Think we A'skert 'em off????

Farmwithjunk said:
I took the meds yesterday @ the sawbones office, more last night a'fore bed. BS level (Imagine that? ME... with a "BS" level:yum: ) tested 385 @ docs office, 325 by bed time, 275 @ 4AM and 220 just a few minutes ago. Still over 100 points from goal, but positive change none the less. Meds and PROPER diet should MAINTAIN numbers once I get them back on the chart.

Several years ago, when I was first diagnosed with "glucose intolerance" I was able to eat a REASONABLE diet and exersize enough to avoid meds. Then I started needing to avoid certain foods, and take a mild dose of meds. Now it's NOTHING sugar/starch/fatty AND an increased dosage of meds. Doc stressed the DIETARY RESTRICTIONS will do far more than the meds. (ie. Don't EAT sugar and DON'T have to deal with too much sugar)

Gots do this. Gots do this RIGHT. Too much at stake.

Diet includes all the hay I want just no sweet feeds. I suppose garden season takes on a new importance this year. Come on springtime.:waiting:
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Glad to hear things are coming under control quickly. :thumb: All it takes is a proper diagnosis, the right meds, a little patient attention & diligence... and giving up your Southern B-B-Q!!! :)

This reminds me of that pathetic incident recently wherein I tried to save a few bucks by combining two doctor visits into one... but that meant going about week without my HBP pills. Well, my BP skyrocketed without the meds and I ended up in an emergency doctor visit being told I had to go immediately to the hospital and check in overnight. :eek: I refused, of course (dirt poverty... remember?). Doc made me sign a release and gave me my pills. I was fine again within hours of restarting the meds.

Dougster :starbucks:
 
Farmwithjunk said:
I took the meds (Metformin) yesterday @ the sawbones office, more last night a'fore bed. BS level (Imagine that? ME... with a "BS" level:yum: ) tested 385 @ docs office, 325 by bed time, 275 @ 4AM and 220 just a few minutes ago. Still over 100 points from goal, but positive change none the less. Meds and PROPER diet should MAINTAIN numbers once I get them back on the chart.

Several years ago, when I was first diagnosed with "glucose intolerance" I was able to eat a REASONABLE diet and exersize enough to avoid meds. Then I started needing to avoid certain foods, and take a mild dose of meds. Now it's NOTHING sugar/starch/fatty AND an increased dosage of meds. Doc stressed the DIETARY RESTRICTIONS will do far more than the meds. (ie. Don't EAT sugar and DON'T have to deal with too much sugar)

Gots do this. Gots do this RIGHT. Too much at stake.

Diet includes all the hay I want just no sweet feeds. I suppose garden season takes on a new importance this year. Come on springtime.:waiting:
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You DON'T need to wait for spring...
http://www.officialaerogarden.com/default.aspx?adid=ggl1002.1&gclid=CO60w_Xgr5ECFSG8GgodTQSAeg

I gave this to the in-laws...and they have been happy...:eek:
Which means it works...:D
 
FWJ doesn't have to give up southern BBQ -- just sweet WET BBQ sauces. DRY Rub (memphis style) BBQ should still be safe.

<quote>You'll get yours Kid!!! ;) It will come in time!!! Enjoy your youth while you can. This is what you have to look forward to!!! :rolleyes:

Dougster :starbucks:</quote>

you forgot to add "and your little dog, too!" :wink:

and we got snow! (about 8" worth so far and still more falling)
I'm taking a day off work due to drifts between me and the highway.
gonna spend some quality time with my ski's -- BOTH kinds!
HUS-skis and SNOW skis!!!
:letitsnow: :letitsnow:
 
FarmwithJunk: I take Metformin 1000mg BID. I was tolerating it and maintaining a solid calorie carobydrate gram diet (2000 Calories daily) without any insulin really well until this most recent medical setback and my return to very high levels of Prednisone. Now I am taking insulin on a sliding scale along with the Metformin. A lot of people can not tolerate metformin. Fortunately you and I can, but you need to drink a lot of water while taking it. Your sugars are coming down nicely. I check mine around 6X a day along with my BP and 02 (It keeps the doctors happy and me out of the hospital.) I suggest you and your wife really start to look at package labels while food shopping to ferret out those products with hidden sugars and carbohydrate grams. I need to quantify and qualify everything I injest now and since cooking is another serious interes of mine I now have notebooks of calorie data on my favorite meals. It is a major pain, but I do not have a lot much else to do now that I am sick again. Hang in There- Jay
 
I have not nor will I ever give up my smoked ribs despite my prednisone induced diabetes. I do eat them with less frequency though :(. I do a good spicy rub and smoke those suckers low and slow. Nothing wrong with Memphis style ribs, and I also make a Kansas City Style Rib which consists of a spicy rub and a modified sauce that contains no sugar and tastes pretty good. I will also make a ketchup without sugar that is not too bad, but a couple of the better commercial ketchups/catchups have lower calories. I do have to watch the amount of sauce I consume. I also had to change "libations" :eek: to stay within my caloric parameter . I attached a picture wifey took of me during one of my rib smokes and prior to me getting sick
 

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I know at least one more person came OVER and joined because the referral shows up with my name... they have not done an into though.

We got 3 to 4 inches. Enough to make things messy.
 
rback33 said:
I know at least one more person came OVER and joined because the referral shows up with my name... they have not done an into though.

We got 3 to 4 inches. Enough to make things messy.
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I need to "fine tune" how I look at your area weatherwise :pat: , but I was kinda in the ballpark so to speak :rolleyes: . I was a little off as I jumped bewteen the two different Dopplars :sorry: . I will apologize for my laziness as to the cut and paste of the weather service's geek discussion to you, but it did have some good information contained within. Usually that is just one of the many pieces of information I look at before I make my "prognostications". Jay :letitsnow:
 
jbrumberg said:
I have not nor will I ever give up my smoked ribs despite my prednisone induced diabetes. I do eat them with less frequency though :(. I do a good spicy rub and smoke those suckers low and slow. Nothing wrong with Memphis style ribs, and I also make a Kansas City Style Rib which consists of a spicy rub and a modified sauce that contains no sugar and tastes pretty good. I will also make a ketchup without sugar that is not too bad, but a couple of the better commercial ketchups/catchups have lower calories. I do have to watch the amount of sauce I consume. I also had to change "libations" :eek: to stay within my caloric parameter . I attached a picture wifey took of me during one of my rib smokes and prior to me getting sick
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Okay... now I'm getting hungry (and it ain't for another bowl of gruel)!!! :o

Dougster :starbucks:
 
Dougster said:
Now don't go telling that to Junk while I'm having a little fun with him! :rolleyes:

I woulda had I'd known the Kid had a dog! ;)

Dougster :starbucks:
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Jeez Dougster... all you have to do is read my bio to know that I have 5 dogs.:pat:

Don't sweat it Jay.. I kinda hit you on short notice anyway. Any info was better than none. Thanks again.
 
you gonna share that "no sugar" KC style BBQ sauce recipe?:tiphat:

my dad was diagnosed with diabetes in 2006 and didn't bother doing anything about it until he got blind enough from diabetic cataracts that he couldn't see to play video games. Now that he's on meds, he's doing MUCH better, though. (well, that and the bilateral cataract surgeries):pat:

and I don't hold the forecast against you - we got pretty much what I was expecting here THIS time, but the way patterns evolve around the flint hills & Kansas river, we can have totally different weather between me and my closest neighbor in any given storm! (like one storm when we lost trees and had flooding and she only got sprinkles 1/2 mile away):letitsnow:
 
Dougster said:
So now we know of your one and only "flaw"!!! :shock: A short trigger finger!!! :yum: :yum: :yum:

Who knew??? :yankchain:

Dougster :starbucks:
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It is not a flaw.:soapbox: My small hands get called upon often at work to reach into small holes and start a nut or screw.:smartass: Funny thing, at work using my pneumatic drill and rivet gun, I squeeze the trigger with my middle finger.:thumb: I tried to do that on the Kimber, but the slide is vicious and I don't want to get bit.:eek:
hugs, Brandi
 
keep it up dougster and you may find the difference between a short trigger finger and a hair trigger!
:pat:
(which must not be too short or she wouldn't be able to put that kind of pattern on paper!)
 
Jay, we got a few sprinkles yesterday...enoough to settle the dust on the gravel road...that's better than naught:respect: . Your prognosticating was right...:tiphat:

We had a beautiful, cool, damp day that reminded me of my time in jolly old England. And today, when I finally roll out of bed, it is bright and sunny, with not a cloud in sight. It just kills me not to be able to go outside and play. Hint: When you expect to be laid up, don't park the tractor where you can see it.:pat: I feel like one of those kids that is sick in bed, looking out at his buds playing ball in the street.

Hope you guys are having a better day.

Junk, I'm glad to hear you're doing better. :bb:

Dougster, at $1.67/hr, are you using the excuse that it is cheaper just staying home?:poke: OOPS...:sorry: (Old Member):starbucks:
 
jbrumberg said:
I am back ! I had another long day with the doctors and more bloodwork done. The meds that are keeping me going are also making me sick, but I am hanging in there. The good news in the words of one of the specialists "you averted another rehospitalizaton" (by virtue of my obsessive data collecton and actual self care during my homebased "hospitalization"). I am still on a "hair trigger status" when it comes to when I have to be rehospitalized with each medication adjustment, but the data is now when I am "under load". Other good news- decreased Prednisone which will make me somewhat less activated, but I can still enjoy my foo-foo ). I will also be able to spend considerable time with weather geek stuff and I can still get tractor seat time. The downside is that I may not be returning to work for a long, long time which is tough for a high energy, Type A, workaholic guy who really loves his job that is 1.3 miles away (That is killing me.).

FWJ: I became an insulin dependent diabetic as a result of my "treatment" in August. It sucks, but it is managable. I now have to take oral form and injections to keep everything managed. Your blood sugar levels are really, really scary. You need to bring them down or ultimately as you already know you will start to lose body parts. Take care of yourself.

Mobilus: You need to take it easy which sounds really hypocritical coming from me. You need to maintain your "balance". Good luck!

I want to add that we sound like a bunch of geriatric cases (and that we probably are), but we are all in this together.

I get as much and/or more support here than anywhere else (except wifey).

Thank you all.

Jay

PS: Having rambled on like I have it is time to start looking at the real important stuff like weather patterns.

Jay
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Jay,
Glad to hear you are back.:tiphat: The Dougster was getting a little rowdy.:pat: WOW, just 1.3 miles? Is that a typo?:ohmy: I work 62 miles from home and just last fall turned down a cushy day job just 5 miles from the house.:eek:
hugs, Brandi
 
Erik said:
wow.
I miss a day on this thing and the thread doubles in length.
is this summary right?
Brandi's big red is still big and red - just has an impressive scar now.
Don't call her ferrets "tube rats" or she might have to use her Kimber (very nice 1911) on you.:hide:
For the record, the 1911's original patents came out in 1904, 1911 is the year the US Army adopted it as a sidearm - and the Kimber is a 1911A1, which was the improved version of the original based on WWI experiences, said changes made in (I think) 1921-1925. (and current price on it would be well over the $1000+ she gave 6 years ago) and she has a short trigger finger according to Dougster, which is not the same thing as a short fuse - lucky for all of us. :tiphat:
Dougster is not at fault for ANYthing, (just ask him!):respect:
he's to blame for EVERYthing (just ask everyone else!) :yum:

getting old may be no fun but it beats the alternative.

and prayer really does work wonders. especially when you're praying for someone else.

and most important, it snowed today - just a little - but we're supposed to get more tonight.

did i miss anything?
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Erik,
I see you like to live on the edge also. :yum::yum: What in blue blazes is a tube rat?:rolleyes: Also, the Colt I had back in the early 1980s was a V in the model number or something like that. It had a few changes since the 1920s. Also, my Kimber is bushing less or collet less, so I don't think it can be called a 1911A1. Call it a 1911 clone, yes.
hugs, Brandi
 
Dougster said:
Would you want to be the first one to try that after reading this crazy thread???

Not moi!!!

Dougster
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This is not crazy ......................This is normal for this group. :yum: :yum: :yum: :yum: :yum: :yum: :yum: :yum:

Hey Junk

Lay off the BBQ and get with the OATMEAL :pat: :pat:

You'll feel like a new man in no time. You won't like the new man, but you will feel like one. :yum: :yum:
 
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