Had a Thought
July 28, 2009 12:06pm
It occurred to me that I've been getting steadily fatter, and doing steadily worse readings-wise, since I started going along with the new …
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Migraine progress
May 8, 2009 11:01am
This last migraine was the mildest yet since I started having the hormone-related ones -- and this was on only half the dose of …
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Journal Entry for April 20, 2009
April 20, 2009 5:19pm
This time the water-softener salt was even easier to lift. But when will these damned arm-flaps go away?
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Weightlifting works!
March 22, 2009 7:34pm
I was getting discouraged with my results lifting weights, and didn't think I was making enough progress. But today I went to Costco for a …
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made it thru another February...
March 3, 2009 7:55pm
...but not without casualties. I was kidding when I told the plumber "everything dies in February." I was referring to the …
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I'm glad we, for the most part, are on the same page about medications! I will go look for those books. My husband is the Manager of a Pharmacy and has been for 18 years. He sees it everyday. The most hopeless, helpless people that walk through that door, are the ones addicted to pills. They are only killing themselves faster!
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ahhh, only a fellow aspie would think of this :) :) :) Sure, I'll see if the hubby is willing, too. We have a nice high ceiling so I shouldn't be setting anything on fire. My kids are kinda precocious (sp). Wonder if they would attempt to do likewise though? Okay hold the recipe till I talk with the hubby. Sounds good to me though :)
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loved the comment in asperger group regarding twinkie covered with burbon and set on fire. I thought that was hysterical.
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hi.
sorry to hear that u r gaining weight too. iam too but mine is becasue of the insulin and my ms shots. i eat 2 meals a day lunch and dinner. i eat small each like finger foods and little snacks. i have been taken cinnamon tablets 2 in the am and 2 in the pm for 4 years now and within the 1st 3 months of taken it my a1c went from 9 to 6 and i am still six. u do know that u dont have to eat anything big that will bottom out ur morning readings. i might have a few chips or a cup of sugar free ice cream. i use innovelt insulin and i use the flex pen in between meals and i have been able to keep my sugar levels between 90-116. just thought i would tell u not to give up when everything u try does not work. been there done that. so i u wan to talk i am here. take care love ya
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Close Diabetes Type 2
Dx'd 13 years ago, when there was no coverage for testing supplies, so without checking they put me on insulin and said I had Type 1. I have no actual characteristics of Type 1 and now the insulin no longer works. Trying to get pills prescribed at next MD appt. Maybe that will help get people off my back -- they always get angry and bark at me that I cannot have Type 2 if I am on insulin.
Treatments
- Insulin (Regular and NPH) Not Working
- The stuff worked fine for years, my reading were excellent. Almost a year ago that started to change. Now the shots do el zilcho.
- Yoga Working / Worked
- I can get my BS down 50 to 100 points in an hour doing yoga!
- Garlic Working / Worked
- 9 horse pills of garlic/day help a lot, apparently with the insulin resistance. That's also the main thing that helps when I have a flu bug or something.
- Goldenseal Working / Worked
- Really drops the BS to normal; you're not supposed to use the "therapeutic" dose of 6 capsules daily for more than 7 days in a row, but this is an emergency.
Close Bereavement
I've lost 23 people I know since 2000, including my best friend and someone I'm not allowed to grieve because he isn't really my son, he only feels like my son. I hurt every day.
Treatments
- Crying Working / Worked
- All day, every day, as needed.
- Helping Others Working / Worked
- Keeping Busy Working / Worked
- Reading Working / Worked
- Remembering Working / Worked
- Talking Working / Worked
Open Food Allergies
Type of allergy: Other FoodsI am allergic to freakin' EVERYTHING. Dairy, chocolate, walnuts, tomatoes, nitrites, MSG, cola, caramel coloring, tobacco, feathers, dust, pollen, corn, mold, soy, coffee and tea.
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- Avoid Certain Foods / Chemicals Somewhat Helpful
- I have a really restricted diet, between the diabetes and the allergies. It's a royal pain but eating an allergen makes my blood sugar shoot up.
- Anti-Inflammatory Diet Working / Worked
- That's meant to say "anti-inflammatory." Somewhat helpful. VERY hard to do, I'm a lousy cook.
- Benadryl Working / Worked
- Half a tab before bed helps quite a bit, but not completely.
- Metformin Working / Worked
- I took a 10-mg tab of Metformin and without insulin went to Burger King and ate a deep-fried chicken sandwich with a slice of apple pie. BS=178! Miracle!
Open Migraine Headaches
Had 'em since I was in high school. They were in check for years and now I'm starting to get one every month when "the Cardinal visits." Yay.
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Open Vegetarians & Vegans
Type: VeganI just made the move to go vegan after a week-and-a-half trial showed me how much it's improving my various wretched health problems. This is more like it. I've flirted with raw foodism as well.
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- Raw Food Diet Working / Worked
- Really helpful, but franly I donlt have room for a dehydrator and all that other gear and I'm not about to do it whole hog.
- Vitamin B12 Working / Worked
- I take B-complex regularly and it helps my shattered nerves a lot.
Open Health Care Reform
I'm a social worker by trade who lives in the worst-off state in the union, economically. It's appalling that people all around me are being ruined financially because they don't have a health plan and got into a car accident or caught a nasty disease they can't afford to treat.
Open Asperger Syndrome
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