Thank you Jen for putting on monitor status Dave and Robby. Though I
disagree with puttting Dave on this status , I will defer to your
position as moderator. This should cut down on the number
of “frivolous” postings. I do know, however, that Robby has many
IDs so beware ….he will continue to “haunt” this board…..John
I have a question I been at the docters the last to days and found out I
am having brain surgery next week there is a clot causing havic from my
stroke any ways. i asked the sugion about my insulne and he siad the
hosptiel has apoolicy that once the patnit s awake and awre and and can
do it suclesfully the nurse will bring the meter your own metr pluss the
insulen and you chekc your own levle show it to them for them to mark
then you inject your self I thought this was realy cool the first day I
will be out of it in icu so then will be out but hopfefuly ont he seid
day. he said jsut from expericne they will have to give me ltos of
insulne ebcuse he said it is aproven factt that the stres on your body
will raise suger you add to it the super stress of brain suregy it makes
it sores he said it is comma in brain sugery to see blod levels of
aorund 500 pluss in dibtecs he said that the gass man or in this case
the gas women will poke my finger severl tiems through out sugery. and
see were I am at and give me isnulne or suger depding on which way I go
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Hi everyone,
I thought it would be good to get a “roll call” of all the members on the
list, so we could get to know each other a little better. You can introduce
yourself with how long you’ve had diabetes (and what type), and maybe a
little about yourself. I’ll start the ball rolling, even though I introduced
myself not so long ago…
I’m Jen, and I’m currently a 23-year-old college student from Canada. I’ve
had type 1 diabetes since I was 9, and just in the past few months have
really taken control of things (before that I had excellent control as a kid
when my parents did most of the work, but not so good control once I took
over). Once I’m done school I plan on going into teaching, not sure what age
group yet. When I have the time, I enjoy going for walks, reading, writing,
chat rooms and listservs, researching topics of interest online, and
spending time with friends.
I look forward to “meeting” the rest of you on the list. 
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Hi everyone,
I’ve been in contact with the moderator for this group and she has assigned
me to be a co-moderator. I’m hoping this group can become more useful and
more on-topic. Both Robby and Dave are on moderated status as of today, and
both have received e-mails warning that if they don’t start posting material
that is relevent, on-topic and a contribution to the members of this list,
they will be banned.
Feel free to start any topics of discussion related to the emotional aspects
of living with diabetes, or even just how you deal with it day-to-day. I’ll
be
posting a few new topics in the next few days to see if we can’t get this
group
moving in a more positive direction.
Jen
List moderator
He’s not bragging. Bragging is going is going on and on about yourself and
how much better you are than everyone else. All he’s doing is giving out
information that might be pertinent or interesting to the people he’s
talking to, no different than putting how old you are or where you live.
It’s helpful to know how long someone has had diabetes, and what type of
diabetes they have, when you are trying to support and network with each
other. Mailing lists have lots of people and it’s easy to get mixed up
between who’s had diabetes for 3 years and who’s had it for 3 months, and it
makes a big difference in their level of experience, knowledge, and comfort.
It’s also easy to get mixed up between who has type 1 and who has type 2,
since they are managed very differently. So I appreciate that he did this.
Jen
Type 1 for 14 years
Dave, I know I’m guilty of this too, but try not to respond to him. You are
posting almost as many useless messages to the list as Robby here is. When I
respond I either do it off-list or else I only post once to the list. From
now on I’m going to try to hold my tongue, too.
If we ignore him even if he doesn’t go away at least we won’t get fifty
pointless e-mails a day.
Jen
I used to go to the washroom like that as well. What made me decide not to
was almost losing my insulin, having to wait fifteen minutes in lines at
food courts (for the ladies room, at least) and having everyone be halfway
through their meal when I got back, and also because I’m visually impaired
and often find it difficult to find a washroom and then even harder to find
the table when I’m returning. Also the inconvenience of some places actually
not having washrooms.
If I ever have someone notice and approach me about it (especially if
they’re rude), that might shake my confidence. Also when I do it at
restaurants or wherever I always use my leg and do it under the table, which
is partly why I think no one has noticed so far.
Jen
I’m interested in knowing how people handle embarrassing insulin
reactions. It doesn’t happen to me often, but when it does, it is so
horrible. I get confused and act weird, and when I try to explain
what’s going on to someone I do not know well, they just look at me
like I’m a freak. Sometimes they’ll say something like, “Oh yeah.
When I don’t eat my blood sugar gets low and I get cranky,” not
seeming to understand the whole confusion aspect.
I recently had someone get angry with me because I was low and wasn’t
able to help him with directions while he was giving me a ride. And
tonight I had an insulin reaction on a first date. I was rude to
someone at the next table, and am afraid I cannot salvage the
situation. Mostly I feel bad about being rude to someone. I was
confused and got defensive. I thought she was making fun of me or
something. I feel like I acted like such a freak! I’m so upset I
haven’t been able to sleep all night.
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Well, as you so politely told me a few minutes ago: “Like I care what you
have a problem with? Your opinion means nothing to me.” *shrug*
And I’m surprised you have that attitude. How am I supposed to obtain
perfect blood sugars all the time if I can’t injectin public? There wasn’t
exactly a private place at the bus loop.
Do other people think it’s inconsiderate? I remember an Ann Landers column
years ago where she said it was rude for diabetics to inject in public, and
she got a ton of letters from people who disagreed.
Jen
Okay, since this is a list dealing with emotions and the like, and since I
haven’t seen any real posts besides the ongoing argument with Robby (which
doesn’t really count), I thought I’d toss out a subject.
I’m curious what you all think of injecting in public, whether it be a
restaurant or somewhere else. I always used to go find a washroom to inject
in, but after almost dropping my insulin pen in the toilet (the lid fell in,
the pen didn’t, thankfully), and realising that had I lost that pen I
wouldn’t have been able to eat the lunch I’d already ordered, I decided that
I’m not using washrooms anymore. My personal health and safety is more
important than worrying about what people might think of me. (Besides, if
they don’t want to watch they can always look away.) I posted to another
diabetes forum which has mostly young adults my age, and all of them who
replied said that they inject anywhere and everywhere. A lot of them even do
it through clothing.
So now I’ve started injecting in places like restaurants. I’ve been doing it
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