The Isolated Blurt BDSM Thread

[SubKekiLee]

Wow is everybody up in arms tonight... ???? Whats up HM?? You okay ??

 

[HottieMama]

Wow is everybody up in arms tonight... ???? Whats up HM?? You okay ??

Ahh..yeah..i'll be ok. Just found out some information that's not sitting well with me, at the moment.

 

[SubKekiLee]

Ahh..yeah..i'll be ok. Just found out some information that's not sitting well with me, at the moment.

Well I am here if youd like a sympathetic ear.... {{{{HM}}}}}}}

 

[northwoods_sub]

How in the world do bridges just fall down for no reason?

 

[Etoile]

Gracie, what is pred-induced diabetes? I am on much smaller amounts than you but it may be long-term. I do not want diabetes! Like Netzach, I am surprised that they are giving you pred for the ears...but I looked it up on Google and apparently it is not uncommon! I am surprised that the doses are so high though.

Many years ago before my chronic urticaria was under control, I started a countdown sequence of pred same as you - 60, 50, 40, etc. Below 20mg it was like I wasn't taking it at all. Now I find that 5mg is enough to control my CU pretty well, though the doc I saw last week still isn't real thrilled with the idea of me being on pred long-term. He wants me to do a countdown 4-3-2-1mg over the span of two months, and if the CU comes back he says we'll try cyclosporine for 6-12 months. God I love autoimmune bullshit and being sick IT'S SO MUCH FUN! (not...)

BTW, Netz and gracie, have you noticed that pred makes your pee smell funny? I started taking 5mg/day on my own and my pee smelled funny. I suspected the pred, so I stopped for a few days and the smell went away. I went back on, and the smell was back. I forgot to ask the doc about this, what's your experiences say?

 

[CutieMouse]

How in the world do bridges just fall down for no reason?

I'm guessing it'll boil down to bad engineering/structural failure... the bridge was undergoing repair work.

 

[Etoile]

I am VERY sad that my CatCam is not working. I hope I can get my money back if they can't talk me through troubleshooting it or something. What I don't understand is why it worked fine for a day or two but now it won't write to the memory card and it won't connect to the computer. WAAAAH!

(that's http://www.mr-lee-catcam.de/ for the curious)

 

[northwoods_sub]

I'm guessing it'll boil down to bad engineering/structural failure... the bridge was undergoing repair work.

My entire family lives in that area and I still haven't heard from a few......

 

[CutieMouse]

My entire family lives in that area and I still haven't heard from a few......

I'm so sorry to hear that; I can't imagine the stress. I hope you hear from them soon.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Gracie, what is pred-induced diabetes? I am on much smaller amounts than you but it may be long-term. I do not want diabetes! Like Netzach, I am surprised that they are giving you pred for the ears...but I looked it up on Google and apparently it is not uncommon! I am surprised that the doses are so high though.

Many years ago before my chronic urticaria was under control, I started a countdown sequence of pred same as you - 60, 50, 40, etc. Below 20mg it was like I wasn't taking it at all. Now I find that 5mg is enough to control my CU pretty well, though the doc I saw last week still isn't real thrilled with the idea of me being on pred long-term. He wants me to do a countdown 4-3-2-1mg over the span of two months, and if the CU comes back he says we'll try cyclosporine for 6-12 months. God I love autoimmune bullshit and being sick IT'S SO MUCH FUN! (not...)

BTW, Netz and gracie, have you noticed that pred makes your pee smell funny? I started taking 5mg/day on my own and my pee smelled funny. I suspected the pred, so I stopped for a few days and the smell went away. I went back on, and the smell was back. I forgot to ask the doc about this, what's your experiences say?

Pred is a steroid and raises your blood sugar levels. If your body produces more sugar than it can dissolve you will start passing it through your urine. Symptoms of diabetes are frequent urination, drinking lots of water and unexplained weight loss. Another symptom is unexplained blurred vision.

If unchecked, diabetes will deaden the nerve endings in your feet and hands and eyes; eventually causing blindness. Diabetics often have to get their glasses prescription changed.

If you are a diabetic and prescribed steroids, it is a pretty serious thing.

 

[northwoods_sub]

Pred is a steroid and raises your blood sugar levels. If your body produces more sugar than it can dissolve you will start passing it through your urine. Symptoms of diabetes are frequent urination, drinking lots of water and unexplained weight loss. Another symptom is unexplained blurred vision.

If unchecked, diabetes will deaden the nerve endings in your feet and hands and eyes; eventually causing blindness. Diabetics often have to get their glasses prescription changed.

If you are a diabetic and prescribed steroids, it is a pretty serious thing.

Watch out Chris your smarts are showing again...

 

[northwoods_sub]

Thanks Cutie I appreciate it.

 

[Etoile]

Pred is a steroid and raises your blood sugar levels. If your body produces more sugar than it can dissolve you will start passing it through your urine. Symptoms of diabetes are frequent urination, drinking lots of water and unexplained weight loss. Another symptom is unexplained blurred vision.

If unchecked, diabetes will deaden the nerve endings in your feet and hands and eyes; eventually causing blindness. Diabetics often have to get their glasses prescription changed.

If you are a diabetic and prescribed steroids, it is a pretty serious thing.

I am not currently diabetic fortunately. Gracie had mentioned "pred-induced diabetes" so I was wondering what that was. So perhaps the pee smell has to do with the blood sugar levels, but I don't have diabetes. I know some diabetics who have had feet and legs amputated, too.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Watch out Chris your smarts are showing again...

Damn it.. I just wanna be a lovable lil redneck Dom...

I'm pretty familiar with the subject matter. I just did a 12 day stint on pred myself because of my back. I'm also type 2 diabetic and was married to a dietitian.

 

[Bandit58]

Damn it.. I just wanna be a lovable lil redneck Dom...

I'm pretty familiar with the subject matter. I just did a 12 day stint on pred myself because of my back. I'm also type 2 diabetic and was married to a dietitian.

Master Gil is a Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetic and has been since He was 21 - well that was when it was diagnosed.....He now has kidney failure. He still has very sensitive feet though, luckily

We will be getting the home haemodialysis machine very soon - joy no more early mornings to get to the training centre

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Master Gil is a Type 1 (insulin dependent) diabetic and has been since He was 21 - well that was when it was diagnosed.....He now has kidney failure. He still has very sensitive feet though, luckily

We will be getting the home haemodialysis machine very soon - joy no more early mornings to get to the training centre

I had my kidneys tested when I was first diagnosed. I think I went no more than 6 months unchecked. No permanent damage -- thank goodness.

You have my sympathies.

 

[CutieMouse]

So... before I left the DR, J requested that I put together a 3 ring binder of 100 menues (half for 2; half for 4+), and a second binder of recipes, so that we can sit down once a week and he can decide how often he wants to dine at home/what we'll have. (The man obviously paid attention when I explained to him that I'm really anal about my kitchen and my cooking. )

I'm such the geek; I love doing stuff like this. I'm being so very me - the menus are broken down by number, with a corresponding number attached to the start of the recipe page; every menu is formatted the same (beverage, main course, bread, salad/veggies, dessert - if possible) with the recipes arranged in the same manner; the tail end of the recipe section for each menu has a shopping list broken down by pantry, produce, meat and dairy.

I've started with the menus for two (because cooking for two is a much bigger pain in the rear than cooking for 4-6+), and I found the coolest freaking cookbook on the PLANET at the library: Small Batch Baking - 90% of the recipes make only 1-2 servings.

You can't cut down recipes for baking like you can for a main course or side dish - baking is an art as much as it is a science, so if you just half or quarter something, odds are you'll flub it up (I love love love to bake); I was prepared to only add dessert to the larger menu list and mostly do a weekly batch of cookies (the poor man had *never* had a cookie fresh from the oven before he met me), but now I don't have to limit myself to that!

It's so freaking cute! Pineapple upside down cakes baked in jumbo muffin tins, and mini bunt cakes, and indvidual cherry crostatas, and chocolate zucchini breads, and tortes, and flans, and olive breads...squeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

 

[Yang4yin]

Gee, I'm getting hungry!

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Gee, I'm getting hungry!

I think she should have us over for dinner.. don't you?

 

[BiBunny]

So... before I left the DR, J requested that I put together a 3 ring binder of 100 menues (half for 2; half for 4+), and a second binder of recipes, so that we can sit down once a week and he can decide how often he wants to dine at home/what we'll have. (The man obviously paid attention when I explained to him that I'm really anal about my kitchen and my cooking. )

I'm such the geek; I love doing stuff like this. I'm being so very me - the menus are broken down by number, with a corresponding number attached to the start of the recipe page; every menu is formatted the same (beverage, main course, bread, salad/veggies, dessert - if possible) with the recipes arranged in the same manner; the tail end of the recipe section for each menu has a shopping list broken down by pantry, produce, meat and dairy.

I've started with the menus for two (because cooking for two is a much bigger pain in the rear than cooking for 4-6+), and I found the coolest freaking cookbook on the PLANET at the library: Small Batch Baking - 90% of the recipes make only 1-2 servings.

You can't cut down recipes for baking like you can for a main course or side dish - baking is an art as much as it is a science, so if you just half or quarter something, odds are you'll flub it up (I love love love to bake); I was prepared to only add dessert to the larger menu list and mostly do a weekly batch of cookies (the poor man had *never* had a cookie fresh from the oven before he met me), but now I don't have to limit myself to that!

It's so freaking cute! Pineapple upside down cakes baked in jumbo muffin tins, and mini bunt cakes, and indvidual cherry crostatas, and chocolate zucchini breads, and tortes, and flans, and olive breads...squeeeeeeeee!!!!!!

Do you (or does he) like cheesecake? My friend who's causing the drama in my life makes awesome mini-cheesecakes in muffin tins. I could get the recipe for them if you like. They can be topped with anything, but the turtle ones are to die for. *Drool*

 

[Netzach]

Gracie, what is pred-induced diabetes? I am on much smaller amounts than you but it may be long-term. I do not want diabetes! Like Netzach, I am surprised that they are giving you pred for the ears...but I looked it up on Google and apparently it is not uncommon! I am surprised that the doses are so high though.

Many years ago before my chronic urticaria was under control, I started a countdown sequence of pred same as you - 60, 50, 40, etc. Below 20mg it was like I wasn't taking it at all. Now I find that 5mg is enough to control my CU pretty well, though the doc I saw last week still isn't real thrilled with the idea of me being on pred long-term. He wants me to do a countdown 4-3-2-1mg over the span of two months, and if the CU comes back he says we'll try cyclosporine for 6-12 months. God I love autoimmune bullshit and being sick IT'S SO MUCH FUN! (not...)

BTW, Netz and gracie, have you noticed that pred makes your pee smell funny? I started taking 5mg/day on my own and my pee smelled funny. I suspected the pred, so I stopped for a few days and the smell went away. I went back on, and the smell was back. I forgot to ask the doc about this, what's your experiences say?

Cyclo? Wow, the only person I know who went on that had UC and was failing every other med and hospitalized. I'd definitely do some reading and try and figure out if the risk/benefit is acceptable to you.

Prednisone made my pee smell funny. At 40+mgs for almost a year, it made my sweat smell like a butch man's, gave me a unibrow and Cushing's, acne on my back, and I personally think it made my hair fall out, not the mercaptopurine. I also heard voices singing a lot of the time, but was able to attribute it to the med, happily. (no voices before or since)

If someone said "I'm growing a second head and it sounds like Vincent Price - could that be a prednisone side effect?" I'd agree that it might be. And then there's my grandmother who's on the stuff and shows not one single side effect, not ONE. It helps her CD and that's it.

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Do you (or does he) like cheesecake? My friend who's causing the drama in my life makes awesome mini-cheesecakes in muffin tins. I could get the recipe for them if you like. They can be topped with anything, but the turtle ones are to die for. *Drool*

What the hell?? Am I chopped liver up here? How come you never offered me that sort of thing??

 

[BiBunny]

What the hell?? Am I chopped liver up here? How come you never offered me that sort of thing??

I didn't know you liked cheesecake. Sorry.

 

[northwoods_sub]

There is someone who doesn't like cheesecake!!!!!!! Quick check if they are breathing!!

 

[Chris_Xavier]

Sorry.

I knew that....