Crap! Life USED to be fun/Ot

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Well, went to the quack today. " Thing " in my head was right AGAIN. I have

high blood pressure AND type 2 diabetes. Anything a surprise? Nope, been

doing my blood pressure in the stores, pretty accurate they are, surprised

about that. Been testing my blood sugar for a week, because " thing " in my

head said to. Went to the quack and asked for a prescription for testing

strips. Those things are expensive, about a buck a pop. She asked about the

readings I was getting, told her and, " you're diabetic " . Scheduled for blood

tests on Monday, wheee.

 

Got the lecture... eat right, stop smoking and lose weight. Oh and they said

" Happy New Year " . Had to laugh.

 

Oh and no. Not depressed. Already knew it going in, so nothing to get

depressed for. Now for the hard part. ICK. AFTER I enjoy this week end to

the FULLEST. Numbers aren't so bad I have to really worry about it, just DO

something about it. Lovely. Oh, and I hate sticking myself. I always have to

grit my teeth and the WORST part of it is, because I'm a coward I have to do

it twice or three times. I'm a freaking pincushion and my hand feels

bruised. >sigh<

 

Anywho

 

Happy New Year!

 

K

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Kathleen,

If the numbers are to bad diet and exercise can help

lots. Also, try and destress your life. We will all be your cheerleaders.

Thing is if you do

something about it now, it makes it much better later.

On another list someone posted a aid for stopping to smoke. If you want it

let me know and I will send it to you private. Happy New You New Year!

Sandi

[Guest guest]

K,

This should have read if the numbers aren't to bad diet and exercise can

help

lots. Also, try and destress your life. We will all be your cheerleaders.

Thing is if you do

something about it now, it makes it much better later.

On another list someone posted a aid for stopping to smoke. If you want it

let me know and I will send it to you private. Happy New You New Year!

Sandi

 

 

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> Kathleen,

> If the numbers are to bad diet and exercise can help

> lots. Also, try and destress your life. We will all be your cheerleaders.

> Thing is if you do

> something about it now, it makes it much better later.

> On another list someone posted a aid for stopping to smoke. If you want it

> let me know and I will send it to you private. Happy New You New Year!

> Sandi

>

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Kathleen, here's the good news......I lost weight when they put me on metformin

for my diabetes. Sure did. Cut out every thing white, I did eat complex

carbs...you have to have carbs just not the simple carbs.....you will be

surprised......and if you get that under control (you might have been insulin

resistant before this) your bp might go down too.

 

I no longer have to take bp meds.........WAHOOOOOOOOOOOOO. that I am happy

about, two less meds.....and then take Co Q 10. I love that supplement,

hawthorne berry and cayenne, they have a 'cool' cayenne, some essential fatty

acids, that helps with cholesterol and a good multi with high be complex and in

no time you'll be perking right along!

 

I like the womens formula at GNC. You can get those with or without iron,

without iodine if you can't take iodine so they have one for pretty much any

woman . I've taken em for years and they do dissolve......I tried it in water. A

lot of those semi truth stuff about pills not breaking down, they failed to say

it was because the people were taking some sort of presciption acid reflux

med....we is in my ball park now.......dang I miss working!

 

If you are diabetic, you are at a much higher risk of yeast.....so acidophilus

if you don't like yogurt. I love it , thats how  I eat my cereal, yogurt, no

milk.

 

evie

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hey Evie

 

Thanks for your kind note. This is a new path for me so don't know how

difficult it's going to be. The doctor mention metformin specifically, but

hopefully my numbers won't be high enough to require it.

 

My brother was diagnosed type 2 ten years ago... he lost some weight and the

diabetes went bye-bye. (Although my doctor said that once you have it, you

are a diabetic for life. Much like an alcoholic. In other words, I'll always

have to be aware of weight, sugar etc.) So I'm hoping for the same thing.

 

I'm supposed to take my blood pressure tablets starting tonight but I'm

afraid I'm waffeling. Do I really want to get started on this one? I should

and I know that, but I also have qualms... We shall see if I play it smart

or stupid.

 

Well, off to poke myself and draw blood (oh happy days!)

 

K

 

 

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Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Dear Kathleen,

 

Diabetes is nothing to be complacent about, so you

might want to start by getting those sugar levels down

fast by drastic allopathic means. But you don't have

to stop there and resign yourself to staying on oral

medications.

 

Work with your " regular " doctor, but observe yourself

sharply and do everything in your power to get off the

damn stuff ASAP.

Persistent debilitating diarrhea can be a side effect of

Medformin in particular. That stuff almost killed my

mother and my co-grandfather. (the other one, not

my husband) On the other hand I also know some people

it works fine for. You never know.

 

Dr. Julian Whittaker recommends going straight to

Insulin if you cannot solve the problem by diet and

exercise alone. He is really down on the oral meds.

 

The most important thing to " take " for a type 2 diabetic

is a daily walk.

Exercise helps your cells to be more receptive to the

insulin that your body still creates.

 

I should take my own good advice, .

I feel so much better when I get around to doing that,

and I notice my hypoglycemia is way better.

 

Like Selkie said, good whole foods and probiotics are a

must. Digestive enzymes are helpful as well to help you

get as much nutrition out of your food as possible and

to support your pancreas. You are what you absorb,

not what you eat.

 

There are many herbs, foods and supplements that have

a regulating effect on the pancreas.

 

Nopalitos and bitter melon (Momordica Charantia)

are foods that come to mind. The FDA came down

like a ton of bricks on a nice small company marketing

a tea based on Momordica. It worked a bit too well

and they were not subtle enough about it. Diabetes

medicine is big business and we all know who has the

ear of the FDA.

 

Don't you live in the Artichoke belt not too far from

Watsonville? ( My one California trip was to Aptos)

They are good too.

 

For more information on which foods are helpful

for each health condition, there is George Mateljan.

Great website on what to cook, why, and how.

http://whfoods.org

 

Vanadium and Chromium are trace minerals that help,

but it is easy to mess up with those trace minerals.

Get them in the form of high-mineral foods, like seaweed

or other wild algae, and use a good live salt, like Celtic

seasalt or Himalayan rock salt.

 

Google the following herbs, just for starters:

 

Cinnamon

Conjac mannan

Gymnema Sylvestre

Pata de Vaca

Pedra Hume Caa

 

The last 2 are from Brazil. Locally they are called

" vegetable Insulin " .

 

Read, read, read.

One of my favorite newsletters is Dr. Jon Barron.

He wrote an excellent primer on natural health called

" Lessons from the Miracle Doctors " that is free for

the download in Ebook form.

 

Here is an article by him on Diabetes.

http://www.jonbarron.org/diabetes-program/01-29-2007.php

 

And that's all she wrote for now.

 

Happy New Year everyone!

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://freegreenliving.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

what are your diastolic and systolic numbers running in bp????? if they are way

high, I would think you risk stroke or heart attack.....that said, mine went

down when i had to take a diuretic........but metformin can be taken in large

amounts and I'm on minimal dose and get off of it some times for a while.....so

I'm okay with that.

 

its not that scary.

 

i dropped 17 lbs in a little over a month on metformin and 10 more by stopping

my daily bottle of coke . Regular size......think about it.......

 

e

 

 

 

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hey Ien

 

Thanks for all the good information. Lately I've become an expert on type2.

Complacent? Not exactly. Upset? Nope. Now if it was/is type 1 THEN I'll go

nuts. But it's not, my numbers are too low for that. My highest number thus

far has been a 174 (which DID freak me out a bit), but mostly tend to linger

around 135-154. I'll be donating blood on monday and find out a week later

the good or bad news.

 

Personally I suspect I won't need medication and if offered probably won't

take it. I'll give the diet and exercize a go before admiting defeat.

 

I'm BAD with medications. Always forget them. Shoot, I cant even remember to

put on moisteriser or body lotions. Now I've got this dumb pill for high

blood pressure. The only reason I have remembered that one so far is because

it sits next to my bed and I see it every night... and fortunately that's

when I'm s'posed to take it.

 

The only inconvienence this stupid diabetes stuff has been THUS far is the

fact that my hands look like I've been cuddeling a porky-pine. getting tired

of poking myself. The worst part is, I only had one lancet which I used for

a week... been extra painful the last couple of days. Too lazy to go out and

get some more... did tonight though. what a difference a new lancet makes!

LOL! And yes, I know about the sterile factor. I ignore it because I'm the

only one who touches it and durned if I'm going to use a new one every time

I poke myself... too expensive for that nonsense.

 

As for changing my diet... I haven't. but I will... come monday when I get

the kids off to school, donate the blood etc.

 

Any who, thanks for the note, I'm book marking all the good stuff that comes

my way.

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

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Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

I am so glad to hear you will try diet and exercise first!

It really isn't rocket science.

 

I am taking this herbal course by Susun Weed, my favorite herbalist,

even though she doesn't like the bluegreen algae that I swear by.

 

Susun says it is really quite easy these days to become an expert on your own

disease, what with the blessed internet and all. After all, a doctor has to

learn about a gazillion diseases, and you only have to know about ONE! You just

have to get used to paying attention to yourself.

 

Keep us posted, carry on!

 

Ien in the Kootenays

http://freegreenliving.com (blog)

 

 

[Guest guest]

kay you are sooooooooooooo me! I cant afford the strips.....you can get a super

duper glucometer for free on some sites but the strips?????? HOLY

JOE........84.00?????

 

thats considered OTC by a lot of insurance companies too and they won't cover

that....some will.

 

i'm not going to bug you about the blood sugar because I think you bp needs to

be checked regularly and they don't call high blood pressure the 'silent killer'

for nothing......trust me.....I know....

 

that was a disturbing number......and no one says you have to do this life long

if diet and excercise will fix it.......but you cannot let this go

unattended......now I lost a daughter to some unknown bacterial infection that

developed into ARDS.....you don't want infection to sneak in and then make

itself known when its dang near too late.

 

Bp....if you have a machine or a friend does......for a straight 7 days you

should take your bp 3-4 times, two in the day, two at nite and see where your

pattern is..........I can look at my husband and see his, but he blew it off

until he lost vision in his left eye and here is what you are doing.......every

time that bp is high, its taxing your body......his created an occluded vein in

his eye and he could lost his vision entirely and stroked out.....stress on ALL

ORGANS.......its nothing to play with.

 

But when its high its definatetly harming something, you just don't know what it

is yet.

 

e.......call me mommy

 

--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Kathleen Petrides <Beadhussy wrote:

 

Kathleen Petrides <Beadhussy

Re: Crap! Life USED to be fun/Ot

 

Saturday, January 3, 2009, 6:14 AM

 

Hey Ien

 

Thanks for all the good information. Lately I've become an expert on type2.

Complacent? Not exactly. Upset? Nope. Now if it was/is type 1 THEN I'll go

nuts. But it's not, my numbers are too low for that. My highest number thus

far has been a 174 (which DID freak me out a bit), but mostly tend to linger

around 135-154. I'll be donating blood on monday and find out a week later

the good or bad news.

 

Personally I suspect I won't need medication and if offered probably

won't

take it. I'll give the diet and exercize a go before admiting defeat.

 

I'm BAD with medications. Always forget them. Shoot, I cant even remember

to

put on moisteriser or body lotions. Now I've got this dumb pill for high

blood pressure. The only reason I have remembered that one so far is because

it sits next to my bed and I see it every night... and fortunately that's

when I'm s'posed to take it.

 

The only inconvienence this stupid diabetes stuff has been THUS far is the

fact that my hands look like I've been cuddeling a porky-pine. getting

tired

of poking myself. The worst part is, I only had one lancet which I used for

a week... been extra painful the last couple of days. Too lazy to go out and

get some more... did tonight though. what a difference a new lancet makes!

LOL! And yes, I know about the sterile factor. I ignore it because I'm the

only one who touches it and durned if I'm going to use a new one every time

I poke myself... too expensive for that nonsense.

 

As for changing my diet... I haven't. but I will... come monday when I get

the kids off to school, donate the blood etc.

 

Any who, thanks for the note, I'm book marking all the good stuff that

comes

my way.

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

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--

Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

Hey Evie

 

I'm taking the blood pressure medication... I weighed my options and choices

and decided that FOR NOW I'll take the medication. My strips, lancets are

covered by insurance so I'm lucky there. But it's cheaper to buy the

;ancets WITHOUT the perscription. Go figure. The strips, I got 150 for 20

bucks, so I'm happy about that. I'm STILL not changing my lancets every

time... I'll change them every few days and call it quits.

 

As for the rest... Monday is my bloods. Until then, I'm going to eat what I

want. After that, I'll behave myself until this resolves itself. I'm STILL

not convinced about the diabetes, but I'll be good until I get the

definitive word. I'm stupid/stubborn that way. ;-)

 

I can check my bp at the grocery stores, surprisingly, they were accurate.

My mother told me, that you can pop into a firestation anytime and they'll

be happy to check your bp free of charge... been too chicken to check and

see if that one is true.

 

Part of the reality is that I've never had a serious illness before and I'm

having a hard time believing it now. Especially, when, as you say, they're

" silent " .

 

I'm so sorry about your Daughter and Husband. That's a really rotten thing

to have happened.

 

No worries about me " mommy " ;-), I'm stubborn and stupid but when faced with

reality, I eventually behave myself.

 

K

 

 

 

 

 

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Kathleen Petrides

Bead Hussy

http://www.BeadHussy.com

 

 

 

[Guest guest]

ITs because of the prescription that runs the price way up, can anyone explain

WHY it must be prescribed? are they afraid we will we will OVER PIERCE?  what a

racket

 

                            IN GOD WE TRUST

 

--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Selkie <earthmotheressentials wrote:

Selkie <earthmotheressentials

Re: Crap! Life USED to be fun/Ot

 

Saturday, January 3, 2009, 5:00 PM

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

kay you are sooooooooooooo me! I cant afford the strips.....you can

get a super duper glucometer for free on some sites but the strips?????? HOLY

JOE........84. 00?????

 

 

 

thats considered OTC by a lot of insurance companies too and they won't cover

that....some will.

 

 

 

i'm not going to bug you about the blood sugar because I think you bp needs to

be checked regularly and they don't call high blood pressure the 'silent killer'

for nothing..... .trust me.....I know....

 

 

 

that was a disturbing number...... and no one says you have to do this life long

if diet and excercise will fix it.......but you cannot let this go unattended..

.....now I lost a daughter to some unknown bacterial infection that developed

into ARDS.....you don't want infection to sneak in and then make itself known

when its dang near too late.

 

 

 

Bp....if you have a machine or a friend does......for a straight 7 days you

should take your bp 3-4 times, two in the day, two at nite and see where your

pattern is.......... I can look at my husband and see his, but he blew it off

until he lost vision in his left eye and here is what you are doing....... every

time that bp is high, its taxing your body......his created an occluded vein in

his eye and he could lost his vision entirely and stroked out.....stress on ALL

ORGANS...... .its nothing to play with.

 

 

 

But when its high its definatetly harming something, you just don't know what it

is yet.

 

 

 

e.......call me mommy

 

 

 

--- On Sat, 1/3/09, Kathleen Petrides <Beadhussy (AT) gmail (DOT) com> wrote:

 

 

 

Kathleen Petrides <Beadhussy (AT) gmail (DOT) com>

 

Re: [oils_herbs_ etc] Crap! Life USED to be fun/Ot

 

 

 

Saturday, January 3, 2009, 6:14 AM

 

 

 

Hey Ien

 

 

 

Thanks for all the good information. Lately I've become an expert on type2.

 

Complacent? Not exactly. Upset? Nope. Now if it was/is type 1 THEN I'll go

 

nuts. But it's not, my numbers are too low for that. My highest number thus

 

far has been a 174 (which DID freak me out a bit), but mostly tend to linger

 

around 135-154. I'll be donating blood on monday and find out a week later

 

the good or bad news.

 

 

 

Personally I suspect I won't need medication and if offered probably

 

won't

 

take it. I'll give the diet and exercize a go before admiting defeat.

 

 

 

I'm BAD with medications. Always forget them. Shoot, I cant even remember

 

to

 

put on moisteriser or body lotions. Now I've got this dumb pill for high

 

blood pressure. The only reason I have remembered that one so far is because

 

it sits next to my bed and I see it every night... and fortunately that's

 

when I'm s'posed to take it.

 

 

 

The only inconvienence this stupid diabetes stuff has been THUS far is the

 

fact that my hands look like I've been cuddeling a porky-pine. getting

 

tired

 

of poking myself. The worst part is, I only had one lancet which I used for

 

a week... been extra painful the last couple of days. Too lazy to go out and

 

get some more... did tonight though. what a difference a new lancet makes!

 

LOL! And yes, I know about the sterile factor. I ignore it because I'm the

 

only one who touches it and durned if I'm going to use a new one every time

 

I poke myself... too expensive for that nonsense.

 

 

 

As for changing my diet... I haven't. but I will... come monday when I get

 

the kids off to school, donate the blood etc.

 

 

 

Any who, thanks for the note, I'm book marking all the good stuff that

 

comes

 

my way.

 

 

 

K

 

 

 

>

 

>

 

>

 

 

 

--

 

Kathleen Petrides

 

Bead Hussy

 

http://www.BeadHuss y.com