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| | From:  safk1221 (Original Message) | Sent: 8/30/2006 8:54 PM |
Thought if Gemma and Sarah can do it, then I should try to do it too. Even Voni is trying again. We were all so GOOD at some point, and then lost our way. We circled the wagons, but the trail was lost. So I'm going to start over...and try!  |
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OK...this may get long. Today was dialysis. Never went to bed last night, yet again. Still having tummy troubles. 4 AM~ 108 Had a fat free cranberry muffin with 1/2 cup of decaf. It's the only way I can tolerate eating that early. Have to make it enjoyable. Had low-fat cheese on a rice cake for lunch. Another 1/2 cup of decaf with ice. Now here is where I ran into a problem. With no sleep, and feeling wiped from the treatment, I forgot (yes...even I forget!!!) to test. Then I took a nap. 2 PM~ 529 Did anyone get the license plate on that truck that hit me? I wouldn't have realized something was amiss, but I was having trouble breathing, and a touch of heartburn. UGH! So I took a nice big corrective shot, and I'm starting to feel semi-human again. No excuse for me being THAT careless! I've been doing this long enough to know NOT to go to sleep without first testing. I'm the one who always says "test test test!" What was I thinking??? Bad me! Tomorrow I see the surgeon about the incisional wound. There are 3 open areas, that should have closed long ago. The surgeon told me that if the wound was still open (as of tomorrow) that we will have to schedule a procedure to open it further, and look inside, and remove any sutures that may be causing irritation. All that will be done in the OR. Just a hassle trying to get it done in between dialysis. Plus, any time you go into the OR, it is scary. But that is getting ahead of myself...one day at a time, right? Did someone say this was FUN??? I'll keep you posted after my appointment tomorrow. HUGS! sheryl |
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Aww Sheryl,, even those of us who do test so much it borders on obessive, get tired and just forget to do so..... I am so glad you woke up... bad symptoms to go with that high,,, glad you are human again,,, I'll just say ditto to the wound stuff that I did on general when I asked you how you were the other day... I'll be praying all goes well tomorrow and it is easy to schedule things... May you get some sleep tonight~~~ and yes one day at a time and did you happen to see what direction that truck was headed???? Cuz I don't want it visiting me tomorrow morning,, lol! Fun???? Nope nothing fun about it!! Necessary for living though,,, so we live with it! Huge Heart Hugs, Cuddles |
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This is as good a place as any to post my update from today. I posted my morning sugar on the AM thread...but I don't remember what it was...in the 300s I know! Stinko! But I was pretty stressed! Dad got here by 11 AM...so early! We took the long drive and sat and waited. Finally saw the doctor/surgeon. He said the wound IS still open. He put some silver nitrate on it (burns!) and told me to come back in 3 weeks. YES! THE SOB IS MAKING ME WAIT ANOTHER 3 WEEKS!!! This hole has been open since March 17, the last surgery on my abdomen. But he doesn't want to do another procedure on my unless his back is to the wall. I told him "back up, Bucko! You ain't got too far to go!" But he was not amused...OK, he chuckled.  So I have 3 more weeks of solo bandaging those openings, and 3 more weeks of waiting and worrying. GRR! In my next life, I'm going to make all the rules. Food today? I had a fat free muffin for breakfast again. Never ate lunch for real, because dad got to my house SO early. Just ate a 1/2 soft pretzel on the fly. Sugar at 5 PM (when I finally got home) was 201. Not as bad as I thought it might be, given my careless eating. Plus, Chap picked up a pizza for dinner. Will be extra careful for the rest of the night. You know I'm not a happy camper about the way this day went. Gonna go watch TV and veg out for the rest of the night. HUGS! sheryl |
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Here you are ! I was getting worried not seeing a post on how your day went. I'm so sorry Sheryl that the surgeon has decided to make you wait 3 more weeks ! Grrrr... Doesn't he know or care that waiting is just the worst ? I suppose he knows what he's doing, but from a patients viewpoint it's the pits ! Going to be praying that the incision does indeed heal up within that time, so you can move on to the next step. I hope you got some sleep and that your Bgs settle down. Big hugs, Sherry �?/FONT> |
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Even with the pizza for dinner last night, my AM bg was 108 at 4 AM. Had a fat free muffin and 1/2 cup of decaf. Sensing a pattern? That's why I gave up the journal before...I'm just so darn boring and predictable! Yawn! BG after dialysis was 170. The solution that is used contains sugar, so it tends to make the bg rise a bit. Took 2 u humalog. Had 2 biscotti with iced decaf for lunch. I'll be sure I check it again if I decide to take a nap later. Don't want a repeat performance of the other day! Chap is working late tonight, and may be heading for the mountains afterward to "work" with a friend on his house. The same friend he was with when he got his DUI! You know that burns me up! He knows, but doesn't seem to care. So I'm thinking seriously of running up a hugs long distance bill. Anyone wanna talk!? See y' all later! HUGS! sheryl |
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Yeah here you are is right!!!! Thank goodness Sherry let me know where to look,,,, I put up message on general saying I couldn't wait any longer for an update,, no tucking big news like this in a journal,, K?? Deal?? I'm so sorry to hear that the doc is making you wait for 3 more weeks,, I can see you now pushing him up against a wall,,,,, LOL! Such meaness to put someone through that much time worried about what is/might be going on... Huge Hugs Honey... I am so sorry,, Now the matter with Chap??? Gracious.... what to do is right,, I would love to talk if I hadn't spent too much time on this computer all day and I have to get up from here and get some stuff done,, If I get done before Dave gets home,, I'll yell out and call you,, K? Huge Hugs! Love ya,, Cuddles |
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oh Sheryl I just can't believe hes making you wait some more  sigh...but maybe he knows best..thats what we gotta think right? MaryB |
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It's me again! Who else? LOL! 4 AM ~108 The kitties kept me up, due to the noise of the storm. Ernesto really blew up a fit last night. We lost power a few times. I kept waking up, and the TV was off...I leave it on when Chap is away. Sort of like the background noise. But when I went out with the power, it woke me. As if the cats would let me sleep. Gonna start shutting the door to the bedroom! That'll teach 'em! Had a fat-free cheese omelet for breakfast (egg beaters, skim milk mozz, alpine lace swiss) and 1/2 cup decaf coffee. After reading what Gemma eats during the day, I got jealous of her excellent regimine. So I decided to treat myself to a healthy breakfast! Thanks, Gemma! Never did go into my meds with y'all. I take 5 untis of Lantus at 8 PM. Before meals, I take humalog based on the amount of carbs I'm planning to eat, and the level of my glucose at mealtime. Usually only 2-4 units. Because of the lack of kidney function, I am VERY sensitive to insulin, and require only small amounts. Guess that makes me "lucky." No great plans for today. Just going to get walking on the treadmill, as usual for my off days. So nasty out, I don't feel like I'm missing anything by staying at home today. Not sure when Chap will get home, but since it is so miserable, I can't imagine what those guys will do for fun in the mountains. Makes me nervous about too much drinking. Oh well...nothing I can do about that one, so why worry!? Check in again another time! HUGS! sheryl |
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Got about 3 hours in on the treadmill all together yesterday. Felt good about that. 5 PM~ 107 Had 7 chicken wings for dinner. Baked not fried. I cooked them myself. 8 PM~ 121 Took my 5 of Lantus. Had some lemon sorbet (about 1/3 cup) 6 AM sugar was 69. Had one of my fat free muffins, because I wanted something fast and easy. Did some light cleaning and laundry. 10 AM (after cleaning, etc.)~ 357 OOPS! Should have taken something for that muffin, even though I started out so low. Liver must have kicked in some help. I'll know better next time. Took 6 units of humalog 11 AM~ 241. OK...coming down. Had some decaf and a biscotti for lunch. Got on the treadmill for an hour. Not great, but better than nothing! Mother Hubbard's cupboard around here. Need to do groceries, but can't until Tuesday. Have to send Chap for some take-out tonight. No clue what yet...? I'll post tomorrow after dialysis. Not good for much else after the machine gets done having its way with me! LOL! Have a good afternoon and a better evening! HUGS! |
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| | | From: nanaD_3 | Sent: 9/4/2006 12:11 PM |
Ok, trying again. msn ate last one. Sheryl: I hope the "run over by a truck' feeling has left you so you are rested for dialysis today. Just want you to know i was thinking of you. Nana |
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Been putting off doing this...I hate being #13! That's not why...just a convenient excuse. Not sleeping much, at least not in bed. I don't like jumping in and out of the bed to chase the potty. Not that it would wake Chap...he tends to become comatose! But even so. Just don't trust myself, I guess.  4AM~ 200-something...don't quite remember. Took some humalog and trundled off to dialysis. Here's the machine experience. Arrive at 5:45. Sit in a reclining chair. Vital signs taken. Two tubes connect to the two catheter tubes in my chest, and the machine turns on. Blood leaves me through one tube, goes into and out from the machine, and back to me. All the while, I sit, reclined in the chair, watching TV, and praying for sleep to make the time go more quickly. After 3 1/2 hours, the process is over. By about 10AM, Chap picks me up, and I go home. Dizzy and tired, but done. 11 AM~ 145 Took 3 units of humalog. I felt like having cookies for lunch, so I just took extra h to cover. Had decaf with some cinnamon in it. Yum! That was a good idea! 2 PM~ 111 5 PM~ 89 Had some home made wings for dinner. YES! I do seem to live on junk don't I? Did absolutely nothing constructive today, except put away some laundry. Tomorrow is grocery day, at last! Maybe I'll come up with something more creative to eat than the trash I've been consuming. My dry weight was down to 106 today, and that is too low again. I've got to start taking better care of myself if I want to have that transplant in the future. Someone kick me in the butt, OK? HUGS! sheryl |
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What diet plan do they give you with your condition? I know you said too much fruit is not right and I know that too much protein is not good as well on the kidneys. Bless you but are you leaving something out of your food for the day because it sounds like so very little food. God Bless and I hope your bg's level out. Hugs, katy |
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Just to real quick answer you question: No. I'm not leaving anything out. For breakfast I eat a muffin with 1/2 cup of decaf coffee. For lunch I eat 2 fat free biscotti with 1/2 cup of decaf coffee. For dinner I eat about 10 chicken wings. Sometimes I have celery with them, but not in the past few days (out of celery). Sometimes for dinner, I'll have a regular piece of chicken, but not when I'm eating alone. Sometimes for dinner I make an omelet with low fat cheese. Later in the evening, if it is warm out, I have 1/3 cup of sorbet. or some Italian ice. As the weather gets cooler, I'm going to start having hot tea with some sort of snack food. Maybe some crackers with fruit spread. That's it. Not any plan set forth by a doctor. My doctor wants me to gain 20 lbs. Not gonna happen! My hubby wants me to put on weight, too. But then I have to PAY for food, and I have to figure out what we are going to buy and bring home. That just all seems like much too much trouble, so I wind up eating the same junk all the time. Too bored to do anything else. Not so healthy, but it's honest. |
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Hi Sheryl,, I would love nothing more then to give you a swift kick in the butt BACK LOL. But i know where your coming from. And its hard to all of sudden to eat more then the norm cuz you get full so quickly! If i remember right,, you need to shy from fruits, veggies and liquids of course to a point. When you make that omlet,, i suggest you to use real cheese with fat in it for a change,, i know ou dont like real eggs and i understand that. What is really hard but something you should do for a short time,, so you can get that kidney,, but maybe upping on your fat intake,, instead of carbs only cuz of the bs thingy. And if i know you,,, if you actually did up your fat intake,, in your head then you would excersise more,, and you just cant!! Do what you do for excersise,, but no more! instead of fruit spread on your crackers,, try cheese or peanut butter. Right now im trying to loose about 15lbs,, so you can have it!!! lol but anyway,, i know i dont know much and you are much more smarter then i am,, i look up to you a lot!! if someone told me i had to put on 20lbs,, id tell them to "blank" off!!! BUT BUT BUT,, you know when all said and done and you have put on the weight and get much healthier as far as kidney wise that you can loose the weight or some of it,, look at it this way,, its sorta short term. But at your height and weight i know it would be good if you would put on some weight,, at least 10lbs and thats the least. When i lost all that weight OMG i looked pathetic!! And what i had to do was increase my fat intake and it worked,, not over night thats for sure,, it took some time,, i think it was 2-3 months. Well ive went on long enough. Give it a shot!!! You have nothing to loose hun,, you have only to gain out of all of it!!! Take care girl,, i love you!! I know this is hard but you are very strong this ive seen!! Hugs Susie |
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