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Posted by Pogonip on August 3, 2009, 8:00 pm
Ron Anderson wrote:
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> I guess some things just have no answers.
> It is mind boggling that some of us can do most anything and live long with
> little or no medial problems then others even ones that go above and beyond
> the rules have medical issues.
> When all else fails go with the professionals I always say.
>
Yes, and if all fails, I'll certainly consult them. But with limits.
There's really no point in putting a new engine in a 1938 Chevy. Ooops,
it's Hot August Nights here now, and I'll bet someone has done just that
very thing. A bad analogy, perhaps.
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Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Kate XXXXXX on August 4, 2009, 3:37 am
Pogonip wrote:
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> Ron Anderson wrote:
>> I guess some things just have no answers.
>> It is mind boggling that some of us can do most anything and live long
>> with little or no medial problems then others even ones that go above
>> and beyond the rules have medical issues.
>> When all else fails go with the professionals I always say.
>
> Yes, and if all fails, I'll certainly consult them. But with limits.
> There's really no point in putting a new engine in a 1938 Chevy. Ooops,
> it's Hot August Nights here now, and I'll bet someone has done just that
> very thing. A bad analogy, perhaps.
The folk that do that sort of thing are similar to those of us who put a
new belt on a treadle after spending weeks freeing it from rust and
polishing the pitman rod...
There's a character in b% that expresses this well: I don't have the
words exactly right, but it's along the lines of:
I used to think the world was grossly unfair, and things would be so
much better if we all got what we deserved... Then I wondered if we
really WERE getting what we deserved! And now I revel in the thought
that it isn't so: the univers does what it does, and this isn't personal.
--
Kate XXXXXX R.C.T.Q Madame Chef des Trolls
Lady Catherine, Wardrobe Mistress of the Chocolate Buttons
http://www.katedicey.co.uk
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Posted by Pogonip on August 4, 2009, 3:53 am
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> Pogonip wrote:
>> Ron Anderson wrote:
>>> I guess some things just have no answers.
>>> It is mind boggling that some of us can do most anything and live
>>> long with little or no medial problems then others even ones that go
>>> above and beyond the rules have medical issues.
>>> When all else fails go with the professionals I always say.
>> Yes, and if all fails, I'll certainly consult them. But with limits.
>> There's really no point in putting a new engine in a 1938 Chevy.
>> Ooops, it's Hot August Nights here now, and I'll bet someone has done
>> just that very thing. A bad analogy, perhaps.
>
> The folk that do that sort of thing are similar to those of us who put a
> new belt on a treadle after spending weeks freeing it from rust and
> polishing the pitman rod...
>
> There's a character in b% that expresses this well: I don't have the
> words exactly right, but it's along the lines of:
>
> I used to think the world was grossly unfair, and things would be so
> much better if we all got what we deserved... Then I wondered if we
> really WERE getting what we deserved! And now I revel in the thought
> that it isn't so: the univers does what it does, and this isn't personal.
>
Oh, dear. *looking around at all the treadles*
Life comes with no guarantees, does it? You get what you get. Sort of
like marriage, come to think of it.
--
Joanne
stitches @ singerlady.reno.nv.us.earth.milky-way.com
http://members.tripod.com/~bernardschopen/
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Posted by Alan Dicey on August 4, 2009, 8:00 am
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> There's a character in b% that expresses this well: I don't have the
> words exactly right, but it's along the lines of:
>
That's B5; Marcus Cole (Jason Carter) from "A Late Delivery From Avalon"
"You know, I used to think it was awful that life was so unfair. Then I
thought, wouldn't it be much worse if life were fair, and all the
terrible things that happen to us come because we actually deserve them?
So, now I take great comfort in the general hostility and unfairness of
the universe."
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Posted by Olwyn.Mary on August 2, 2009, 2:53 pm
Kate XXXXXX wrote:
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> BEI Design wrote:
>
>>> Pogonip wrote:
>>>> As I understand our doc's thinking, he wants to try this for three
>>>> months to see what changes show up in the next blood test. I sure
>>>> hope he doesn't have any notions of a life-long program like this.
>>>> I'd have to pack DH's bags before I shove him out the door. ;-)
>>> I had friends whose mom managed her diabetes (not sure if it was type
>>> 1 or type 2) totally with diet and exercise. She had a (non-electric)
>>> treadmill at home and when her BS's were high, she had some formula
>>> to walk on it for so long in order to get them to drop. It was a lot
>>> of work for her because she had a full-time job, but it was worth it.
>> Diabetics have to be very careful not to push their blood glucose too
>> low. My DH went into convulsions, and ended up in the ER, after a
>> normal dose of insulin, followed by not quite enough food, and then
>> more exercise than he was accustomed to. The doctors told us that he
>> could have died, it (hypoglycemia) was actually much more acutely
>> dangerous than moderately high glucose.
>> I'm not advocating against exercise, but I AM advocating Joanne and
>> her DH get some really expert advice, preferably from an
>> endocrinologist and dietitian.
> Quite. Himself has need the care of the lovely paramedics and their
> bags of magic several times. We've had blood sugar readings off the
> bottom of the scale... Never QUITE need the hospital, but it's been close.
>
> On the other hand, he hasn't suffered any of the long-tem effects of
> HIGH blood sugar, such as the circulatory problems, blindness and
> gangrene that afflicted my father's stepmother. It's a tightrope that
> you need to learn to manage, but with the supervision of experts. And
> that means experts in the management of diabetes, not your general
> practitioner.
>
>
>
Which is one reason why I ALWAYS carry "starlight mints". They are
individually wrapped, and just about pure sugar. If dh is running
behind shcedule for a meal and starting to feel a little lightheaded,
one of those gets to his bloodsream in 30 seconds, and will hold him
until I get him to some food.
Olwyn Mary in New Orleans.
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> It is mind boggling that some of us can do most anything and live long with
> little or no medial problems then others even ones that go above and beyond
> the rules have medical issues.
> When all else fails go with the professionals I always say.
>