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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #25 - Oct 30^th, 2019 at 6:29pm	Print Post
	The physical therapist let slip today that I have "pretty significant" arthritis in both knees. I really didn't need to be told that but it's nice to have confirmation!


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #26 - Oct 30^th, 2019 at 10:17pm	Print Post
	I'm still compiling diet/nutrition information and discovering that some of my favorite "guilty pleasures" are off the table including some of my homemade items. If I plan carefully, I can indulge but not often. No more potato chips or breakfast pastry. We've already started drinking Coke Zero -- which is pretty good actually -- and have switched from MUG Root Beer back to Diet A & W Root Beer -- which you can't tell is "diet." I've ordered a food journal that will arrive tomorrow and a glucose record book that will arrive Friday to help me keep track of everything. I've already set up a "dosing schedule" for my medication 'cause it is complicated and I've been known to forget important things like eating.... It is possible that a low carb diet and exercise can reverse Type 2 diabetes, essentially achieving remission. That's what I'm aiming for -- to get down to what I weighed when I got married which is a lot less than I weigh now! I'll probably always have to keep an eye on my glucose levels and watch what I eat closely but others have done it and so will I.
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #27 - Nov 1^st, 2019 at 10:42pm	Print Post
	Had Physical Therapy this morning and I'm a bit achy -- the muscles, not the joints. I started taking Glucosamine Chondroitin today. A lot of people worldwide have gotten good results with it so I'm trying it. I'll start ASU when I can find some. I want to hold off surgery of any kind as long as possible. I've been having a little trouble keeping my balance due to muscle atrophy so we -- my therapist and I -- will start working on that next week. Skywise and I bought a couple of 5 pound free weights today and as soon as I dig out my exercise books from back in the day, I'll start doing some upper body work. I start twice a day -- morning and evening -- Metformin today. My body adjusted to the "once a day" dosage pretty quickly. I hope the same thing happens with the "double dose"!


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #28 - Nov 2^nd, 2019 at 12:03am	Print Post
	Annoyed. I just spent about 45 minutes trying to find the nutritional information for a "side order" of eggs at McDonald's. It isn't listed anywhere. I finally had to deconstruct an Egg McMuffin to find out. Information which "should" have been readily available. McD's breakfast offerings are too "carb heavy" for me to eat, unless I want to use an entire day's worth of carbs at one meal. NOT recommended if you want to keep your glucose levels more or less even! Now I get to figure out the nutritional information for my homemade salad dressing.....
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #29 - Nov 2^nd, 2019 at 6:21pm	Print Post
	My glucose levels are staying at "borderline" levels for the most part so I must be doing something right. My right index finger is bruised from last night's test so I'm going to have to use another finger for a while. Fortunately, magazine I got today said that you can use the side of your finger for testing so I'll be doing that for a few days until my finger tips heal up a bit.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #30 - Nov 2^nd, 2019 at 11:42pm	Print Post
	I doubled my dose of Metformin yesterday as instructed and the "side effect" has started. It "should" let up just in time for next Friday's "step up. Oh happy day.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #31 - Nov 4^th, 2019 at 8:50pm	Print Post
	My glucose levels aren't "normal" but they're lower than they were. My bp is coming down too. But my body is reacting to the stress of the last month and I've got to work on that which may be harder than losing weight....


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #32 - Nov 5^th, 2019 at 7:07pm	Print Post
	Just ordered a book on arthritis (*The Arthritis Cure*) since my diabetes "library" is pretty well stocked. I'm doing all I can on the "glucose front" so it's time to tackle the knees.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #33 - Nov 7^th, 2019 at 4:03am	Print Post
	The aches from today's PT session are well underway. The contraption I was using is illustrated below.
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #34 - Nov 7^th, 2019 at 5:45pm	Print Post
	Woke up sore as a boil this morning but most of the soreness has worked itself out. I just ordered a hard case for my glucose meter -- bright red, naturally -- and a SHE HAS TYPE 2 DIABETES bracelet from Amazon which should arrive on Sunday if not sooner. My first book on arthritis is "out for delivery."


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #35 - Nov 7^th, 2019 at 5:47pm	Print Post
	I've lost 16 pounds since the last of August. My blood pressure is holding in the "Normal" range. My glucose reading has dropped into the "prediabetic" range. I think I'm doing pretty good.....


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #36 - Nov 9^th, 2019 at 11:46pm	Print Post
	I increased my metaformin dose as prescribed and this evening another of the "side effects" has made itself known.... Gas. In my upper GI tract mostly and it's making my whole torso hurt. At least it isn't nausea. That may come next week.....


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #37 - Nov 10^th, 2019 at 5:26pm	Print Post
	As of this morning, I've lost 17.4 pounds. Last night's bout with metaformin side effects left me "empty" so I'll probably "gain" a bit when my food stays in my digestive tract....


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #38 - Nov 11^th, 2019 at 6:08am	Print Post
	I checked my glucose about half an hour ago and despite going off my diet a bit at the steakhouse my reading was 100 which is just barely in "prediabetes". I'm hopeful that as I continue to lose weight, my numbers will improve. Post #42,042


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #39 - Nov 14^th, 2019 at 11:56pm	Print Post
	Sitting here being "aware" of my knees, That is not a good sign. I ordered a supplement -- ASU -- for arthritis through Amazon. I ordered four months' worth since it takes at least that long to work.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #40 - Nov 15^th, 2019 at 1:30am	Print Post
	Currently reading *The Arthritis Cure* since I've got diabetes pretty well covered. I still have some reading to do but I've done enough to be reasonably knowledgeable about that area of my health problems. I wish I'd realized what my knee pain was a couple of decades ago. I could have done something about it then. Oh well, water under the bridge. I'll be getting another book -- *Total Knee Replacement and Rehabilitation: The Knee Owner's Manual* -- because the more I read/research the more I think that surgery is in my future at some point, maybe relatively soon. Skywise is resisting the idea but everyone else with an opinion -- my doctor and PT therapist -- seem to think it is in the cards and if the damage is as bad as they are implying, I have to agree. So I want to know what I'm in for, what I can do to prepare for or delay it and what I'll need to do to recover. One thing I do know... I'm going to have a hell of a scar above and below both knees right down the front of my leg. I think shorts and any skirt shorter than mid-calf are gonna be out of the question!


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #41 - Nov 15^th, 2019 at 4:53pm	Print Post
	My knees feel better today. Apparently Wednesday's PT over-stressed them. My regular therapist, Catherine, worked on my cranky tendon today. Only one more session left. From what she said, she expects me to have surgery on my knees at some point. "I" want to put it off as long as I can due to the fact that the damned things wear out and I want to avoid "replacement" surgery as long as possible.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #42 - Nov 16^th, 2019 at 6:07am	Print Post
	Knees still hurt but not as much. I'm being careful not to stress them. Tomorrow or Sunday -- depending on how they feel -- I start some light exercise. Wednesday is my last PT appointment and I'll probably have instructions to keep up the exercises. The structures around my knees need to be as strong as possible regardless of what happens or when.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #43 - Nov 16^th, 2019 at 6:34am	Print Post
	I've started the last "increase" in my medication tonight. Hopefully, I'll adjust to it quickly and the unpleasant side effects will be a thing of the past. I am SO ready to be done with them! I'll be glad when I get all this diet information sorted, when my exercise routine has become habit and life has some regularity to it. I know that we're all tired of the running from appointment to appointment that we've done since I was diagnosed -- especially Spirit. Thankfully, my last PT appointment is next week. Then no more appointments -- for me at least. Spirit's dental appointment will be next month and Skywise will be checking in with the doctor just before Christmas. I'll see the doctor for follow-up in January. My blood glucose is solidly in the "pre-diabetes" range and I hope that it will drop further as I lose weight. My skin doesn't "fit" at the moment and I suspect it will "fit" even less well the more weight I lose but it can't be helped. The weight has to go both for my knees and the diabetes. If I'd known twenty years ago what was coming, I would have been more careful about weight gain! No help for it now though.sigh


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #44 - Nov 16^th, 2019 at 9:25pm	Print Post
	We were notified today that the "lubricant" that the doctor wants to inject into my knees isn't a "preferred" product and although they didn't say so, it probably isn't covered. We'll be in the same building as the doctor's office this week and let them know.
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #45 - Nov 17^th, 2019 at 3:30am	Print Post
	I did some online research and if insurance doesn't pay for it, I can't have it done. It would be $5,000 for each knee. It would be $10,000 total for both knees.


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #46 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 12:08am	Print Post
	I'm almost finished reading *The Diabetes Code*. I don't know what I'll read next. Skywise has started following my "Low Carb" lead to lose (more) weight) and to avoid developing T2D himself. My glucose readings continue to be in the "prediabetic" range with occasional dips into "normal". My bp readings are staying in the "high normal" range. As of this morning's weigh in I've lost 20 pounds since the last of August.
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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #47 - Nov 19^th, 2019 at 6:55am	Print Post
	I finished *The Diabetes Code* tonight. There's a lot to digest and I'll probably read it again before too long. I think my next reading binge will be on the topic of arthritis. I don't know nearly enough and it looms large in my future. I intend to beat my T2D into remission but there's no way I can do that with arthritis. If I'd known about it 20 years ago, yeah maybe, but I gather from offhand remarks from medical professionals that there's too much damage to my knees now for that to be possible. sigh So I'm bracing myself for total knee replacement -- both knees at the same time most likely. We've started getting the bills for my first round of doctor/therapist visits, X-rays and diet education/gear. Ouch. I don't even want to think about what it would cost if we didn't have good insurance....


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #48 - Nov 20^th, 2019 at 5:55pm	Print Post
	Penthesilea wrote on Nov 16^th, 2019 at 9:25pm: We were notified today that the "lubricant" that the doctor wants to inject into my knees isn't a "preferred" product and although they didn't say so, it probably isn't covered. We'll be in the same building as the doctor's office this week and let them know. Penthesilea wrote on Nov 17^th, 2019 at 3:30am: I did some online research and if insurance doesn't pay for it, I can't have it done. It would be $5,000 for each knee. It would be $10,000 total for both knees. Well, we stopped at the doctor's office and gave them a copy of the letter from Anthem and she changed the "lubricant" to one that is on Anthem's preferred list and the prescription was called in. Walmart let us know and we picked it up. So if she wants to inject it when I see her the next time, we're all set -- and it didn't cost $5,000 per knee!


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Penthesilea Forum Administrator Offline Warrior Queen, DarkLady, Phoenix, Ghostbuster Posts: 47422 Location: The Castle..... Joined: Jun 21^st, 2006 Gender:	Re: So much for being "perfectly healthy"... Reply #49 - Nov 21^st, 2019 at 7:57pm	Print Post
	The results from the mammogram I had on the 14th came in and they are normal, normal, normal. The way things have been going, Moonie was worried that there would be something else for us to deal with. She is now relieved. My weight and my glucose numbers continue to drop, not super fast but steadily so I'm hopeful that we can get my glucose numbers into the "normal" range -- therefore putting me into "remission" once they stay low -- and can put off knee surgery as long as possible.


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