Guest guest Posted April 11, 2002 Report Share Posted April 11, 2002 Hi Colleen; Another Wisconsin Gal. Welcome. You will enjoy this group. Lots of information. Ask your questions and state your concerns we are here for you. in Pa. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2002 Report Share Posted April 11, 2002 welcome Colleen to the group good luck on your journey ! TN New here Hello I'm new here and wanted to say HI. I have meet with my gastric bypass surgeon. And tomorrow I will be having my 3rd out of 4 pretests that he wants. When all 4 of the tests are back into him, they will then START the ins process. I just turned 55 Tues and want to get on with my life. I am married with one adult child and we live in Wi Colleen Angelwomandw To Subscribe to 's weekly FREE Newsletter send an email to GBCookbook-subscribe@... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2002 Report Share Posted April 11, 2002 Welcome, Colleen! SuzieB :-) At 02:20 PM 4/11/02 +0000, you wrote: >Hello > >I'm new here and wanted to say HI. I have meet with my gastric >bypass surgeon. And tomorrow I will be having my 3rd out of 4 >pretests that he wants. When all 4 of the tests are back into him, >they will then START the ins process. > >I just turned 55 Tues and want to get on with my life. I am married >with one adult child and we live in Wi > >Colleen >Angelwomandw > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 11, 2002 Report Share Posted April 11, 2002 Welcome. I hope you will find the support and information you will need to succeed in your new journey!!!! Its a wonderful group!!! Love. Theresa > Hi Colleen; > Another Wisconsin Gal. Welcome. You will enjoy this group. Lots of > information. Ask your questions and state your concerns we are > here for you. in Pa. > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 12, 2002 Report Share Posted April 12, 2002 Hey Colleen - Welcome to the group. I am in WI, too. I live in West Bend, north of Milwaukee, and will be having my surgery at Sinai Samaritan in Milwaukee. My surgeon is Dr. Chua. Where are you and where are you having your surgery? If you prefer, you can email me privately. Jeanne in WI Age 38 Open RNY 05/21/2002 314/ /150-175 5' 8 " New here Hello I'm new here and wanted to say HI. I have meet with my gastric bypass surgeon. And tomorrow I will be having my 3rd out of 4 pretests that he wants. When all 4 of the tests are back into him, they will then START the ins process. I just turned 55 Tues and want to get on with my life. I am married with one adult child and we live in Wi Colleen Angelwomandw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 Hi! My name is Yvette and I joined this group yesterday. It seems like a very supportive group and I am happy that I have joined it. I am 37 and have had insulin dependent diabetes since I was 2 years old. I take Glucophage and use insulin to control the blood sugars, as well as diet and exercise. I do have vision problems (from retinopathy, laser surgeries, and cryo surgeries). My left eye is blind (20/400) and my right eye is at 20/50 without glasses and 20/40 with glasses. I have some neuropathy in my calves, but it is helped with massage from my boyfriend and by taking vitamins. Believe me, the vitamins really do help! I also have gastroparesis (a problem with food digesting slowly in the stomach due to damaged nerves, in otherwords it is neuropathy in the stomach) and take a medication to help the digestion. My doctor has recommended and prescribed an insulin pump for me. I am fighting the insurance to get the one I want. They are, finally after several months, going to let me have it, but I am not sure exactly when I will get it. I currently take approximately 124 units of insulin (Novolin NPH and Humalog), which will be cut down considerably once I get on the pump. I can hardly wait!! I am currently overweight (by about 70-80 pounds) and wish I could lose weight, but I love my carbs too much--and sugar. I know that they aren't that good for me, but I just can't seem to pass them up all that often! It doesn't help that my boyfriend doesn't have to worry about all of that so gets it and has it in front of me all the time. Don't get me wrong: he does love and care for me, he just knows that I can't pass those things up in the store or at home so he doesn't hound me about it and eats them in front of or along with me. Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself to all of you. This is me in a nutshell. If you want to know anything else, please ask. I am open-minded. Yvette ________________ Check out my website at: http://pages.ivillage.com/sweetie_34/yvettespersonalsite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 Welcome Yvette, I'm kind of new here myself. I was sentenced to type 2 in March. It was either that or community service. :-0 Lots of good people here. We're all in the same leaky boat. Ken > Hi! My name is Yvette and I joined this group yesterday. It seems > like a very supportive group and I am happy that I have joined it. > > I am 37 and have had insulin dependent diabetes since I was 2 years > old. I take Glucophage and use insulin to control the blood sugars, > as well as diet and exercise. > > I do have vision problems (from retinopathy, laser surgeries, and > cryo surgeries). My left eye is blind (20/400) and my right eye is at > 20/50 without glasses and 20/40 with glasses. I have some neuropathy > in my calves, but it is helped with massage from my boyfriend and by > taking vitamins. Believe me, the vitamins really do help! I also have > gastroparesis (a problem with food digesting slowly in the stomach > due to damaged nerves, in otherwords it is neuropathy in the stomach) > and take a medication to help the digestion. > > My doctor has recommended and prescribed an insulin pump for me. I am > fighting the insurance to get the one I want. They are, finally after > several months, going to let me have it, but I am not sure exactly > when I will get it. I currently take approximately 124 units of > insulin (Novolin NPH and Humalog), which will be cut down > considerably once I get on the pump. I can hardly wait!! > > I am currently overweight (by about 70-80 pounds) and wish I could > lose weight, but I love my carbs too much--and sugar. I know that > they aren't that good for me, but I just can't seem to pass them up > all that often! It doesn't help that my boyfriend doesn't have to > worry about all of that so gets it and has it in front of me all the > time. Don't get me wrong: he does love and care for me, he just > knows that I can't pass those things up in the store or at home so he > doesn't hound me about it and eats them in front of or along with me. > > Anyway, I just wanted to introduce myself to all of you. This is me > in a nutshell. If you want to know anything else, please ask. I am > open-minded. > > Yvette > ________________ > > Check out my website at: > http://pages.ivillage.com/sweetie_34/yvettespersonalsite Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 27, 2002 Report Share Posted April 27, 2002 In a message dated 4/27/02 7:19:55 AM Central Daylight Time, yvette6263@... writes: > My name is Yvette and I joined this group yesterday. It seems > like a very supportive group and I am happy that I have joined it. > Welcome, Yvette! We're glad you're here. This is a very good group with a lot of information about diabetes. Sheila Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2002 Report Share Posted April 29, 2002 Welcome, Yvette, We are a happy and supportive group and welcome you! Several members have insulin pumps,I don't know if anyone has had diabetes since they were 2. Hopefully you can give us some ideas on what to do with early neuropathy and how to prevent it. -list owner --- yvette6263 wrote: > Hi! My name is Yvette and I joined this group > yesterday. It seems > like a very supportive group and I am happy that I > have joined it. __________________________________________________ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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