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Hey SIX, glad your weather is finally cooling off! That's one thing I don't miss: hot, humid weather. I hate summer here, but I'd hate it more over there.

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Yeah. Hasn't been all that humid here this year though. Haven't had any rain for about a month. You know it's bad when I'm telling neighbors that we need rain.

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Don't worry, derailments and distractions prevent me from burning myself out. I've been making a point to the family that I HAVE to get out and do yardwork while the weather is conducive, and they get it. OTOH they seem not to take that into account when they ask me to do stuff for them, like handle investments or schedule contractors or order supplements or cook dinner. If I manage to chip out 4 hours a week for landscaping it's a big deal.

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Well at least your property works around your schedule then. If I only put 4 hours a week into my lawn I'd be losing ground every week.

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Since we already know what windows we want, the only thng left is to get that second bid and then decide on the contractor, and I've been bugging this contractor to get me that info. If not arriving by Tuesday, he's out of the picture and he knows it.

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It must be nice to have so many jobs that you can turn down work in this economy, huh?

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I HAVE been busy tho doing online searches/window shopping for the bathromm remodel bc we have to decide on the finish materials, and for me the big decisions are the shower floor tile, the wall tile, and the bahroom floor tile. I'm looking for a shower floor option that means minimal grout and minimum slip, and so far I'm not finding it.

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MAKE SURE YOU HAVE GRAB BARS IN THE EQUATION!!!!

You probably already know that, but the extra $100-$200 or so you're going to spend on getting them installed are going to make everything showering easier and safer for you and your family.
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And then there's the issue of color. It's a pretty dark bathroom, it has one tiny window that opens up to a breezeway and whatever natural light that filters in is a "cool" color. I think tones of gray (or blue) would look too "cold". Also, I like darker floors, and rooms with higher contrast between floor, furniture and walls (its a vision thing, it helps seeing what is where at a glance) so I'm thinking maybe darker brownish floor tile and a dark green furniture-style vanity (which I can re-finish myself) and cream subway tile walls and white quartz vanity top, tubs and (ofcourse) toilet.

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Sounds good to me. I've never heard somebody say that about high contrast before, but that makes a lot of sense. Sometimes I don't have my contacts in when I'm showering and I'm blind as a bat without them. I haven't managed to stub any toes just yet, but my floor and vanity are both very dark and I suppose it would be an easy thing to do before I put my glasses back on. Especially during the winter when the bathroom gets fogged up and I can't put my glasses on right away.

Personally, I'm not much of a fan of earth tones inside the house, but that's just a personal and highly subjective opinion. I've seen brown tile done in other people's bathrooms and it looks great.



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Originally posted by Brenda:
Actually the only places Not burning in Canada from wild fires are Newfoundland and the Yukon territory and Prince Edward Island.

The mistake I made was saying that Ontario wasn't on fire but it is.

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Actually the only places Not burning in Canada from wild fires are Newfoundland and the Yukon territory and Prince Edward Island.

The mistake I made was saying that Ontario wasn't on fire but it is.

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Oh, wow, that's terrible.

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Out for my walk soon on another sunny day. Heading for a mini-heat wave where I am.

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Out for my walk soon on another sunny day. Heading for a mini-heat wave where I am.

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So just OOC how hot does your mini-heat wave get?

We've been mostly around 70F highs. Great yardwork weather, if I could actually get out.


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From what the weather was saying last night my area could reach 30C by Thursday which is 90F.

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Thanks for the input SIX!

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That IS hot!

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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Day is not going as planned.

Dr. Endo says nothing can be done about the rising sugar while I sleep. He also decided to take me off Metformin and Glipizide because I'm Type I, even though it's working with my exercise. I argued that, but he wants me to stop using it for 2 weeks and see what happens now that I'm active. He said that the Glipizide in particular can exhaust what's left of my pancreatic function. He also didn't have any referral for me. He wants ME to call a number given for a trial run for a new drug that has been approved recently by the FDA. I'm probably on my own for that one, although maybe I can get the Nutritionist and somebody on her team to help me out with it.

Not very happy.

Then it finally started raining, but 7 hours earlier than it should have, so I'm not going to be picking up all the rocks and pavers today since everything is beyond wet.


I got my exhaust tubes. Maybe I'll go out and try getting them and the rest of the insulation installed today so it's not a complete bust.

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Sorry to read that your day was almost a bust. Days not going as planned is kind of the norm around here. But at least we're not totalling 16 Dr appts per month like we did one month this year already. So far, three appts this month, but I managed to double up two of them so it'll only be 2 drives, plus I have to drive sis in bc they don't want her driving after sedation.

I think your doctor has done as much as any doctor can who's not conducting a clinical trial. Sometimes you just run to the end of the road with what best practices can do. And in order to (possibly!) get better results you're going to have to find a researcher.

One area to look into is the association between Covid and Type I diabetes. Apparently the virus has latched into some people's beta cells and killed thode cells. FWIW the same has happened with the vaccine, but they both seem to be rare and dependent somehow on genes. The other possibility is that you inherited some sort of autoimmunity. Since your birth mom was dx with MS, (correct?) it could have come from her side of the family. It would be good to know your family's medical hx.

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Sorry to read that your day was almost a bust. Days not going as planned is kind of the norm around here. But at least we're not totalling 16 Dr appts per month like we did one month this year already. So far, three appts this month, but I managed to double up two of them so it'll only be 2 drives, plus I have to drive sis in bc they don't want her driving after sedation.

I think your doctor has done as much as any doctor can who's not conducting a clinical trial. Sometimes you just run to the end of the road with what best practices can do. And in order to (possibly!) get better results you're going to have to find a researcher.

One area to look into is the association between Covid and Type I diabetes. Apparently the virus has latched into some people's beta cells and killed thode cells. FWIW the same has happened with the vaccine, but they both seem to be rare and dependent somehow on genes. The other possibility is that you inherited some sort of autoimmunity. Since your birth mom was dx with MS, (correct?) it could have come from her side of the family. It would be good to know your family's medical hx.

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Wouldn't that be a kick in the head? I got diabetes because Democrats wanted Trump out of office and worked with China to spread a super cold and a bum vaccine.

I wonder if there's anybody I could sue for that since I never got the jab and I wouldn't be helpless because Big Pharma got immunity from lawsuits.

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Sorry to read that your day was almost a bust. Days not going as planned is kind of the norm around here. But at least we're not totalling 16 Dr appts per month like we did one month this year already. So far, three appts this month, but I managed to double up two of them so it'll only be 2 drives, plus I have to drive sis in bc they don't want her driving after sedation.

I think your doctor has done as much as any doctor can who's not conducting a clinical trial. Sometimes you just run to the end of the road with what best practices can do. And in order to (possibly!) get better results you're going to have to find a researcher.

One area to look into is the association between Covid and Type I diabetes. Apparently the virus has latched into some people's beta cells and killed thode cells. FWIW the same has happened with the vaccine, but they both seem to be rare and dependent somehow on genes. The other possibility is that you inherited some sort of autoimmunity. Since your birth mom was dx with MS, (correct?) it could have come from her side of the family. It would be good to know your family's medical hx.

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Wouldn't that be a kick in the head? I got diabetes because Democrats wanted Trump out of office and worked with China to spread a super cold and a bum vaccine.

I wonder if there's anybody I could sue for that since I never got the jab and I wouldn't be helpless because Big Pharma got immunity from lawsuits.

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Hey at least you haven't lost your sense of sarcasm!

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It's only half-sarcasm, so I'm running at least at 50%.

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The one plus to my day was that my blood pressure keeps getting better every time I see somebody. Today it was 112/80. Before I got diabetes I never had a day under 135/95, and quite often it was more like 155/105.

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I'm going to start reading up on Keto. I'm not going back to rapid-active insulin. I'm just going to un-learn everything the Nutritionist and her team taught me and figure out a way to live off of around 50 or 60 carbs per day. I'm already part-way there. I was told during the classes that I should be eating 180-200 grams of carbs per day. On my best day since those classes I had about 170 grams. Before I went to those classes, but after I had the continuous monitor at my disposal, I was getting less than 100 grams.

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What are you hoping to achieve? Just curious.

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I don't want to be on insulin. I don't want to be dependent on it.

If the doctor isn't going to give me a prescription for oral meds that will help me with that, then I will find alternative means to make it happen.

I had around a 3 hour nap and woke up at around 8PM. I had a few chicken breasts and went back to sleep around 11PM. I just woke up to go to the bathroom after getting around 8 hours sleep in the last 11 so far, and my glucose level was 115. Normally by this time of morning, I'd be anywhere from 145 to 180.

I'd forgotten to take my Metformin and Glipizide before I went to the doctor and didn't realize it until I was in the waiting room. I haven't had any Metformin for 30 hours and any Glipizide for 42 hours.

Your body doesn't need carbs. It needs fats and protein. It is capable of making blood sugar from fat.

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"Everyone Should Avoid Outdoors": 100 Million Americans Under Air Quality Alerts As Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets East Coast

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If I ever get too low, I will eat carbs. That's what I'm already doing.

Before I was back on Metformin and Glipizide, I was dipping in the afternoon like I do now. My concern, now that he's taking me off of them, is that I'm going to start regularly seeing numbers above 200 while I'm sleeping again. And as soon as that starts happening I'm going to let him know that it is happening.

Meanwhile, I'll get the name of that drug and tell you about it.

I'm also going to try to get a different Endocrinologist and see if the DEC people can help me try to get on that trial.

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My sis from near Bflo texted me this AM that the air around there is hazy and smells of smoke from Canadian wildfires.

And when I opened my news aggregator this AM, this is what I found:

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The pix in the article are from NYC and Baltimore, but the worst smoke plume looks to be right on top of Bflo and further west. SIX, you might catch some of that!

But I can't figure out WHAT is burning. I went to maps looking for areas of serious drought. Yes, the plains provinces are suffering as are the martitime provinces, but Ontario and Quebec look mercifully free of drought.

The smoke plume looks to be originating from wildfires burning in northern Quebec, but I'm not seeing any corresonding drought. BRENDA, any idea what's burning, and why?

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Meter is yelling at me, telling me I'm 89 now. I already ate 150+ carbs today. I'm not eating any more except for what little is in the vegetables that are cooking now. I plan on going to sleep in the 90s and figuring out what I need to do to make that a thing going forward without risking dropping too low below the 70s before my dumbass liver starts dumping sugar that I don't need.

Gotta fast, so the latest I can eat is around 1AM since I'm going to get my fasting blood work done before seeing the cardiologist tomorrow.

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Back and in and a much better morning playing mah jong then yesterday afternoon. I got 2nd place this morning.

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Back and in and a much better morning playing mah jong then yesterday afternoon. I got 2nd place this morning.

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Woo hoo!!

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Awesome bp, sugar under control, great cholesterol numbers, and charging ahead on your projects ... that's all vey good news, SIX. You're prolly in better health now than you have been for... a few years, now?

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Yeah. In some ways probably better than a few decades as long as my heart isn't going to be an issue.

Got the Vitamin D test back and I was low, but only by a tenth of a point. When I looked it up online, for a male one organization varies from another on what is "normal" and 20mg/dL or above is normal, while the other is 30mg/dL or above. I'm at 29.9mg/dL, which my hospital considers low.

I have no doubt that during the winter when I'm not getting sun and I wasn't eating right and taking vitamins that I was lower than that. I'm curious to see what kinds of readings I get on any of these tests 6 months or a year from now.

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Wondering if Dr Cardio is going to pursue that possible historic heart attack with some of those other tests he requested, or if it's too far in the past to focus on, and he'sturning his attention to the future.

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Sounds like both. Hopefully there's no more bad news. At least my cholesterol levels are good though.


I wasn't able to eat many carbs today at all. I got started working late because of the doctor visit, and the work I did today was nowhere near the level of what I did yesterday. I only had about 80 grams of carbs.



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Back and in and a much better morning playing mah jong then yesterday afternoon. I got 2nd place this morning.

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Yup, and on top of that I did something really Canadian. I backed into a chair, turned around and said, "Sorry" to it.

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Back and in and a much better morning playing mah jong then yesterday afternoon. I got 2nd place this morning.

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Yup, and on top of that I did something really Canadian. I backed into a chair, turned around and said, "Sorry" to it.

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Too funny!!!

I've never heard that before! I'm gonna pass that on to hubby!

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Hubby got a chuckle about that, BRENDA. And I thought I knew Canadians!

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Well, FINALLY got out to do some yardwork today. Two hours is about my limit for weeding and/or digging.
I think I'm gonna get those surveyor stakes out tomorrow and start figuring out which way I need to regrade. I think I'm gonna start at the downspout and work my way outwards since everything is going to flow from there.
Rough measuring the base of the tree mound, will need about 45' of rocks to stabilize the base. Really looking forward to getting into that and making some big changes in the yard.

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