Guest guest Posted March 3, 1999 Report Share Posted March 3, 1999 Hi! I'm new to this list and thought I'd say hello. I've been diagnosed as diabetic for about 2 years, but only began treatment last fall. 1500 mg of glucophage daily has taken my blood sugars from an average of 275 down to an average of 110. Of course I have to watch the carbohydrate count, but it seems much easier than the old food exchange plan. I'm looking forward to participating here and hearing how all the different treatment plans work for everyone. Anyway, that's it for today! Kitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 3, 1999 Report Share Posted March 3, 1999 Hello and welcome to the list. Stormy Re: Newbie Hi! I'm new to this list and thought I'd say hello. I've been diagnosed as diabetic for about 2 years, but only began treatment last fall. 1500 mg of glucophage daily has taken my blood sugars from an average of 275 down to an average of 110. Of course I have to watch the carbohydrate count, but it seems much easier than the old food exchange plan. I'm looking forward to participating here and hearing how all the different treatment plans work for everyone. Anyway, that's it for today! Kitty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 4, 1999 Report Share Posted March 4, 1999 Hi Kitty, Am new to the list also and have been reading the posts here for about a week. Not fully diagnosed as Type II yet, but am a very suspicious character ! Am 52 yr old male with high incidence of Type II in family background and also have a Type I daughter. Using the ADA Risk Test, I scored +10, high risk, but my physician has been watching me closely by monitoring venous fasting bg and hgA1c's for about 6 months. During the holiday season I self monitored at 225 and on 2/1/99 my fasting bg was 134 with a hgA1c of 8.4. Since then I have been keeping a daily record of bg's including 2 hr pp's. Most of my readings have been coming in between 100-115, but have had a few blips at 140. Physician wanted me to continue diet and exercise until 4/1/99 venous testing. He advised that if my numbers were not where he felt they should be; he'd like me to try an oral medication. I have been trying to become informed about Type II while drawing on my daughter's Type I experience for 13 years. Matters get a little more complicated for me, because I had a cardiac catherization and they found my right coronary artery was 100% occluded with minor damage occuring on the right side of the heart. Was lucky because I grew collateral arteries (natural bypass) while the blockage was forming. Therefore, some blood flow was provided to the right side of the heart, but not full flow. Look forward to participating in this group and exchanging information and helpful suggestions. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 9, 2003 Report Share Posted October 9, 2003 Welcome Jeanne-- > I am interested in the use of dextromethorphan for pain & brain fog. What are your experiences with this drug? How much does one take? I don't want to doctor myself...I'd like info to present to my primary care physician, I doubt that dextromethorphan would be a doctor's first choice. It's an opiate derivative, the only in the group of opiates that the DEA does not control when it is used in a multiple component preparation. It's generally found in cold preparations for cough suppression. I doubt it would have much of an effect on pain. The main use is, as I mentioned, cough suppression, and it also makes you a little sleepy. That is why it is not used in over the counter drugs that say they are " non-drowsy. " When you talk to your doctor be very clear about the kind and level of pain you are experiencing. If you are just starting out with diagnosis and treatment, it's important to be frank. However, those of us with FMS and related disorders can overwhelm most doctors with our laundry list of complaints. Pick those that are most troubling and present them to your doctor. Expect and firmly insist on enlisting his/her help in dealing with them. Good luck and keep us posted. Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Hi Kimi, Another Hoosier here and from Indy. I just started at a pain clinic last week. You can email me at: mozart1143@... and I will be glad to tell you where I'm going and what they are doing. I am on the southside of Indy...how about you? Wanda Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: Eve-Marie > My temp job from hell ended and I have decided not to work for a few months -- will be seeing the doctor in two weeks to get SDI forms filled out so I can still have some money coming in while I'm resting. What is SDI? Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Hi Kimi, and welcome to the group. I am a newbie myself, (having only joined last week). This is a very friendly group who understands what you are going through when nobody else does. I hope you will enjoy it here with us. -- Newbie Hi!My name is Kimi and I live in Indianapolis, Indiana.....I will be 46 years old this week. I was very overweight and had Gastric Bypass surgery almost 2 years ago and have lost about 100 lbs....I look good and should be feeling great, but I was diagnosed with Fibroymyalgia and Osteoarthritis about a year ago. I am not doing any better with it now than I was at that time. I am looking for a good doctor that really understands Fibromyalgia and was wondering if there is anyone in my area that could recommend one. I have a Rheumatolgist that I go to and she knows about Fibroymyalgia, but she is almost too busy to be caring...if you know what I mean. I work a full time, 40 hour a week job and sometimes have a very difficult time trying to do so. Some days my body just does not want to cooperate. lol! My employer is not understanding at all and makes me perform tasks like climbing up and down on a ladder and raising my arms over my head to file....After I do this, I cannot hardly walk for weeks. This is not part of my regular job....but they are short handed in the filing department, so have made it mandatory for us all to help out. I suffer from many of the other symptoms of Fibromyalgia including Migraine headaches and IBS. I am really looking forward to being a part of this group and to learn how some of you cope with this disability.Thanks!Kimi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 SDI = State Disability Insurance. In CA, it's administered by the same agency that handles Unemployment Insurance. It's supposed to be for short-term disability up to a year, depending how much you've paid into it. I'm not currently capable of working full time -- even 20 hours a week puts me into full bedrest on the weekends -- so I'm hoping a couple of months off on disability will help me get some strength and energy back again. Eve -----Original Message-----From: Nina Sent: Monday, October 20, 2003 6:12 PMTo: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group Subject: Re: Newbie ----- Original Message ----- From: Eve-Marie > My temp job from hell ended and I have decided not to work for a few months -- will be seeing the doctor in two weeks to get SDI forms filled out so I can still have some money coming in while I'm resting. What is SDI? Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: Eve-Marie > SDI = State Disability Insurance. In CA, it's administered by the same agency that handles Unemployment Insurance. It's supposed to be for short-term disability up to a year, depending how much you've paid into it. I'm not currently capable of working full time -- even 20 hours a week puts me into full bedrest on the weekends -- so I'm hoping a couple of months off on disability will help me get some strength and energy back again. Oh, okay. In Texas we have SSI, which is in addition to Medicare. Of course, you've got to be really poor to qualify. Working poor, like me, don't. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 HI Eve-- > Reasonable Accomodation can be something as simple as short breaks every > hour, or changing the way the filing is done -- so that you can put the > paperwork in the correct order from a seated position while someone ELSE > puts the files back on the shelf or in the cabinets. And especially if > it is not a part of your normal job description, he's skating on VERY > thin ice requiring you to do something that will cause you harm. If the > work is triggering a flareup, your doctor could make a case for the > treatment being covered by worker's compensation instead of your regular > medical insurance. If your employer is reminded of these things, I'll > be he'll be much more willing to be understanding and accomodating. Go girl! You tell her. All I could do is sputter in indignation for Kim. I'm glad you know the details of how to combat such idiocy by employers. Caroline Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 ----- Original Message ----- From: Corrine Mora >I don't know how it works in other states, but here inMississippi if you make waves on a job then they getrid of you. It's the same here in Texas. I went out on sick leave to have surgery and three weeks later my boss told me if I didn't come back right away, she would fire me. I went back (three weeks early) and she fired me the second day I was there. Nina Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Well, here in California they try to do that as well -- especially now, when our economy is SO bad. I agree that laws aren't worth the paper they're written on if there's inadequate enforcement -- having worked in the Government Relations field for the past 3 years I've heard stories that would make your hair stand on end! I've learned that I can't depend on "them" -- police, government agencies, the whole lot of them -- to go out there and stand up for me unless I also open my mouth and shriek my protests and do my share of the work to protect myself. But I have managed to stay more or less steadily employed over the past 8 years while working around my health issues. I won't say it always works the way I want it to -- 6 years ago, the reasonable accomodation I was given while doing chemo was "go on disability until your treatments are over and you've recovered -- we'll continue to pay your medical insurance in full until you return". But this was after days of negotiation and proposing and rejecting other accomodations that sounded good but wouldn't have worked well when we examined them more closely. They wound up paying my insurance for 6 months, and then allowed me to ease back to work on a part time schedule for a couple of months without losing my benefits and seniority. Eve -----Original Message-----From: Corrine Mora Sent: Tuesday, October 21, 2003 7:09 AMTo: Fibromyalgia_Support_Group Subject: Re: NewbieLadies,I don't know how it works in other states, but here inMississippi if you make waves on a job then they getrid of you. Any job, any job at all can drum up bogusinfractions against an employee because we are humanand no one is perfect. I've seen it time and timeagain, if a person makes a worker's compensation claimthen the company finds a way to fire that person andthere is very little that can be done about it becauselabor laws are so lax. You can have a million laws onthe books but if there isn't an active enforcementthen they aren't worth the paper they are written on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 7, 2010 Report Share Posted July 7, 2010 Welcome! I've mostly been lurking and soaking up the openness and courage expressed in this group. I wanted to let you know that your courage moved me to actually type a response. Thanks for your courage. And thanks for being here. And thanks to everyone.  Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and hiding within myself has been my " safety net " and still " feels " very much like it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so " Hello. " -- Barbara White, MFTMarriage and Family Therapistbarbarawhitetherapy.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Welcome...it's one great thing about the internet...you are anonymous Be cautious if you need or spill your guts out Either way, you are safe here Best, VC > > Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and hiding within myself has been my " safety net " and still " feels " very much like it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so " Hello. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 I hope so, otherwise I might be in it one day. Kaivey > > > > Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and hiding within myself has been my " safety net " and still " feels " very much like it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so " Hello. " > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Thank you for telling me that you were moved to type a response. i look forward to reading more of your responses. Hang in there! > > > > > > > Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT > > principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. > > He suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent > > for decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being > > silent and hiding within myself has been my " safety net " and still " feels " > > very much like it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But > > here i am, so " Hello. " > > > > > > > > > > -- > Barbara White, MFT > Marriage and Family Therapist > > barbarawhitetherapy.com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 8, 2010 Report Share Posted July 8, 2010 Thank you. i appreciate the encouragement. > > > > Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and hiding within myself has been my " safety net " and still " feels " very much like it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so " Hello. " > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 And welcome from me, too. I have also been lurking for some time, trying to summon up the courage to post. Its often difficult to put things into words but reading others people's posts is so helful. It makes me feel not so alone. To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Thu, 8 July, 2010 3:23:13 PMSubject: Re: Newbie Welcome! I've mostly been lurking and soaking up the openness and courage expressed in this group. I wanted to let you know that your courage moved me to actually type a response. Thanks for your courage. And thanks for being here. And thanks to everyone. On Wed, Jul 7, 2010 at 5:03 PM, silentgrasshopper <stephaniepreston@ rocketmail. com> wrote: Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and hiding within myself has been my "safety net" and still "feels" very much like it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so "Hello." -- Barbara White, MFTMarriage and Family Therapistbarbarawhitetherapy .com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 thanks tojoin in and my act therapist told me the same thing, so here i am. To: ACT_for_the_Public Sent: Thu, 8 July, 2010 1:03:21Subject: Newbie Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and hiding within myself has been my "safety net" and still "feels" very much like it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so "Hello." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Welcome to you too and congrats on your courage. > >  > >Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT > >principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He > >suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for > >decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and > >hiding within myself has been my " safety net " and still " feels " very much like > >it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so > > " Hello. " > > > > > > > -- > Barbara White, MFT > Marriage and Family Therapist > > barbarawhitetherapy .com > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted July 9, 2010 Report Share Posted July 9, 2010 Nice to meet ya. > > thanks tojoin in and my act therapist told me the same thing, so here i am. > > > > > > ________________________________ > > To: ACT_for_the_Public > Sent: Thu, 8 July, 2010 1:03:21 > Subject: Newbie > > > Well, i have been working with my therapist for some time now with the ACT > principles and book. Sometimes i manage to apply ACT, sometimes i fall down. He > suggested i join and participate here in this group. i have been silent for > decades about my life of emotional, physical and sexual abuse. Being silent and > hiding within myself has been my " safety net " and still " feels " very much like > it still is. And so it is difficult to write this post. But here i am, so > " Hello. " > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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