Insulin, socks, limited intelligence

[tinhuvielartanis]

Dr. Adams-Hudson has put Aunt Tudi on insulin. Because of the problems with her hands, though, Aunt Tudi has been prescribed this pen that she dials the dosage and gives herself the shot. This morning, Aunt Tudi's blood sugar was 422. Uh....no...not good. So she's on insulin, at least for now. The doc wants to see her again on Wednesday. This was Aunt Tudi prior to being seen by the doctor. She has every right to look worried.





The socks I'm wearing today are a personal favourite.





I got a note from B suggesting a refurbishment of his personal site, wanting to know if I would like to hear his suggestions. Of course I would! The only problem is my limited html abilities and my total lack of skill in any other web languages. That does it. I've got to sign up for a web-development class. It's gonna kill me to admit to him that I'm a moron, but there's nothing for it! Curses.

Comments

[dferguson.livejournal.com]

I'm praying for Aunt Tudi's continued health. I got no doubt she'll be fine. She's lived with you all this time and survived, right? Gotta be a strong lady...LOL...

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Heeee!! Thanks. :)

[onyxblue1.livejournal.com]

Diabetes sucks. The pens are a lot easier to use than syringes, in my experience at least. It'll take a couple of weeks, probably, but her sugars will go down.

A couple of things that help maintain blood sugars are a diet high in fiber and drinking water. They aren't miracle cures. She'll still need insulin. But they'll help, probably, and she won't need as much insulin. Excercise helps a lot, too, even if she only goes for a walk around the block (or around Big Box Mart).

As long as she takes care of herself, she should be fine. Of course, this is coming from someone who isn't taking care of herself properly.:-P

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the tips. I'll definitely pass them on to her.

concur

[kajiracad.livejournal.com]

huge hug for A/Tudi. so far (knocking on laminate-covered particle board desktop) i've avoiding going on insulin. used to be i woke up to 240+ each day, but for over a year now a bad day for me is BG above 160.

i found that whole fiber + water thing (and of course walking)[onyxblue is a smart people!] does really work.

in fact, i made up a little saying in the early days (when getting used to eating right was hardest): if you eat your salad, you can have some cheesecake. (cheesecake being high fat, low sugar and therefore, if you must splurge, one of the better choices, NOT that high fat anything is good for us diabetics -- we're doomed to heart trouble -- but still, a person's gotta have a joy-happy break now and then).

if i eat a good salad (i'm picky: mostly i like lettuce w/tomato and nothing else) before a meal, i CAN cheat a little and have a cookie or a serving of pudding without sending my BG skyward. even better if i take a walk after!

walking helps because of those BIG MUSCLES (thighs/hips) moving -- so necessary for the insulin to be processed!! besides which, everybody can walk, even us whales! there's no rule that says you gotta walk FAST or SMOOTHLY at first...grace (for me) only comes with practice.

Re: concur

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thanks for the advice. I'm going to try to get her to walk with me starting this weekend.

[anomali.livejournal.com]

Best of luck and health to Aunt Tudi. Diabetes is definately a long, hard road.

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Yeah, she's had it for over 10 years, so I think she's been lucky to not need insulin this long. :)

[mystchainsister.livejournal.com]

Bless her heart. She does look worried.
Saying a prayer for her right this moment.
blessings to you and your house

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Thanks, hon.

[silent-druid.livejournal.com]

Sending healing thoughts to Aunt Tudi, hope she feels better real soon...

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

Many thanks, dahling.

[msmoon.livejournal.com]

Help! (http://www.livejournal.com/users/msmoon/133654.html)

[durgablue.livejournal.com]

Sorry about Aunt Tudi, I hope she is better soon.

Those are damn fine socks!

And you are so not a moron. (I doubt that Scary Barry would ask a moron for assitance.)

[falkenna.livejournal.com]

I thought html was the main language? (As you well know, I know far less than you.) Have you heard his suggestions yet, to see whether (or how far) they really are beyond what you can do now?

Scary stuff, diabetes, lots in my family, and I'm very sorry to hear about the escalation. But I'm sure Tudi will be fine if she does what she's told!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

She's very gung-ho about bettering her health, so I'm confident things will be okay. I got the first letter from B today with the initial suggestions. It's not anything I can't do, so I'm heaving a sigh of relief here.

[lausa.livejournal.com]

Just looking at those socks ought to make her feel better!

[tinhuviel.livejournal.com]

She rather enjoys my bad fashion sense.