The Let's Help Each other Get Healthier Thread!!!

[myinnerslut]

im not contagious but i am sick. i got coxackie (pronounced cock-socky, bring on the bad puns) which means i have blisters on the roof of my mouth. damn camp kids must have given it to me as its a virus usually associated with children in camps or schools. there is no treatment other then pain managment and eating icecream is recommended. so much for my diet.

 

[HottieMama]

im not contagious but i am sick. i got coxackie (pronounced cock-socky, bring on the bad puns) which means i have blisters on the roof of my mouth. damn camp kids must have given tit to me as its a virus usually associated with children in camps or schools. there is no treatment other then pain managment and eating icecream is recommended. so much for my diet.

It's also called Hand-foot-Mouth disease. My oldest has had it!!! It sucks and it's hella painful. i REALLY hope you feel better soon.

My son really liked popsicles when he had it, BTW.

 

[myinnerslut]

It's also called Hand-foot-Mouth disease. My oldest has had it!!! It sucks and it's hella painful. i REALLY hope you feel better soon.

My son really liked popsicles when he had it, BTW.

thanks... its supposed to last 5-7 days and i started getting symptoms two days ago. that means no kissing A till next wed. good thing we have both been so busy i havnt seen him in the past two days, i would have hated to give it to him by mistake thinking i just burned the roof of my mouth or something.

 

[minx1]

im not contagious but i am sick. i got coxackie (pronounced cock-socky, bring on the bad puns) which means i have blisters on the roof of my mouth. damn camp kids must have given tit to me as its a virus usually associated with children in camps or schools. there is no treatment other then pain managment and eating icecream is recommended. so much for my diet.

Awww *hugs* Mis

I fought not to mention anything to do with cocks or socks or the fact that the 'damn camp kids must have given tit' to you.

Seriously, it sounds lousy hon. I realy hope you feel better shortly. Are you still with A at the moment?

 

[myinnerslut]

Awww *hugs* Mis

I fought not to mention anything to do with cocks or socks or the fact that the 'damn camp kids must have given tit' to you.

Seriously, it sounds lousy hon. I realy hope you feel better shortly. Are you still with A at the moment?

yes, but becuase of work we are both so tired we dont see much of each other during the week.

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Sorry to hear of your discomfort, mis, but glad - as you are - that it was diagnosed before you passed it on to A. That could have brought on some *serious* guilt feelings!

 

[minx1]

yes, but becuase of work we are both so tired we dont see much of each other during the week.

oh thats a pity....well I hope you feel better soon

 

[myinnerslut]

Sorry to hear of your discomfort, mis, but glad - as you are - that it was diagnosed before you passed it on to A. That could have brought on some *serious* guilt feelings!

im not contagious to be around, just to kiss. i must have gotten it from a water fountain or something. so no kissingA or going down on him, but i can still spend time with him

 

[Sir_Winston54]

I don't know if this is funny or not... the underlying situation isn't, I know, but the happenstance seems a tad amusing.

As y'all may know, I'm a non-insulin dependent diabetic - in other words, my blood sugar is kinda messed up, but should be controllable by a daily pill - no shots in the belly. In the two and a half years since I was told of this diagnosis, I've gotten very careless about testing my blood sugar on any kind of basis, let alone a regular basis.

Recently, though, I've felt tired and sleepy almost all the time, getting up very reluctantly, sometimes two hours after my planned time, staying up around three or four hours, then taking a nap for an hour and a half to two hours, and again getting up only with an effort. When I go to bed at night, I'm either almost instantly asleep, or I can't go to sleep for hours

The other evening, I realized at about 10 p.m. that maybe the fact that I was dizzy and somewhat disoriented might have something to do with the fact that I'd had nothing to eat in over 12 hours, and even then, it was just a couple of eggs. Brilliant me, I got out my blood sugar tester and it said my b.s. was 64 - *very* low. (No smartass comments needed about "b.s.," please. ) I ate, felt better, went to bed, blah blah blah. I've also noticed that anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes after I eat, I get very sleepy, often to the point that I lie down and take a nap.

This morning, I had a breakfast of two slices of buttered white-bread toast - not an unusual breakfast for me; it's either that, boxed cereal, or bacon and eggs, but I don't usually like to take the 45 minutes to cook the bacon and eggs, so that's about once, maybe twice in a given week. Within 90 minutes, I felt like I'd taken a massive tranquilizer - I wanted to go take a nap SO bad! The problem was - I'd been UP for less than two hours! I took my b.s., and it was 223 - waaaay too high. After my nap, it was now 3.5 hours after the toast, *and* I had taken a 1/3 mile walk up and down my hilly street, *and* the nap, another test said 209. Still waaaay too high.

I worked for a while, then took *another* nap, got up, checked my b.s. - 224? WTF? Did it again 5 minutes later - 246! Okay, something is seriously fubared here... finally, I got smart enough to get out my supplies, insert a new control tab in the tester, a new set of test strips, and checked it again - 124. Whew! It wasn't me... it was the test strips! I'm still going to check several times over the next few days, keeping track of what/when I eat and the effects eating has on the readings, but I'm feeling a *lot* better about my blood sugar... now if I could just figure out why I'm so damned tired/sleepy all the time!

 

[brioche]

I don't know if this is funny or not... the underlying situation isn't, I know, but the happenstance seems a tad amusing.

As y'all may know, I'm a non-insulin dependent diabetic - in other words, my blood sugar is kinda messed up, but should be controllable by a daily pill - no shots in the belly. In the two and a half years since I was told of this diagnosis, I've gotten very careless about testing my blood sugar on any kind of basis, let alone a regular basis.

Recently, though, I've felt tired and sleepy almost all the time, getting up very reluctantly, sometimes two hours after my planned time, staying up around three or four hours, then taking a nap for an hour and a half to two hours, and again getting up only with an effort. When I go to bed at night, I'm either almost instantly asleep, or I can't go to sleep for hours

The other evening, I realized at about 10 p.m. that maybe the fact that I was dizzy and somewhat disoriented might have something to do with the fact that I'd had nothing to eat in over 12 hours, and even then, it was just a couple of eggs. Brilliant me, I got out my blood sugar tester and it said my b.s. was 64 - *very* low. (No smartass comments needed about "b.s.," please. ) I ate, felt better, went to bed, blah blah blah. I've also noticed that anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes after I eat, I get very sleepy, often to the point that I lie down and take a nap.

This morning, I had a breakfast of two slices of buttered white-bread toast - not an unusual breakfast for me; it's either that, boxed cereal, or bacon and eggs, but I don't usually like to take the 45 minutes to cook the bacon and eggs, so that's about once, maybe twice in a given week. Within 90 minutes, I felt like I'd taken a massive tranquilizer - I wanted to go take a nap SO bad! The problem was - I'd been UP for less than two hours! I took my b.s., and it was 223 - waaaay too high. After my nap, it was now 3.5 hours after the toast, *and* I had taken a 1/3 mile walk up and down my hilly street, *and* the nap, another test said 209. Still waaaay too high.

I worked for a while, then took *another* nap, got up, checked my b.s. - 224? WTF? Did it again 5 minutes later - 246! Okay, something is seriously fubared here... finally, I got smart enough to get out my supplies, insert a new control tab in the tester, a new set of test strips, and checked it again - 124. Whew! It wasn't me... it was the test strips! I'm still going to check several times over the next few days, keeping track of what/when I eat and the effects eating has on the readings, but I'm feeling a *lot* better about my blood sugar... now if I could just figure out why I'm so damned tired/sleepy all the time!

Make sure you return those. And call the company if you can so they can get the lot number, in case they need to recall them. Is there any way you can check your meter too?

I'm glad you figured it out, and good luck on that! I just bought a small journal for my food, and a larger one for thoughts, so you won't be the only one charting away.

 

[catalina_francisco]

I don't know if this is funny or not... the underlying situation isn't, I know, but the happenstance seems a tad amusing.

As y'all may know, I'm a non-insulin dependent diabetic - in other words, my blood sugar is kinda messed up, but should be controllable by a daily pill - no shots in the belly. In the two and a half years since I was told of this diagnosis, I've gotten very careless about testing my blood sugar on any kind of basis, let alone a regular basis.

Recently, though, I've felt tired and sleepy almost all the time, getting up very reluctantly, sometimes two hours after my planned time, staying up around three or four hours, then taking a nap for an hour and a half to two hours, and again getting up only with an effort. When I go to bed at night, I'm either almost instantly asleep, or I can't go to sleep for hours

The other evening, I realized at about 10 p.m. that maybe the fact that I was dizzy and somewhat disoriented might have something to do with the fact that I'd had nothing to eat in over 12 hours, and even then, it was just a couple of eggs. Brilliant me, I got out my blood sugar tester and it said my b.s. was 64 - *very* low. (No smartass comments needed about "b.s.," please. ) I ate, felt better, went to bed, blah blah blah. I've also noticed that anywhere from 60 to 90 minutes after I eat, I get very sleepy, often to the point that I lie down and take a nap.

This morning, I had a breakfast of two slices of buttered white-bread toast - not an unusual breakfast for me; it's either that, boxed cereal, or bacon and eggs, but I don't usually like to take the 45 minutes to cook the bacon and eggs, so that's about once, maybe twice in a given week. Within 90 minutes, I felt like I'd taken a massive tranquilizer - I wanted to go take a nap SO bad! The problem was - I'd been UP for less than two hours! I took my b.s., and it was 223 - waaaay too high. After my nap, it was now 3.5 hours after the toast, *and* I had taken a 1/3 mile walk up and down my hilly street, *and* the nap, another test said 209. Still waaaay too high.

I worked for a while, then took *another* nap, got up, checked my b.s. - 224? WTF? Did it again 5 minutes later - 246! Okay, something is seriously fubared here... finally, I got smart enough to get out my supplies, insert a new control tab in the tester, a new set of test strips, and checked it again - 124. Whew! It wasn't me... it was the test strips! I'm still going to check several times over the next few days, keeping track of what/when I eat and the effects eating has on the readings, but I'm feeling a *lot* better about my blood sugar... now if I could just figure out why I'm so damned tired/sleepy all the time!

Go to your doctor and get checked please. I know from family experience that tiredness associated with eating can be a sign of heart problems. Basically it can be that the heart is draining your overall body so much due to problems it is having that the energy required to digest the food is too much for it to handle hence the need to sleep so much, especially after eating. It may be nothing at all, but please play safe and get a doctor to check you out.

Catalina

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Go to your doctor and get checked please. I know from family experience that tiredness associated with eating can be a sign of heart problems. Basically it can be that the heart is draining your overall body so much due to problems it is having that the energy required to digest the food is too much for it to handle hence the need to sleep so much, especially after eating. It may be nothing at all, but please play safe and get a doctor to check you out.

Catalina

Ugh... I'm so *glad* you pointed that out (NOT!), since I've had two little heart attacks in the last 10 years. The last one, they threatened bypass surgery if I had another , but that was 5 years ago. Maybe they've got better options now.

Well, I'm calling Monday morning to make an appointment with my primary care, and I have an EKG and appointment already scheduled with my cardiologist Wednesday, so I guess I've got it covered, at least for now.

 

[HottieMama]

Sir W....TOTALLY was gonna type what Cat said..but she did so i don't have to. Def. get yourself checked out.


My mantra for tonight:

Cookies will not make me feel less lonely....
Cookies will not make me feel less lonely....

Repeat as needed...

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Ugh... I've been up for half an hour, and I'm already ready to go back to bed.

On the bright side, as soon as I clicked into Lit, I took my meds. 10 days.

 

[reignophelia]

Ugh... I've been up for half an hour, and I'm already ready to go back to bed.

On the bright side, as soon as I clicked into Lit, I took my meds. 10 days.

Sir Winston, kudos on taking your meds.
(I've been lurking while eating cheesecake this past week-it's been a rough one. )

Have you checked your bloodsugar lately? You're really concerning me.( I work on a cardiac unit in a hospital. I'm not an MD or anything, but I see stuff all the time) Are you staying in contact with a family member or a neighbor in case you suddenly really don't feel well and need to get looked at ASAP?

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Sir Winston, kudos on taking your meds.
(I've been lurking while eating cheesecake this past week-it's been a rough one. )

Have you checked your bloodsugar lately? You're really concerning me.( I work on a cardiac unit in a hospital. I'm not an MD or anything, but I see stuff all the time) Are you staying in contact with a family member or a neighbor in case you suddenly really don't feel well and need to get looked at ASAP?

BS @ 112 when I got up this morning; 108 four hours after a bowl of frosted mini-wheats, an hour of good physical (sweaty) labor, and a 90-minute nap; 175 forty minutes after eating a pre-packaged sweet 'n sour chicken dinner (total carbs, 81g; fiber 4g, sugars 36g) for lunch. All within marginal ranges - I'll see how it looks in a little under two hours, which will be two and a half since eating the SnS chicken.

I'm beginning to think the sleep thing is the failure of my anti-depressant. The amount of sleep I'm getting is *way* beyond normal, and the constant sleepiness/tiredness reminds me of when I was *really* depressed (after 2nd divorce). Fortunately, I'll be seeing my primary care soon - probably within two weeks - and getting an EKG and seeing my cardiologist this coming Wednesday. Somewhere between the two of them is where the problem lies, I'm sure - and I'd much rather it be that I simply need a change in anti-depressant than that my CAD is substantially worse.

I have really good neighbors just down the hill, and they're aware of what's going on with me, and I have them on speed-dial They'd be more than willing to do whatever was necessary, though should I *really* feel unwell and need to be transported, 9-1-1 works pretty well, even out here in the sticks. (This from the guy who drove *himself* to the hospital ER while having his first heart attack. {But it was only 3/4 of a mile, and on a back street.})

ETA: The dain bramage is taking its toll. I completely forgot I was going to take another BS reading @ 6 p.m., and scarfed down a small helping of BBQ beef ribs and a slice of coconut creme pie at 5:30. Sheesh. But... okay, now it's two hours after that, and my BS is 137, which is not bad at all.

 

[brioche]

Sir W, if I were you, I would give my docs a call to let them know what's up so they know what to expect. It may merit moving up your appointment, and they may also want blood work or other tests done prior to your appointment due to these symptoms. Also keep an eye out for other symptoms of depression, I'm sure you know them but just in case:

Symptoms of male depression

As for myself, I saw a show while I was on the elliptical the other day that talked about separating your self-image from your body-image, and coming to terms with both. Apparently sometimes you need to allow yourself to lose weight, to believe that you deserve it. It struck a chord with me. I think that I tend to view my body as something I'm not on good terms with - especially after the PA diagnosis - I think I felt a bit betrayed. One of the reasons I am coming to accept working out may be not only because I put work into it and I see results, but also because it makes me feel more whole as a person. It's not something I like, per se, but I don't hate it anymore, and it is something I can commit to.
I think journalling may be, for me, the way to reconcile me with myself, if you know what I mean. There are also self-esteem and emotional triggers that need to be tackled. It's a big job, but I think I can start.

Finally, a tip: I was having problems with nighttime eating, so I left Points for the evening and about 9 I had a packet of flavoured instant oatmeal with raisins in it. It's something that will hang around for a while but is fairly low calorie and easy to digest. It's also only 3 points for apple cinnamon with raisins and 4 for maple and brown sugar with raisins (Quaker brand; 1 small box raisins). Just an idea.

 

[reignophelia]

BS @ 112 when I got up this morning; 108 four hours after a bowl of frosted mini-wheats, an hour of good physical (sweaty) labor, and a 90-minute nap; 175 forty minutes after eating a pre-packaged sweet 'n sour chicken dinner (total carbs, 81g; fiber 4g, sugars 36g) for lunch. All within marginal ranges - I'll see how it looks in a little under two hours, which will be two and a half since eating the SnS chicken.

I'm beginning to think the sleep thing is the failure of my anti-depressant. The amount of sleep I'm getting is *way* beyond normal, and the constant sleepiness/tiredness reminds me of when I was *really* depressed (after 2nd divorce). Fortunately, I'll be seeing my primary care soon - probably within two weeks - and getting an EKG and seeing my cardiologist this coming Wednesday. Somewhere between the two of them is where the problem lies, I'm sure - and I'd much rather it be that I simply need a change in anti-depressant than that my CAD is substantially worse.

I have really good neighbors just down the hill, and they're aware of what's going on with me, and I have them on speed-dial They'd be more than willing to do whatever was necessary, though should I *really* feel unwell and need to be transported, 9-1-1 works pretty well, even out here in the sticks. (This from the guy who drove *himself* to the hospital ER while having his first heart attack. {But it was only 3/4 of a mile, and on a back street.})

ETA: The dain bramage is taking its toll. I completely forgot I was going to take another BS reading @ 6 p.m., and scarfed down a small helping of BBQ beef ribs and a slice of coconut creme pie at 5:30. Sheesh. But... okay, now it's two hours after that, and my BS is 137, which is not bad at all.

Ok. I know 911 works pretty well, but there's that whole actually dialing the number thing. You drove yourself to the hospital?!! Tsk tsk.

I hope it really is just a matter of altering your anti-depressant.

Oye, a patient's family member keeled over due to her diabetes the other day right in front of my desk.
I heard that Mercury is in retrograde or something, and it's a full moon.
So a word of caution re: your health, and re: getting bitten by were wolves.

Ok, I've gotten my weirdness out today.

 

[graceanne]

im not contagious but i am sick. i got coxackie (pronounced cock-socky, bring on the bad puns) which means i have blisters on the roof of my mouth. damn camp kids must have given it to me as its a virus usually associated with children in camps or schools. there is no treatment other then pain managment and eating icecream is recommended. so much for my diet.

Oh, poor baby. *hug* My middle girl got that when she was 11 months old. It was hell for all of us. For one thing she's VERY lactose intolerant, so we couldn't do ice cream. She was starving, but the nipple of her bottle hurt her mouth. She kept trying to eat my food, then crying. We finally got some pudding down her, and that helped. Then the rash hit her diaper area. We finally got her to sleep by blowing on her bottom.

 

[graceanne]

Ok, I just did yesterday's foods. I know I forgot something, but with what I remembered it was 700 somethign calories. Today is a bit over 1000.

 

[Bandit58]

Went to the gym today - 20 mins on the treadmill, 20 mins on the cross trainer and then did some upper body weights for another half hour (more or less).

Fully recovered from the flu/cold that I've had for the last 6 weeks so hopefully now the weather's warming up I can get there more often. I didn't realise how much my body missed working out - exercise used to be a seriously dirty word for me but I've found I enjoy gym work and will try to take some more classes so I can figure out what ones I like enough to stick with

 

[SubKekiLee]

Ok, I just did yesterday's foods. I know I forgot something, but with what I remembered it was 700 somethign calories. Today is a bit over 1000.

GA-
be careful women should not be under 1500 calories due to our structures. Go to Calorie-Count.com and they will show you what you should do and what to eat plus it has a place to keep a food log and how to track your progess... I only at like 750 calories yesterday due to being busy so I am behind but I think I am going to reward myself and go get breakfast this am... IMO just be careful..l)

 

[Sir_Winston54]

Sir W, if I were you, I would give my docs a call to let them know what's up so they know what to expect. It may merit moving up your appointment, and they may also want blood work or other tests done prior to your appointment due to these symptoms. Also keep an eye out for other symptoms of depression, I'm sure you know them but just in case:

Symptoms of male depression

As for myself, I saw a show while I was on the elliptical the other day that talked about separating your self-image from your body-image, and coming to terms with both. Apparently sometimes you need to allow yourself to lose weight, to believe that you deserve it. It struck a chord with me. I think that I tend to view my body as something I'm not on good terms with - especially after the PA diagnosis - I think I felt a bit betrayed. One of the reasons I am coming to accept working out may be not only because I put work into it and I see results, but also because it makes me feel more whole as a person. It's not something I like, per se, but I don't hate it anymore, and it is something I can commit to.
I think journalling may be, for me, the way to reconcile me with myself, if you know what I mean. There are also self-esteem and emotional triggers that need to be tackled. It's a big job, but I think I can start.

Finally, a tip: I was having problems with nighttime eating, so I left Points for the evening and about 9 I had a packet of flavoured instant oatmeal with raisins in it. It's something that will hang around for a while but is fairly low calorie and easy to digest. It's also only 3 points for apple cinnamon with raisins and 4 for maple and brown sugar with raisins (Quaker brand; 1 small box raisins). Just an idea.

Congrats on the working out - and the attitude that it's making you feel more whole as a person! - and the decision to journal! The night-time eating tip is a good one, though problematic for me - I also have reflux, and standing instructions are not to eat for two hours before bedtime. I actually try to follow *those* instructions, LOL, because if I eat anything of substance in that time period, I end up with heartburn just bad enough to make me (1) stay awake and (2) wonder if maybe it's angina and not heartburn. (Of course, a couple of chewable antacids answer that question pretty quickly.)

Re calling about my appointment, that's on the schedule for tomorrow morning, and rather than call the appointment desk, I'm going to call directly to my nurse practitioner's nurse and give her a heads-up on what's been going on so she can talk to the NP about it before they decide when to set my appointment.

BS 102 ten minutes after getting up this morning. Pills taken even before I clicked "Lit" in my favorites!

This whole sleep thing is *really* getting annoying. It's affecting me emotionally - because I'm concerned about *why* I'm so tired/sleepy all the time - and it's badly affecting my work. Since I work at home as an independent contractor, my paycheck is directly tied to the amount of work I accomplish, and unfortunately, I can't type that crap out while I'm sleeping. (God, I wish I could - then I wouldn't have to *listen* to it! LOL) I've even gotten so desperate that I walked my golden about a half mile up and down the hills of my neighborhood yesterday evening. She was tireder than I was when we got back (maybe from pulling me up the hills? ), but it didn't seem to do a damn thing for my energy level.

Now I've been up for almost an hour, had a little breakfast, and while I'm not terribly sleepy/tired at the moment, I can feel it beginning to come on. There's something *not right* about this, and I want it FIXED, dammit!

 

[HottieMama]

Sir W...i really hope it all gets worked out for you soon. Hopefully, it's just switching up a med or something and your energy will be back to more normal levels...

As for me, i woke up to my lovely "monthly visitor" this morning...which is actually a relief because i have been PMS-like for the past week. (Read bitchy and hungry.) So i will probably eat crap today and take lots of Advil. (i get cramps so bad i can barely walk.)

 

[lk70]

Duh.

I've been wanting to drink more green tea..health benefits and all...but it's so hot who wants tea?

Yeah. Well today I figured out I can make iced tea out of it.

Anybody know anything I can take to not be so dense?