____________________________________________________________________
FOR GOOD PRICES ON INSULIN SYRINGES AND OTHER DIABETIC NEEDS VISIT THE MEDICAL SUPPLY SHOPPE ON AMAZON.COM!
_____________________________________________________________________
___________________________________________________________________
NEW THREAD ..... WE HANG OUT HERE #3
ok I saw your plight --- here's your new thread. .... I'm just hanging in here trying to make this business work so I don't become a ward of the state...... so far not dime #1.....
plus my dear, beautiful, daughter-in-law just yesterday had an iliostomy ... that's where they take out your ENTIRE colon because it's so diseased from ulcerative colitis .... she's only 31 with 3 small girls.... if you are a praying person please say a few for her ... and my son ... you can imagine the state he's in with 3 small kids and this happens to his wife. The Princess and I are backing them up, caring for the kids (like that's a hardship, yeah, right, they are so fun those grandkids) but the stress level here is off the charts.....
but the Byetta is still workin' for me .... losing about 1 pound a month ... dropped almost all my BP meds to the smallest practical dose and DC'd several of them. My morning sugar has been under 100 for months till the stress level went through the roof but still it's only a little over 100, this morning was 107... not too bad
....in fact the few BP meds I'm still taking, I have been prescribed the smallest dose they make and then my doc said to cut the pills in half - so this is a very good thing ... yay Lizard Spit
JerseyGirl, I don't have time to read all the posts anymore but do glance at a few now & then and I glean you are not happy with the state of your health so I want you to know you are in my prayers especially every Sunday at mass .. if that means anything to you ... I miss your sassy back talk but like I always say sometimes you're the pigeon and sometimes you're the statue .... I'll be back someday to put up with your abuse (by the way, you never beat me any more, don't you love me? ..... I miss the whip and the spike heels)
OK, I have to put my headset back on and go back to dialing up nurses trying to find one who is pissed off at her boss so I can find her a new job .... sorry guys I cannot answer any replies ... I really love you all and miss you but I gotta pay for my Norvasc and the Princess's too. Yeah, she's on it now, too. And my wine bill is through the roof, I probably could buy half of Italy with what I spend for Montepulciano d'Abruzzo! Back to Dialing For Dollars.......
Ciao bambinos!!
The Grand Lizard
(that's pronounced liz-ARD, thank you very much)
| | Posted by Greg77 at 11:56 AM - | |
|
|
Hang in there and keep smiling,Your gonna come thru this.
Will glad when you can come back and give Jersey a bad time. The place just doesnt seem quite the same. Will have to see if we can hang in there til you return.
I hope you are happy with the new home that Greg "built" for us. I sure do miss the Big Lizard and let's remember to keep him in our prayers and our hearts.
Nan how is your husband feeling? I'm going to start a new pen on Wednesday and felt a little nausea this morning. Hope I won't be like this until I start a new pen.
How are the new guys doing?
Nan how is your husband feeling? I'm going to start a new pen on Wednesday and felt a little nausea this morning. Hope I won't be like this until I start a new pen.
How are the new guys doing?
My grandson is scheduled for surgery on June 6th, I appreciate your prayers.
Im starting a new pen in the morning. I really hope that I can feel it working. Im going to a baby shower for a new granddaughter, on Sat. My only granddaughter to date. She is not yet born will let you know about her when she comes. Due in a month.
Cookie, on the Amaryl/Generic issue. I took both and found no difference in my glucose readings. Are you sure the generic doesn't work as well? Everyone reacts differently to medication.
Ghosh, I wish Greg was around I am just in the mood to annoy him. I sure do miss the Big, Old, Frat Boy. I do feel sorry for the Princess though, with him not being on here as much, he must have more time to annoy her
The shower turned out wonderfully today. I think everyone had a good time and the mom to be went away with sweet memories and alot of good stuff. What a mix we had friends of hers from her school days, older women that knew her and that we were close to. Cousins, Aunts, sister in laws, mom in law 27 of us and it was lots of fun. Im afraid I have to get back to following a more diabetes friendly diet now, although there was lots of healthy food.
Hope everyone else had a good day.
And Greg if your stopping by to read any of the entries, I hope you and your family are doing well. Would like to hear how the daughter in law is doing.
Love Lucy
Ciao!
TGL
family" about you.
We had no water for 23 horses so we had to set tanks and truck in water after the first day which is a pain but not a real big deal at 40 degrees unlike the last time we lost power for several days when it was about zero, extremely icy and we had to find ways to keep the water from freezing as well! This was a piece of cake by comparison:-)!
Finally got it all back to normal this AM and my husband went to Mom's to get it openned up so she could move home.While there he slipped on the stairs and slammed his head into a door jamb and split it open! I got this phone call "Uh, Honey... you are going to need to drive me someplace to get a few stitches..." Anyway... thank goodness for an old fashioned local health center where we just popped in and they checked him out and stitched him up and sent us home in less than an hour! That never would have happened at a big hospital!
So we are all back in our respective places and doing our best to get back to normal. Seems as though most of the country must feel about the same. Strange and awful things have that effect of displacing you from your life as you know it. I can only imagine how disjointed and displaced the kids at VA Tech must feel. I watched a bit of the convocation yesterday and was impressed with the VA governor's speech. And how disturbed must that young man have been to have gotten to this point.
Guess it is time for another round of Count Your Blessings. Good to see Sugar Freak checking in and I have a lovely cat 'o nine tails I could contribute to Greg and Jersey's amusement if they are interested. One thing about a tack shop... I sell a lot of whips and chains:-)!
Lorieli, The last time I used the cat o'nine tails on Greg his big old ass hurt for a week and the Princess couldn't understand why he had to stand and eat his dinner. We agreed that that is never to be used again. We just stick to the whip. Hmmm, I have to figure a way to sneak in his house and pick it up, without being noticed.
Cookie, I thought about having my stuff mailed, in fact, when I received the great oranges, I thought it was my boots in the box
My basement was flooded over the weekend and my house was without power for 14 hours. My husband and I both missed work on Monday to take care of things around home. Our area was hit terribly.
I was wondering , do you think if a person stopped taking the byetta for a few days, do you think that they might get the old symptoms back? Im slowly being able to eat more and I would like to go back to the general lack of interest in food.
Do you know what Victoria's Secret actually is? It's the sizing. If you usually wear a "B" cup yu will wear a "C" from Vici's. And every woman likes to think they need a bigger cup! True story. The woman who owns Vici's is a Morgan horse breder like me.
Lorieli, Very interesting about V's Secret. Now I know that I'm not ALL THAT !!! ?*&^%$%#@
Just me checking in to see what all you guys are doing. I am and have been as settled in my new apartment as I will ever be, I guess. I got this one bedroom apartment ok....not that I didn't want company.....but,it was very crowded at my house, and there was a lot of bickering, etc. there. My daughter was certainly as happy as I was for me to move a couple of miles away, so we could have our own space. Right? So, she and the boys spend a couple of nights here every now and then!!!!!
It has been really sad here for the past week. We are so close to Va Tech and have so many friends, family, acquaintances there. It is the most unbelievable thing.
Jersey, help!!! I have about 40 hairs left; looks like it anyway. I think you may be right. I am, however, lucky if I remember to take one shot a day right now for some reason. So maybe it will work for me too. I have had a recent bad episode with my blood sugar involving my vision. I think I need some additional medicine. Got to get to the Dr. on that.
Sorry about the rambling. So many of you are in my prayers. Even though I don't get on here often I think of you guys a lot.
PS I loved your prayer...I said an extra one for the people who lost family members at V.T. Thank you for sending me the prayer..You are a Sweetie and I miss you not being around here. THanks for your concern
I'm a newbie to the blog, but I'm curious about something...has anyone taking the lizardspit had a 'reaction' to a certain type of food? Sorta like grapefruit does to statin drugs; an increase of the effect of byetta? I've noticed that eating a certain type of food tends to send my glucose levels plummeting, and I'm just wondering if anyone else has had this sort of reaction.
I'd love to know what food you have had this experience with. BOL
Jersey the Amaryl/generic is working just fine. Must of had too happy of an Easter. I tend to get carried away sometimes. I had hair loss before Byetta but don't seem like it's getting worse.
Yeah, I knew about the effects of collards on coumadin; that's one reason why I was curious about the possibility of some sort of effect with byetta. I talked yesterday with a diabetes dietician and related to her what I thought, but she felt it was possible I just hadn't consumed enough carbs....but I dunno, 'cause I ate more collards last nite, along with some butterpeas, and again BS was fairly low-down to 80. I'm not sure if is the greens or not, and yes, I love all types of greens-spinach included, but I think I'll keep a track record of what happens to my BS when I eat them. I don't think they will help with the hair, tho....mine is getting awful thin!!
morning 3AM--started a blog before I even knew what
I was doing
kind of dumb actually "starting one" instead of
just commentng--I guess I'm going to leave it--if for
nothing else maybe to help 1 or 2 folks. Before
finally going to bed, I did send your beloved "Greg77"
a private thank you for all of his spirited and wonderful
musings
I guess I'll have to "get educated fast--my initial appointment for Byetta is May 16--have to call Med Mutual Super Med PLus to see if Byetta is covered--sure hope so--
Do what you can in the first few months to lose the weight as it seems to be harder as time goes on. You will hit plateaus but hang in there and review what your doing. You can do it, and it will be a blessing.
Strange as it seems somehow it helps you to have a desire to eat healthy foods. I love to eat fresh fruits and veggies now, have no real desire for breads and pastas and I eat very little meat, sadly it hasnt completely taken away the desire for chocolate tho.
It doesnt hurt to ask questions, that is how you learn.
As for finding your other blog go to your profile on here and it lists your blog, click on that and it will take you right to it.
I noticed that Greg had to start another "THREAD"? because one was too full
April what do you do about the chocolate I know you love it too
Here's a link I found re: genetics and diabetes type 2. Very interesting concepts.
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070426/ap_on_he_me/diabetes_genes_1
No, I'm not back from hell yet and will not have a second to acknowledge any responses, but I gotta tell ya something. You guys are important to me and I wanted to share some good Byetta news.
Yesterday I saw my doc, and she said I am almost at my goal weight. When this happens, she went on, we take you off the 10 mcg dose and put you back on the 5 mcg dose. Wow! So this is what you can look forward to. She said you stay on the 5 mcg dose the rest of your life, and the weight stays off! I always wondered if you could ever get so healthy that you coud stop it altogether, but apparently not. Anyway, I'll take this outcome any day! I was so stunned by this statement that I forgot to ask what she considered my ideal weight to be, but since I'm 6 ft even I think the charts say something around 190. I'm still at 224, so there is still a ways to go at my loss rate of about a pound a month. I'll let you you what it feels like when I get there.
That is, if I still have any money left to afford a computer and an internet connection.
Oh, and Jersey, you left your leg irons and whip right out on the lanai, next to the pool. The Princess is asking questions again. Ya gotta be more careful!!!
Ciao!
The Grand Lizard
Sincere congratulations on that "weight thing" Greg. I bet your little groupies are gathering right now for a BIG celebration! I feel honored just to have discovered your words. The rest of our lives thing--geesh--that's a heck of a long prescription--I guess iit beats the alternative though
Cookie--it's really ironic what you wrote your message---I was just thinking about that very thing as I came into the solarium to get on line one last time before going to bed. I'm really getting cold feet about Byetta. I keep thinking about just making my situation worse--I usually don't get wussy about meds--I usually react very well to them--never usually have any side effects--this time it just feels different. I know I have to get the glucose thing under control and I don't have the greatest track record doing the food plan discipline, but I just think about my pre-existing situations. I have silent reflux-so I take Nexium once at night--this already makes the bowel thing act up plus I have irritable bowel syndrome; my chemo made my skin really kind of weak--so there's the worry about skin; the one thing I love is that my hair is very thick--chemo didn't touch it--thinning hair would be the final insult--don't know whether I could take it; then there's my job and the nausea issue--I just don't know. It seems very, very hard for me to lose weight--I don't eat constantly--have a good breakfast and healthy lunch--dinner is when I load up I guess. sorry to go on and on--but I'm afraid that if I start Byetta and get any of these side effects that they will be irreversible--I don't know if I could stand that disappointment. Greg said that once you're on Byetta--it's for life--
You may have moments where you wonder if its worth it, but believe me very few are willing to give it up. We are here for you and we will give you our support and talk you through all the bad times.
I need my stuff that I left at your house. I have a BIG weekend planned. Oh, by the way, my HUbby found your Magnums.
Seriously, My Friend, I hope business picks up and you are in my prayers along with your Daughter-in-law.It really bothers me when bad stuff happens to great people.
You have to make your own decision but I am really being totally honest when I tell you that it has been a lifesaver for me. I felt like I was dying and now I am not only living but also growing. Wish you all the best.
I would like to hear from more of you if this has changed your life, in those sorts of ways.
Let me know if you would like more specific information about a wonderful shampoo & Conditioner I used during chemo. It had an incredible aroma, and I think it was great product. It worked on both the scalp and the hair itself. I have a hair appointment on Saturday, May 5, and I could get specifics--my hairdresser is really into healthy hair. Her product recommends have been great over the years. Geesh--I just happened to think--I hope Byetta wouldn't affect my hair color--I love what she been able to do with it--even as short as it is. I started the "whole streak thing" when I traveled to Philly to see "The Stones" in concert. Since I went alone, I was able to get an outstanding seat close to stage--of course it did still cost $450--it was worth every penny. Keith Richards is one weird dude, but he still is one of the greatest guitarists around. They all are still incredible musicians. I digress--just let me know if you want the details on the shampoo/conditioner. Well--have to run, but again thanks for taking time to write. Take care of yourself and enjoy tomorrow.
I just read your profile and noticed that you are a 7 year breast cancer survivor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp8ksW9--zk
WARNING!!!! This is a YouTube video and the language is not very nice so don't watch it if you are offended by bad language.
However... if you can look past the language... There is this gay, 23 year old guy in Paducah, KY who does "Ask A Gay Man" videos and this links to his "Special Baking Edition" Where he baked Breast Cancer Awareness Cupcakes. Pretty cute:-)! Have a giggle!
One thing about diabetes... some mornings are good and some are not so... This one was not so. I was teaching at the elementary school this AM so I postponed my AM Byetta until afterward when I eat breakast and it was really hard to get up and get going and get there. But I did it and I am glad. It was fun once I got going. Here's to more better mornings:-)! L.