Re: Tim, welcome ;-) ((((((Rolf)))))

[Guest guest]

Rolf,

Sorry that I was out while this was happening. I checked your email

late last night and your were bouncing. I tried to IM you and tried

to send you email at an alternate email address. I was trying for 3

hours into the night. Glad things have worked out for you. Great you

are back with us!!!!!!!

Founder " All Diabetic International "

General Manager " The Pancreatitis Place "

rehammett@...

alldiabeticinternational-owner

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/alldiabeticinternational/

http://health.groups.yahoo.com/group/ThePancreatitisPlace/

http://www.thepancreatitisplace.org/

Opinions expressed are solely my opinion and should not be mistaken

for professional medical advice.

> Hallelujah---I left for 4-5 hours---left internet on---and you all

seem to

> be back---just missed all mail from 8:15 am to 4:00pm---Guess I'll

have to

> check out the home site for the mail log....ROLF

> [alldiabeticinternational] Tim, welcome ;-)

>

>

> > In a message dated 6/7/2004 3:37:03 PM Pacific Standard Time,

> > timjones4866@y... writes:

> >

> > > Well I have just joined and guess it's international but with

mostly

> > > US members.

> > >

> > > I am type 1 and was diagnosed 2 years ago. I hope the group

will help

> > > with some of my concernes.

> > >

> > > I lead a very active life working as a manager in a local

electricity

> > > distribution company in Barnstaple England.

> > >

> > > Hi Tom, welcome! I find it so amazing that people in their

40's are

> getting

> > type 1. Things have chanced so much with diabetes through the

years. I

> am a

> > 58 year old, Mom to 6, wife to 1, grandmother to almost 7 ;-) I

take care

> of

> > my dh as a full time job, love the outdoors, camp (in an RV, no

heroic

> > measures here) swim for pleasure and exercise. I crochet when

the tv is

> on, or

> > read. TV does not hold my interest unless it is like CSI (crime

scene

> > investigation) or something that is just not fluff, a little to

learn

> maybe. Love animal

> > shows and travel scenarios.

> > I am a type 2, who has been pretty sedentary since dh broke his

back in

> 1985.

> > Our blood pressures both went from 80/60 to 135/80 when that

happened,

> our

> > weights went up, and I sat by his hospital side for almost 3

years on a

> pretty

> > regular basis. Praise God for Grandma and my older sons who took

a lot of

> the

> > responsibility on for my younger twins. Now you see, though much

time is

> > given to the family, we spend a lot of down time with Don's back

and me

> trying to

> > care for him and hold on to the last vestige of sanity! LOL

> > Happy you are able to come and go and your diabetes does not seem

to put

> the

> > brakes on for you. Do you have an insulin pump? I hear so much

about

> them,

> > and feel it must be a release from the problems that plagued

diabetics of

> the

> > past and give them much more freedom. My husband uses a

Medtronic pain

> pump,

> > with an intrathecal catheter. It is a blessing that has given us

much

> more

> > freedom than in the 10 years of hideous pain before it was

implanted. Now

> we

> > just see the pain dr every month for a " fillup " . He still has

some very

> bad

> > spells and has had 6 strokes, so we count our selves lucky and

blessed

> because we

> > do get some time off for very good behavior! LOL

> > Post as you will, we will be glad to throw any info you need your

way. We

> > have several type 1's here, and that does seem to have it's own

set of

> > differences. Wishing you a good week, hugs, Marilyn

> >

> >

> >

> >