"Patsie whats wrong?Nothingi"Girl 526 bood sugar.Diabetids no syrup,ii will kill
@Hatley (163776)
Garden Grove, California
April 30, 2011 10:31pm CST
Some of yesterdays a blur remembered only through snatches of words,come,diabetic seizure, why you slee so much?:I wokd up as the para medics came backand took me to something they called the West Tower.
I asked various people coming in and starting an I V and asking ,me :Dont go to sleeo yt." well folks expecting not to go back to my room here I was scared wide awake. I had had several shot. seems they were both insulin
an finallu about 11pm the medicien doctor introduced himself and told me I was in because of extreme high blood sugar and dehydration.oh so that why I could hardly talk and was so thirsty ,horribly thristy. So I had a lot of fluids IV and meds by mouth see,s O was actomg reallly and my tablemate Sandra left the table to get Christine and Tia to tell them I
was really ill I owe so much to her as my blood sugar was so high I was in a light coma.hankfully they got it turned around and stabilized it but the doctor whom I saw today wants me to take twice as much metformin
as I have taken, and cut way back on carbs.Also he said I almost died
yesterday sO I am not to be so careless. All this happened because server put about a cup full of pancake suryup on my french toast and like a fool who loves syrup on pancakes I went ahead and ate it .I wentup to my room and tried to mylot and could barely see I was so groggy.Then I went downstairs hopping the walk would help wear off the high, the rest as they say is history inhthis cas herstory.lol the Moral to this is all mylot diabets don't eat that sugary treat you know you shuld, the life you save will be your own. because the syrup is alreadtoo much glucose
added ot the french toast will be too many carbs for you to handle.
Yoj will handle. Its just not worthe the risk. I have handled it a bit before but she had only put on a tablepsoonful.. I went to 188 and that was even high for me but I drank a lot of water. This was a wake up call to me to cut back on my carbs.I might even lose ssome pounds
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@gabs8513 (48686)
• United Kingdom
1 May 11
Goodness Patsie what are you doing Girl
You just rest now and get better and please be more careful
I love you to bits and want you around for a long time you know and so does your little Man in the Doggie suit
He is sending lots of kisses to you
I am sending big hugs to you and please Sweetie learn from this and be careful
Love you dearly 
@ElicBxn (63594)
• United States
1 May 11
Hatley! You have to take care of yourself!
And here I was thinking of a Children's story for you to star in!
Mind you, I don't know if you were actually a children's librarian, but that's what you would be in my little story!
I'd better actually work on it so you can read it!
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@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
1 May 11
I think she would be a good character.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi elicBxn thats funny peculiar I mean. I was the childrens librarian's assistant for several years. I had to sit in on Gail's story hour and hear hear her enthrall the kids with her puppet Bobby Bunney . she was just great,and sadly she could have no children of her own. She would have made a great Mom. She raised these huge rottweilers and they slept on the bed with them. well to each his own.lol.The kids were typical of all kids that young and when she gave out treats of candy and cookies so you could hear them all over the library. They were on sugar highs and oh the noise and confusion. the older people were all kibitzing to the front desk fuming that the children were noisy. but now days it is not a cardinal sin to talk in a library and
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
1 May 11
Hi yoyo,
Thanks for letting me know about the discussion. I was reading some news and was about to log off and would have missed it for tonight. I just called Mrs. Hatley's nurse and I commented above.
Mrs. Hatley is so loved by many of us
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I'm glad that she is alright. We gotta look out for each other, ya know.@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi yoyou yes it was way too high. that docto in Fountain Valley Regional was kind but really firm. He said" you came close to dying so you must cut the carbs, next time might be too late." Also He said," I am prescribing 1000 mg of metformin twice a day instead of five hundred twice a day to help you get back in control." Yes Yoyo WorkingGurl is
an angel. And oh my reading over the discussion I posted last night yep it was raggedy I saw the errors this morning that I did not even notice last night. While they said they had got my blood glucose regualted I was still high at bedtime 224 but at least not 526.This morning the same worker handed me a plate ful of french toast butter and you guessd it
tons of syrup. I looked at her and said,"
I am sorry but I am not to eat suyrup that is no sugar free," So she gave my plate to Steve who really did seem to relish it,he who always turns
doen the syrup which i have started doing again. So I was still a little raggedy last night lol. Much better this morning. At least I d o know how to keep my blood sugar done. its a balancing act but when I am in balance I feel great and my blood sugar reading show that.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi Fwidman yes and I turned it down this morning. She had not even asked me if Iwant syrup on my french toast so she was handing me a plate swimminin syrup on my french toast. she frowned and handed it to Steve who never want syrup on his french toast. poor guy but he is at least
not a diabetic.I had been turning it down except when Tiara asked me as she would just pour a teaspoon or so so I had the flavor without the sugar.I am so lucky I survived all this.one good thing the doctor u pped my diabetic med, Metformin to 1000 mgs. twice a day instead of
500 twice a day. I feel much better under this new change.The doctor
said that I still must watch what I eat though and believe me from now on I will.
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
1 May 11
Mrs Hatley,
Oh my this is quite a scare, yes do cut back a bit, I am worried about you and hope you are okay with me calling you tomorrow. I want to call and bring you a smile if that is okay with you. I am sorry you have not been well after this but duly noted you and all of us need to be careful.
Do get some rest tonight so that tomorrow all will be better.
Oh my this is quite a scare, yes do cut back a bit, I am worried about you and hope you are okay with me calling you tomorrow. I want to call and bring you a smile if that is okay with you. I am sorry you have not been well after this but duly noted you and all of us need to be careful.
Do get some rest tonight so that tomorrow all will be better. @Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi my fellow mylotters, I did not sleep well last night as I was still
thinking how you get careless when you have a chronic disease like diabetesd and get by eating something you have not touched for months
knowing its too heavily laden with corn syrup I believe. I cannot really
blame the server as she just got in a rut,still there are some diabetics here who don't have the same mental stability as I have and would not remember that pancake syrup here is very very sweet. So they would go ahead and eat it. So maybe in a way this server is too careless as she is supposed to ask us if we want that syrup.The one who usually serves us knows I am a brittle diabetic meaning I can go low or high easier than some diabetics. AS Long as I have not gone too low I prefer staying from 100 to 140 at all times but lately I have let the numbers slide up but no more. I love being alive too much to be so careless again. Now I have to get a hold of my son and let him know too.
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@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
1 May 11
You are so welcome and glad I can call, all in the name of our dear friend. She worried me as soon as I saw the discussion.
I think whomever served her the too much syrup also has to be careful with Mrs. Hatley and the many others too, because they may not be as blessed as Mrs. Hatley and get really sick and or suddenly pass because of it.
We will all keep praying and seeing Mrs. Hatley through to be well very soon.
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@louievill (28851)
• Philippines
1 May 11
Oh both of you are so very nice people and very good friends, thank you HWG for seeing to it that our friend miss Hately is just fine and informing all of us plus the extra effort you are doing for her.
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
2 May 11
Wow, Hately, that sounds so scary! Glad to hear you're ok though. I'm not diabetic YET but when I had blood drawn in November my blood sugar was higher than normal. My sister is a diabetic and she explained a lot about carb cutting. But after reading your experience, I'm going to apply it to MY life. I hope that server gets fired--do they know they nearly killed you?
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
7 May 11
Yes, I'm a proud Scorpio (November 2nd). I'm just now learning about carbs (hanging head in shame), so I'm still at the beginning. I've really got to sit down and do some reading, then analyze what diet really is. I'll look into the glucose meter--I guess that's to check my blood level?
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@scorpiobabes (7225)
• United States
5 Jun 11
I am following some of my sister's suggestions--she was diagnosed at 32 or 33 with Type 2, which I understand is quite young. She only had to take insulin when she was pregnant, but controls it through diet. I'm trying to watch carbs (hard) and sugar intake (easier). When I go back to the doctor, I'll get my blood tested again.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Jun 11
gestational diabetes sometimes is a prelude to later full blown diabetes but not always,. I find it easier now to resist their too sweet cakes, pies and cookies remembering what that doctor told me. I do not ever want to be in that situation again.I am doing pretty good and I try to c ut w ay back on carbs.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
7 May 11
Gosh mate...you be more careful in future please...if you don't take care - no-one else will.
Thanks for this info too as I am pre-diabetic and learning slowly about this disease. It sounds like a terrible state to be in...I think you were lucky Patsie.
@MsTickle (25180)
• Australia
5 Jun 11
You'd think the kitchen would be more careful offering such sweet stuff to the residents...they should be offering fruit or sugar free dessert....using a sweetener I mean. You are due big congratulations for your will power though. GO PATSIE!!
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 Jun 11
thanks MsTickle our server in the last week has made locae suagr free substitutions for the sugary desserts others get and I make itr
a practicer to thank her for it. the guy who works in the dinner
hour has yet to learn this but I just turn down things with a no I am a diabetic.
@moondancer (7433)
• United States
1 May 11
Oh Hatley, I'm so glad that you are still with us. Please do watch what you eat. My mother is diabetic and I am always on her about watching what she eats. She does try to but she does so much love her sweets.
I am going to send you post to her as a wake up call. You are saving people by posting this and I bless you for that.
People need to read things like this so they know not to do what they know they shouldn't in the first place.
Thank you for that.
But please do what out and don't do this again. Take care dear friend and rest up. Do what you need to get better.
hugs and love to you.
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@moondancer (7433)
• United States
1 May 11
The wedding aside Patsie even though it was beautiful your health is more important. Here in the states on the tv they keep showing high lights of the wedding all the time. If you truly want to see it maybe someone with a way to copy it will do it for you.
I copied your post and sent it to almost everyone in my email address list as everyone know people that are diabetic.
You take care now and watch what you eat now.
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@moondancer (7433)
• United States
3 May 11
It's good you caught the sugary thing. You sure don't need that. I'd rather have a good natured doctor than a stern one all the time.
Take care of yourself. I hope you get the baby today.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 May 11
hi moondancer uh huh get the baby today? I am puzzled as I feel I should
know what you mean but really don't.explain p lease.
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
1 May 11
Your blood sugar was 526????
Oh wow Hatley, that is way too high, of course you probably already know that, but wow... At least it is lower, but you are right, 188 is still too high, but not as high as over 500..
I am glad you got treated before it was too late. I remember my sister wouldn't feel it coming and she would start to go into a diabetic coma, but fortunately her family was there to keep an eye on her and make sure she has her insulin..
That is too close, I hope you can get your sugar down and keep it down...
Oh wow Hatley, that is way too high, of course you probably already know that, but wow... At least it is lower, but you are right, 188 is still too high, but not as high as over 500..
I am glad you got treated before it was too late. I remember my sister wouldn't feel it coming and she would start to go into a diabetic coma, but fortunately her family was there to keep an eye on her and make sure she has her insulin..
That is too close, I hope you can get your sugar down and keep it down...1 person likes this
@carmelanirel (20942)
• United States
1 May 11
Hatley, my sister was a type two diabetic until she got mad and quit taking her meds and ate all kind of bad food. It not only put her in the hospital, but she had to start using insulin and not that this would happen to you, but she became what is called a brittle diabetic. That means that no matter what she did, her blood sugar went up and down for not apparent reason. I know, as one with a horrible sweet tooth, how hard it is too eat right, but it worth it to keep you sticking around, so now you are going to have me on your case if I hear you have eaten the wrong foods..
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 May 11
hi carm thanks so much for caring. I am really going to say no a lot
and if the servers are upset tough nuggies as my son used to say, He was by to visit me and to read me what the internet said about diabetics who do not stick to the right foods. He said he was glad I did not go into a full blown coma. also he scolded me and said when your blood sugar is too high it actually kills off brain cells. I think he also wanted to scare me into common sense.
common sense.1 person likes this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi carm me too and I believe I will as that nice doctor who read me the stern riot act also said he was changing my metformin for diabetes to 1000 mgs instead of 500 twice a d ay. This whole morning I have felt
so much better than I have for weeks. Now i must get myself to the Quest labs to have some bloodwork done so I c an go tell my primary doctor that i got my wish afterall as he kept refusing to raise my metformin. the other doctor said it would help me much more to control my blood glucose but still I must not eat stuff I know will raise my blood sugar.
That semi -coma scared the living daylights out of me as they kept asking me questions and I kept falling asleep. One man said," why you sleep like that? why you not awake so we can help you?" I wanted to say I wish I knew the hell why I am falling asleep but I guess I really knew the answer.But it was the first time this had happened to me and its going to be the last time too;.I am not on insulin as I am type two but stillif I do not eat properly Icould be put on insulin. I do know how to control my blood sugar so its just a matter of choosing wisely what I can eat here and what I cannot eat here.
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
2 May 11
Shame on you! I have honey and butter on mine. Be glad you didn't die. Glad to hear it was a wake up call for you! I believe things happen for a reason. Fate and all that! You sure tend to skim by and have the best luck. Glad it all came out okay and I will hope that you really did learn your lesson. 
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
3 May 11
hi celtic my son came to visit me today and he like the doctor said about what you did. He told me that I was lucky but next time it could kill
me so yes this has been a total wakeup call as I w as on the edge
edge of going into a coma. I have too much to live for to do foolish
'things again.Also now my table mates watch out for me too.this is funny as Sharon weights 270 pounds to my 198 , I am working on losubg weight but
she asks for more food all the time.She is a lovely person and she did save my life for su re,but I do wish she wou ld also lose some weight.She has congestive heart failure so I do wish she would
practice what she preaches.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 May 11
celticeagle I sure am not going to poop out on you as I like being alive and having fun here; I just cut my portion of rice in two and asked for a second serving of fish but they had run out. rice is on thing that some diabetics can eat and some like me just eat a few spoonfuls and our blood sugar shoots up.Sharon refused to go for any walks . as for me
I can only walk a short ehile and my injured knee starts stabb ing me with pain. this is a long p rocess why if I had just broken it it would have healed by now. I am going out on my maiden voyage with my walken after dinner tonight with my friend Nelda. I am very nervous about it but I will be fine.
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@celticeagle (166911)
• Boise, Idaho
4 May 11
And I would be so upset with you if you pooped out on me. I start going into like withdrawals or something if I don't hear from Hatley on her! Gheesh! Maybe you can get Sharon to exercise by going for walks with her and such. Sometimes its just a bummer to do things by yourself.
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@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 May 11
omy im so glad your ok. the way you describe some symptoms really makes me wonder if i dont have a slight bit of that. Sometimes im so thirsty, cant get enough water down me, but then its run run to the bathroom to pee
then i get dizzy at times and can hardly see. think i'll pass out. i dated a guy for a while with that also and he told me if he ever cant be woke up or dont seem to be alert enough to give him a shot. he kept a special shot at the house to use. Im really gald i never had to though, cause im not sure id been able to do it right. 
@GardenGerty (160663)
• United States
1 May 11
Bunnybon, as you are visiting your doctor about your other problems, ask if you have ever been tested for diabetes. Or are you on something like Lasix?
@bunnybon7 (50973)
• Holiday, Florida
1 May 11
thanks all. now i see what was meant by hardworking's comment in email. i just got here today. very slow. 
several times ive asked doctors about it but all have said no. my son says, when they do a cdc blood count they check everything. hope hes right. you seem so much better today, Hatley. im so glad for you. Love you to sweetie, as everyone else here. 2 people like this
@hardworkinggurl (37063)
• United States
1 May 11
bunnybon,
Now all your good friends here will be following you making sure you too take care of you. You know we care about you so please write down all the symptoms you are experiencing lately and do inform your doctor.
What you may not know is that many of us will instantly PM each other when we worry even the slightest bit about our dear friends here, so be prepared, we will our be looking out for you too, to make sure you are doing okay.
You know we care about you so please write down all the symptoms you are experiencing lately and do inform your doctor.
What you may not know is that many of us will instantly PM each other when we worry even the slightest bit about our dear friends here, so be prepared, we will our be looking out for you too, to make sure you are doing okay.1 person likes this
@lovinangelsinstead21 (36850)
• Pamplona, Spain
1 May 11
Hiya Hatley,
Just rest for now and get over it. I don´t know how careless they could be I don´t like syrup anyway and I found out that they put this in most of the Biscuits here as well so I have cut back on them as I have never like syrup tasting things in my life.
It is hard a bit as I had got to liking those biscuits as well.
No wonder People are having problems with their Health too they don´t realize what goes into the Food half the time.
Really glad to see that they got to help you in time.
Take care now and remember to rest lots and lots you are very strong Hatley luvya.xxx
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi lovinangels instead21 Yes I guess I am really. I know that stuff must have corn syrup in it. The new doctor I had in Fountain Valley Regional Hopsital upped my 500 mgs of Metformin to 1000 twice a day. for the first time in ages I feel so much better after Breakfast.You know I owe Sandra one of my table mates a heck of a lot as she went to the medical
b person Christine and told her I was really ill. then Christine got on the ball and took my blood sugar.526 way way too high so I was sent to ER and thus to the hospital over night I am fine now as long as I eat like I am supposed to and I will really I will. rest and mylot and being happy again all will help me to get well. I know what I have to do now and it will be easy as I never ever want to feel like that again..
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@millertime (1394)
• United States
1 May 11
Wow Hatley, it sounds like you had a really close call. I know what you mean though, it is really hard sometimes to resist the things we know we shouldn't indulge in. I have the problem of putting on weight really easily and I have to watch what I eat. I can't always indulge in the sweets, especially my favorite - ice cream, as often as I want to. If I put on a few too many pounds I go use the Atkins approach to cut back on the carbs. It's the only thing that works for me to lose weight. I'm one of those people that has to "manage" my weight. I'm so envious 
of those people that seem to eat anything they want and never gain a pound.
It sounds like you need to manage what you eat even more closely than me. There are a whole lot of people here on MyLot and I'm sure in your personal life that hope you do and are really glad you are ok.
of those people that seem to eat anything they want and never gain a pound.
It sounds like you need to manage what you eat even more closely than me. There are a whole lot of people here on MyLot and I'm sure in your personal life that hope you do and are really glad you are ok. 2 people like this
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi millertime yes I am also one who can gain weight it seems just by sniffing a donut let alone eating one. I need to lose about fifty
pounds and since I hurt my knee and was in CareHouse for 20 days I lose the first 25 pounds there as they fed me a really thought out diet for diabetice consisting of fruits and veggies and some very lean chicken, beef and soy foods. I wad down from 220 to 198 and now here the last time i was up tpp 203 so have more to lose yet. If I can lose fifteen pounds even according to my p.care doctor it will be much easier to control my blood sugar too.yes I seem to have a lot of lovely friends here on my lot.and also I found here in Gold crest.
Oh aren't those people who can eat like a pig an not gain an ounce
provoking when I have to really work to lose weight, and can put it on
by just smelling the goodies I m not to eat.I really hate to look in the
mirror and see my big butt and would love to look slim and svelte like other women even my age. My roomie is a tiny little woman shes about five two same as me but oh my G she weighed 117 the other eve when I weiht 203 and boy dis I envy her. She can wear anything and look just great in it. she is 83 and must have been pretty as a young woman as now she has no teeth so thats sunken in her face.I told my best friend Nelda about her complaining how fat she had got and we were both laughing thinking how we wish we had that complaint too. lol.
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@KrauseHome (36448)
• United States
12 Jun 11
Wow... All they want you to do is up the Metformin? Personally high blood sugars like this, with you having this type of reaction is not normal, and should be looked into more to see if there is something else there causing it. Are you having a lot of higher readings? I have learned over time that carbs can be a cause of the higher readings, but not always. And certain ones react with me differently than others. Do hope they are right in how to treat you, and wishing you the Best.
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
15 Jun 11
hi tina have not heard from you are you okay, there's so much going on in your life and with that visit to the cardiologist. I am doing great now except for a few low blood sugars now. I am now worried about you so do let us know when you find out more. please do not wor ry as I have a feeling its not going to be all that bad. I am also doing well and am going to have to see mydoctor soon for my diabetic check up.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
1 May 11
hi Kalav56 I am fine now as I am feeling myself. oh I once said that to my husband who had an awful sense of humor lol.He replied," Oh dear you shouldn't do that" then laughed when I threw a pillow at him, He knew darned well what I meant. I just sent an email to my son telling him I was out of the hospital and felt so much better.
just sent an email to my son telling him I was out of the hospital and felt so much better.1 person likes this
@CatsandDogs (13963)
• United States
7 May 11
Wow Patsie! Omg.... the idea of losing such a dear friend really scares me sweetie! I mean, I know it can happen but still, it doesn't sit so well with me. I've lost too darned many friends as it is and don't want to lose you! But there again, I can understand how it can happen, blood sugar can go up on it's own or even go down on it's own which is what happened with my dad a year ago. He had gotten up and was doing his thing in the morning. Mom heard a thump which didn't sound right and she got up and found dad in the chair all sprawled out with his tongue hanging out! It scared her big time! She called for the neighbor who is a paramedic and he came and helped get dad back to his senses before he left this world. She called us right after she called the neighbor, which we got up and threw some clothes on and flew out the door! When we got there, dad looked like he'd been ran over by a mac truck he was so pale. So now mom watches dad more closely and vise versa, which is a good thing in one sense and bad in another meaning, they get under each other's feet more often than they need to be. Bless your heart sweetie! Please do be more careful! Some of us LOVE YOU! and want you to be around a while longer!! Ok?
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@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 May 11
jo catd;a1 something wiped out my comment I was hoping that wou ldn't happen again today. I think they have to train these mexicaqn food servers to ask us if we want sugary stuff not assume we do. yes a few'lawsuits might bring the owners to their senses. they are so
money hungry they take in people who do not belong here but in nursins homes instead.lol lol
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
1 May 11
Wow Hatley, that sounds pretty scary! You need to take care my dear and avoid that syrup! I am so glad that you are OK after that.
I just returned from a week long health retreat where one person stopped taking their diabetes medication and their blood sugar dropped to safe levels during the week without it, just by eating really well. Hopefully they can keep that up now that they are back at home.
I just returned from a week long health retreat where one person stopped taking their diabetes medication and their blood sugar dropped to safe levels during the week without it, just by eating really well. Hopefully they can keep that up now that they are back at home. 1 person likes this
@RawBill1 (8531)
• Gold Coast, Australia
1 May 11
I think hat eating slowly and in particular, taking the time to thoroughly chew each piece of food is vitally important to good health as it allows the digestive system to work more effectively.
That is why some cultures seem to have less health issues even though they do not appear to eat lots more healthy foods than say the USA does. It is because their meal times are a social occasion in which they take their time and savor every mouthful.
@bounce58 (17387)
• Canada
3 May 11
This discussion is a couple of days old, so I hope that by the time you're reading this, you'd already be feeling a little better.
I'm glad that someone was able to help you. And just in time. Hope you stay away from that syrup.
I know I can't stay away (specially with hotcakes), but I hope your resolve is stronger than mine.
@Hatley (163776)
• Garden Grove, California
6 May 11
hi bounce yes I am feeling great and turning down sweet desserts is becoming very easy as I just look back on last weekend and hope terrilbe I felt. the doctor told me I came close to dying as I was almost comatose so now I have been woke up and am resolved to get back in control again.
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