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of armando del gobbo

Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 7:14 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: could it still hurt after 4 years?

Hi,

I don't post much, because I am not very knowledgeable, and I have a lot to

learn!

Mark, thank you for have the nerve to post such a great message! I think

that you have sent us all a message that we al should listen to! Vicki,

thank you for your wonderful comments! Amy, thank you for opening up to us!

This is a great list with very knowledgeable people and some wonderful

examples! Thank you all!

I find that if I look at the whole big picture, it gets very scary! So,

what I find helps me is to think in smaller chunks! If I need to cut out

junk food, I try to tackle one item at a time. If I need to lose weight, I

think one pound at a time! If I think of exercise, I think of a few minutes

at a time! So, perhaps those of you who need to lose a lot of pounds, if

you look at the big number, it can get very scary, and seem impossible.

Perhaps, a goal can be, " by the end of the month, I would like to lose 2

pounds " this is what works for me!

I wish that I had better advice for you! As you said Mark, there are no

magic tricks, and only you can do it! One thing that we can all do, is to

be by your side, and support you all the way!

Some time ago, we were posting our BG readings, and I found that very

motivating! Would the same thing work for junk food, weight loss and all of

that? We all need regular reminders, support and a little pat on the back

once in a while! And, from time to time, a good kick in the back side!!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Great response I have never had a great weight problem. Maybe over

20 pounds is the most overweight I have been, but I am a type 1 diabetic and

have been diabetic since the age of 2 years old. But I tend to occasionally

binge on stuff I should not eat at all-like today at an open house at the

local guide dog school. When I came home, despite taking extra insulin, my

BG was 304! More insulin and now it is down to 189 two hours later.

One thing I do not do is to buy junk food. If it is there, I will eat it.

Potato chips and Fritos are my downfall.

When my BG goes up to over 190, I feel awful, so the thought of feeling that

way keeps me from over eating, but I know type 2 diabetics often run high

BGs , so don't feel bad as there body is used to it. But you need to think

of what that is doing to you in the long run. I have been diabetic for 66

years and have lived that long because, for the most part, I have kept the

BG down. I do have a lot of complications, but still try to keep the BG

down. In 2 weeks, I go to UCLA to start the evaluation for a kidney

transplant, so I hope keeping the BG down will help make me an eligible

person despite the " old age " .

Amy and Mark, best wishes to you both and lets hope we all can help one

another here.

_____

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of armando del gobbo

Sent: Saturday, June 11, 2011 7:14 PM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: could it still hurt after 4 years?

Hi,

I don't post much, because I am not very knowledgeable, and I have a lot to

learn!

Mark, thank you for have the nerve to post such a great message! I think

that you have sent us all a message that we al should listen to! Vicki,

thank you for your wonderful comments! Amy, thank you for opening up to us!

This is a great list with very knowledgeable people and some wonderful

examples! Thank you all!

I find that if I look at the whole big picture, it gets very scary! So,

what I find helps me is to think in smaller chunks! If I need to cut out

junk food, I try to tackle one item at a time. If I need to lose weight, I

think one pound at a time! If I think of exercise, I think of a few minutes

at a time! So, perhaps those of you who need to lose a lot of pounds, if

you look at the big number, it can get very scary, and seem impossible.

Perhaps, a goal can be, " by the end of the month, I would like to lose 2

pounds " this is what works for me!

I wish that I had better advice for you! As you said Mark, there are no

magic tricks, and only you can do it! One thing that we can all do, is to

be by your side, and support you all the way!

Some time ago, we were posting our BG readings, and I found that very

motivating! Would the same thing work for junk food, weight loss and all of

that? We all need regular reminders, support and a little pat on the back

once in a while! And, from time to time, a good kick in the back side!!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

You are right my fine Sir! One moment at a time, one meal, one hour, one day

and most important for me is one Prayer. I know I can't do it all by my self.

but I do know with support from buds like is on this list, my family and my God,

well the good book says he doesn't give us any more then we can handle if we

will only trust him. so for me it is one day at a time. I just made me a list of

the carbs in all the different types of foods I eat in a regular day and those

kinds of foods that I buy and will eat. going to try 90 carbs a day for a while

and then maybe drop down to 60 later. 20 or 30 carbs per meal is probably where

I should be. However, I do know my reading after eating will tell the real story

as to how many carbs my body can handle and still keep good control. I do know

that carrying around an extra 120 pounds most of my life sucks loud! I've took

it off before, but I was 25 years younger. My plan is no thinking about to

morrow until that day gets here. this has been my problem for many years. I

always use to wonder what I was going to eat next while I was eating what ever

at the time. I don't like to weigh to much, because I get upset it the pounds

aren't following off like I wish they would. so I will only weigh once every 2

weeks on the same day of a morning. I will ride my exercise bike as long as I

can each day with no set time to ride because this amount of time does seem to

over whelm me if I think about it before I have done it. But I will write down

everything I eat at every meal and snack and no for sure what my carb in take is

for a day. I've never done this and it is a problem that causes failure. I

certainly didn't gain all this belly over night and I got a small bank roll

invested in it. so I will remove it as slow as it may take. going down slow, is

better then going up slow or remaining the same. I know the trick is to tie as

many good eating and exercising days together as I can before I trip. but when I

do trip I can't let it get me down and give up. I've gave up to many times in

the past and it is the reason I'm still large with a A1C of 13.

It's kind of funny how we worry over most things we can't control, but we

will spend lots of energy trying to figure it all out and how to work it when we

can't do nothing about it. then here I got my health and it belong to me and no

one but me. you can't control my health, but I can if I decide to. so why for

all these years have I ignored the one thing that I can control by my self? I

suppose this is a million dollar question that every one has a answer for. Well

I don't wish to die sooner then I need to by remaining over weight and allowing

my diabetes to control me. I can be in charge of it and I can be in charge of my

weight.

About 2 years ago I set out to read the Holy King Bible from cover to

cover in Braille. I had never done this before. So I made up my mind I could do

it and I would do it, but I didn't set any certain time to finish. I finished it

in 7 months and one day. 3,549 pages. I just read a bit every day until one day

I finished the travel I se out for my self. So I'm going to do this the same

way. I'm going to drop pounds and take it just one meal at a time, one day at a

time, one hour at a time if I must, but I will finish this race as well.

You guys have helped me a lot over the years. even though I haven't done

what I should have done it wasn't because you guys didn't do your part and try.

This is all on me and up to me to make the changes I have to make. I don't post

hardly ever, but I read everything and feel like I know each of you in a

personal way because I have heard from you all for many years. It's not easy

being a diabetic, but actually life isn't fair some times and no one has it easy

all the time. I realize now after all the years that over eating is why I became

a diabetic. You see? If my weight would have been important to me and my health

just as important to me way back when, then I may not have ever got diabetes, or

had a heart attack. but can't change yesterday and no time to concern my self

with that when it is out of my control now. to day is the first day of the rest

of my life and this is how I and others like me have got to look at it if we

plan on having many more to morrows.

Way to many times in my past I have gave up and said I would worry with it

later. then I went on and ate what ever and threw all good sense to the wind.

Well living like that with that kind of attitude has got me where I am to day

right now. I keep doing the same old song and dance for years hoping for

different results when that can't happen if the changes for the best aren't

made. I'm the only one to blame! I'm the only one in charge and it is my

attitude that has to get right. I'm simply sick and tired of being sick and

tired! so instead of running away from my issues like I have in my past, I will

face up to them and take control with little bites just like you say. one bite

at a time is how I'm going to travel this road I got to travel. I may need to

pad lock my ice box and send the key to work with my honey. sounds crazy, but it

could work for a blind man. If only I wasn't the cook and could cook so well. I

learned to cook so I would dig eating and now my cooking is trying to kill me.

See I got off on another ramble that I'm known fore. but this talking it out

sure does help me see me for who I really am. It's kind of like going and paying

$150 to lay on the doctor's couch and he just listen. you guys just got wripped

off for your $150 listeners fee. Well I can say the check is in the mail!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

You are right my fine Sir! One moment at a time, one meal, one hour, one day

and most important for me is one Prayer. I know I can't do it all by my self.

but I do know with support from buds like is on this list, my family and my God,

well the good book says he doesn't give us any more then we can handle if we

will only trust him. so for me it is one day at a time. I just made me a list of

the carbs in all the different types of foods I eat in a regular day and those

kinds of foods that I buy and will eat. going to try 90 carbs a day for a while

and then maybe drop down to 60 later. 20 or 30 carbs per meal is probably where

I should be. However, I do know my reading after eating will tell the real story

as to how many carbs my body can handle and still keep good control. I do know

that carrying around an extra 120 pounds most of my life sucks loud! I've took

it off before, but I was 25 years younger. My plan is no thinking about to

morrow until that day gets here. this has been my problem for many years. I

always use to wonder what I was going to eat next while I was eating what ever

at the time. I don't like to weigh to much, because I get upset it the pounds

aren't following off like I wish they would. so I will only weigh once every 2

weeks on the same day of a morning. I will ride my exercise bike as long as I

can each day with no set time to ride because this amount of time does seem to

over whelm me if I think about it before I have done it. But I will write down

everything I eat at every meal and snack and no for sure what my carb in take is

for a day. I've never done this and it is a problem that causes failure. I

certainly didn't gain all this belly over night and I got a small bank roll

invested in it. so I will remove it as slow as it may take. going down slow, is

better then going up slow or remaining the same. I know the trick is to tie as

many good eating and exercising days together as I can before I trip. but when I

do trip I can't let it get me down and give up. I've gave up to many times in

the past and it is the reason I'm still large with a A1C of 13.

It's kind of funny how we worry over most things we can't control, but we

will spend lots of energy trying to figure it all out and how to work it when we

can't do nothing about it. then here I got my health and it belong to me and no

one but me. you can't control my health, but I can if I decide to. so why for

all these years have I ignored the one thing that I can control by my self? I

suppose this is a million dollar question that every one has a answer for. Well

I don't wish to die sooner then I need to by remaining over weight and allowing

my diabetes to control me. I can be in charge of it and I can be in charge of my

weight.

About 2 years ago I set out to read the Holy King Bible from cover to

cover in Braille. I had never done this before. So I made up my mind I could do

it and I would do it, but I didn't set any certain time to finish. I finished it

in 7 months and one day. 3,549 pages. I just read a bit every day until one day

I finished the travel I se out for my self. So I'm going to do this the same

way. I'm going to drop pounds and take it just one meal at a time, one day at a

time, one hour at a time if I must, but I will finish this race as well.

You guys have helped me a lot over the years. even though I haven't done

what I should have done it wasn't because you guys didn't do your part and try.

This is all on me and up to me to make the changes I have to make. I don't post

hardly ever, but I read everything and feel like I know each of you in a

personal way because I have heard from you all for many years. It's not easy

being a diabetic, but actually life isn't fair some times and no one has it easy

all the time. I realize now after all the years that over eating is why I became

a diabetic. You see? If my weight would have been important to me and my health

just as important to me way back when, then I may not have ever got diabetes, or

had a heart attack. but can't change yesterday and no time to concern my self

with that when it is out of my control now. to day is the first day of the rest

of my life and this is how I and others like me have got to look at it if we

plan on having many more to morrows.

Way to many times in my past I have gave up and said I would worry with it

later. then I went on and ate what ever and threw all good sense to the wind.

Well living like that with that kind of attitude has got me where I am to day

right now. I keep doing the same old song and dance for years hoping for

different results when that can't happen if the changes for the best aren't

made. I'm the only one to blame! I'm the only one in charge and it is my

attitude that has to get right. I'm simply sick and tired of being sick and

tired! so instead of running away from my issues like I have in my past, I will

face up to them and take control with little bites just like you say. one bite

at a time is how I'm going to travel this road I got to travel. I may need to

pad lock my ice box and send the key to work with my honey. sounds crazy, but it

could work for a blind man. If only I wasn't the cook and could cook so well. I

learned to cook so I would dig eating and now my cooking is trying to kill me.

See I got off on another ramble that I'm known fore. but this talking it out

sure does help me see me for who I really am. It's kind of like going and paying

$150 to lay on the doctor's couch and he just listen. you guys just got wripped

off for your $150 listeners fee. Well I can say the check is in the mail!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

You are right my fine Sir! One moment at a time, one meal, one hour, one day

and most important for me is one Prayer. I know I can't do it all by my self.

but I do know with support from buds like is on this list, my family and my God,

well the good book says he doesn't give us any more then we can handle if we

will only trust him. so for me it is one day at a time. I just made me a list of

the carbs in all the different types of foods I eat in a regular day and those

kinds of foods that I buy and will eat. going to try 90 carbs a day for a while

and then maybe drop down to 60 later. 20 or 30 carbs per meal is probably where

I should be. However, I do know my reading after eating will tell the real story

as to how many carbs my body can handle and still keep good control. I do know

that carrying around an extra 120 pounds most of my life sucks loud! I've took

it off before, but I was 25 years younger. My plan is no thinking about to

morrow until that day gets here. this has been my problem for many years. I

always use to wonder what I was going to eat next while I was eating what ever

at the time. I don't like to weigh to much, because I get upset it the pounds

aren't following off like I wish they would. so I will only weigh once every 2

weeks on the same day of a morning. I will ride my exercise bike as long as I

can each day with no set time to ride because this amount of time does seem to

over whelm me if I think about it before I have done it. But I will write down

everything I eat at every meal and snack and no for sure what my carb in take is

for a day. I've never done this and it is a problem that causes failure. I

certainly didn't gain all this belly over night and I got a small bank roll

invested in it. so I will remove it as slow as it may take. going down slow, is

better then going up slow or remaining the same. I know the trick is to tie as

many good eating and exercising days together as I can before I trip. but when I

do trip I can't let it get me down and give up. I've gave up to many times in

the past and it is the reason I'm still large with a A1C of 13.

It's kind of funny how we worry over most things we can't control, but we

will spend lots of energy trying to figure it all out and how to work it when we

can't do nothing about it. then here I got my health and it belong to me and no

one but me. you can't control my health, but I can if I decide to. so why for

all these years have I ignored the one thing that I can control by my self? I

suppose this is a million dollar question that every one has a answer for. Well

I don't wish to die sooner then I need to by remaining over weight and allowing

my diabetes to control me. I can be in charge of it and I can be in charge of my

weight.

About 2 years ago I set out to read the Holy King Bible from cover to

cover in Braille. I had never done this before. So I made up my mind I could do

it and I would do it, but I didn't set any certain time to finish. I finished it

in 7 months and one day. 3,549 pages. I just read a bit every day until one day

I finished the travel I se out for my self. So I'm going to do this the same

way. I'm going to drop pounds and take it just one meal at a time, one day at a

time, one hour at a time if I must, but I will finish this race as well.

You guys have helped me a lot over the years. even though I haven't done

what I should have done it wasn't because you guys didn't do your part and try.

This is all on me and up to me to make the changes I have to make. I don't post

hardly ever, but I read everything and feel like I know each of you in a

personal way because I have heard from you all for many years. It's not easy

being a diabetic, but actually life isn't fair some times and no one has it easy

all the time. I realize now after all the years that over eating is why I became

a diabetic. You see? If my weight would have been important to me and my health

just as important to me way back when, then I may not have ever got diabetes, or

had a heart attack. but can't change yesterday and no time to concern my self

with that when it is out of my control now. to day is the first day of the rest

of my life and this is how I and others like me have got to look at it if we

plan on having many more to morrows.

Way to many times in my past I have gave up and said I would worry with it

later. then I went on and ate what ever and threw all good sense to the wind.

Well living like that with that kind of attitude has got me where I am to day

right now. I keep doing the same old song and dance for years hoping for

different results when that can't happen if the changes for the best aren't

made. I'm the only one to blame! I'm the only one in charge and it is my

attitude that has to get right. I'm simply sick and tired of being sick and

tired! so instead of running away from my issues like I have in my past, I will

face up to them and take control with little bites just like you say. one bite

at a time is how I'm going to travel this road I got to travel. I may need to

pad lock my ice box and send the key to work with my honey. sounds crazy, but it

could work for a blind man. If only I wasn't the cook and could cook so well. I

learned to cook so I would dig eating and now my cooking is trying to kill me.

See I got off on another ramble that I'm known fore. but this talking it out

sure does help me see me for who I really am. It's kind of like going and paying

$150 to lay on the doctor's couch and he just listen. you guys just got wripped

off for your $150 listeners fee. Well I can say the check is in the mail!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

You are so sweet. maybe some day God will let me hug your neck. Going to

start lifting you up in my Prayers each night from now on, because it is what I

can do with out giving up.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

You are so sweet. maybe some day God will let me hug your neck. Going to

start lifting you up in my Prayers each night from now on, because it is what I

can do with out giving up.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

You are so sweet. maybe some day God will let me hug your neck. Going to

start lifting you up in my Prayers each night from now on, because it is what I

can do with out giving up.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

That's the ticket. One day at a time, one meal at a time and remember, we are

all here for you. Just ask and we are all here to support you.

Sharon

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Hi Mark,

That's the ticket. One day at a time, one meal at a time and remember, we are

all here for you. Just ask and we are all here to support you.

Sharon

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Mark,

you said it my friend, there no future in the past! No sense beating

yourself up for things that happened in the past, the most important thing

is that you start right now to map out a future for yourself!

Do you have any hobbies? Maybe if you don't have a hobby, it's time to

think about one or two? Keep your hands and mind busy thinking about

something besides eating. I also like water, that is something else that

helps me, when I feel like eating, I fill up on a big glass of water.

My friend, it sounds like you do have it figured out, now you just need to

do it!

Go for it!

God Bless!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Mark,

you said it my friend, there no future in the past! No sense beating

yourself up for things that happened in the past, the most important thing

is that you start right now to map out a future for yourself!

Do you have any hobbies? Maybe if you don't have a hobby, it's time to

think about one or two? Keep your hands and mind busy thinking about

something besides eating. I also like water, that is something else that

helps me, when I feel like eating, I fill up on a big glass of water.

My friend, it sounds like you do have it figured out, now you just need to

do it!

Go for it!

God Bless!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Mark,

you said it my friend, there no future in the past! No sense beating

yourself up for things that happened in the past, the most important thing

is that you start right now to map out a future for yourself!

Do you have any hobbies? Maybe if you don't have a hobby, it's time to

think about one or two? Keep your hands and mind busy thinking about

something besides eating. I also like water, that is something else that

helps me, when I feel like eating, I fill up on a big glass of water.

My friend, it sounds like you do have it figured out, now you just need to

do it!

Go for it!

God Bless!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

funny you should ask. I do have a wood shop and belong to the same blind

wood worker list that you do. I don't post much, but again I read most post so I

can pick up on some tips. I retired from my job only a month ago after 35 years.

I'm going to try some thing different for the rest of my life. I'm only 54 and

should have some time left if I take better care of my self. I as well dig water

and do drink probably a gallon a day. when you add up the water, milk, and diet

Dr. Pepper, well I do pee a lot. my biggest thing to get done is eat right and

exercise daily. I can do both for 3 or 5 days and then I stop for a week. then I

do it over again and then I stop for a week. I just got to get pass the stopping

and starting back. I do love my wood shop and do now that I'm retired spend a

lot of time out there. but here lately with my sugars high and who knows what

else, I haven't felt good enough to stay working out there for long periods. You

know how some folks turn on the TV and hit the kitchen at the same time? well

when I read I also wish to eat as I read. I know all this is in my head and my

head is what I must change. I got the know how from listening to this list. now

I got to put it to the test and not give up so fast. success lies in the long

haul, not the short run. I must look at it as a journey taking baby steps and

not a short race with a quick finish. I believe us who are around 100 pounds

over weight get over whelmed by the hugeness of it all. thinking about how long

it will take to get all this weight off and this is where most of us fall on our

face. we didn't achieve the extra pounds over night, but we wish to get rid of

it to morrow. we wont our cake and to eat it as well. I got 54 years of bad

eating habits and worse decisions of how I ate all these years. Now I must

change all my past thinking if I wish to continue a healthy and long life. If I

am sick and tired of being sick and tired, then it is time to do some thing

about it or remain in the funk and nothing will change. right now not going to

concern my self with lunch until I get home from church. then I will think on it

and what to eat. water is my friend and we have been together for many years. I

think I should spend more time in my Prayer closet to get piles of strength that

as a human I don't have. I also belong to the hands on cooking list that you do

as well. If I ate everything that they put out on that list I would probably all

ready be dead! but I do enjoy reading about it and licking my lips.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

funny you should ask. I do have a wood shop and belong to the same blind

wood worker list that you do. I don't post much, but again I read most post so I

can pick up on some tips. I retired from my job only a month ago after 35 years.

I'm going to try some thing different for the rest of my life. I'm only 54 and

should have some time left if I take better care of my self. I as well dig water

and do drink probably a gallon a day. when you add up the water, milk, and diet

Dr. Pepper, well I do pee a lot. my biggest thing to get done is eat right and

exercise daily. I can do both for 3 or 5 days and then I stop for a week. then I

do it over again and then I stop for a week. I just got to get pass the stopping

and starting back. I do love my wood shop and do now that I'm retired spend a

lot of time out there. but here lately with my sugars high and who knows what

else, I haven't felt good enough to stay working out there for long periods. You

know how some folks turn on the TV and hit the kitchen at the same time? well

when I read I also wish to eat as I read. I know all this is in my head and my

head is what I must change. I got the know how from listening to this list. now

I got to put it to the test and not give up so fast. success lies in the long

haul, not the short run. I must look at it as a journey taking baby steps and

not a short race with a quick finish. I believe us who are around 100 pounds

over weight get over whelmed by the hugeness of it all. thinking about how long

it will take to get all this weight off and this is where most of us fall on our

face. we didn't achieve the extra pounds over night, but we wish to get rid of

it to morrow. we wont our cake and to eat it as well. I got 54 years of bad

eating habits and worse decisions of how I ate all these years. Now I must

change all my past thinking if I wish to continue a healthy and long life. If I

am sick and tired of being sick and tired, then it is time to do some thing

about it or remain in the funk and nothing will change. right now not going to

concern my self with lunch until I get home from church. then I will think on it

and what to eat. water is my friend and we have been together for many years. I

think I should spend more time in my Prayer closet to get piles of strength that

as a human I don't have. I also belong to the hands on cooking list that you do

as well. If I ate everything that they put out on that list I would probably all

ready be dead! but I do enjoy reading about it and licking my lips.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

funny you should ask. I do have a wood shop and belong to the same blind

wood worker list that you do. I don't post much, but again I read most post so I

can pick up on some tips. I retired from my job only a month ago after 35 years.

I'm going to try some thing different for the rest of my life. I'm only 54 and

should have some time left if I take better care of my self. I as well dig water

and do drink probably a gallon a day. when you add up the water, milk, and diet

Dr. Pepper, well I do pee a lot. my biggest thing to get done is eat right and

exercise daily. I can do both for 3 or 5 days and then I stop for a week. then I

do it over again and then I stop for a week. I just got to get pass the stopping

and starting back. I do love my wood shop and do now that I'm retired spend a

lot of time out there. but here lately with my sugars high and who knows what

else, I haven't felt good enough to stay working out there for long periods. You

know how some folks turn on the TV and hit the kitchen at the same time? well

when I read I also wish to eat as I read. I know all this is in my head and my

head is what I must change. I got the know how from listening to this list. now

I got to put it to the test and not give up so fast. success lies in the long

haul, not the short run. I must look at it as a journey taking baby steps and

not a short race with a quick finish. I believe us who are around 100 pounds

over weight get over whelmed by the hugeness of it all. thinking about how long

it will take to get all this weight off and this is where most of us fall on our

face. we didn't achieve the extra pounds over night, but we wish to get rid of

it to morrow. we wont our cake and to eat it as well. I got 54 years of bad

eating habits and worse decisions of how I ate all these years. Now I must

change all my past thinking if I wish to continue a healthy and long life. If I

am sick and tired of being sick and tired, then it is time to do some thing

about it or remain in the funk and nothing will change. right now not going to

concern my self with lunch until I get home from church. then I will think on it

and what to eat. water is my friend and we have been together for many years. I

think I should spend more time in my Prayer closet to get piles of strength that

as a human I don't have. I also belong to the hands on cooking list that you do

as well. If I ate everything that they put out on that list I would probably all

ready be dead! but I do enjoy reading about it and licking my lips.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Morning Markie,

Well, one thing for sure, we both would weigh well over 500 pounds if we ate

all of those things which run across the cooking list. (LOLLLOLLOL)

However, I do have a fairly nice collection of Diabetic friendly recipes I

have sorted out from the list.

Remember, moderation is the friend of all.

If you eat *SMALL* meals every few hours you *WILL* lose weight because your

body will believe that there will be more food and there is no need to store

fat in case of a famine. (LOLLLOLLOL)

Lay off that Dr Pepper. Diet or not it ain't good for you.

Drink a glass of water 15 or so minutes before eating and you will have a

better chance of feeling full and satisfied.

Lots of folks think they are hungry when it is actually that they are

dehydrated.

Oh yes, cut way back on milk, it does contain those awful carbs.

HTH

Cy, The Anasazi

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 7:46 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: could it still hurt after 4 years?

funny you should ask. I do have a wood shop and belong to the same blind

wood worker list that you do. I don't post much, but again I read most post

so I can pick up on some tips. I retired from my job only a month ago after

35 years. I'm going to try some thing different for the rest of my life. I'm

only 54 and should have some time left if I take better care of my self. I

as well dig water and do drink probably a gallon a day. when you add up the

water, milk, and diet Dr. Pepper, well I do pee a lot. my biggest thing to

get done is eat right and exercise daily. I can do both for 3 or 5 days and

then I stop for a week. then I do it over again and then I stop for a week.

I just got to get pass the stopping and starting back. I do love my wood

shop and do now that I'm retired spend a lot of time out there. but here

lately with my sugars high and who knows what else, I haven't felt good

enough to stay working out there for long periods. You know how some folks

turn on the TV and hit the kitchen at the same time? well when I read I also

wish to eat as I read. I know all this is in my head and my head is what I

must change. I got the know how from listening to this list. now I got to

put it to the test and not give up so fast. success lies in the long haul,

not the short run. I must look at it as a journey taking baby steps and not

a short race with a quick finish. I believe us who are around 100 pounds

over weight get over whelmed by the hugeness of it all. thinking about how

long it will take to get all this weight off and this is where most of us

fall on our face. we didn't achieve the extra pounds over night, but we wish

to get rid of it to morrow. we wont our cake and to eat it as well. I got 54

years of bad eating habits and worse decisions of how I ate all these years.

Now I must change all my past thinking if I wish to continue a healthy and

long life. If I am sick and tired of being sick and tired, then it is time

to do some thing about it or remain in the funk and nothing will change.

right now not going to concern my self with lunch until I get home from

church. then I will think on it and what to eat. water is my friend and we

have been together for many years. I think I should spend more time in my

Prayer closet to get piles of strength that as a human I don't have. I also

belong to the hands on cooking list that you do as well. If I ate everything

that they put out on that list I would probably all ready be dead! but I do

enjoy reading about it and licking my lips.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Morning Markie,

Well, one thing for sure, we both would weigh well over 500 pounds if we ate

all of those things which run across the cooking list. (LOLLLOLLOL)

However, I do have a fairly nice collection of Diabetic friendly recipes I

have sorted out from the list.

Remember, moderation is the friend of all.

If you eat *SMALL* meals every few hours you *WILL* lose weight because your

body will believe that there will be more food and there is no need to store

fat in case of a famine. (LOLLLOLLOL)

Lay off that Dr Pepper. Diet or not it ain't good for you.

Drink a glass of water 15 or so minutes before eating and you will have a

better chance of feeling full and satisfied.

Lots of folks think they are hungry when it is actually that they are

dehydrated.

Oh yes, cut way back on milk, it does contain those awful carbs.

HTH

Cy, The Anasazi

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 7:46 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: could it still hurt after 4 years?

funny you should ask. I do have a wood shop and belong to the same blind

wood worker list that you do. I don't post much, but again I read most post

so I can pick up on some tips. I retired from my job only a month ago after

35 years. I'm going to try some thing different for the rest of my life. I'm

only 54 and should have some time left if I take better care of my self. I

as well dig water and do drink probably a gallon a day. when you add up the

water, milk, and diet Dr. Pepper, well I do pee a lot. my biggest thing to

get done is eat right and exercise daily. I can do both for 3 or 5 days and

then I stop for a week. then I do it over again and then I stop for a week.

I just got to get pass the stopping and starting back. I do love my wood

shop and do now that I'm retired spend a lot of time out there. but here

lately with my sugars high and who knows what else, I haven't felt good

enough to stay working out there for long periods. You know how some folks

turn on the TV and hit the kitchen at the same time? well when I read I also

wish to eat as I read. I know all this is in my head and my head is what I

must change. I got the know how from listening to this list. now I got to

put it to the test and not give up so fast. success lies in the long haul,

not the short run. I must look at it as a journey taking baby steps and not

a short race with a quick finish. I believe us who are around 100 pounds

over weight get over whelmed by the hugeness of it all. thinking about how

long it will take to get all this weight off and this is where most of us

fall on our face. we didn't achieve the extra pounds over night, but we wish

to get rid of it to morrow. we wont our cake and to eat it as well. I got 54

years of bad eating habits and worse decisions of how I ate all these years.

Now I must change all my past thinking if I wish to continue a healthy and

long life. If I am sick and tired of being sick and tired, then it is time

to do some thing about it or remain in the funk and nothing will change.

right now not going to concern my self with lunch until I get home from

church. then I will think on it and what to eat. water is my friend and we

have been together for many years. I think I should spend more time in my

Prayer closet to get piles of strength that as a human I don't have. I also

belong to the hands on cooking list that you do as well. If I ate everything

that they put out on that list I would probably all ready be dead! but I do

enjoy reading about it and licking my lips.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

Morning Markie,

Well, one thing for sure, we both would weigh well over 500 pounds if we ate

all of those things which run across the cooking list. (LOLLLOLLOL)

However, I do have a fairly nice collection of Diabetic friendly recipes I

have sorted out from the list.

Remember, moderation is the friend of all.

If you eat *SMALL* meals every few hours you *WILL* lose weight because your

body will believe that there will be more food and there is no need to store

fat in case of a famine. (LOLLLOLLOL)

Lay off that Dr Pepper. Diet or not it ain't good for you.

Drink a glass of water 15 or so minutes before eating and you will have a

better chance of feeling full and satisfied.

Lots of folks think they are hungry when it is actually that they are

dehydrated.

Oh yes, cut way back on milk, it does contain those awful carbs.

HTH

Cy, The Anasazi

From: blind-diabetics

[mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of Mark Ruth

Sent: Sunday, June 12, 2011 7:46 AM

To: blind-diabetics

Subject: Re: could it still hurt after 4 years?

funny you should ask. I do have a wood shop and belong to the same blind

wood worker list that you do. I don't post much, but again I read most post

so I can pick up on some tips. I retired from my job only a month ago after

35 years. I'm going to try some thing different for the rest of my life. I'm

only 54 and should have some time left if I take better care of my self. I

as well dig water and do drink probably a gallon a day. when you add up the

water, milk, and diet Dr. Pepper, well I do pee a lot. my biggest thing to

get done is eat right and exercise daily. I can do both for 3 or 5 days and

then I stop for a week. then I do it over again and then I stop for a week.

I just got to get pass the stopping and starting back. I do love my wood

shop and do now that I'm retired spend a lot of time out there. but here

lately with my sugars high and who knows what else, I haven't felt good

enough to stay working out there for long periods. You know how some folks

turn on the TV and hit the kitchen at the same time? well when I read I also

wish to eat as I read. I know all this is in my head and my head is what I

must change. I got the know how from listening to this list. now I got to

put it to the test and not give up so fast. success lies in the long haul,

not the short run. I must look at it as a journey taking baby steps and not

a short race with a quick finish. I believe us who are around 100 pounds

over weight get over whelmed by the hugeness of it all. thinking about how

long it will take to get all this weight off and this is where most of us

fall on our face. we didn't achieve the extra pounds over night, but we wish

to get rid of it to morrow. we wont our cake and to eat it as well. I got 54

years of bad eating habits and worse decisions of how I ate all these years.

Now I must change all my past thinking if I wish to continue a healthy and

long life. If I am sick and tired of being sick and tired, then it is time

to do some thing about it or remain in the funk and nothing will change.

right now not going to concern my self with lunch until I get home from

church. then I will think on it and what to eat. water is my friend and we

have been together for many years. I think I should spend more time in my

Prayer closet to get piles of strength that as a human I don't have. I also

belong to the hands on cooking list that you do as well. If I ate everything

that they put out on that list I would probably all ready be dead! but I do

enjoy reading about it and licking my lips.

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

oh mark

your story sounds just like me i say after all this junk is gone then we wont

buy anymore but some how it keeps comeing in we have to find something else

there is oranges and apples in here this time though .

but all of that you said sounds just like me theres always tomorrow but then it

never happens .

a year ago i was doing so good loseing weight and going to the gym but you have

to keep it up and all my weight came back and some i hate being like this .

amy

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

oh mark

your story sounds just like me i say after all this junk is gone then we wont

buy anymore but some how it keeps comeing in we have to find something else

there is oranges and apples in here this time though .

but all of that you said sounds just like me theres always tomorrow but then it

never happens .

a year ago i was doing so good loseing weight and going to the gym but you have

to keep it up and all my weight came back and some i hate being like this .

amy

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

oh mark

your story sounds just like me i say after all this junk is gone then we wont

buy anymore but some how it keeps comeing in we have to find something else

there is oranges and apples in here this time though .

but all of that you said sounds just like me theres always tomorrow but then it

never happens .

a year ago i was doing so good loseing weight and going to the gym but you have

to keep it up and all my weight came back and some i hate being like this .

amy

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.

[Guest guest]

That is Great! I can completely lose track of time when I am in the shop,

and completely forget about eating! Just yesterday, I was in the shop from

9 until 6, and had no idea what time it was until I got called! That is not

good either though, I went all day without eating, which is not good! I was

so tired when I got done, I had just a small dinner. It sure made a

difference in my BG! The lowest I have seen it in a while! Smile!

You are on the way! I think you said that you were not going to worry about

lunch until after church! I do think about meals ahead of time, I try to

lay out a menu for the week and try to stick to it! I make out my menu

after a meal when I am not hungry. I find that I can think more rationally

when I am full! Smile!

When I shop every week, I buy only the items on the menu and nothing else!

I drink not soda or juices, only water, black coffee and ginger tea which I

make myself. I do drink a glass of dry red wine with my evening meal which

I enjoy and seems to help! I make the wine myself from only pure juice and

no additives! When I feel hungry between meals, I have a couple of pieces

of celery with a little cream cheese on it.

You are getting on the right track, so, just keep following the rails!

Smile! As you said, you didn't put on the weight over night, so it isn't

going to come off over night. I am sure that you didn't set out to weigh

what you do, it has been happening gradually, and without you thinking about

it! So, start doing the same for taking it off, gradually and almost

without thinking about it! With proper spicing and proper choice almost any

food will taste great!

If you have 3/4 of your plate with vegetables and the remaining quarter with

protein and a little starch, you will feel full, and take in far less carbs!

If you need low carb recipes, I am sure that we can supply you with as many

as you would ever want! Smile!

You have made the first huge step, recognizing your problem and brought it

out in the open! Go for it man!!

could it still hurt after 4 years?

I had my cabbage, open heart by-pass back in 2007 and then coded ten days

later. they probably broke some ribs jumping up and down on my chest, but

26

minutes later I rejoined the living. But this split on my chest has never

stopped hurting. I can press on it in certain places and it will hurt

really

bad if I push to hard. I heard that when the weather is cold or wet that

this can make a place you had cut open on your body hurt. is this so? Will

the pain ever go away? I have wondered if I could have some kind of

authoridus in the place where they wired me back together. I told the

heart

doc, but he just says after all my chest had to go through that month he

isn't surprised that it hurts and that is all he has ever said about it.

also have wondered if that spot where they wired me together, could it

ever

get infected after all these years? I go for a chemical stress test next

week because I have been having some chest pain. but when they run the

test

they run in the hospital nothing shows up that says there is a problem

with

the heart.

Now my A1C was 13 about six weeks ago and the doc put me on time release

metforman, 1000 milligrams twice a day. Do you think this could be causing

the chest pain? I know it has been upsetting my stomach in a bad way for a

week now. I certainly hope the A1C will come down if I got to put up with

the sick feeling like I'm going to lose my cookies. then in the hospital

they put me on the purple pill because I told them it feels like there is

a

knot in my throat all the time. they said that is a complaint of folks who

have reflux problems. Well this little pill is higher then a cat's back. I

only pay $42, but my insurance pays $170 each month. I bet it won't be

long

when I will be in the doughnut hole as they call it. When that happens I

will have to make a choice to pay the difference or go back to the knot in

my throat feeling. the purple pill has helped that feeling go away though.

Well anyway was hoping some of you may have an answer for me. thanks for

any

advice you might have.