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--- Re: Free Diabetic Supplies
I posted this a couple of days ago, but it doesn't seem to have been posted. So, here we go again... :) Howdy! Yup, I'm new to the group. I just joined about a week ago. I'm a 38 year old female, married to a Marine who currently is serving overseas in the Big Sandbox. No two-footed kids at this time (due to my numerous health problems), but we have a variety of the four-footed sort. Kitties are my passion! I have quite a variety of health issues: Type II diabetes, diagnosed 8 years ago, currently being treated with large doses of insulin (90 u. Lantus, sliding scale regular when needed) and just started Avandia three days ago; Fibromyalgia, actually diagnosed as "CFS" a couple of years ago, finally diagnosed as fibro about a year ago; hypothyroidism; depression; borderline bipolar disorder; lower back problems; carpal tunnel syndrome; Social Anxiety Disorder (as well as General Anxiety Disorder); migraines; chest pain from scar tissue resulting from a massive pneumonia attack & chest tube last year; problems with my right hip, due to several injuries; and possible Inflammatory Bowel Syndrome (not yet diagnosed, because that's the LEAST of my worries!). I'm currently on a "delightful" cocktail of 15 different meds, including the two types of insulin. I am unable to work outside the home, and in two years, (largely because we live in an area that is employment distressed; no one will pay me anything near what I'm worth, and no one will hire me because I'm "overqualified" (I have three academic degrees, including two in English & one in archaeology), and the market is super-saturated with 18-year-old mothers of multiple kids who will happily work for minimum wage.) and I have been unable to find work I can perform here at home. I love to crochet (which hasn't been often, as I've been having major problems between the CTS and Fibro). I also am an avid cook, and love to read (Koontz, King, Robert Jordan, Tolkien, Heinlein, Dan Simmons, and all sorts of other writers); I also love to play computer & console games, fish, camp, and harass my husband. Lately, since moving into this new home, I've been trying my hand at gardening (if the bloody deer would stop snacking on my plants!!) I am an avid movie fan -- I love old classics (Clark Gable, Jimmy Stewart, etc.) to current classics (Harrison Ford, Sean Connery, etc. etc.) I collect books, movies, and windchimes. When I'm not sleeping from the fibro or cleaning house, tending kitties, playing Mrs. Green Jeans, etc., I run several email list communities: one for Marine wives, one for Cajun cooks, and one for general recipes. I spend a lot of time on the computer, surfing eBay, sending/reading emails, etc. -- in fact, my hubby and I met over the computer almost ten years ago (before the internet was "the thing"). So...what else wouldja liketa know? :) ~Eri Related Discussion: Finding your underwear? (1 posts) get insured (1 posts) Certo for arthritis (3 posts) Aspirin Risks In Healthy Individuals (29 posts) Top Discussions From Our Archives Waterfall D-Mannose for Bladder Infections Re: Aspartame (Equal) and Diabetes... What's New in Weight Loss: Programs That Work - and Some That Don't Work Do you have Itch/Scratch Syndrome? Vitamin, Herbs, Extracts, and Oils at up to 30% off the Retail Price. Happiness may stave off old-age frailty Other Discussion Categories Diabetes Symptoms Health Care Policy Health Care Providers HMO Arthritis Symptoms Oops!!! Unexpected Error While Reading the Feed
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