Dear Marty and all, I am doing a bit better today, but my sugar was up to 141 this morning, which is high for me. I can't figure it out because I basically eat the same things daily and do watch my diet and keep my carbs within range of what they want me to have them. I had a high reading over a week ago and decided to put myself back on the regular dosage of the pill that I take for insulin. I have been on 1/2 dose for over a year before it started going crazy. I try very hard not to over do anything on this diet. I'll have to try harder. It really wipes me out when it happens, but then today, with the higher reading, the pain is much less. I haven't had to take anything for it. That's not to say that I don't have any, but am able to deal with it better. I don't understand the way the sugar works on me. I sometimes think that I am a rare bird that changes all of the time. Like I said, I do try to keep my sugar where it's suppose to be, but guess I'll try harder. I'm also thinking that this liver problem I have is throwing a lot of things off for me, so perhaps it's affecting my sugar too. It's a thought and I will run it past the doctor when I see her. I guess I need a specialist for the liver thing, but I get so tired of doctor visits, etc. Does anyone else feel this way. On my low carb diet, they allow me 73 carbs per meal, which is high according to others, and 35 at night for a snack. At any rate, I will try harder to control the situation. My therapist and I were talking yesterday and she said to put chocolate upstairs and take it when I feel this way. Well, I could do that, but I'd end up getting up at 3:00 A.M. and eating it in my sleep. :>)...or I'd have to swear that's how it went. Thanks you for caring, Marty. I love you too, and feel the same way when things aren't going well for you. We are family....all of us, and the love and caring we share is wonderful. Like I said, last night when your message came in, I was thinking about you, and praying for you to be able to deal with the things you have to deal with. Just know that I'm here to listen anytime you need to talk. I'm here for all of you. It does me good to know that I can help others and they can help me. We are such a great family. Please, never think about leaving this site as I would miss you all so much.
My aid is coming around noon to give me a shower. Actually, I do most of it myself, but since I get dizzy from time to time and am unsteady on my feet, they want her to be here to help me until my arms get stronger. I'm working hard to make that happen too. Perhaps the exercising has something to do with my low, or high sugar. Who knows? I didn't do much yesterday because of the low sugar, now today it's up, so it's possible. Wish I could figure it all out. I have things planned to do this afternoon, so I'm going to try to accomplish those things, or some of them. I'm putting a chicken on to roast in my little roaster for supper tonight and then will take the carcass and make soup for another day. I love to cook, and eat very little commercially made stuff. Chris is coming a long ways with his cooking skills, and I'm so proud of him. We made a Boston butt the other day, and yesterday he took it apart and made pulled pork sandwiches for supper last night. I only eat 1/2 of a bun with a little pork on it, so I'm careful about the carbs. I also had cottage cheese and fresh pineapple, so I eat okay, just not a lot at one time. I do better at lunch time. I'm so proud of Chris as he's jumped in and took over for me until I can do things for myself. How lucky can a Mother be? You all are in my heart and prayers and I wish you all the best of days today and every day. Many hugs to all of you. Love, hugs, prayers, and 18's....I need to go read the center of the Bible again. That was wonderful reading. Millie ----- Original Message ----- From: Marty Gartenberg To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, April 03, 2014 9:37 AM Subject: Re: [CMLHope] 18's seems to be in the center Dear Millie, and the group, Of course hugs always help. Anyway, Millie you must take better care of yourself. You must monitor your blood glucose very carefully and adjust your insulin and always, always eat the right things to keep your blood glucose where it should be. If your blood glucose ever goes to low then have ready a snack that is high in glocose replacement. Do you know why I am telling all of this to you? Well, it's because I love you, and don't want anything bad to happen to you. Many years ago when I used to live in Staten Island I helped a man by the name of Rocky through a bone marrow transplant. He looked just like his name sounds, like a real classic motorcycle rider, (I wrote a book and he was one of the people in it) but he was one of the most brilliant people that I have ever met. He could recite any verses from the bible, without it even being in front of him. He was a lineman for the telephone company and not more then six months after his transplant he was climbing telephone poles once more. He was one of the those that taught me how to be able to use my mind to control my body even though I already knew, but he really proved that if you set your mind to something then you will be able to accomplish it. He did by never letting his mind deviate and climbing those telephone poles just to prove it. He also taught me something that I would like to pass on to the group. He said that you must think of your body as a Temple, and as such you must take care of your body just like you would take care of a Temple. Am I ringing any bells here? We all must think about this so that we can live our lives in a better way. I try to, in spite of everything that I'm going through, and so should you. Whenever your feeling down just think about how much your mind is able to control your body, believe me it works very well. Here I am carefully listening to what Millie has been saying. Even though she sufferes from pain she uses her mind to help her situation, and from what she is saying it seem to be able to help her along. I believe that life is a learning process. As long as we are alive we continue to learn different things. So lets all learn from each other as well as from ourselves. This group for instance, helps each other and in turn helps ourselves. We learn from each other. This is what's so great about this group. Knowledge is power! Don't you ever forget that. So, with that said I wish you all many hugs and of course 18's Marty On Wed, Apr 2, 2014 at 11:41 PM, houtz <[email protected]> wrote: Dear Marty, Would you believe that I was just wondering how you were and saying a prayer for you. The message you shared is a beautiful one, and I will share it with many others and pray for them also. I hope today was a good day, considering you got your dialysis, and that tomorrow will be a better day. I had my therapist here today, but she wouldn't work with me much as my sugar was really low this morning, around 42 and that did me in for the day. She told me that exercises would drop my sugar even more, and I didn't realize that. Now I know. I'll do them tomorrow when I get up and before my aid gets here for my shower. She'll help me with some of them. They all know how hard I'm trying and appreciate that I'm not wasting their time. They tell me stories that you wouldn't believe. I get hugs from them and they all tell me that they know I'm working hard on these problems I'm having. Hugs help...I always tell you that. I'm heading to bed shortly and just wanted to touch base with everyone. You are all important to me, and I keep you in my prayers always. Take care and we'll talk more later. Many hugs, prayers, and18's Millie ----- Original Message ----- From: Marty Gartenberg <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Wed, 02 Apr 2014 23:19:19 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [CMLHope] 18's seems to be in the center http://www.authorstream.com/Presentation/aSGuest44635-389920-center-bible-centerofthebible-spiritual-inspirational-ppt-powerpoint/ 18's, Marty -- -- [CMLHope] A support group of http://cmlhope.com ------------------------------------------------- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/CMLHope --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "CMLHope" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. 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