Moogle

Losing a 4 legged family member is tough. Sorry for your loss. On the postive side, you never would have stayed away from the marshmallows before and you are making great choices. Keep up the good work!

I send condolences. Feel your feelings, but don't forget that good feelings sprout up at the same time.

Not a good time there!

I have to say, they take 13 vials from me. I am guessing it is similar for most of us. I dont normally get dizzy when giving blood but i can definately tell the difference after getting my nutritional panel tested.

I fully expected to get woozy, but never expected to actually pass out. In the future I'm going to have to see if I can do the draw over two visits because I am not going through that again.

Of all the fruit I've tried (which to be honest, hasn't been that many) apples seem to do the best for me. I can eat a whole small one, as long as I peel it first. Tried it once with the peel and that didn't go too well. Honestly that surprised me at first, thought the fruit sugar might be too much. But my doctor says I've been doing well and it was time for me to start eating some fruit again. I try to have one every other day.

I, of course, eat mine with a few cubes of cheddar.

Great Moogle!

Congratulations!

Congratulations. That's great!!

Welcome to Onederland! What a wonderful feeling isn't it??

@High functioning fat man I am bit nervous about the sugar. My NUT said I could have 1 serving of fruit a day and that an apple the size of my fist would be one. I don't even want to try and eat the whole thing.

Moogle, no need to be nervous about the natural fruit sugar. You have clearance for a small piece of fruit. Worrying will only diminish the good taste.

I don't know. Moogle may have huge hands and her fists could look like my pineapple fantasies! She may look all cute and innocent in her picture but you just never know

I love a good sexy knife! I'm a Henckels girl myself, but I get it!

And know where EVERY bathroom is on your regular routes to/from work and school or wherever you go...

I've uh.. had to throw a few pairs away.. which is well.. unfortunate? I'm out in the country and there is exactly one gas station on the way between my place and school and they don't have a public restroom. Thankfully that is only a 10 minute drive. Lol.

Not unfortunate at all. Soon they weren't going to fit and you were going to have to toss them anyway. You are being "proactive"!

That's great!! Congrats!

WOOP WOOP that's awesome!!! Congrats!!!

Look at you!!! awesome! Just frigg'n awesome. Congrats on all of your hard work.

My carbs have been staying steady. I stick at around 15-20 carbs a day. I think my insulin is just way too high for those numbers (50 units of Humalin) still and my doctor has been lowering it way too slowly. I didn't get much sleep last night so took a bit of a nap. Woke up in a dripping sweat. Came out and it was back down to 39. With all the tablets I had to consume today I am well over my target so now I'm worried about setting off a chain reaction. Either way, my doctor's office is getting a phone call first thing tomorrow morning.

This happened before a few weeks ago. My numbers kept dipping lower and lower so the doctor lowered me from 70-60 (not 50 - typo just realized this).

I am also insulin dependent. Was taking Levemir 80 units morning & evening, 20 units Novolog with each meal and 1000mg metformin twice daily. I found that once I got down to 15-20g carbs per day that any insulin is too much for me. My diabetes specialist and I agreed beforehand that as long as my glucose is less than 180, no insulin.

Good to hear you are doing well!

Yay! I was so happy when I could start eating normal food. Then I ate a piece of food that was too big because I clearly sucked at chewing my food to death. It took me a while to get used to it.

That's fantastic!