civesnedfield
Member
Correct. It's called being dirt poor.And you don't even want to know what I had to eat tonight in place of my usual gruel.
Dougster
What Lobsta?
Think we A'skert 'em off????
- Thread starter Farmwithjunk
- Start date
What Lobsta?
Farmwithjunk
Member
Well, I'm just sayin' that it sounds like it was under control until fairly recently! Then I hear that the old Junk can't have any sugar... and next thing ya know you are bragging about that fine Southern B-B-Q!!!
A few days later... this!Do you begin to get my point???
Dougster
It didn't just get this high all at once. I've been noticing the symptoms since last fall. The real warning signs started before Christmas. Oh well.
Some days you get the bear, other days, the bear gets you.
Oh well.
But Junk, at least the bear didn't EAT you.
I just went through a two-month ordeal after some spots turned up in an MRI that they took when I had that wreck with the semi truck. Everyboby kept saying, "Well, maybe they'll catch it early."
After lots and lots of tests, MRIs, bone scans, etc, the oncologist wanted to do a lymph node biopsy. So the surgeon picks the groin...nice guy. I went back to work the next day after surgery, and when I went back to see him for the one-week follow-up, he looked at the incision and said, "That isn't good, you need to take a few days and stay off your feet." 
Then I got the "I told you so" from the wife.So I slept a lot today. I guess I'll get the results back sometime this week.
Anyway, all that to say that you're still in control, and you can overcome this. The bear didn't eat you. Good luck and God bless you.
jbrumberg
Member
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
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
Good God! This place is freakin' falling apart. 
And I'm having sympathetic pains all over the place just reading this stuff.
Junk - Stop eating that dang B-B-Q!!!
Mark - All I can say is OUCH!!!
Jay - These close calls are getting a little too close for comfort!!!
Edster - See what happens when you eat too high on the hog???
Brandi - Go get that trigger finger lengthened!!!
Jeremy - Try very hard NOT to grow old!!!
Mud - Stay the hell out of them bathrooms with all your WIDE STANCE talk!!!
Anybody else I left out - STAY WELL for goodness sake!!!
Dougster
This place is freakin' falling apart. And I'm having sympathetic pains all over the place just reading this stuff.Junk - Stop eating that dang B-B-Q!!!
Mark - All I can say is OUCH!!!
Jay - These close calls are getting a little too close for comfort!!!
Edster - See what happens when you eat too high on the hog???
Brandi - Go get that trigger finger lengthened!!!
Jeremy - Try very hard NOT to grow old!!!
Mud - Stay the hell out of them bathrooms with all your WIDE STANCE talk!!!
Anybody else I left out - STAY WELL for goodness sake!!!
Dougster
PaulChristenson
Member
All prayers accepted, needed, and appreciated
Well, my visit to the doctors office was a long drawn out affair. Not as grim as I thought it might be, but not exactly good news none the less.
Kidney pain is resulting from blood sugar skyrocketing. I'm a diabetic. Meds and diet had been doing the trick. Blood sugar WAS holding steady between 90 and 110 for the last 7 years. So steady I was able to quit daily testing. When I got to the doctors office the nurse did a quick test.
385!
For the non-diabetic savvy crowd, that ain't good. Not good at all.
New meds, testing 2 times daily, more dietary restrictions, and more lab work to check for liver/kidney function.
Not to mention ORDERS to loose 30 lbs in 90 days.
So, I get home, find wife/kids/grandkids/dogs waiting at the door. I get the collective I TOLD YOU SO from the crowd.
Some days you get the bear, other days, the bear gets you.
Oh well.
1/2 to 1 lb per week is safe and sustainable weight loss...this works out to 12 lbs in 90 days...this does not include transient water loss which is garbage and means nothing in the long term...AND YOUR PHYSICIAN SHOULD KNOW THIS!!!
I can safely say that prayers are what worked for me. Fortunately, I didn't have diabetes; I "only" had kidney disease in the one kidney I was born with. Back in 1978, when they weren't doing many transplants and cyclosporine hadn't been invented yet, Dr. told me that I would be on dialysis within 5 years. That kidney lasted another 21 years, by God's grace, and I still had a small amount function left when I got my call for the transplant, so I never did dialysis.
As for orders to lose 30 lbs. in 90 days, that's so you can gain it all back plus that much more if you get a transplant.
I would pay someone to take my Prednisone for me. I hope you never progress to the point where you have to have a transplant, but the good news is my mail carrier, who was diabetic, got both a kidney and a pancreas. He is back at work, free from kidney disease and not diabetic any more.
jbrumberg
Member
grandpa:
Prayers, positive thoughts, good wishes, AND FAITH/BELIEF do work IMHO. Good for you with the kidney situation. I used to work with dialysis consumers. It was really tough for them with all the dietary restrictions as well as the regular "hookups" with the "washing machine".
Prednisone really, really sucks although it keeps me going. I have been on IV steroids for a couple of weeks this year recently and have been on high levels of oral form (Prednisone 100mgs per day) for over a month. Fortunately I am startng to have the Prednisone lowered before I get all the side effects.
Good for you and your mail carrier.
Jay
Prayers, positive thoughts, good wishes, AND FAITH/BELIEF do work IMHO. Good for you with the kidney situation. I used to work with dialysis consumers. It was really tough for them with all the dietary restrictions as well as the regular "hookups" with the "washing machine".
Prednisone really, really sucks although it keeps me going. I have been on IV steroids for a couple of weeks this year recently and have been on high levels of oral form (Prednisone 100mgs per day) for over a month. Fortunately I am startng to have the Prednisone lowered before I get all the side effects.
Good for you and your mail carrier.
Jay
Dang, I remember the 100 mg days of Pred. I would laugh and then cry for no reason. Have been on the "maintenance" dose of 7 mg per day for about 8 years now, but I still hate it. Still have some side effects like greasy face, pimples
, and the famous prednisone "hump" on my back.I also remember the kidney "diet", mostly air, water, and lettuce.
When I woke up post surgery and got my first meal, they gave me a plateful of stuff I had been restricted from. I said, "I can't eat any of this", to which the nurse said, "You can now!". Trouble is, they wanted me to clean my plate every meal so I could go home; they just didn't tell me when to stop. Maybe the lesson to the younger members is "don't get old", but the alternative really stinks.
GreenMtns
Member
I have run off the shoulder of the road a few times trying to follow all the turns this thread has taken in the few days I have been gone.
I am not sure it is safe to be around you guys any more. I have to qualify this a little...
Brandi only has a short trigger finger (better than a quick trigger finger I suppose ) and Dougster is only "dirt poor". I don't think those are contagious.
Dougster needs snow
Brandi needs a finger stretcher.
Ouch That hurts just thinking about it.
Everybody else needs prayers and meds
Except Ed. His needs are really simple Lobster
I am not sure it is safe to be around you guys any more. I have to qualify this a little...
Brandi only has a short trigger finger (better than a quick trigger finger I suppose
) and Dougster is only "dirt poor". I don't think those are contagious.Dougster needs snow
Brandi needs a finger stretcher.
Ouch That hurts just thinking about it.Everybody else needs prayers and meds
Except Ed. His needs are really simple Lobster
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.
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.
Dougster is not at fault for ANYthing, (just ask him!)
he's to blame for EVERYthing (just ask everyone else!)
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?
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.
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.
Dougster is not at fault for ANYthing, (just ask him!)
he's to blame for EVERYthing (just ask everyone else!)
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?
civesnedfield
Member
I have run off the shoulder of the road a few times trying to follow all the turns this thread has taken in the few days I have been gone.
Except Ed. His needs are really simple Lobster
And don't forget the Fillet, man can not live on fish alone. Where's the Beef.
Well, no new members have posted an introduction here for a full week now... so maybe you are right!Now I am begining to think that we will scare the off newbee's.
There are more nasty health problems being discussed here than at an AARP convention. Kinda scary for NTT's only official OLD MEMBER.
Dougster
Farmwithjunk
Member
I took the meds (Metformin) yesterday @ the sawbones office, more last night a'fore bed. BS level (Imagine that? ME... with a "BS" level ) 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.
) 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.
Last edited:
You better HOPE dirt poor is not contagious.I am not sure it is safe to be around you guys any more. I have to qualify this a little... Brandi only has a short trigger finger (better than a quick trigger finger I suppose
It is no piece of cake. More like a nasty bowl of gruel. Amen Brother Al!!! The memories of that last ugly storm (and related client relations issues) are gone and the empty wallet is really starting to pose serious problems.Dougster needs snow
Brandi is still just a kid. That trigger finger will grow out in time.Brandi needs a finger stretcher.
Amen to that!
Nice to have your own unlimited expense account!!!Correct!!!And don't forget the Fillet, man can not live on fish alone. Where's the Beef.
NEVER forget Edster's Fillet Mignon!!! Dougster
Correct!!!...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.
BIG difference (Thank God)!!! How did this ever get started???...Dougster is not at fault for ANYthing, (just ask him!)
he's to blame for EVERYthing (just ask everyone else!)
This is soooooooooo unfair and untrue!!! 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!!! Dougster