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08/12/2005 02:49:42 PM · #1 |
Well, I'm home taking care of the little woman who's out with a nasty cold. Just finished making the afternoon soup and toast delivery. It just occurred to me she's got me trained but good now.
When we first met we had very different ways of coping with colds. She was the pamper type, wanting to bring or be brought soup, kleenex, medicine, etc. Always checking in or wanting someone to see if the pillow needs fluffing or another blanket is needed.
I on the other hand was the complete opposite. When I was sick I wanted the door locked, I didn't want to see or talk to anyone, I didn't eat or drink, and basically cocooned myself until it was over. If someone else was sick in my house I avoided them, well, like the plague. I actually kind of resented the people who would enter into common spaces when they were sick as if they were committing some biological attack on the rest of us.
But now, like I said, I've been trained. She informed me of the pending cold and the subconscious took over. I stayed home, went to the store and stocked up on soup, saltines, and medicine. Wasn't till I was propping her up so she could have the soup that it sunk in. It was a whoa moment. How the hell did I get here?!? lol Strange how people change each other.
So just curious, are you more of the nurture type or the crawl away and die type? |
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08/12/2005 02:54:41 PM · #2 |
I'm more of the "ignore it and get on with it type."
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08/12/2005 02:57:21 PM · #3 |
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
How the hell did I get here?!? |
You got married before it was voted on by members of DPC.
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
So just curious, are you more of the nurture type or the crawl away and die type? |
I'm the never get sick guy unless its fatal and I laff at you people that get sick. IF I get sick I usually end up colapsing where ever it is I am and being rushed to a hospital for some great meds. but this rarely happens. God forbid I ever get married I have to hire a nanny cuz there's no way in hell I can change a rotten ass of a baby. Funny how things are... I don't mind seeing someone get killed but the smell of a stinky baby ass drops me like a pancake.
Hope this answers your question.
Message edited by author 2005-08-12 15:02:12.
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08/12/2005 02:59:57 PM · #4 |
| I'm definately the crawl away type. Give me my bed, my music or a book if I feel like reading...and leave me alone. What I appreciate from my spouse more than anything when I'm sick is that he takes care of all the stuff I should be taking care of. He does all the cooking, cleaning, getting kids to bed..that sort of thing. He knows that if I need anything, I'll ask. Other than that, just leave me alone. |
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08/12/2005 03:04:51 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by notonline:
I don't mind seeing someone get killed but the smell of a stinky baby ass drops me like a pancake. |
Just wait till you have a boy and you get diaper duty and the cool breeze hitting him causes a reaction that hits you in the face. That will definitely drop you like a pancake. |
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08/12/2005 03:12:58 PM · #6 |
I'm a mom... I'm not allowed to be sick. ;)
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08/12/2005 03:15:22 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
Originally posted by notonline:
I don't mind seeing someone get killed but the smell of a stinky baby ass drops me like a pancake. |
Just wait till you have a boy and you get diaper duty and the cool breeze hitting him causes a reaction that hits you in the face. That will definitely drop you like a pancake. |
Mate I'm telling you. I WILL be hiring a nanny for ALL the reasons listed above. I seriously can't do it. I can't even pick up after a dog which is why I have a dog walking service.
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08/12/2005 03:59:10 PM · #8 |
since i have been with my wife I have not been REALLY sick, just a minor cold. the kind where I just want to take some nyquil and go to sleep. When I am really sick I am usually just quite and calm, veggin out on the couch or in the bed.
But my wife has been sick alot and she is a real baby when she is sick. Dont get me wrong I want to do every thing for her to help her feel better.
When I had knee surgery earlier this year my wife did an awesome job, brought me meals in bed, made sure i had plenty to drink and helped my to and from the bathroom and in and out of the shower. made sure I was comfy and cozy and all that. she even switched sides of the bed for a week while I used the CPM to keep my knee moving in bed
James |
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08/12/2005 04:12:10 PM · #9 |
Originally posted by notonline:
Originally posted by TechnoShroom:
Originally posted by notonline:
I don't mind seeing someone get killed but the smell of a stinky baby ass drops me like a pancake. |
Just wait till you have a boy and you get diaper duty and the cool breeze hitting him causes a reaction that hits you in the face. That will definitely drop you like a pancake. |
Mate I'm telling you. I WILL be hiring a nanny for ALL the reasons listed above. I seriously can't do it. I can't even pick up after a dog which is why I have a dog walking service. |
Oh man I so want to be there the first time your kid pukes on you. Can't exactly prevent/predict that can you? lol |
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08/12/2005 06:38:36 PM · #10 |
I'm like a baby vomit magnet. I don't think there is one baby I've held that didn't puke on me. I think they do it on purpose. Not very good for one's self esteem.
BTW... what is a CPM? Some sort of traction device? |
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08/12/2005 06:54:01 PM · #11 |
a CPM is a constant passive motion machine. you strap your leg in it and it moves or basically bends your leg for you. it is fully controllable for degrees of movement and speed. I had to be in this thing right after I got home from surgery.
James |
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08/12/2005 07:12:42 PM · #12 |
Well iim proud to announce we haven't had to call the ambulance since APRIL.. YAH !!..... but greg was sent home last night after a random medical as his sugars levels were 27... YIKKES...!! but he didn't hyper... thankfully....he was a tad cranky, but more insulin fixed it .... ( all the diabetics people will know what im talking bout )
this has been our life for 3 years now... before diabetes, the only sickness in our family was morning sickness......
Techno.... i think what happened is you became one.... you are now grown up and see your wife as a loving caring person..... one you would do anything for.... i envy her that she has a husband like you.... some men's ego's would never allowed that to happen.... and dosen't it make you feel better for it....?...
Congratulations..... you have reached that stage in life where you are totally comfortable with who you are....
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08/12/2005 07:17:30 PM · #13 |
I ahve 2 little boys, so we all get every bug that passes through daycare. They usually feel bad for a day or two, then, by the time it hits my wife and me, it has either mutated into some kind of superbug that laughs at the attempts of our immune system to fight it off or we're so old that our immune systems are depleted.
In any event, my wife is usually up and about evn though she feels crappy. This seems to make her illness last longer. I will stay home and hibernate, sleeping for 16-20 hours in one long stretch and usually that will get it out of my system.
My pet peeve with sick people is when they come to work, looking as if they are on death's door and think they are somehow doing their co-workers a favor by not making them pick up the slack. All they are really doing is spreading their illness around the office. I have had to literally shut down an employee's computer and order them to leave to get them to take proper care of themselves. I don't understand it. If you are sick, STAY HOME! Don't be bringing that nasty crap to share with the rest of us, we'll cover for you, the work will still be here tomorrow, I swear.
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08/12/2005 07:58:27 PM · #14 |
i ignore it and do other stuff (photography, swimming ect.) untill the threat of dying is larger than a cold, lol
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08/13/2005 09:18:15 AM · #15 |
Originally posted by roadrunner:
was sent home last night after a random medical as his sugars levels were 27... YIKKES...!! but he didn't hyper... thankfully....he was a tad cranky, but more insulin fixed it .... ( all the diabetics people will know what im talking bout) |
His blood sugar was 27! and he was given insulin!! I think that is going the wrong way. Sounds like he needed glucose, not insulin.
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08/13/2005 09:34:45 AM · #16 |
; zyrn] Originally posted by roadrunner:
was sent home last night after a random medical as his sugars levels were 27... YIKKES...!! but he didn't hyper... thankfully....he was a tad cranky, but more insulin fixed it .... ( all the diabetics people will know what im talking bout) |
His blood sugar was 27! and he was given insulin!! I think that is going the wrong way. Sounds like he needed glucose, not insulin. [/quote]
Now if he had've had glucose that would send his sugar levels higher... you need insulin to bring your sugar levels down.......< the normal range is between 4.5 - 7.0 > so he needed to come down not go up.... and i said 'hyPER' not hyPO' if thats what confused you, total opposites....
Message edited by author 2005-08-13 09:43:14.
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08/13/2005 10:20:52 AM · #17 |
Originally posted by roadrunner:
Originally posted by roadrunner:
was sent home last night after a random medical as his sugars levels were 27... YIKKES...!! but he didn't hyper... thankfully....he was a tad cranky, but more insulin fixed it .... ( all the diabetics people will know what im talking bout) |
His blood sugar was 27! and he was given insulin!! I think that is going the wrong way. Sounds like he needed glucose, not insulin. |
Originally posted by roadrunner:
Now if he had've had glucose that would send his sugar levels higher... you need insulin to bring your sugar levels down.......< the normal range is between 4.5 - 7.0 > so he needed to come down not go up.... and i said 'hyPER' not hyPO' if thats what confused you, total opposites.... |
One day I had not stopped to get a bit to eat and around 1:00 pm or so I was feeling sluggish and dizzy. I stopped off at a fast food restaurant to grab a burger and drink. Continued to drive and after taking one or two bites I became so dizzy and confused. I did not know what was going on so I went straight to my mothers house be it was closer.
When I got there (my mother being a diabetic-HyPER) she said I sounded like I had low blood sugar, it runs in my family. She go he blood sugar meter out and I took my levels. The first try the meter read "LOW". I waited about 20 min and took it again as I continued drinking my sweet tea. It was 33. I called my doctors office and they wanted to seem me ASAP. I went to the doctor, had my mother to drive me and after they took my level and it was 35 they sent me to the hospital for blood test. This is now about 1 1/2 after the meter read 33 and I had finished my burger and large sweet tea. When the results came back my sugar level was still on the low end, 70.
I was never diagnosed with low blood sugar because my levels were normal between 4.5-7.0 range. I think that is what they said the norm was to be. It's a test to see what your levels have been like over the last few weeks. But the doctor did say he believed I had hypoglycemia which is different from low blood sugar. I don't fully understand what all it means. But I was told a level below 40 a person should be out cold or so confused they would not be aware of there surroundings. So I was lucky I did not pass out.
Message edited by author 2005-08-13 10:22:28. |
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08/13/2005 11:30:11 AM · #18 |
Well, I don't get "sick" often, sometimes though, I have symptomatology. As a ChiropracTOR, I have a certain belief system and a certain lifestyle. Many people think that chiropractic only deals with headaches, backsprains and strains and a few other conditions. Some people will add chronic conditions such as asthma, colitis and diabetes. A rare group of people know what ChiropracTIC is actually all about. This is what ChiropracTIC is all about:
There is a Universal Intelligence that governs the entire cosmos. The Laws of this Universal Intelligence hold the Universe together (i.e. Gravitational Force, Electromagnetic Force, Weak Nuclear Force, Strong Nuclear Force, ect). Since man is a part of the Universe, he also expresses Universal Intelligence, but in man it is called Innate or Inborn Intelligence. This Innate Intelligence takes the atoms that make this form we call our body and organizes it and allows it survive in the environment in which I am in. As long as Innate Intelligence is able to permeate every single cell of my body, every molecule that makes up that cell and every atom that makes up that molecule, I function successfully in a physical, emotional, and spiritual state here on Earth. We also state that if the expression of Innate Intelligence is interfered with then man, as an entity in a physical, emotional and spiritual state will start to be unable to function in the environment in which he is in. This non-functioning of man in the environment is what the orthdox call disease and ChiropracTORS call subluxation. A subluxation is when a bone in the spine, usually in the upper neck is misaligned and creates pressure on the nerve or even worse, the spinal cord and brainstem. ChiropracTORS use their hands to remove this interference thus restoring the flow of Innate Intelligence to every cell, molecule that makes up that cell and atom that makes up that molecule, again allowing the physiological changes necessary in that body to take place that will once again allow man the opportunity to function sucessfully in his environment.
Now, I am not saying that adjusting the spine cures every ailment known to man, just the opposite. It doesn't heal anything. It simply allows the Intelligence that knows how to form us from two haploid cells to heal us. What heals a cut...a Band-Aid we stick on us or the Innate Intelligence that resides within us? I am also not saying that medicine is evil or isn't needed. It is needed at times, especially in emergency trauma and severe intervention. For example, my brother was diagnosed with osteosarcomatosis, a terrible bone cancer for children on his 16th birthday. A chiropracTOR discovered the tumor. He received 37 chemotherapies and lost his right leg above the knee, but he made it though and now has a baby girl. But during the time of his treatments, he was still getting checked and adjusted regularly. Anyway, I guess I am rambling now, this is the longest post I've ever made. I'm not bashing medicine, but I 'cope' with sickness with letting the Intelligence within my body do its job. We do not have more knowledge that that which made us, so lets not act like it.
Enuf Said,
Drew
p.s. if you want to know more, private message me and we will talk.
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08/13/2005 11:57:58 AM · #19 |
Originally posted by roadrunner:
; zyrn] Originally posted by roadrunner:
was sent home last night after a random medical as his sugars levels were 27... YIKKES...!! but he didn't hyper... thankfully....he was a tad cranky, but more insulin fixed it .... ( all the diabetics people will know what im talking bout) |
His blood sugar was 27! and he was given insulin!! I think that is going the wrong way. Sounds like he needed glucose, not insulin. |
Now if he had've had glucose that would send his sugar levels higher... you need insulin to bring your sugar levels down.......< the normal range is between 4.5 - 7.0 > so he needed to come down not go up.... and i said 'hyPER' not hyPO' if thats what confused you, total opposites.... [/quote]
I think we are talking about two separate tests here.
The A1C test, given approximately every 3 months, would give the measurements of 4.5-7.0 as "normal". Higher isn't so good.
With the Blood Glucose measuring that is done every day by sticking a finger, a reasonably "normal" range is (fasting)80 to 180 (2 hours after a meal). Depending on symptoms, much below 80, eat sugary things, above 180, head for the insulin.
This is, of course, an over-simplification.
Message edited by author 2005-08-13 11:58:36. |
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08/13/2005 08:59:03 PM · #20 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by roadrunner:
; zyrn] Originally posted by roadrunner:
was sent home last night after a random medical as his sugars levels were 27... YIKKES...!! but he didn't hyper... thankfully....he was a tad cranky, but more insulin fixed it .... ( all the diabetics people will know what im talking bout) |
His blood sugar was 27! and he was given insulin!! I think that is going the wrong way. Sounds like he needed glucose, not insulin. |
Now if he had've had glucose that would send his sugar levels higher... you need insulin to bring your sugar levels down.......< the normal range is between 4.5 - 7.0 > so he needed to come down not go up.... and i said 'hyPER' not hyPO' if thats what confused you, total opposites.... |
I think we are talking about two separate tests here.
The A1C test, given approximately every 3 months, would give the measurements of 4.5-7.0 as "normal". Higher isn't so good.
With the Blood Glucose measuring that is done every day by sticking a finger, a reasonably "normal" range is (fasting)80 to 180 (2 hours after a meal). Depending on symptoms, much below 80, eat sugary things, above 180, head for the insulin.
This is, of course, an over-simplification. [/quote]
his was just a finger prick test, which showed 27 ( not fasting ) .. it should've been between 4.5-7.0 he suffers from high blood sugar... so we need to keep him lower than the 27 ( by far ) when he has his 3 monthly test it always shows around 9... which we are told is not good... ( going by the doctors )
So if he had've had glucose on the night, he would've been a lot higher, he needed his insulin needle to bring down the sugar.... hope this clarify's what i meant... not sure what all the 80-180 is.. i have never heard of figures THAT high, unless of course it's like farnehiet and celsius, the numbers are different in different countries....
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08/13/2005 11:28:30 PM · #21 |
Originally posted by roadrunner:
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by roadrunner:
; zyrn] Originally posted by roadrunner:
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the numbers are different in different countries.... |
Yep, must be different numbering systems. It's sometimes easy to forget our countries have different measuring systems.
In any event, glad to hear your Greg is doing well now.
Alice |
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08/13/2005 11:45:34 PM · #22 |
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by roadrunner:
Originally posted by sfalice:
Originally posted by roadrunner:
; zyrn] Originally posted by roadrunner:
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the numbers are different in different countries.... |
Yep, must be different numbering systems. It's sometimes easy to forget our countries have different measuring systems.
In any event, glad to hear your Greg is doing well now.
Alice |
thanks so much alice.... as you may know.. it's a rollercoaster ride, but at the moment.. things are great.... thanks so much for your well wishes.....
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