Re: Ladies and Germs! all please stand!

[Guest guest]

maybe he could write to diabetic forecast or something like that. Is their a way

I can download my readings from my new prodgey voice?

Betty Emmons

Ladies and Germs! all please stand!

O how nice it does feel! now before I get to the truly blessed new from the

saw bones, I will tell you of the sister's luck at the neighborhood casino. we

went by there around eleven and on her very first $5 bill she put in a quarter

machine called wild cherries. 75 cents is the most you can bet if you are

playing max bet. my sister mainly plays only penny machines at maybe 20 or 30

cents a spin, but her blind brother the pig likes quarter machines. so she sat

down be side me and put a whole five dollars in the wild cherry quarter machine

which if she hadn't of been at that machine I would have played it next. this is

what I do when there isn't a pile of folks around hogging the machines. it made

noise the one she was on and us who can't see we need noise when playing a slot

machine. so what did she do you ask? her very first spin! her very first 75 cent

spin turned red and spung again, but this free spin only landed on 3 wild

cherries that were worth only 10,000 quarters! only a sad $2,500 on a little

bitty 75 cent investment! she did give me a C note out of it because if not for

my doctor apt to day with the specialist, she wouldn't have been in OKC this

morning. she took me to my apt and after the apt we went to the casino I like to

go too and sure is a mighty fine plan I had to go! Ok, now to the good news the

set off the lucky day for the pig and his sister. my A1C so said the doctor was

13.3 on March 8'th. 3 months ago. he put me on the 70 30 novelog flex pen and

started me out at 20 twice a day. he said to fax in my numbers for the next week

and he would have to adjust my dose higher because this is simply how he must do

it for most of his patients. I told him I was going to be a different kind of

patient and my dose would go down. I told him about this list and how much you

guys has taught me about how to control diabetes the right way. he may not have

totally believed me then? but I can promise you he believes now! not only was he

impressed with the 30 pounds lost in 3 months, but he was blown away with my A1C

of 5.9, which is a average sugar of 117 if my list is correct. he said to drop

from 13.3 to 5.9 in 90 days was way above what he had in his mind that I would

do. he didn't check my triglycerides to day and plans to check them in the next

visit in 3 months. he says he can all most assure me they are very close to

where they need to be with my A1C under six. they were only 1400, but he made me

feel a bit better when he said he has seen triglycerides as high as 5,000 in

some diabetics that wasn't in control of there sugar. he told me to go on and

finish up the novelog flex 70 30 mix pens that I still got and I can even go

down to 5 units twice a day until I use up the 3 pens I still have. then I start

on ten units a day only in the morning or evening of lantus. he said it didn't

really matter if I done it early or late, but do it the same once I started. now

one thing he did say that I don't understand. he said to start out at only ten,

but if my morning reading is under 130, then only do one less unit the next day.

like drop to nine if my reading is less then 130. I told him I haven't had a

reading over 130 in about ten weeks. he said by only using ten units of lantis a

day my numbers wasn't going to be a low. think I will call the nurse next week

and get them to explain this in a way that I can better understand it. I can't

figure out who was more excited with my A1C of 5.9 between him, me or the nurse?

he said the 2 hours of riding my no where bike has a whole lot to do with the

huge drop in my A1C. he said my feet and the rest of me looks grate. he said I

don't even have to come in but every six months if I would like, but I wish him

to see me every 90 days and said I will be back in September. I told him I can

keep my A1C under six and I will prove it to him every 3 months. he acted like

he may have bought my story this time. he did ask a lot of questions about you

guys this time and I told him how well some of you do who are T one's and how

you are as old as dirt and still kicking. he was impressed with this news as

well. I do love you guys and thank you more then you will ever know for all the

help you have taught me over the years about grate diabetes control. I always

listened to your good advice. I didn't always follow it, but that wasn't your

fault. we each must make that choice our self. I just proved that a A1C of over

13 can be cut in half and more so in only 90 days of hard work and grate control

and I owe it all to the grate people on this list!

[Guest guest]

That is so wonderful, Mark. It does prove to me that it can be done.

I must get back on the wagon soon. I have been letting stress get to me so

much. We brought home on Tuesday and are going to have hospice

helping us out now. This does not mean he is checking out but it means we

will get better support here at home.

I got a call from Dr. on Friday morning and he is happy with our

decision to go with hospice and he said they have patients who thrive in

hospice care and do get well enough to be discharged from it without dying.

He is still going to be our doctor. He said anything for ! I was so

thrilled to hear that.

We had a little get together with my friend, Karla, and we got some pizza

and I got a catfish sandwich.

I did a lot of eating this past week and I did not do too many things I

shouldn't except a couple brownies.

But my weight only went up .8 of a pound.

I am hoping that now with some support from hospice, I can turn my attention

to exercise and eating more healthy.

I did try my new baking mat with a batch of cookies called Sugar And Spice

Cookies. I am sure they would work well with Splenda. But I was

entertaining Karla and trying my new mat. I only made six cookies that

Karla and I split and I have more dough in the fridge.

The cookies came out fantastic and did not stick. I only went 5 minutes,

not the 10 to 12 minutes called for and they tasted wonderful.

The next batch I make will use Splenda and I am making them quite small so

that I will not eat very much at a time.

It is also neat your sister won all of that money.

Our brother-in-law finally received the gift of money our family sent on

Wednesday so it took almost a week to get to its destination.

So I am feeling good about a few things and trying to change the things I do

not feel good about. I have two exercise cassettes to try to learn and your

good results and these new people who are starting to come to our house to

help me with are a good motivation for a brand new start.

I will be a diabetic for one year on June 13th and maybe I can turn it from

a sad anniversary to a good turning point. I am trying to convince myself.

Isn't it the hell of it all that I finally conquer making some good cookies

after I should nhot be having them? They are fit to give to company. Dang.

Lora

Ladies and Germs! all please stand!

> O how nice it does feel! now before I get to the truly blessed new from

> the saw bones, I will tell you of the sister's luck at the neighborhood

> casino. we went by there around eleven and on her very first $5 bill she

> put in a quarter machine called wild cherries. 75 cents is the most you

> can bet if you are playing max bet. my sister mainly plays only penny

> machines at maybe 20 or 30 cents a spin, but her blind brother the pig

> likes quarter machines. so she sat down be side me and put a whole five

> dollars in the wild cherry quarter machine which if she hadn't of been at

> that machine I would have played it next. this is what I do when there

> isn't a pile of folks around hogging the machines. it made noise the one

> she was on and us who can't see we need noise when playing a slot machine.

> so what did she do you ask? her very first spin! her very first 75 cent

> spin turned red and spung again, but this free spin only landed on 3 wild

> cherries that were worth only 10,000 quarters! only a sad $2,500 on a

> little bitty 75 cent investment! she did give me a C note out of it

> because if not for my doctor apt to day with the specialist, she wouldn't

> have been in OKC this morning. she took me to my apt and after the apt we

> went to the casino I like to go too and sure is a mighty fine plan I had

> to go! Ok, now to the good news the set off the lucky day for the pig and

> his sister. my A1C so said the doctor was 13.3 on March 8'th. 3 months

> ago. he put me on the 70 30 novelog flex pen and started me out at 20

> twice a day. he said to fax in my numbers for the next week and he would

> have to adjust my dose higher because this is simply how he must do it for

> most of his patients. I told him I was going to be a different kind of

> patient and my dose would go down. I told him about this list and how much

> you guys has taught me about how to control diabetes the right way. he may

> not have totally believed me then? but I can promise you he believes now!

> not only was he impressed with the 30 pounds lost in 3 months, but he was

> blown away with my A1C of 5.9, which is a average sugar of 117 if my list

> is correct. he said to drop from 13.3 to 5.9 in 90 days was way above what

> he had in his mind that I would do. he didn't check my triglycerides to

> day and plans to check them in the next visit in 3 months. he says he can

> all most assure me they are very close to where they need to be with my

> A1C under six. they were only 1400, but he made me feel a bit better when

> he said he has seen triglycerides as high as 5,000 in some diabetics that

> wasn't in control of there sugar. he told me to go on and finish up the

> novelog flex 70 30 mix pens that I still got and I can even go down to 5

> units twice a day until I use up the 3 pens I still have. then I start on

> ten units a day only in the morning or evening of lantus. he said it

> didn't really matter if I done it early or late, but do it the same once I

> started. now one thing he did say that I don't understand. he said to

> start out at only ten, but if my morning reading is under 130, then only

> do one less unit the next day. like drop to nine if my reading is less

> then 130. I told him I haven't had a reading over 130 in about ten weeks.

> he said by only using ten units of lantis a day my numbers wasn't going to

> be a low. think I will call the nurse next week and get them to explain

> this in a way that I can better understand it. I can't figure out who was

> more excited with my A1C of 5.9 between him, me or the nurse? he said the

> 2 hours of riding my no where bike has a whole lot to do with the huge

> drop in my A1C. he said my feet and the rest of me looks grate. he said I

> don't even have to come in but every six months if I would like, but I

> wish him to see me every 90 days and said I will be back in September. I

> told him I can keep my A1C under six and I will prove it to him every 3

> months. he acted like he may have bought my story this time. he did ask a

> lot of questions about you guys this time and I told him how well some of

> you do who are T one's and how you are as old as dirt and still kicking.

> he was impressed with this news as well. I do love you guys and thank you

> more then you will ever know for all the help you have taught me over the

> years about grate diabetes control. I always listened to your good advice.

> I didn't always follow it, but that wasn't your fault. we each must make

> that choice our self. I just proved that a A1C of over 13 can be cut in

> half and more so in only 90 days of hard work and grate control and I owe

> it all to the grate people on this list!

>

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