In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
POSTED BY: SIGNYM
UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Oh, btw- ask Dr Endo about chromium and cinnamon. When I asked Dr Onco about supplements (I was taking several) she had a "latest research shows" answer for me (which I looked up on my favorite medical websites, info confirmed) and I gotta say, I was impressed as hell.
Some doctors are just generically anti-supplement of but give Dr Endo a chance to show you his stuff.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
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Got a sunny day to do my stuff today. Mammogram appointment to make.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Hubbys diabetes is hard to control, and HE eats starches. Beans for bfast, oatmeal for snack (along with peanuts and raw veggies), meat and veggies for dinner and fruit and sugar-free pudding for dessert. So it's not like you have to go entirely without starches and sugars. Unfortunately, they have to be limited.
I've got a lot to learn... Hopefully I get some guidance by the professionals going forward since it's been you who's given me the only guidance I've had so far. As far as I know, only one other living person in my bloodline has ever had diabetes, and I've only seen him in person maybe 5 times in my life. It's my Dad/Aunt's cousin. According to my aunt, he doesn't do any of the things he's supposed to be doing, so I'm pretty sure he wouldn't be able to tell me much. Usually my dad is real good about these things, but he's got no experience with diabetes.
I think it's the loss of water weight since I'm not drinking nearly as much as I used to and I make a REAL effort not to drink much when I get up at night, but after doing my business this morning I'm back down to 145.6. That's the first time since I started taking the pills that I've been under 146. And that's despite the fact I ate more brown rice last night than I've been eating.
I'd planned on maybe making a few chicken breasts too, but I fell asleep before I got around to doing it.
I almost wonder if being skinny with diabetes is going to be more difficult than if I were fat with diabetes.
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I am glad you are taking SIGs advice and listening to doctors.
The last thing you want is to end up like my Blair. He wouldn't listen to me, his friends or doctors on handling his diet with diabetes. Oh, he took his meds but anything else nope. And this can kill you. He was on dialysis for the last few years of his life and you don't want that.
My dad's oldest sister controlled her diabetes through diet for many years before she had to go on the meds. Now, she was in her 70s I think when she was diagnosed. My dad's youngest brother was another one who wouldn't listen to anyone either.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Oh, btw- ask Dr Endo about chromium and cinnamon. When I asked Dr Onco about supplements (I was taking several) she had a "latest research shows" answer for me (which I looked up on my favorite medical websites, info confirmed) and I gotta say, I was impressed as hell.
Some doctors are just generically anti-supplement of but give Dr Endo a chance to show you his stuff.
Will do.
Hey... Do you think an accidental overabundance of Canola Oil in my dinner last night could have put my bowels in hyperdrive today?
I've been on the pot 4 times this morning and I think a 5th one is on the way. Even after eating a banana with my morning pill, I'm now down to 144lbs even.
The only reason I'm not freaking out about any of this is because of the IBS I've had all week... apparently I've literally been full of shit.
Morning workout was the easiest I've had so far since starting up again, and that's even including 2 new exercises I've added to the routine.
Not feeling bad, but here we are one week after I've started taking the pills and I'm basically the same weight as I was when I started.
At least I haven't lost any and my muscle tone is a lot better.
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I am glad you are taking SIGs advice and listening to doctors.
The last thing you want is to end up like my Blair. He wouldn't listen to me, his friends or doctors on handling his diet with diabetes. Oh, he took his meds but anything else nope. And this can kill you. He was on dialysis for the last few years of his life and you don't want that.
My dad's oldest sister controlled her diabetes through diet for many years before she had to go on the meds. Now, she was in her 70s I think when she was diagnosed. My dad's youngest brother was another one who wouldn't listen to anyone either.
I'm sorry about your Blair, Brenda. :(
I can empathize. This is not going to be easy.
You'd think the idea of being able to eat as much as you want without gaining weight like you were 20 years old again would be great, but it's going to be a bunch of stuff I don't particularly want to eat. I'm sure it was very hard for him.
I'm going to try my best. It's all I can do.
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Quote:Could be the other way around: there is stuff you should not eat. From today's news: “Our study suggests poor carbohydrate quality is a leading driver of diet-attributable type 2 diabetes globally,” says senior author Dr. Dariush Mozaffarian, a professor of nutrition at Tufts University and professor of medicine at Tufts School of Medicine in Boston, in a statement.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
. . . it's going to be a bunch of stuff I don't particularly want to eat.
Another key factor: People are eating far too much red and processed meats, such as bacon, sausage, salami and the like, the study said. Those three factors — eating too few whole grains and too many processed grains and meats — were the primary drivers of over 14 million new cases of type 2 diabetes in 2018, according to the study, which was published Monday in the journal Nature Medicine.
In fact, the study estimated 7 out of 10 cases of type 2 diabetes worldwide in 2018 were linked to poor food choices.
More at https://www.cnn.com/2023/04/17/health/rise-type-2-diabetes-global-well
ness/index.html
The Simpsons cartoons show that if you eat and drink like Homer Simpson you become Homer Simpson. He had diabetes and a heart attack. He even was an alcoholic who stopped but then restarted in an episode that parodied the John Wick movies. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Last_Barfighter
He Had Diabetes At Some Point
https://screenrant.com/simpsons-hidden-details-facts-about-homer/#he-h
ad-diabetes-at-some-point
Unlike real people, Homer Simpson doesn't die from bad habits, at least not until FOX cancels The Simpsons like it did Firefly.
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
https://www.mediafire.com/folder/1uwh75oa407q8/Firefly
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Originally posted by Brenda:
I am glad you are taking SIGs advice and listening to doctors.
The last thing you want is to end up like my Blair. He wouldn't listen to me, his friends or doctors on handling his diet with diabetes. Oh, he took his meds but anything else nope. And this can kill you. He was on dialysis for the last few years of his life and you don't want that.
My dad's oldest sister controlled her diabetes through diet for many years before she had to go on the meds. Now, she was in her 70s I think when she was diagnosed. My dad's youngest brother was another one who wouldn't listen to anyone either.
I'm sorry about your Blair, Brenda. :(
I can empathize. This is not going to be easy.
You'd think the idea of being able to eat as much as you want without gaining weight like you were 20 years old again would be great, but it's going to be a bunch of stuff I don't particularly want to eat. I'm sure it was very hard for him.
I'm going to try my best. It's all I can do.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Thanks Jack. He was just set in his ways and because he had been a medical student before turning to law thought he could handle it without thinking.
Now, he was taking insulin injections twice a day but without watching his diet it didn't stop the effects diabetes can have on the body. His kidneys in particular but also his eyes were going.
It was hard but like I said stubborn. You need to be open to the doctors. And it will mean some major shifts in your diet as you are making. Always remember this is for your health just like when you went to the dentist and had all that work done.
You've made good changes since you found out and you are listening. Working on this all the time is all anyone can ask of you and all you can ask of yourself. It's chronic but it doesn't have to control you.
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Back and done. No rain and appointment made for mammogram. Can't wear my hearing aides which will make it fun but it has to be done.
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Well a friend of my brother's is tomorrow coming to see if he can put my bathroom sink to rights. Yes, I am still having problems with it.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Thanks Jack. He was just set in his ways and because he had been a medical student before turning to law thought he could handle it without thinking.
Now, he was taking insulin injections twice a day but without watching his diet it didn't stop the effects diabetes can have on the body. His kidneys in particular but also his eyes were going.
It was hard but like I said stubborn. You need to be open to the doctors. And it will mean some major shifts in your diet as you are making. Always remember this is for your health just like when you went to the dentist and had all that work done.
You've made good changes since you found out and you are listening. Working on this all the time is all anyone can ask of you and all you can ask of yourself. It's chronic but it doesn't have to control you.
I sure hope not, Brenda.
It seemed like there was a return almost to normal nearly overnight after taking the pills, but something is still evidently quite wrong here.
That's not to say that there was no change. The weight has more or less stabilized and the thirst levels are mostly down from what they were, but we're not there yet.
I'm glad I'm going to the endocrinologist today, but I'm kind of worried they're going to find something else or that the diabetes is worse than we thought it was already.
I might not be eating a perfect diet for a diabetic just yet, but my diet is so much different than it was a week ago and I'm really struggling here. There's no way I could do any real physical job for any extended period of time right now, and some nights (like last night) the thirst comes back and I ended up drinking a lot of water and getting up a lot in the middle of the night. Yesterday was a pretty bad day.
I really thought based off of the first few days last week that I'd be going to this appointment with a lot more optimism than I will be.
Finger's crossed.
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