Chrystal
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Thanks for clarifying the difference between Type 2 and Type 1 diabetes. As the mother of a Type 1, it is always an uphill battle dealing with misperceptions about the types of diabetes. If I may, however, I would like to point out that the term "brittle" is not a synomym for Type 1. In my understanding, it is used at times to describe diabetics whose blood sugar swings more wildly and unpredictably than most. The term is falling out of favor, and most Type 1's would appreciate it if it were not used.
As a pediatric nurse I don't like it either, but some of the older people still use it and I just wanted there to be a clear understanding.
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As long as you don't see larvae, you're fine. :)
larvae? really?:ack2:
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If it makes you feel any better, sometimes weight doesn't have a thing to do with it.
I am 5'4" and weigh around 120 pounds and was diagnosed with diabetes, Type 2.
"Insulin resistance" is just another name for Type 2 diabetes. By defenition, Type 2 diabetes is when you cannot utilize the insulin your body makes. Type 1 is when you do not make insulin. Type 1 is also known as Juvenile Diabetes or "brittle" diabetes. Sometimes with Type 2 you just don't make enough.
I take Janumet and pretty much eat the way I did before diagnosis, which was very healthy to begin with and exercise the same, almost everyday cardio and 3 times a week strength, which is also what I did before.
I just have a strong genetic predisposition.
It happens, we accept, learn as much as we can, and move on.
Good luck.
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Well, I pan seared each side with a generous dose of cracked pepper and kosher salt, then finished in the oven for about 6 minutes. They were really good!
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My understanding of this is
aw-riss
HTH
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I, personally, like the taste better.
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Here's one:
http://www.lemonademakinmama.com/2010/08/when-i-was-kid-we-had-metal-slides.html
A place to start.
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We can switch, if you want.
I live in AL and most of our summer we were under a heat alert, temps over 100 degrees with humidity around 100%. That means you can't even go outside the door without sweating and staying wet for the rest of the day because with humidity that high it never evaporates. Of course that also means that the pool, the one spot for relief most summers, was 95 degrees and no relief at all.
Right now the temperature is about 80, but there is no sun and it is raining, so still no fun.
Oh well, we always want what someone else has. Right?:D
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I've met 3 women that it happened to. All of them were the cauterization types of ligations.
Before you consider this, really truly give it A LOT of thought. It is a permanent procedure. Though some women have had successful reversals, they are the exception, not the rule.
I have seen surgeons who actually cut and remove all of the tube except the fimbrae and there is absolutely no going back from that procedure.
Talk with your doctor about the risks of surgery and what other options are open to you.
Unless you are absolutely sure that you will never, ever want another pregnancy, find another method that works for you. That means think about what you would do if you found yourself without your current partner, for whatever reason. I have met women who were either divorced or widowed and thier new husband wanted children and they were desperate to be able to get pregnant.
Just food for thought.
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I second the take her to a doctor and have him look at it. While it could be "just a swollen lymph node" it could be something more serious. As a nurse, my mind always jumps to the worst case scenario, but better safe than sorry and if the lymph node is that tender and she is vomitting, there may be an infection going on that needs to be treated with antibiotics.
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I agree with everyone else, throw the "buckled" one away.
The other looks fine.
I have never processed anything for 85 minutes. Maybe because they were raw packed and the recipe was for a saucy tomatoe so you were cooking the tomatoes in the jar?
I don't have that recipe in my Ball book or my USDA book.
Great job on the canning. Now enter a jar in the fair and earn a ribbon. :D
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I would see a doctor. The test does leave room for error. If it is not a UTI, it could be a kidney stone that has blocked the ureter or a wide variety of other problems that need to be taken care of by a physician. Go to your local urgent care center and be safe.
Hope you're feeling better soon.
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Sending good wishes your way.
Sounds like maybe you took the pregnancy test too early. Sometimes when we are under stress ovulation takes place later, so your period would be due later.
Hoping you get the outcome your wishing for.
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If you feel that unwelcome in your own home, why subject yourself and your family to a visit at Thanksgiving?
I have reached a point in my life where I am okay saying no. If I don't want to do it, I don't.
There is nothing saying you have to accept thier offer of Thanksgiving with them. Especially if you know ahead of time that you will be miserable.
Just a thought.
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I have never had problems with the chickens that I have ordered from McMurray being incorrectly sexed.
We have a small portable Rubbermaid building on skids that we move once a week or so with chainlink panels attached with a door in one. The chickens come and go as they please during the day and we close the gate at night to keep predators out.
We don't have to heat the coop (building) and you shouldn't have to either. They will fluff out thier feathers and crowd close to keep warm. As long as they are out of the wind, they are fine left alone. My last flock took to sleeping in the trees, they were even there during a hurricane, and were fine all year round. We don't have as many belowing freezing nights as you, but they were outside in the trees. The main thing for you would be to make sure that they had water that wasn't frozen. We had to watch that a couple of times.
We go through about 1 50 pound bag of laying rations a month, $9.68, for 9 chickens. In return I get about 6 eggs a day, so over 4 dozen eggs a week.
This is the time that I usually brood chicks, but I live in Alabama and don't want to have a brood during the hot spring weather here and it is easier to warm them up with a light than to cool them down.
If you wait until spring you should be able to find chicks at the local farmer's feed or co-op or if you have a local Tractor Supply Co. they will have chicks then too. They are usually around $3 to $4 a piece that way and you can get just a few. If you order them online they are slightly cheaper, but the usual minimum order is 25 because that is the smallest number that can maintain enough heat in the box while they are shipped in the mail. I get mine in the mail and it is always fun to get that phone call around 6am telling me my chicks are here and come get them. :001_smile:
Feeding and watering are once a week chores for us as we have a 25 pound feeder (that usually every other week) and 2 5 gallon waterers close to the coop and a large water trough that the chickens can access close to the house that my husband fills up for them and our dog about every other day.
We love having them around and have had chickens now for 5 years and with the recent egg scare all of my friends are begging for eggs that I don't have.:tongue_smilie:
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There are some places where it is a delicacy.
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My dermatologist reccomended CeraVe Cream, not the lotion, the cream. Lotions contain alcohol and are drying. You can find it in the face cleanser section at Wal-Mart, not by the regular hand lotion but by the facial lotions like Oil-of-Olay.
He also reccomended that I use Cetaphil Bar Cleanser. Don't use washcloths or scrubbers. Also no liquid cleansers because they contain alcohol which is drying.
Bathe in lukewarm water daily, don't skip because you think it's drying it is actually better for your skin to be moistened daily. Then as soon as she gets out of the shower apply the moisturizer. She may also need to get a prescription for a steroid cream to apply under the mosturizer. You might try OTC hydrocortisone and see if it works if you are trying to avoid a trip to the docotor. Have her apply the steroid if needed and mosturize again before bed. The steroid is for when the symptoms are active, the rest is daily. Especially when there are not symptoms. That means the treatment is working.
HTH.
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I love my Dyson. I have had it for 7 years now and it is still going strong. I use it on my tile and carpet. I love it. We all have allergies and it has helped. I really don't use the animal attachment anymore since we got leather furniture, but when I did it worked well.
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My son never ran a fever with strep. Some people don't even get a sore throat. We had an exchange student who would get a stomach ache insead of a sore throat.
If she has come in contact with it and now has a sore throat, I would assume she has strep and take her to a doctor. This is the advice I would give any of my patients, as a nurse.
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SAT placement tests. That's what my older two took when they registered for private school after 2 years of homeschooling. Of course, they blew the test out of the water, but I think mostly the school just wanted to make sure that they were functioning at grade level.
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If you definitely ovulated in July and you didn't have a period 2 weeks later, I would assume you're pregnant.
If you want confirmation take another test. You can get them at the dollar tree in my area and don't have to wait at the county health department.
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Maybe you could talk to someone at the hospital about them paying for it if you agree to work for them in that field for a specified time?
I know a lot of our local hospitals do that with nursing classes.
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Missing his insulin will lead to Diabetic Ketoacidosis, coma, and death.
If his diabetes has progressed to the point of injecting insulin he is either not making enough of his own or unable to utilize what his body is making.
While it may not happen suddenly, DKA is the inevitable result of what he is doing. If he truly cannot afford his prescriptions there are programs out there to help him.
Encourage him to get help.
This is not something he should take lightly.
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I put down shelf paper and then once in a while I take a damp, not wet, sock and put it on the end of the broom and swipe the cobwebs. They stick to the sock and I just throw it in the washer and done. Ugh, I hate cobwebs, they give me the creeps. :tongue_smilie:
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