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new to ng
Re: new to ng -- Posted by Rainey on 12-13-04 19:43
Mack® wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:52:32 -0600, "Rainey"
> Screamed something into the void that sounded like:
>
>> hello. my name is rainey. live in new orleans, louisiana. i am the
>> primary caregiver to my fiance(chris), who has had diabetes for 18
>> years.
>> this nov. 22nd, i donated my kidney to him. everything went fine, we
>> are still recovering:)
>> we just came from his eye doctors today. he has a cataract, needs
>> retina surgery in both eyes and continued laser treatments- blood
>> vessels broke from hypertension due to ESRD....
>> he is on humulog, prn and lantus, 20 units nightly.
>> i think, from the prednisone and other ant-rejection drugs, his
>> blood sugar cannot be controlled. he is already on an 1800 calorie
>> diet...what else can we do? sometimes he has to take 40 units of
>> humulog and not eat for hours until it gets more normal.
>> i guess i also came here for support, as i don't know anyone else
>> our age with diabetes or complications from it....
>> i don't know. tired and been through a lot i guess
>> nice to meet ya'll
>> rainey
>>
>
> I didn't think nl.support.diabetes was an english speaking
> newsgroup?¿? The other two are.
>
> I'm 37 been type 1 since I was 8. 30 years in a few months. It
> sounds like your soon to be, was in poor control like I was while
> growing up with this. I was able to catch the kidney problems in time
> to turn them around. All my kidney tests come back normal now. But I
> have had major problems with my eyes, neuropathy and gastroparesis.
>
> Gotta take my hat off to you. It takes a special person to give a
> gift like that.
>
> having to take his cocktail makes it very difficult to get control of
> his BGs. in which case you have to learn not to stress over not
> having perfect control. even those without complications or
> transplants don't get perfect control.
>
> an insulin pump may be of great help to him. he should look into it.
he doesn't have an endo, but as of today, his kidney doc gace us a referral
(medicare and medicaid work that way) so we go see the new endo friday a.m.
the pump is looking like a good option:)
rainey
Re: new to ng -- Posted by Maya Zuiderweg on 12-14-04 09:25
Hi Mack and other folks posting to AHD, ASD, and __regrettably__ to NL
Support Diabetes!!!
NL stands for Nederland, i.e. The Netherlands.
This is a DUTCH-speaking newsgroup.
We love to hear from y'all over the ocean. But please witha lotta sugar on
top keep yerself to X-MAS-CARDS.
Remove our Dutch newsgroup from your address please!!! We would be so
grateful, luhhhhhhhhhve y'all to death...:-)))))))
Greeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeetz, Maya
"Mack®" wrote in message
news:99lsr01t6p5h0h3fp3o9oqkqik9cv3rk2u@4ax.com...
> On Fri, 10 Dec 2004 18:52:32 -0600, "Rainey"
> Screamed something into the void that sounded like:
>
> >hello. my name is rainey. live in new orleans, louisiana. i am the
primary
> >caregiver to my fiance(chris), who has had diabetes for 18 years.
> >this nov. 22nd, i donated my kidney to him. everything went fine, we are
> >still recovering:)
> >we just came from his eye doctors today. he has a cataract, needs retina
> >surgery in both eyes and continued laser treatments- blood vessels broke
> >from hypertension due to ESRD....
> >he is on humulog, prn and lantus, 20 units nightly.
> >i think, from the prednisone and other ant-rejection drugs, his blood
sugar
> >cannot be controlled. he is already on an 1800 calorie diet...what else
can
> >we do? sometimes he has to take 40 units of humulog and not eat for hours
> >until it gets more normal.
> >i guess i also came here for support, as i don't know anyone else our age
> >with diabetes or complications from it....
> >i don't know. tired and been through a lot i guess
> >nice to meet ya'll
> >rainey
> >
>
> I didn't think nl.support.diabetes was an english speaking
> newsgroup?¿? The other two are.
>
> I'm 37 been type 1 since I was 8. 30 years in a few months. It
> sounds like your soon to be, was in poor control like I was while
> growing up with this. I was able to catch the kidney problems in time
> to turn them around. All my kidney tests come back normal now. But I
> have had major problems with my eyes, neuropathy and gastroparesis.
>
> Gotta take my hat off to you. It takes a special person to give a
> gift like that.
>
> having to take his cocktail makes it very difficult to get control of
> his BGs. in which case you have to learn not to stress over not
> having perfect control. even those without complications or
> transplants don't get perfect control.
>
> an insulin pump may be of great help to him. he should look into it.
>
> Mâck©®
> Type 1 since 1975
> http://www.alt-support-diabetes.org
> http://www.diabetic-talk.org
> http://www.insulin-pumpers.org
>
>
>
> "To announce that there must be no criticism of the
> President, or that we are to stand by the President
> right or wrong, is not only unpatriotic and servile,
> but is morally treasonable to the American public."
> ...Theodore Roosevelt
>
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