Advice for Harry

[Guest guest]

10/15/2003

Last night:

Two hours post supper:

G 103

Lantus 17

Breakfast today:

G 122

C 15

H 10

Two hours post breakfast:

G 133

Lunch:

G 111

C 30

H 14

Two hours post lunch:

G 97

Supper:

G 97

C 17

H 8

Two hours post supper:

Walked 2.2 miles

G 95

Lantus 17

[Guest guest]

10/16/2003

Last night

Two hours post supper:

Walked 2.2 miles

G 95

Lantus 17

Celebrated by drinking beer and eating nuts.

Breakfast:

G 132

C 15

H 13

Two hours post breakfast:

G 117

[Guest guest]

hmmm. Your numbers are still rising and slightly high after eating meals so

am wondering if the lantus is not working efficiently. We seen in the past

15 units of humalog in combination with 7 units of humalog per 15 grams at

each meal keep your pre meal bgs 85 and your 2 hour post meal test at 85.

I'm not seeing this at all. did you replace your insulin? If so, we can look

into other reasons for this happening.

regards,

Re: advice for Harry

> 10/16/2003

>

> Last night

>

> Two hours post supper:

>

> Walked 2.2 miles

>

> G 95

>

> Lantus 17

>

> Celebrated by drinking beer and eating nuts.

>

> Breakfast:

>

> G 132

>

> C 15

>

> H 13

>

> Two hours post breakfast:

>

> G 117

>

>

[Guest guest]

No, I did not replace my insulin. I figure my Lantus needs to be increased.

What do you think?

Re: advice for Harry

>

>

> > 10/16/2003

> >

> > Last night

> >

> > Two hours post supper:

> >

> > Walked 2.2 miles

> >

> > G 95

> >

> > Lantus 17

> >

> > Celebrated by drinking beer and eating nuts.

> >

> > Breakfast:

> >

> > G 132

> >

> > C 15

> >

> > H 13

> >

> > Two hours post breakfast:

> >

> > G 117

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

10/16/2003

Last night

Two hours post supper:

Walked 2.2 miles

G 95

Lantus 17

Celebrated by drinking beer and eating nuts.

Breakfast:

G 132

C 15

H 13

Two hours post breakfast:

G 117

Lunch:

G 119

C 15

H 12

Two hours post lunch:

G 100

[Guest guest]

10/17/2003

Last night:

Two hours post supper:

G 181

Three hours post supper:

G 149

H 5

Lantus 17

Breakfast today:

G 108

C 15

H 7

Two hours post breakfast:

G 144

[Guest guest]

Recently, I was told that either my insulin was no longer potent or I had a

serious infection. Well, I did not heed this advice seriously enough, since

the two or three sores from carbuncles on my left leg along the length of

the shin bone from the knee to the ankle were small and under control with

topical anti-biotic ointment. Nither did my treating physician take these

sores as being devastating, when he looked at them three days ago. However

after surfing the internet regarding carbuncles and diabetes, I have

definitely changed my mind. Also I now have a total of five sores caused by

carbuncles and I am still treating them with anti-biotic ointment, but I

called my physician to report to him that I now have two more carbuncles in

addition to the sores left by the others, and I suggested to him that I

needed an oral antibiotic medication to help break the infection cycle, and

he agreed.

I will start on the oral antibiotic meds in a couple of hours and continue

them for the next ten days. I hope this puts a stop to the outbreak of

carbuncles on my leg. This is another reason why we as diabetics need to be

cognizant of our health and treatment, since even medical doctors sometimes

don't take our ailments and discomforts seriously either.

[Guest guest]

glad to see you are getting on oral meds for the infection. that should help

everything out.

regards,

Re: advice for Harry

> Recently, I was told that either my insulin was no longer potent or I had

a

> serious infection. Well, I did not heed this advice seriously enough,

since

> the two or three sores from carbuncles on my left leg along the length of

> the shin bone from the knee to the ankle were small and under control with

> topical anti-biotic ointment. Nither did my treating physician take these

> sores as being devastating, when he looked at them three days ago.

However

> after surfing the internet regarding carbuncles and diabetes, I have

> definitely changed my mind. Also I now have a total of five sores caused

by

> carbuncles and I am still treating them with anti-biotic ointment, but I

> called my physician to report to him that I now have two more carbuncles

in

> addition to the sores left by the others, and I suggested to him that I

> needed an oral antibiotic medication to help break the infection cycle,

and

> he agreed.

> I will start on the oral antibiotic meds in a couple of hours and continue

> them for the next ten days. I hope this puts a stop to the outbreak of

> carbuncles on my leg. This is another reason why we as diabetics need to

be

> cognizant of our health and treatment, since even medical doctors

sometimes

> don't take our ailments and discomforts seriously either.

>

>

[Guest guest]

BTW be careful Harry when you start to get the infection under control and

it starts to go away, you run the risk of running low blood sugars since you

have increased your insulin so be aware of this and check often once you are

on the anti biotics. You may have to adjust the insulin back down to 15

units of humalog and 7 units of h per 15 grams at each meal etc. once the

infection starts to subside letting your bgs become more stable.

regards,

Re: advice for Harry

>

>

> > Recently, I was told that either my insulin was no longer potent or I

had

> a

> > serious infection. Well, I did not heed this advice seriously enough,

> since

> > the two or three sores from carbuncles on my left leg along the length

of

> > the shin bone from the knee to the ankle were small and under control

with

> > topical anti-biotic ointment. Nither did my treating physician take

these

> > sores as being devastating, when he looked at them three days ago.

> However

> > after surfing the internet regarding carbuncles and diabetes, I have

> > definitely changed my mind. Also I now have a total of five sores

caused

> by

> > carbuncles and I am still treating them with anti-biotic ointment, but I

> > called my physician to report to him that I now have two more carbuncles

> in

> > addition to the sores left by the others, and I suggested to him that I

> > needed an oral antibiotic medication to help break the infection cycle,

> and

> > he agreed.

> > I will start on the oral antibiotic meds in a couple of hours and

continue

> > them for the next ten days. I hope this puts a stop to the outbreak of

> > carbuncles on my leg. This is another reason why we as diabetics need

to

> be

> > cognizant of our health and treatment, since even medical doctors

> sometimes

> > don't take our ailments and discomforts seriously either.

> >

> >

>

>

[Guest guest]

Thanks ,

I needed this precautionary note. I just took my glucose level again a

little while ago and instead of decreasing it is actually staying pretty

close to the previous readings which is a sign I definitely have a massive

infection. Taking 15 grams of carbs and 15 units of Humalog in the past

would take care of the 15 grams of carbs and about 70 or 80 points worth of

the pre-lunch glucose level, but not presently. I will continue to monitor

the situation closely and see how it goes.

Re: advice for Harry

> >

> >

> > > Recently, I was told that either my insulin was no longer potent or I

> had

> > a

> > > serious infection. Well, I did not heed this advice seriously enough,

> > since

> > > the two or three sores from carbuncles on my left leg along the length

> of

> > > the shin bone from the knee to the ankle were small and under control

> with

> > > topical anti-biotic ointment. Nither did my treating physician take

> these

> > > sores as being devastating, when he looked at them three days ago.

> > However

> > > after surfing the internet regarding carbuncles and diabetes, I have

> > > definitely changed my mind. Also I now have a total of five sores

> caused

> > by

> > > carbuncles and I am still treating them with anti-biotic ointment, but

I

> > > called my physician to report to him that I now have two more

carbuncles

> > in

> > > addition to the sores left by the others, and I suggested to him that

I

> > > needed an oral antibiotic medication to help break the infection

cycle,

> > and

> > > he agreed.

> > > I will start on the oral antibiotic meds in a couple of hours and

> continue

> > > them for the next ten days. I hope this puts a stop to the outbreak

of

> > > carbuncles on my leg. This is another reason why we as diabetics need

> to

> > be

> > > cognizant of our health and treatment, since even medical doctors

> > sometimes

> > > don't take our ailments and discomforts seriously either.

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Dear Harry, I have been off the computer for a few days as I was at a

convnetion. I was not surprised to hear to had an infection. I hope the

antiobiotic is working and that yur blood sugars are coming down.Drink lots

of water too!

Re: advice for Harry

Recently, I was told that either my insulin was no longer potent or I had a

serious infection. Well, I did not heed this advice seriously enough, since

the two or three sores from carbuncles on my left leg along the length of

the shin bone from the knee to the ankle were small and under control with

topical anti-biotic ointment. Nither did my treating physician take these

sores as being devastating, when he looked at them three days ago. However

after surfing the internet regarding carbuncles and diabetes, I have

definitely changed my mind. Also I now have a total of five sores caused by

carbuncles and I am still treating them with anti-biotic ointment, but I

called my physician to report to him that I now have two more carbuncles in

addition to the sores left by the others, and I suggested to him that I

needed an oral antibiotic medication to help break the infection cycle, and

he agreed.

I will start on the oral antibiotic meds in a couple of hours and continue

them for the next ten days. I hope this puts a stop to the outbreak of

carbuncles on my leg. This is another reason why we as diabetics need to be

cognizant of our health and treatment, since even medical doctors sometimes

don't take our ailments and discomforts seriously either.

[Guest guest]

10/23/2003

Last night:

Supper:

G 100

C 60

H 28

Two hours post supper:

G 65

Took a glucose tablet.

Lantus 19

Breakfast today:

G 95

C 15

H 8

Two hours post breakfast:

G 111

[Guest guest]

looking good Harry. I'm curious, is the infection starting to go away from

you taking the antibiotics?

regards,

Re: advice for Harry

> 10/23/2003

>

> Last night:

>

> Supper:

>

> G 100

>

> C 60

>

> H 28

>

> Two hours post supper:

>

> G 65

>

> Took a glucose tablet.

>

> Lantus 19

>

> Breakfast today:

>

> G 95

>

> C 15

>

> H 8

>

> Two hours post breakfast:

>

> G 111

>

>

[Guest guest]

Yes, the infection is subsiding, but there are still sores and they are

pretty well covered with nature's Band-Aid, scabs. Also there is some

slight inflammation remaining, vut it is going away. I hope it all goes

away before I go on my cruise in another week. If I run out of antibiotics

before the slight inflammation is completely gone, I will contact my

physician and request another prescription for more of the same antibiotic,

which seems to be working alright. As a diabetic, I have found that it

takes me a lot longer to heal from a wound or scrape than most folks.

Before I became a diabetic I use to heal completely in a couple or three

weeks, but now it takes me a couple or three months. It is a good thing I

had you and looking out for me, since I did not pay those little

furuncles little notice until my glucose levels kept rising and the

medicines or insulin was thought to be no longer potent, but the insulin

turned out to be just fine, when I finally got on antibiotics and fighting

this, it turns out to have been a massive leg infection, which broke out in

some scattered boils along the shin bone from the knee to the ankle. The

swelling in the calf of the leg has almost completely gone. It was a close

call, and I do not consider myself out of the woods yet. However I am doing

much better thanks to your advice. A friend, who also happens to be a type

1 diabetic, of mine told me of a time when she consulted her regular

physician regarding a very painful leg, but he saw nothing wrong. She was

having so much pain on that leg that she could hardly walk at the time, but

yet and still her regular physician did not think nothing was wrong. Two

days later she kept her regular appointment with her diabetic physician, who

immediately say that she was having serious problems and he immediately

admitted her to the hospital and started her on intravenous antibiotic drip.

It turned out she had developed osteomyalitis, and had her leg condition not

been taken seriously, she would probably have been using only one leg today

to get around. She was in the hospital for over a week. So this tells me

that even though my regular physician did not see the boils as being

something too much to worry about, I certainly started worrying him and

asking him for oral antibiotics, which he probably would not have prescribed

until it might have been too late to save my leg, which is still not out of

the woods.

So, you diabetics out there, take any wound or injury seriously. Along with

the oral antibiotic, I am also treating each sore several times a day with

an antibiotic ointment.

Thanks for being there guys and gals.

Re: advice for Harry

>

>

> > 10/23/2003

> >

> > Last night:

> >

> > Supper:

> >

> > G 100

> >

> > C 60

> >

> > H 28

> >

> > Two hours post supper:

> >

> > G 65

> >

> > Took a glucose tablet.

> >

> > Lantus 19

> >

> > Breakfast today:

> >

> > G 95

> >

> > C 15

> >

> > H 8

> >

> > Two hours post breakfast:

> >

> > G 111

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

10/23/2003

Last night:

Supper:

G 100

C 60

H 28

Two hours post supper:

G 65

Took a glucose tablet.

Lantus 19

Breakfast today:

G 95

C 15

H 8

Two hours post breakfast:

G 111

Lunch:

G 77

C 15

H 8

Two hours post lunch:

G 92

[Guest guest]

Hi Harry.

I'm glad to see the antibiotics are working. I had a strong huntch they were

since your morning bgs was good and you ate 15 grams of carbs for breakfast

and 8 units of H and your 2 hour post meal was great indicating the

infection was starting to subside. Recall my advice... be careful. As the

infection leaves, you may not need as much lantus or humalog to cover your

meals so be aware of this and check often to keep a watch on this. You were

taking 15 lantus and 7 units of H per 15 grams of carbs prior to the

infection really killing your bgs control.

Now about your passive doctor... don't even get me started on regular family

doctors!! Most of them are just as you put it, very passive and nothing to

them is a big deal. It is only diabetic specialists, such as

endocrinologists, that take every symptom as life threatening. I strongly

encourage any person seeing a regular family doctor, even if they are your

buddy for years, get to an endo man. You have to have aggressive endo care

and not passive family good old doc care *Grrrrrrr*.

About your trip Harry... I suggest that you get another prescription of the

antibiotics for the trip as a precaution. You don't want to get out at sea

and it start coming back, which often times, the infection can try to come

back with diabetics. Not normal folks, but with diabetics it can. Take this

tip serious.

In addition to this, look up on the internet, or with your doc, the side

effects of the antibiotic you are on and if there are any foods you should

not eat with it, such as sea food, shell fish, etc.

And, on a diabetic note, while you are on your trip. take your darn meter

with you!!! Your taking a vacation from life, but not from diabetes. Let me

say that again Harry so you really hear it LOL... you are taking a vacation

from life, not from diabetes. Test, and test, and test, and carb count, and

carb count, while on your trip.

You know that meats don't hurt you. I.E fish, crab meat, shrimp, (all fish

without sauces but butter is ok), cheese, veggies, etc. But, on that cruise,

your going to have fruit, sweet wines, cakes, pies, desserts, and food,

food, food, and more food. Only thing to do on a cruise is to eat and have

sex LOL. Don't throw all caution to the wind and eat and kill yourself

Harry. Have lots of sex instead LOL LOL

I'm serious Harry, take your diabetes serious on your trip. Don't eat

anything you want and kill yourself. You'll run high bgs and that high bgs

will eat at your heart! legs fighting an infection! and your kidneys!! If

you keep good bgs, you will have lots of fun since good bgs levels make you

feel good and poor bgs control beats the crap out of you physically and

emotionally. You want to enjoy your trip with your wife, right? Well then

take your meter and you keep good bgs control/levels.

take foods with you that you know are low carb and that you can snack on.

All the food they will have will be your grave!

regards,

Re: advice for Harry

> >

> >

> > > 10/23/2003

> > >

> > > Last night:

> > >

> > > Supper:

> > >

> > > G 100

> > >

> > > C 60

> > >

> > > H 28

> > >

> > > Two hours post supper:

> > >

> > > G 65

> > >

> > > Took a glucose tablet.

> > >

> > > Lantus 19

> > >

> > > Breakfast today:

> > >

> > > G 95

> > >

> > > C 15

> > >

> > > H 8

> > >

> > > Two hours post breakfast:

> > >

> > > G 111

> > >

> > >

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! yes! I love it Harry! That infection is subsiding

and bam!!! back to what was working!! yes! yes! yes! yes! Killer dude! Now

you be careful and remember as that infection goes away, get back to what

was working. Keep taking the antibiotics and get a refill for your trip.

Heck I'd get another refill and take them for another 2 weeks or so past the

infection leaving your body. You have to be aggressive with treating this

man... it is no passive matter as you know. You could have lost your leg

from this.

regards,

Re: advice for Harry

> 10/23/2003

>

> Last night:

>

> Supper:

>

> G 100

>

> C 60

>

> H 28

>

> Two hours post supper:

>

> G 65

>

> Took a glucose tablet.

>

> Lantus 19

>

> Breakfast today:

>

> G 95

>

> C 15

>

> H 8

>

> Two hours post breakfast:

>

> G 111

>

> Lunch:

>

> G 77

>

> C 15

>

> H 8

>

> Two hours post lunch:

>

> G 92

>

>

[Guest guest]

IMO stick to 15 grams and 7 or 8 H per meal for 2 days Harry just to see if

that is a correct ratio as the infection goes away. Heck, it could be less

than that since we were adjusting this ratio with an infection in your body

at the time and I didn't even know it. The infection could have been

requiring more Humalog than we need but I am thinking probably not. However,

you got to get this down before you go on your trip so keep 15 grams

constant for a few days, ok?

regards,

Re: advice for Harry

> 10/23/2003

>

> Last night:

>

> Supper:

>

> G 100

>

> C 60

>

> H 28

>

> Two hours post supper:

>

> G 65

>

> Took a glucose tablet.

>

> Lantus 19

>

> Breakfast today:

>

> G 95

>

> C 15

>

> H 8

>

> Two hours post breakfast:

>

> G 111

>

> Lunch:

>

> G 77

>

> C 15

>

> H 8

>

> Two hours post lunch:

>

> G 92

>

>

[Guest guest]

Uh oh!, I just blew this 15 gram thing by eating some nuts for a snack. I

think your advice is good, so I will keep my meals a 15 grams of carbs and

my H at 8 for the next few days.

Re: advice for Harry

>

>

> > 10/23/2003

> >

> > Last night:

> >

> > Supper:

> >

> > G 100

> >

> > C 60

> >

> > H 28

> >

> > Two hours post supper:

> >

> > G 65

> >

> > Took a glucose tablet.

> >

> > Lantus 19

> >

> > Breakfast today:

> >

> > G 95

> >

> > C 15

> >

> > H 8

> >

> > Two hours post breakfast:

> >

> > G 111

> >

> > Lunch:

> >

> > G 77

> >

> > C 15

> >

> > H 8

> >

> > Two hours post lunch:

> >

> > G 92

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Glad to hear yo are healing up-although slowly. My friedn, who is a very

uncontrolled fat diabetic has developed cellulitis on both legs. her doc

put her on an oral medication and when she went to the urgent care at

kaiser, the doc there put her on even more as it had spread-the first dosage

was not enough. It would be very wise of you, Harry to see your doc and

suggest a second dose of antibiotic. Hope you have a great cruise. My

husband aI are going on one in early December.

Re: advice for Harry

Yes, the infection is subsiding, but there are still sores and they are

pretty well covered with nature's Band-Aid, scabs. Also there is some

slight inflammation remaining, vut it is going away. I hope it all goes

away before I go on my cruise in another week. If I run out of antibiotics

before the slight inflammation is completely gone, I will contact my

physician and request another prescription for more of the same antibiotic,

which seems to be working alright. As a diabetic, I have found that it

takes me a lot longer to heal from a wound or scrape than most folks.

Before I became a diabetic I use to heal completely in a couple or three

weeks, but now it takes me a couple or three months. It is a good thing I

had you and looking out for me, since I did not pay those little

furuncles little notice until my glucose levels kept rising and the

medicines or insulin was thought to be no longer potent, but the insulin

turned out to be just fine, when I finally got on antibiotics and fighting

this, it turns out to have been a massive leg infection, which broke out in

some scattered boils along the shin bone from the knee to the ankle. The

swelling in the calf of the leg has almost completely gone. It was a close

call, and I do not consider myself out of the woods yet. However I am doing

much better thanks to your advice. A friend, who also happens to be a type

1 diabetic, of mine told me of a time when she consulted her regular

physician regarding a very painful leg, but he saw nothing wrong. She was

having so much pain on that leg that she could hardly walk at the time, but

yet and still her regular physician did not think nothing was wrong. Two

days later she kept her regular appointment with her diabetic physician, who

immediately say that she was having serious problems and he immediately

admitted her to the hospital and started her on intravenous antibiotic drip.

It turned out she had developed osteomyalitis, and had her leg condition not

been taken seriously, she would probably have been using only one leg today

to get around. She was in the hospital for over a week. So this tells me

that even though my regular physician did not see the boils as being

something too much to worry about, I certainly started worrying him and

asking him for oral antibiotics, which he probably would not have prescribed

until it might have been too late to save my leg, which is still not out of

the woods.

So, you diabetics out there, take any wound or injury seriously. Along with

the oral antibiotic, I am also treating each sore several times a day with

an antibiotic ointment.

Thanks for being there guys and gals.

Re: advice for Harry

>

>

> > 10/23/2003

> >

> > Last night:

> >

> > Supper:

> >

> > G 100

> >

> > C 60

> >

> > H 28

> >

> > Two hours post supper:

> >

> > G 65

> >

> > Took a glucose tablet.

> >

> > Lantus 19

> >

> > Breakfast today:

> >

> > G 95

> >

> > C 15

> >

> > H 8

> >

> > Two hours post breakfast:

> >

> > G 111

> >

> >

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

10/24/2003

Last night:

Two hours post supper:

G 133

I forgot to calculate the additional grams of carbs with my ten ounces of

wine and a handful of nuts just prior to supper, so my Humalog dose was

insufficient. Oh well, I will have to count better tomorrow and dose

accordingly.

Lantus 19

Breakfast today:

G 124

C 15

H 12

Two hours post breakfast:

G 143

Lunch:

G 114

C 15

H 13

Three hours post lunch:

G 73

Took a glucose tablet

Walked 2.1 miles

Supper:

G 81

C 30

H 15

Two hours post supper:

G 128

Lantus increased to 20 units

[Guest guest]

The cruise was in the Eastern Caribbean on the Royal Caribbean ship named

Explorer of the Seas. I believe the ship has around 1500 crew members and

3000 passengers. It is like a giant floating skyscraper with many

restaurants, dinning halls, theatres and shopping malls. It teaches one the

meaning of knowing no:

no sweeping

no mopping

no washing

no cooking

no making beds

no dusting

All you have to do is eat, sleep and shop until you drop. I went on several

tours on various island countries to the beach, boat rides, shopping trips.

Food and drink was every where. Just take plenty of money with you, and

things will be alright. The tips for the cabin steward, head waiter,

assistant waiter and drink server alone amounted to over $300. We took too

many clothes. There is a laundry service aboard ship, so we could have just

used it instead of packing so many clothes. We attended a couple of

broadway shows in the Palace Theatre on board. This theatre seats over 1000

persons. There are all kinds of activities to do like:

swimming, since there are several swimming pools

attending the IceCapades the ice skating show

golf

rock climbing

hot tubs

men's beautiful contest

belly flop contest

horse racing contest

of course gambling, slot machines, roulet table and card tables and craps

You get special attention from every one of the crew. Handicapped person

get first class treatment, being able to board the ship and get off the ship

ahead of all the others, which can save lots of time and hassle.

I never got sea sick, even though the ship went through a tropical storm the

first day out, where half the crew got sick from the rocking and lurching

motion of this giant ship. The ship cruised a around 25 miles per hour and

we were on deck eight, which was about a hundred feet above water. The ship

actually has 17 stories, being 240 feet high, 1050 long and 158 feet wide at

the beam.

We were fortunate enough to have a balcony in our state room which had a

king size bed and a sofa, as well as a very nice bath room and a desk and

television. It was like staying in a fancy hotel room with all kinds of

excellent service like room service and the cabin steward made towel

sculptures most nights.

It was a good trip and we have booked another one for the western Caribbean

in the winter of next year.

Re: advice for Harry

> Hi and welcome home Harry. Could you tell us a bit about the cruise?

>

> Rita

>

>

>

>

[Guest guest]

Oh Harry thank you for this wonderful and comprehensive tour of your ship.

Sounds marvelous. I'll just have to win the lottery!~ lol!.

Just having someone bring hot coffee while you are still in bed would be

grand. Smile. Funny thing is in no way would I like breakfast in bed,

just the coffee.

Rita

> The cruise was in the Eastern Caribbean on the Royal Caribbean ship named

> Explorer of the Seas. I believe the ship has around 1500 crew members and

> 3000 passengers. It is like a giant floating skyscraper with many

> restaurants, dinning halls, theatres and shopping malls. It teaches one the

> meaning of knowing no:

> no sweeping

> no mopping

> no washing

> no cooking

> no making beds

> no dusting

> All you have to do is eat, sleep and shop until you drop. I went on several

> tours on various island countries to the beach, boat rides, shopping trips.

> Food and drink was every where. Just take plenty of money with you, and

> things will be alright. The tips for the cabin steward, head waiter,

> assistant waiter and drink server alone amounted to over $300. We took too

> many clothes. There is a laundry service aboard ship, so we could have just

> used it instead of packing so many clothes. We attended a couple of

> broadway shows in the Palace Theatre on board. This theatre seats over 1000

> persons. There are all kinds of activities to do like:

> swimming, since there are several swimming pools

> attending the IceCapades the ice skating show

> golf

> rock climbing

> hot tubs

> men's beautiful contest

> belly flop contest

> horse racing contest

> of course gambling, slot machines, roulet table and card tables and craps

> You get special attention from every one of the crew. Handicapped person

> get first class treatment, being able to board the ship and get off the ship

> ahead of all the others, which can save lots of time and hassle.

> I never got sea sick, even though the ship went through a tropical storm the

> first day out, where half the crew got sick from the rocking and lurching

> motion of this giant ship. The ship cruised a around 25 miles per hour and

> we were on deck eight, which was about a hundred feet above water. The ship

> actually has 17 stories, being 240 feet high, 1050 long and 158 feet wide at

> the beam.

> We were fortunate enough to have a balcony in our state room which had a

> king size bed and a sofa, as well as a very nice bath room and a desk and

> television. It was like staying in a fancy hotel room with all kinds of

> excellent service like room service and the cabin steward made towel

> sculptures most nights.

> It was a good trip and we have booked another one for the western Caribbean

> in the winter of next year.

> Re: advice for Harry

>

>

> > Hi and welcome home Harry. Could you tell us a bit about the cruise?

> >

> > Rita

> >

> >

> >

> >

[Guest guest]

11/15/2003

Yesterday:

Two hours post supper:

G 66

Ate a 4 carb candy

Bed time:

G 80

Lantus 25

Breakfast today:

G 75

C 15

H 9

Two hours post breakfast:

G 85

Lunch:

C 15

H 9

More than two hours later:

Had a low sugar reaction, broke out in sweats and shakes.

Took a glucose tablet

Supper:

G 72

C 18

H 9

Two hours post supper:

G 109

Lantus 25

[Guest guest]

good numbers Harry! bump your lunch H down to 8 and then do a 2 hour post

test. Did you walk after lunch and maybe that caused the low sugar? Looks

like 9 H is good for now for breakfast/dinner.

Re: advice for Harry

> 11/15/2003

>

> Yesterday:

>

> Two hours post supper:

>

> G 66

>

> Ate a 4 carb candy

>

> Bed time:

>

> G 80

>

> Lantus 25

>

> Breakfast today:

>

> G 75

>

> C 15

>

> H 9

>

> Two hours post breakfast:

>

> G 85

>

> Lunch:

>

> C 15

>

> H 9

>

> More than two hours later:

>

> Had a low sugar reaction, broke out in sweats and shakes.

>

> Took a glucose tablet

>

> Supper:

>

> G 72

>

> C 18

>

> H 9

>

> Two hours post supper:

>

> G 109

>

> Lantus 25

>

>