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Looking for Trinity11

Jackhound Mom — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 16:45:44 GMT

Thank you for your answer on the diabetic thread! I will look up and read what Byetta is and discuss with my doctor also. I've tried a few orals and a few injectables.

Our insurance will allow not quite a month's worth of test strips so I have only tested in AM fasting. The diet nurce went over carbs and how to figure carbs per meal and snacks. According to what I learned a salad, meatloaf and a small piece of cornbread would be acceptable. Please tell me how that would not be ok for you? What diet do you follow? This class was called "the plate method."

I am a little gun shy after running into a nasty poster on another non wellness thread and after being invited, asking my questions, and then only one person and now you answering I feared I had made a mistake. If I was considering surgery I would have already had it as they were ready to sceduile me and set me up with a credit company. Without looking this option up I could not tell Moonchilde all the "facts" that they gave me about how it did work for diabetis. I do remember that it is absolutly covered by insurance of you are obese & diabetic.

Anyway, I did want to answer you and not take the chance of offending the regular posters on the other thread. Your thoughtfulness is appreciated.

Have a wonderful day,

Cathy

Re: Looking for Trinity11

dooBdoo — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:29:23 GMT

Hi, @Jackhound Mom! I'm not on the thread in question, but saw this and thought it might be helpful to add an "@" notification so @Trinity11 won't miss your post. I'm sorry you're having challenges. These forums can be a wee bit testy now and then but I've learned that the overwhelming majority of posters are caring, well-meaning people -- it's just that the written word is so limiting, and it's easy to have misunderstandings now and then. Sending you good wishes for better heath and brighter days.❤️

Re: Looking for Trinity11

Jackhound Mom — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 21:55:42 GMT

Thank you DooBDoo! I will figure out how to use Trinity's name. You are so kind to try to help me and you are right, most everyone here has great intentions! Yea!

Sending good thoughts right back at you,

Cathy

Re: Looking for Trinity11

reiki604 — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:07:49 GMT

@dooBdoo it's good to see you again!

Re: Looking for Trinity11

Trinity11 — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:12:02 GMT

@Jackhound Mom wrote:
Thank you for your answer on the diabetic thread! I will look up and read what Byetta is and discuss with my doctor also. I've tried a few orals and a few injectables.

Our insurance will allow not quite a month's worth of test strips so I have only tested in AM fasting. The diet nurce went over carbs and how to figure carbs per meal and snacks. According to what I learned a salad, meatloaf and a small piece of cornbread would be acceptable. Please tell me how that would not be ok for you? What diet do you follow? This class was called "the plate method."

I am a little gun shy after running into a nasty poster on another non wellness thread and after being invited, asking my questions, and then only one person and now you answering I feared I had made a mistake. If I was considering surgery I would have already had it as they were ready to sceduile me and set me up with a credit company. Without looking this option up I could not tell Moonchilde all the "facts" that they gave me about how it did work for diabetis. I do remember that it is absolutly covered by insurance of you are obese & diabetic.

Anyway, I did want to answer you and not take the chance of offending the regular posters on the other thread. Your thoughtfulness is appreciated.

Have a wonderful day,
Cathy

Hi, @Jackhound Mom. I deleted my post because I thought perhaps it irritated Moonchilde when she posted directly after it "Ugh." I limit my exposure here due to having had 2 heart attacks within 11 months. I guess you could say I just don't need stress and try to avoid it.

I am happy what I posted may have been helpful. You had a 200 the following morning after the meatloaf, which usually contains a lot of fat, carbs and the cornbread is starchy. I try to eat mostly vegetables but I do eat meat. I test frequently. Try Walmart's meters and strips. I supplement with them as insurance pays for less than I need. I use Reli-On Prime..very inexpensive.

My diet will be different than a Type 2. Because I use insulin, I can match it to the number of carbohydrate grams I plan to eat. For example 1 small potato would for myself be 5 units. I am insulin resistant so I need more as the years have progressed. If I were Type 2, I would get to a low weight and eat few carbohydrates...many are able to go into remission (Not cured) but it takes constant vigilance.

I hope you are able to find a medication that you can adjust to. Just remember to give metformin time and get the slow release version. Start out slow and build it up over many months..

Re: Looking for Trinity11

Trinity11 — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:13:28 GMT

@dooBdoo wrote:

Hi, @Jackhound Mom! I'm not on the thread in question, but saw this and thought it might be helpful to add an "@" notification so @Trinity11 won't miss your post. I'm sorry you're having challenges. These forums can be a wee bit testy now and then but I've learned that the overwhelming majority of posters are caring, well-meaning people -- it's just that the written word is so limiting, and it's easy to have misunderstandings now and then. Sending you good wishes for better heath and brighter days.❤️

@dooBdoo...so wonderful to see you posting again. You have been missed..

Re: Looking for Trinity11

dooBdoo — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:26:53 GMT

Jackhound Mom wrote:
Thank you DooBDoo! I will figure out how to use Trinity's name. You are so kind to try to help me and you are right, most everyone here has great intentions! Yea!

Sending good thoughts right back at you,

Cathy

You're welcome, @Jackhound Mom! The "@" notification feature can be testy at times, but with some practice we usually can get it to work. Thanks for the good thoughts!❤️

Re: Looking for Trinity11

dooBdoo — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 22:28:58 GMT

Thanks, @reiki604 and @Trinity11! I appreciate your kind sentiments, more than you know. I missed both of you, too.❤️

Re: Looking for Trinity11

catwhisperer — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:06:44 GMT

Hello nice ladies...I was just roaming around reading and came upon this thread. I see I'm not the only one who has been dealing with the sarcastic, condescending, rude posters. I am so tired of it. It's every single day. Not just me, but other posters as well being attacked. Words being twisted, name calling, posts and entire threads being deleted, yet these posters are allowed to keep doing it. I'm afraid to post on CC anymore. I have done my share of snark and have not always been the perfect poster, but I cannot believe that any of you nice ladies have been jumped on. I'm sorry.

Re: Looking for Trinity11

dooBdoo — Sun, 10 Sep 2017 09:29:14 GMT

Catwhisperer wrote:
Hello nice ladies...I was just roaming around reading and came upon this thread. I see I'm not the only one who has been dealing with the sarcastic, condescending, rude posters. I am so tired of it. It's every single day. Not just me, but other posters as well being attacked. Words being twisted, name calling, posts and entire threads being deleted, yet these posters are allowed to keep doing it. I'm afraid to post on CC anymore. I have done my share of snark and have not always been the perfect poster, but I cannot believe that any of you nice ladies have been jumped on. I'm sorry.

@catwhisperer, hello, my friend.❤️ Unfortunately, it does happen. I recently encountered it at a time when I was already feeling deeply despondent. So, I stopped posting for a while. Right after that, a dear friend passed away and I didn't feel -- with the particular timing of events -- that this place was the "soft place to fall" that I desperately needed. Sad, but true. I know I try to tell everyone to remember the negativity reflects back on the (very few) posters who manifest it and it says nothing about the person they target... but when we're the target it can hurt. And then... with no ability to sort things out in private, we're left with the debris of confusion, sadness, and usually a nagging absence of a good resolution to what might have been a misunderstanding. I don't know the answer. I miss good people like you when you're not around... I miss posting when I step away. But I understand how unsettling the environment can be, even with all the wonderful people here who outshine and who do transcend the negativity.

Re: Looking for Trinity11

catwhisperer — Wed, 23 Aug 2017 23:38:25 GMT

@dooBdoo...I know you have taken a lot of abuse on these boards and for the life of me, I cannot understand why. You are one of the most kind, supportive posters here.

I am a 24/7 caregiver for my DH. I have to handle everything in our household. It's exhausting. Not looking for sympathy, but dealing with all that I do, I try to give some posters the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe they are having health issues or other personal issues, overwhelmed. No reason to attack and be nasty, however.

Re: Looking for Trinity11

dooBdoo — Thu, 24 Aug 2017 03:38:51 GMT

Catwhisperer wrote:
@dooBdoo...I know you have taken a lot of abuse on these boards and for the life of me, I cannot understand why. You are one of the most kind, supportive posters here.

I am a 24/7 caregiver for my DH. I have to handle everything in our household. It's exhausting. Not looking for sympathy, but dealing with all that I do, I try to give some posters the benefit of the doubt, thinking maybe they are having health issues or other personal issues, overwhelmed. No reason to attack and be nasty, however.

You are so kind, @catwhisperer. Truly, I don't think I encounter nearly as much "targeting" as many others here. I'm grateful for that and yet at the same time regretful that anyone else has to withstand the barbs we see launched here every day.

I wish people would step back and look objectively at argumentative threads (easy to find in Community Chat, for example). I feel that we would see the posters on both sides of issues tend to be less than respectful of each other... and that's why the threads dissolve into "them vs. us" instead of healthy, civil, lively, positive conversations. For some reason we can't seem to allow everyone to walk away from a discussion with their dignity intact. I guess it's considered more fun to right-fight and insult each other. There's contempt, superiority, and condescension on both "sides" of just about every argument we see lately.

It would be marvelous to find a way to convince everyone to start fresh, treat each other as respectfully as we treat the friends and family we see face-to-face each day, and transform this community into a more pleasant environment. Instead, I fear we'll continue to see finger-pointing always to "the other guy/gal" as being the one who's at fault... with no self-awareness or introspection into the way we, ourselves, are part of the problem. I know it's not easy, because even though I aspire to be more aware and thoughtful in my words I often fail, too. Posters complain about people leaving here... yet we're doing it to ourselves.

You have so much to bear in your life, and I think you are strong, courageous, and sensitive. You are one of the warriors I admire.❤️

Re: Looking for Trinity11

Jackhound Mom — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 00:36:09 GMT

Wow! So many thoughtful answers and suggestions. Thank you I am overwhelmed!!!

DH and spent a night at Tucson Medical Center as my eye looked and felt like it was going to explode. I see a retna specialist tomorrow morning.

Also spoke with my doctor and we are going to try one more injectabel. I as so glad oral meds work for some of you. You will never know how much this short time on here about your experiences means to me!!! The ladies from my past 2 threads when I joined years ago answered so many questions for me and others about surgery (hyster.) That I was prepaired for mine.

Forgive the short blanket answer but I'm winking with my bad eye. Patches are packed away to be found soon.

Also got aa heart from Trinity so she saw us

Blessings my cyber friends,

Cathy

Re: Looking for Trinity11

hckynut — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 05:39:23 GMT

Hi @catwhisperer

It isn't only the ladies. If only you could have seen and read my welcoming to this bulletin board, about 15 years ago. I thought some really felt I was a "listed s** offender" from some of the things they had to sat to me and about me.

Still get the occasional comments, like you mentioned, but from a tiny minority of those that visit these forums. There were times I thought about moving on, especially during some of the more trying times during my wife's illnesses, and the loss of so many of our furry kids.

Being the optimist I have been my whole adult life, and earlier, I knew that everything would at least be a bit better as time passed. I don't know any specific posters that just plain do not care for me, or what I have to say, and/or the way I choose to say them. I do know some that are not fond of me and I usually don't read much of anything they post on any of the forums I visit most often.

Right now everything in my world is great and it would take a lot more than any negativity here would change. Best to you,

hckynut(john)

Re: Looking for Trinity11

catwhisperer — Fri, 25 Aug 2017 13:57:29 GMT

@hckynut....Hello John. I would say there are a whole lot more posters who like you than not. There is a particular group who preys on posters. One will zero in on someone, then the rest of the group joins in. The more someone argues with them, the worse it gets, until the thread is closed. I see it almost daily lately. So, I just stay away from them.

My best to you, your wife, and kitties.

Re: Looking for Trinity11

Jackhound Mom — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 16:23:55 GMT

Hello Everyone,

I will write more later as I have a swollen retna. Back on Lantis and hope I heal soon.

Thanks to all the posts and have a great weekend.

John, I answered you on one of my other threads about nic names and hope you saw it. We don't know each other but I hope to see you around and it sounds like you keep good company!

Take care all,

Cathy

Re: Looking for Trinity11

Drythe — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 16:41:48 GMT

Since we're saying thanks I'd like to add a bit.

@dooBdoo @Trinity11

I think you are two of the kindest of posters, I always watch for yours.

@hckynut I don't think we've posted together, but I respect your reaching for your goals, and your obvious devotion to Cindy, and of course the fur babies.

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Trinity11 — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:19:37 GMT

@Drythe wrote:

Since we're saying thanks I'd like to add a bit.

@dooBdoo @Trinity11

I think you are two of the kindest of posters, I always watch for yours.

@hckynut I don't think we've posted together, but I respect your reaching for your goals, and your obvious devotion to Cindy, and of course the fur babies.

@Drythe....thanks so much. I always look for your posts as well.

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Trinity11 — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 19:21:05 GMT

@Jackhound Mom wrote:
Hello Everyone,

I will write more later as I have a swollen retna. Back on Lantis and hope I heal soon.

Thanks to all the posts and have a great weekend.

John, I answered you on one of my other threads about nic names and hope you saw it. We don't know each other but I hope to see you around and it sounds like you keep good company!

Take care all,
Cathy

@Jackhound Mom....praying that you will be feeling a lot better soon. A swollen retina must be very uncomfortable. Please take care of yourself, Cathy, and let us know you are doing..

Re: Looking for Trinity11

hckynut — Sat, 26 Aug 2017 20:43:51 GMT

@Jackhound Mom wrote:
Hello Everyone,

I will write more later as I have a swollen retna. Back on Lantis and hope I heal soon.

Thanks to all the posts and have a great weekend.

John, I answered you on one of my other threads about nic names and hope you saw it. We don't know each other but I hope to see you around and it sounds like you keep good company!

Take care all,
Cathy

Hi @Jackhound Mom,

@I didn't see your post about my nic, so I don't know if you had a question about, or just a comment. If there is something you want to know about my nic, I would be happy to answer you. Use the @, and hckynut, that way I will see it.

Most of my company here at home all have fur. We presently are down to 7 Indoor Only Felines, and our dog Lily. Have no plans on going anywhere, so we'll probably be seeing each other again. Hope your healing goes as planned.

Nice meeting you,

hckynut(john)