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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Tue Mar 30, 2004 11:55 pm Post subject: State of the Cat |
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For those who don't puruse my LJ, I posted this notice on Sunday night:
"I got the news last Friday that all the tests show that I've got Type II diabetes; the good news is that it's treatable with oral medications but for those to be more effective, I'll have to make some dietary changes at the least. More as I know it. "
I'm taking the meds and checking my blood sugar; meanwhile I'm up for some more tests. The good news is that this is caught early, I get yearly physicals. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
-- With apologies to Rudyard Kipling |
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Aramis Dagaz Registered User
Joined: 02 Dec 2003 Posts: 174 Location: the City of Roses
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Posted: Wed Mar 31, 2004 3:50 am Post subject: |
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Dang. Sorry to hear about that. I hope that this isn't too life-shaking. _________________ Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks--those who write new values on new tablets.
--Friedrich Nietzsche
Enter the City of Roses... |
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Cirrel Registered User
Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 265 Location: 400 miles north of everywhere
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Posted: Sun Apr 18, 2004 10:26 pm Post subject: |
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Don't know what this will do to your blood sugar, but maybe it'll boost your blood pressure.
Cirrel _________________
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SkunkFox Registered User
Joined: 14 Aug 2002 Posts: 1017 Location: Close to Houston
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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:40 am Post subject: |
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Cirrel wrote: | Don't know what this will do to your blood sugar, but maybe it'll boost your blood pressure.
Cirrel |
EDIT: I"m going to take a few clues out here - those who've read it, please don't give plot items away.
Thanks, Cirrel. <Looks to the reader> For those who are wondering, this is of a character who'll be introduced in the future of From The Wings and will become very important to one character in particular and to the plot in general. Her full name, when introduced, is Serina Starr and she's quite a femme!<turns back to writing>
Oh, and you'd best treat her well. She's had self-defence training since she was old enough to understand it and her dad's a colonel in an AUS combat branch. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
-- With apologies to Rudyard Kipling
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Tygon Site Owner
Joined: 03 Apr 2001 Posts: 2497 Location: Isernhagen, Lowersaxony, Germany
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Posted: Mon Apr 19, 2004 1:57 am Post subject: |
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Nice, Cirrel... verrrry nice. _________________ Tygon Panthera - name and species
www.planetfurry.com/~tygon/ |
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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:27 pm Post subject: Well, There's Been a Complication... |
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It seems that in going through training on how to deal with Type II diabetes, and I am making lifestyle changes (reading nutritional labels is boring but quite informative; you'd be surprised on how the carb content of "low-fat" and "healthy" snackes varies little, for the most part, from regular snacks), they noticed a condition that may just be "normal" for me or it may be an early symptom of a problem. The specialist I was referred to can't tell for certain with an external check, so Friday, 5/21, I'm going into the hospital (Harris Hospital, just south of downtown Ft. Worth) for an angiogram on my left arm and hand. I'll be kept overnight to allow the sedative to wear off (don't want to drive while impaired) and return home the next day. Naturally, I am hoping that it's a benign condition that can be let be. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
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Cirrel Registered User
Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 265 Location: 400 miles north of everywhere
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Posted: Wed May 12, 2004 11:51 pm Post subject: |
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Best of luck to you. Yep. Know about the sedatives and driving. Not a good mix. Hope the night nurse is pretty,
Cirrel. _________________
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Mapper Registered User
Joined: 21 Jun 2003 Posts: 892 Location: East coast somewhere
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 1:04 am Post subject: |
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Take care Cat. _________________
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elMaxx Administrator
Joined: 01 Dec 2000 Posts: 1127 Location: Land of Mud
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Posted: Thu May 13, 2004 11:40 am Post subject: |
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Best wishes Cat. and please do take care. _________________ [Citation Needed] |
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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Mon May 24, 2004 1:07 am Post subject: |
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If anyone's been following this, you know that I went into the hospital for some tests on Friday. Prep took a couple hours and then the tests/x-rays took another couple hours; followed by six hours in the recovery room. They sent me home by taxi and I had to take the bus back the next day to retrieve my car.
The test was an "interesting experience"; I could definitely feel when they injected the dye into my artery. While I'll have to wait until Tuesday for definitive evaluations, the doctor conducting the tests said I appeared in good shape that way with the arteries of a 20-year-old. Which means, of course, that somewhere out there is a poor, probably much debauched, 20-year-old with my 50-year-old arteries; he,(less likely "she") has my sympathies.
On a related note, I had to spend six hours on my back in the recovery room before being allowed elsewhere. My sincere appreciation to Eric Flint and Andrew Dennis for 1634: The Galileo Affair as it was a great companion after they cranked the bed up so that I could read. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
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taspacecampjh Moderator
Joined: 28 Feb 2003 Posts: 529 Location: Abilene, Texas
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Posted: Thu Jun 10, 2004 6:59 pm Post subject: |
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major wootness on the pic guys _________________
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Cateagle Site Owner
Joined: 20 Nov 2000 Posts: 1004 Location: Ft. Worth, TX
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 4:12 am Post subject: |
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Okay, the final evaluations of the x-rays were that there were no circulation problems. That's goodness.
In other matters, in the rougly two months since I started the diet/exercise/medication regimes, I've gotten my blood sugar down to normal levels and I've managed to lose 10 pounds on the way.
Not a bad way to start. _________________ "But the wildest of all the wild animals was the Cateagle. He walked by himself and all places were alike to him."
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Cirrel Registered User
Joined: 29 Mar 2003 Posts: 265 Location: 400 miles north of everywhere
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:25 am Post subject: |
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hey, hey! Congratulations!
Cirrel _________________
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Mapper Registered User
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Posted: Fri Jun 18, 2004 9:33 am Post subject: |
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Cool keep it up _________________
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