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Well...here I am...just over a month of learning that Im a T2 Diabetic...still in shock over the diagnosis n learning I have alot to learn! Wow, What a life change this is going to be! Seems everything Ive ever done has to stop and everything I have never done has to start! So much for being a procrastinator...no more putting things off! That diet I started talking about 20 years ago, ya know the one Im really gonna do??? Stop smoking, like I swore Id do when they got up to $2 a pack! Exercising....I dont ever recall making any promises on that one! LOL ...Eating right...I knew how to eat...first you unwrap the snickers and pop the top on the pepsi and you had it made! If I dont laugh Ill cry...so bear with me as I laugh through the rest of this diabetic thing! Im a "T2"...sounds like some type of dinosaur! But from what Ive seen and learned, I prefer 2 over 1...I hate needles, Im terrified of needles of any size! Insulin...just the thought gives me heebeejeebees! Kudos to those of you who can handle that part! Sooooo....Ill come here everyday and make a post about what Im going through, what Ive learned and any milestones that I may have along the way. Hopefully there will be posts every now again entitled...."I LOST WEIGHT". Im in a catch 22 here people. This diabetes thing has me completely depressed and when Im depressed I eat, but I cant eat (the way I want or what I want) cause of the diabetes! Like....Do I pay for groceries and get the electricity cut off and have no fridge or do I pay the electricity and not have food to put in the fridge??? I heard that once on a talk show about poverty and it stuck with me...dunno why!! Anyways...its after 2:am...gotta hit the hay!!! |
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I slept late today... was up way late reading posts here and there tryin to gather all the info I can from other members who are also on this Diabetic ride with me! I say we ask for our money back, this is not a fun ride at all! Anyways, got my coffee and came straight here after realizing I slept through everyone starting there day here. DH must have gotten DD off to school....God Love His Heart! Wonder what they had for bfast, or if they cruised Mickey D's....thats probably it knowin DH! LOL Anyways, before anything to eat and a few sips of coffee, I woke up a BS of 139...I feel fine, but apparently too high. So took my 1st of 3 Metformins and Vitamin for the day! Now, I need to unglue my butt and get a shower, some housekeeping done, errands ran, and go visit Mom in the NH...laundry gets thrown in there somewhere and figure out something for Dinner! Was hoping to get some time to find some online info about low carb snacks, maybe Ill cruise the isles at the market and see if I see anything new! Everything seems so unappealing these days, nothing tastes right even if it looks good! Gonna be a BLAH day for sure! Well 2 carbs down and 73 to go... (coffee creamer has 2)! Tryin hard this week as I have a new weigh in on Tuesday...one day at a time I guess! |
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It'll get better, Sweetie.....it really will. Peace,Cheryl |
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Jounaling is a good way to get it out on paper. Sometimes it helps knowing someone is reading your words, and caring about how you feel. We do! Suggestion: not that it's a lot of carbs, but...try using milk in your coffee instead of the non dairy creamer. There's sugar in Coffee Mate and some of the others, hence the 2 carbs. (and sugar come with many different names, so be careful...you may not recognize it as sugar) If you drink a lot of coffee during the day, it can add up. Money woes? Yeah...don't we all!? But your health is priority #1. Not going to say any more on the subject, except you can eat healthy and inexpensively if you make it important enough. 137 is not so high that you would feel bad. It is just a tad higher than your target range. No reason to get depressed about things. It WILL get better! It just takes time...and practice. Cheryl and I have been doing this T1 diabetes thing for around 34 years...and we both still have good days and better days (that's a euphamism...I hate to say "bad" about anything!) All of us do! So excuse yourself if you slip up, and resolve to do better. It's the most any of us can do! HUGS! sheryl |
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Well, here I am again in the middle of the night...another habit to be broken as this was always a bad snacking time for me! One habit at a time...lol Today was a really icky day....went to bfast with DH n DD, went shopping only to be sick n come home early. Got worse after I made it home, the worst episode so far I believe. Talked to DH about alot of things, read some more here in the site, cruised some new posts and made a huge decision. Im done being mad about this, Im done worrying about being alone in case I get sick again. Im done worrying about what will happen to my family if I die as Ive viewed this entire thing as a sentance of death. Tomorrow starts a new day and me along with it with a new outlook. Im a diabetic, it happened, cant change it. So as DH says, lets learn all we can and do what we can to make it work for everyone. Make it work so it doesnt consume my every thought, make it work so it doesnt run our lives. Its there, like anything else he says, now we just have to take care of it. I dont want to spend the rest of my life worrying about dieing. So Im taking all Ive learned here, my talks with hubby and throw in what the Dr has to say and make the best of it as I can. I feel like the lady on the bladder commerical wearing a huge sign says she has bladder problems, I feel like everyone knows, or should know. Like a reformed smoker runnin around tellin everyone to stop smokin! LOL Tomorrow, I will clean house, drop a load of laundry and go visit my Mom. When I get home, Im making a new routine...Getting up earlier, setting specific times to eat and when to take the meds and when to test and start writing everything down so I can see what caused what to happen and when. Im movin on to the next step now, leaving all the poor feelins behind with the anger of it all. People LIVE with this everyday and so will I. Look out world, here I come with my "Metfartin" meds and my monitor, so scoot over! LOL Thanks ladies for the replies! Time n practice....thats my next step! It helps to hear that others have had this for so long and are doing ok. I appreciate your time in my threads very much. Your a great source of support for me and any other newbies who happen along! |
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 You're getting the hang of things! And with that "time and patience," you'll be fine. Hope you are over that "bad spell" you had yesterday after breakfast! Side story...there are very few places (diners, restaurants, etc....) where I will eat breakfast. Tends to be too greasy for my tummy to tolerate. That's just me. But if I'm not careful, I wind up genuflecting to the porcelin altar myself. HUGS! sheryl |
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Marsha....I have actually found this group to be a great motivator for myself even after all of these years. I've been on an eating plan that turned my eating habits upside down but in doing so, it's been for the better. Having only been in the group for 3-4 mos. I now find myself checking on my daily carb count....I have never done that. I usually just count calories but hey, in everyone's conversation, it wore off on me. You'll be okay..... Peace,Cheryl |
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Its Monday and here I am stranded at home with a gazillion errands to run! I tried to get DH to put the truck in the shop over the weekend so Id be able to be mobile today but he wasnt budgin! So, what happens, he wants to do it today...of all days! Grrrrrr! So here I am payin what I can online and by phone and puttin the rest off until tomorrow when I get my truck back!!! Was hoping to get out and swing by a Curves and check them out, get my nails done, do some shopping and check out this produce market that just came up, supposedly all organic! NOT TODAY!!!! lol If he wasnt so cute, Id probably open a can of whoop A** on him! lol...anyways.... Sunday went very well. I lounged around and didnt do a dag gone thing but watch movies all day. "A Night at the Museum" is halarious...a must see! DH got called into work for a couple hours, so I straightened up the apt a bit while he was gone. Turned in early tryin to get back on track. Bg ran a little high yesterday, but I learned that even 1/2 of an apple isnt good, so on the BAD list it went for me! Oh and yes, I got me a little notebook and started my own 2 chapter "Diabetic For Dummies"! lol I wrote down a good routine as far as times for me to take meds and snacks and eats and so forth...now the trick will be to keep up with it! According to my time table...I shouldnt be setting here right now! (Good thing I wrote that in pencil!) lmaooo 
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Its Tuesday now....still stranded as the truck wasnt fixed! I called to find out what was going on to find out that DH had told them not too...???? Apparently they wanted WAY more to do what he was told would cost around $650 to do, so he told them never mind! So they came after me and I brought it back home....thinkin ok, it still runs I can at least get the neccessites done and just not run around like I used to do! I pulled in the parking lot and guess what I saw??? The dang tags ran out last night at midnight!!!!!!!!!!!! Ive been so preoccupied I forgot it!!! So now I aint driving it at all! Might as well still be in the shop! DH says we can take it somewhere else this weekend....hope that goes better than last weekend did! Going to get my tags tomorrow! Other than that, all is ok! I had an ok day today....found out the hard way why no one likes metformin....Ugggg! I think I might have my meds worked out so I dont get sick when I take them. Seeing Dr. S tomorrow, hopefully he wont make any more changes! |
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Been a few days since I posted here, but been doing pretty well overall. Started the Lexapro, hoping to see a major mood difference here in about a week along with some other changes they say it will help with. Ive been doing a bunch of reading here from weeks and even months ago and have learned alot more. I havent been getting sick like I was before, so Im thinking I got the right dosage of Metformin and figured out when to take it. Now I just need to find the motivation to get my butt in gear with a exercise program! See Dr. S. again on the 14th for a follow up on the Lexapro! Hoping I can see more weight loss then too! Be nice to hit 30!!!! |
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Well you sound like you are turning things around and doing much better. One thought on the Lexapro.. and of course your Doc will advise you best.. but from personal experience.. don't expect to feel much different in a week's time.. apparently takes closer to 3 weeks for the effect to cut in.. so stay on it and don't give up. The old but true best plan.. Therapy and medication works much better than just medication. |
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Well here I am, havent posted in here for awhile. I was nearly 3 weeks without internet as a lightning storm wiped me out! Had to replace the Mother Board and power cord on the pc and lost alot of other things as well, but getting past it now and moving on. Lots of things goin on round here lately. Russ found out he might get that transfer to Los Colinas anyways, so we hope to know something about that this week. He says we could be movin as early as 2 weeks or as long as 2 months! But past experience says pack and be ready at any time! Drove over there Saturday to check it all out, its wayyyy out in the country so Im gonna have to learn the freeways...not lookin forward to that at all. Not lookin forward to having to find new Dr's either as Im very happy with Dr. S here in Dallas. Just too far to drive back everytime! Hoping to work that part out! Will have to start looking for a new nursing home over there as well for Mom, cant imagine leaving her back here over an hour away. So if this transfer goes through theres alot to do besides the normal packing and utility hookup and school registering routine! But the place is beautiful..what we was able to see that was finished anyways. They still have ALOT left to do to finish the buildings but it looks awesome. As for my health...doing much better...not as scared as I was in the beginning, taking the medication and keeping the levels down. My eyesight has gotten much better so I dont wear the reader glasses anymore. I still havent started a honest to goodness routine for exercise and Ive been slipping alot on my carbs, so next trip to Dr's I expect the scales to remind me of the consenquences! Meagan flies out June 3rd for 6 weeks to Idaho with her Bio...not happy at all about that! Im gonna miss her so much and Im not at all happy about her being on a plane, but shes excited about the trip so I try not to say anything negative to get her worried. Thats about it with me right now, hope to keep up better with my journaling and get back on track with the carbs and get the exercise thing goin soon! |
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