THANKS FOR INVITING ME BACK
Taty: Thank you for inviting me back to the club.
I am going to make a confession here. In April, I
flew back to Illinois and stayed through Easter. The
reason I had left Illinois was because of the stress
there (ex-husband, mother, brother, daughter, so-called
friends); since moving to Maryland, my health has improved
at least 80%. Well, the stress is still in Illinois
and after being there only a few days, I just quit
taking any meds (including the insulin) at all — I was
right back to Point A and couldn’t handle it. My sugar
levels rose to an alarming rate of 484, and I didn’t
care. After stopping the insulin, I started to lose
weight which I really need to do. And I was eating twice
as much as before, and all the “bad things”. Well, I
now have my sugars down to 235 (sometimes below), but
now I’m starting to gain the weight back again even
though I’m back to following the diet. During the time
in Illinois I decided to just drop out of all my
clubs; I became disinterested in everything. STRESS
KILLS!!!!<br
encouragement right now, so I’m very glad to be
back.<br
September 10th, 2004 at 11:36 am
We are all behind you 100% We and I know how
stress and all the other awful things can be hard on us
and our usual stick to it attitudes. I have a major
weightloss that I need to take care of tooand the insulin I
take for my type 2 does not help if you need a buddy I
could use 1 too and I have big shoulders to lean on,
contact me at beardeb_2000@… or add me to your IM
if you have it I will always talk when I am on. Take
care my thoughts and cares are with you. Deb C
September 13th, 2004 at 4:23 pm
hello good to see you back. i can almost see
myself in your shoes i let things slide very far too.
where my stress is coming from i don’t know. but i am
seeing sugars as hi as 542 but iam trying to get things
in order i never even stopped the insulin just
reduced it. i don’t want to gain the wt though at 5ft i
don’t look good fat.
September 15th, 2004 at 7:34 pm
Hi Cheryl,<br
again, and I’m sorry that all the stress hit you so
hard. Stress can really suck sometimes. It’s true that
sometimes family and friends can add stress to our
lives.<br
minute details for our wedding, which is less than 10
weeks away. I’m under some stress, but I’m holding up
as best as I can. Sometimes, my sugars reflect the
stress that I’m under, but I’m trying hard to keep them
as normal as possible.<br
be more optimistic as the days go by. Stress is such
a bummer on the emotions. At times I would love to
take care of my everyday problems without having to
worry about my sugars, testing, correct insulin doses,
diet, exercise, appointments, etc. But, no can do, I
just try to see it all as things that I must do to
keep well. It’s easier said than done, but it’s either
do my best to keep well or not be well at
all…<br
you.<br
September 20th, 2004 at 11:50 am
Thanks, Keene. I know a lot of people were
worried about me, and I apologize for not keeping all of
you up-to-date. It just got so bad, I didn’t want to
do anything, or talk to anyone. I am still not fully
out of the woods yet, but at least have the will to
get back my health.<br
along with diabetes (for 22 years), I have
hypertension, am manic-depressive, obsessive-compulsive,
borderline personality disorder, panic-anxiety, and attacks
of agoraphobia. When I moved from Illinois to
Maryland last September, I was a total physical wreck; in
3 mos. I had gone off most of my medications for
the other problems I have and had cut my insulin
dosage in half. I was feeling on top of the world. Until
I went back to Illinois for 2 1/2 weeks — just in
that short time, due to stresses there — I was back
to square one again. Just to let you in on what’s
happening with me. BTW, welcome to the club to all new
members.<br
September 21st, 2004 at 1:25 pm
Cheekired:<br
from; even though every doctor I have ever gone to says
stress doesn’t raise your sugar levels “that much”, I
have kept journals through the years and can prove to
them that “yes, it does raise them that
much”.<br
45 lbs of it was from the drug Rezulin that a doctor
had me on for the diabetes. Couldn’t understand why I
was gaining so much weight; really thought I had a
tumor. When that doctor moved out of the state, I
started seeing a different one who had a fit that I was
on Rezulin; statistics show that 98% of the people
on the drug gain between 35-45 lbs. It has since
been taken off the market. So that’s another factor I
keep fighting — if I stop the insulin, I lose weight
fast; when I go back on it, it comes back on fast.
Between a rock and a hard place!<br
by the way — LOL.<br
September 22nd, 2004 at 3:01 pm
I missed you, too, Taty. And I thought of you and
Bobby often. Only ten weeks away! Yes, that would put
some stress on a person — even though it’s happy
stress!<br
will have to get busy and read some of the posts I
missed and get caught up — LOL.<br
getting your invitation in the mail has changed my
outlook a lot; it’s nice to know that I was missed and
that people were concerned about me. I really don’t
have anyone else that cares (except for my daughter
who I live with).<br
October 3rd, 2004 at 10:52 pm
Dear Cheryl,<br
us. And, thanks for the poems. They add a bright spot
to my day.<br
blood sugars coming under control again?<br
leave us again. We would miss you!<br
day.<br
October 18th, 2004 at 5:13 am
Keene:<br
not eating junk. But now I have no appetite at all,
so I have to force myself to eat when I should. And
I’m finding it really hard to stick to a routine –
you know bed the same time at night, up the same time
each morning, taking the meds at the same times each
day. There is no structure to my life right now so
it’s very easy to stay up all night and sleep half the
day, not having to watch the clock so forgetting to
take my insulin at the right times. My sugars have
been fluctuating really badly — from 100 to 430. But
I am psyching myself up to get into a routine and
pay more attention to that CLOCK. Thanks for your
encouragement.<br
November 5th, 2004 at 11:59 pm
Hi Cheryl,<br
suggestion, but I’m concerned about the fluctuations in your
sugars. Perhaps you can get your sugars under control by
setting a watch or a timer for every 3 to 4 hours during
the hours that you are awake. Everytime the watch
rings you can test your sugars and adjust your meds
accordingly.<br
November 10th, 2004 at 4:15 pm
Taty, I am always open for suggestions. I really
need to do that. I thought once I was back in
Maryland, I would go back to my regimen and my sugars would
get back under control the way they were before I
left for Illinois — for some reason I just don’t have
that mindset. I have all my other illnesses under
control again, but I really have to work on this one
because it is the worst one. I know one incentive — my
neuropathy is starting to flare up again and Lord knows I do
not want to put out $100 a month for the medication
for it like I used to!!! <br