For Older People with Sense
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3jaysmom, I'll bet it's the infections making your blood sugar so high. I had a friend who was getting a knee replacement. His pre-op blook sugar was 500 and they popped him into the hospital. He finally got it down enough for the operation. Once they cleaned the infection out of his knee, his blood sugar went down and never went up again. My niece has a real problem with her sugars when she's ill, also.
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gardengumby - I live in Raleigh, NC and have plenty of room if you and your DH want to come stay awhile. We are 2 hrs from the mountains and 2 hours from the beach. Weather normally is mild both summer and winter, however this past few weeks we have broken all records for heat and so we are hoping that winter does not set new records for snow!
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Ah 3jays, quit trying to upstage me in medical distress!!! I give up! You win...hehehehehe
Wren, very interesting about infection raising blood sugar. I did not know that! 3 jays, did you catch that point?
I have high blood pressure and am on meds for it for the last 19 years. I'm always amused when a new doc takes my bp and says "your bp isn't high". Well, duh, I take MEDS for it, idiot!!!! EVERY frigggin' time!!!!
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Barbe, the same thing happens to me with BP...
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Lisa, isn't it STUPID??? Like, if my bp was high still, wouldn't I be in the proess of adjusting my meds?????
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these aren't rocket scientists we are dealing with barbe...
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barbe, it's so nice you are back with us.
Isabella.
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My son is type 1 diabetic and every time he has an infection his BS goes up ( his bloodsugars too
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My mother and brother are both type 1 diabetics and also have the same problem when there is infection in the body. Another thing that interferes with the levels are steroids. Just recently my mother was put on Prednisolone and her sugars sky rocketed..........needless to say she stopped taking them and told the doc to stick them where the sun doesn't shine. Love that fiesty attitude......lol....she's 88 and has been a diabetic for about 35 years.
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So why don't all the hospitals KNOW this?????? Why do we have to be our own medical experts??? (Because we do it so well??)
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I suspect sometimes it is communications, especialy in this age of specialists. Often the patient forgets to tell a Dr every medication she is getting from another Dr or condition being treated by that other Dr. Or the Dr skims rather than reads that lovely check list we fill out at every visit that asks about any new condition, med etc.
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barbe1958
Thats a good question Frankly, I am weary from all I have had to research. It is true that a little knowledge is a dangerous thing.
If I had more confidence in my DRS covering my a$$, I dont feel I would have to go to Dr google so much.
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Barbe, glad you're back!
Kathy
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Hi all
Feeling a bit better after a nasty dose of flu, thank goodness. Life seems to be have been busy especially with DGD with chiken pox. Granny baby sitting has been called on a lot. Last week I had to finish a skirt for DD1 who is singing with the NZSO in Der Valkyrie so that took some time to get it sitting right. Then this weekend my US cousin arrived so it has been great to see her and her DH.
Other cousins are coming over soon for a late afternoon tea. That is tea/coffee, cakes and biscuits.
As of today I stop the femara. Have been on a 5 year trial for side effects. Anyway I am rather scared about stopping but onc says at least we have it if its needed which doesn't make me too happy.
Will write more later.
Big hugs
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Alyson..I finished up with arimidex six years ago now..I felt the same ways
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Alyson I am almost three years into my five with Femara (Letrezol now) and will be interested to hear what changes you feel when you no longer take it. I have great plans for improvements.
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Hi goils!!! Phew!!! It's almost midnight and I have just arrived home from returning GS #3 home to his mom! I'm bushed and am looking forward to having a good sleep in in the morning. He tells me he had a ball and asked (on the way home...lol) when we were going to do it again.
Barbe it's a real pain that we have to be our own advocate when it comes to our health. When I had the clot from the kee replacement and then the alergic reation to one of the meds, the doc roused at me for not listing everything I was allergis to........boy, did I see red and put him right in his place with the comment.....'well if the doc who told me I was allergic to penicillan at the time because people did not get reactions to Pulmacourt I would have listed the correct drug.' He did apologise eventually but I was damn mad!
Aly so glad to hear you are finally over all te sickness as well as the grands. Hope everything goes well with you being off the Femara...........hopefully you will feel a whole lot less aches and pains.
Got to go make a cup of tea and relax so I can get some sleep.
Love n hugs all! Chrissy
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Barbe, glad to see you back!
Chrissy - good that you had such a good time with GS. Hope you get some good rest.
Isabella, I hope you haven't floated away. Please have the British govt put in a pipeline to the parched US, right away and send us your excess water. We need it!
Had a nice bday this weekend. DH took me on a lovely drive over the mtns to Quincy on the east side of the Sierras, where we had a nice lunch, then drove home on a road we'd not previously travelled - pretty, with long Sierra vistas. But smoke from a fire south of us blurred the air, so no pix. We're talking about taking the route again, after the fall rains have begun & before snow closes the road for the winter....good photo op.
Today is gardens, tomorrow town. I have to take the rabies info to animal control & get a new dog license. I felt like the traveling vet was the best birthday present!!
Have a good day all...
ps - thanks for the advocating reminders, - the allergy thing is one I let slide with docs...
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Thanks for all the 'welcome backs'!! It makes me feel good to be missed.
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Believe us barbe, you were "much missed"!
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Elisimo - thank you so much for the offer - you never know, I might take you up on it.... BTW, are you a sewing person? I ask because your username is the name of a sewing machine I'm familiar with. (I'm a sewing person, who has waaayyyyy too much fabric stored.
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chabba, when you put someting "in quotes", to me that means what you're saying means something "else". Anyone else feel the same way??
Gardengumby, as a previous quilt store owner, I'm here to tell you that you can NEVER have enough fabric!!
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To be honest, I'm in agreement with you - but my husband certainly doesn't agree - on the other hand, he's of the opinion you can NEVER have too many fishing lures (or poles, or reels).....
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barbe, so sorry, not what I meant. It is difficult for me to express emotions, sometimes I try unconsciously to downplay them. The more deeply meant the more apt I am to fall into the say something stupidly trap. I try not to and honest I am not really stupid.
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Chabba, Don't feel bad. I didn't know about quotes either.
I went to a Christmas fair and 2 women had made book marks and gift cards out of quilt fabric scraps. I thought, OMG there is no such thing as a piece of fabric small enough to throw away.
I also went through my fabrics, looking for something specific, and thought, why did I ever buy this and whatever for?
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Gardengumby - YES, I am a sewing person. I make quilts and also do a lot of embroidery for my family. I also have started a quilting ministry at my church. Too bad you don't live closer and we could visit and sew together. My DH also thinks I have a too much fabric and he has no idea how much I really have!
Wren44 - I buy a lot of fabric just because I like it at the time and have no clue what I will actually wind up doing with it. I just love fabric! When my girls were little I made and designed practically all their clothes. I don't do clothes much any more unless a DGD asks for something special.
My DD1 and her children, 2 boys and 1 girl, are here for the month of July from Japan and DD2 was here last week from Oklahoma with her 4 girls. The 4 oldest ones went to camp last week and this week DGS1 and DGD3 went back for another week because they had so much fun. I wish DGDs 1&2 could have stayed to go another week also, but their Dad had to get back to go to work. DH keeps saying "Don't let yourself get too tired" and I try not to, but chasing an 11 month old does have its moments. Thank goodness DD1 is her to help keep up with her youngest son! Her oldest son and her daughter will be here next week and they are really good at keeping little brother occupied. I will definitely miss them when they have to go back home at it will be so quite around here with just DH and me around.
Hope everyone has a wonderful week. Hugs to all.
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Yup, I'm a sewing nut as well.....lol. I have boxes of fabric, some going back to the seventies and eighties. I've always been that way and for gifts from some people while I was in my teens they gave yards of fabric! I loved it!
Aj so happy to hear that you are having fun with the grands and you DD's but please don't knock yourself out too much as it takes ages to recover.........I know, lol, as I took the last GS home yesterday and slept most of today........sure hope I'll sleep tonight!
As much as I love having the boys around I'm also very happy to have the peace and quiet of just the two of us. I will be pottering over the next week catching up on housework that was neglected while the grands were here..........ho hum it's a shame we don't have the magic powers to wiggle our noses or something and it was all done.
Love n hugs all. Chrissy
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I know I haven't checked in here in quite some time. It's been a busy few months. End of school year work craziness. Dad issues - although he's doing well physically, the dementia is getting worse. I had surgery to reconstruct my left thumb joint about 3 1/2 weeks ago. Healing has been slower than the right one, which was done last summer, but it's getting there.
Now, I'm about to embark on a whole new phase of my life. I'm scheduled for gastric sleeve surgery (weight loss) in less than 36 hours. With all the surgeries I've had - this will be number 7 in the last 4 years - I think this is the one, that has me the most anxious. Not necessarily the surgery, although that is kind of scary. It's more the aftermath and the changes that will follow - learning a new way of eating, sticking with it - and most anxiety provoking, the tremendous changes in my physical appearance. I'm even more anxious about the changes to my body, this surgery will bring, than I was about either of my mastectomies. Please send prayers and healing vibes for a successful surgery, a smooth recovery, and acceptance of the changes to my appearance and body image as I begin this new journey to a healthier me.
Thanks - I know I can count on my BC gals.
Lynda
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Hey Lynda! Nice to see you drop in! It's been too long girl you need to let us know that you are still around......lol.
Absolutley! Prayers coming your way for a quick healing as well as a psychological acceptance of what will follow. Please keep us in the loop and let us know how you are faring on your new journey.
Love n hugs. Chrissy
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Hey Chrissy - how's the new knee?
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