tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post115552226487440794..comments2024-03-11T05:40:04.695-06:00Comments on Scott's Diabetes Blog: Maybe it's the Moon?Scott K. Johnsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06601851114190791084noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1156386819876772492006-08-23T20:33:00.000-06:002006-08-23T20:33:00.000-06:00Scott -I'm sorry to be so late in my response. I ...Scott -<BR/><BR/>I'm sorry to be so late in my response. I wanted to say just a few things.<BR/><BR/>I bet you can tell from my posts lately, but I think I have a very, very good idea of how you're feeling lately. And how this appointment made you feel. Why is that nothing seems to work? If I'm doing the right things - shouldn't I come out with the right numbers? Who dreamed up this damned Nicole Phttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11847231791131970750noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1156101991459809552006-08-20T13:26:00.000-06:002006-08-20T13:26:00.000-06:00Hej Scott - you MUST cheer up. It tears me apart t...Hej Scott - you MUST cheer up. It tears me apart to have you so very unhappy. I care and so many others who read your blog care!You are a great person and you ARE trying your best. This is a shitty disease. Look we have all been there - gotten terrible results, tried so hard and failed, don't know how to go on! There is no way I could believe that there exists any diabetic who has not felt as youAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155748942396581642006-08-16T11:22:00.000-06:002006-08-16T11:22:00.000-06:00Scott,I'm just about in tears after reading this. ...Scott,<BR/>I'm just about in tears after reading this. It's like I wrote it. The first thing I thought of, actually, was something my mother told me shortly after I was diagnosed. Something about a connection between depression and diabetes. I take Prozac and have for some time. I don't remember everything about the connection, but apparently diabetes management has some effect on depression. AndMichkohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10283436347754409725noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155683641238944372006-08-15T17:14:00.000-06:002006-08-15T17:14:00.000-06:00Scott,I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but...Scott,<BR/>I don't think anyone mentioned this yet, but..........maybe it really was that humungous high that unfairly elevated your A1C.<BR/>Regardless of what the research says, we all know that we are each filled with physiological quirks, and maybe this was just one of yours. <BR/>KathyMinnesota Nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170043587010711783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155664037225238642006-08-15T11:47:00.000-06:002006-08-15T11:47:00.000-06:00Scott,I'm late offering my voice to this one becau...Scott,<BR/><BR/>I'm late offering my voice to this one because I had to really absorb what you were saying. I actually printed out your entry and read it before I went to bed. I mentally drafted a response in my head, then mentally edited it, then mentally returned and rewrote it.<BR/><BR/>And I still don't know what to say.<BR/><BR/>You are an inspiring man and, I'm sure, a wonderful husband Kerri.https://www.blogger.com/profile/11463843830570716380noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155650946878176622006-08-15T08:09:00.000-06:002006-08-15T08:09:00.000-06:00Scott yet again I think you and I have the same b...Scott yet again I think you and I have the same brain at times I so often feel as you feeling and being that we have had Diabetes for the same amount of years .. I too feel "tired" of it all often and this has been for the last 5 years I look at the way my cousins wife handled her Breast cancer and double masectomy at 31 years old and managed to exercise everyday and because she did that even Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10148339013263096171noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155595334308409572006-08-14T16:42:00.000-06:002006-08-14T16:42:00.000-06:00Hard travlin', my dear brother. Scott, I've known...Hard travlin', my dear brother. <BR/><BR/>Scott, I've known you about a month and I do truly feel that you are my brother because you've so generously extended yourself to me (how many people are blessed with that gift?)<BR/><BR/>The pain and chaos that you're immersed in have taken on their own powerful momentum, but, just look at all the concerned responses you've gotten. Your own personal "Minnesota Nicehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02170043587010711783noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155592981606985922006-08-14T16:03:00.000-06:002006-08-14T16:03:00.000-06:00Scott, Whoever(was it Mac Arthur?) said Never, Eve...Scott,<BR/> Whoever(was it Mac Arthur?) said Never, Ever, Ever give up obviously never, ever, ever had an a1c over 9.<BR/> Or had other dissapointing bloodwork.<BR/> Been there, done that, got the t-shirt.<BR/> Have you had your meter checked against the labs? There might be a discrepency there.<BR/> Don't give up(take a break from the most particuraly overtaxing thing)- we're behind you, man.HVShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05643496443110391440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155578073123149572006-08-14T11:54:00.000-06:002006-08-14T11:54:00.000-06:00Scott-This was a difficult post to read, and I'm s...Scott-<BR/><BR/>This was a difficult post to read, and I'm sure, a painful one to write.<BR/><BR/>When you walk into an endo appointment, and your results are nothing like you expected, it can be really hard to motivate yourself to keep at it.<BR/><BR/>I know.<BR/><BR/>You feel like a failure. <BR/><BR/>But Scott, anyone who really gets this stuff can tell you that you are <I>far</I> from being Sandra Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16664436447708465809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155571856677371652006-08-14T10:10:00.000-06:002006-08-14T10:10:00.000-06:00Sending you a big hug. Don't give up. Just keep ...Sending you a big hug. Don't give up. Just keep trying. My cholesterol was a little high when I had it checked last week. I'm a nurse. I know what I need to do, but I'm not doing it yet. Why is that? I'm not sure. <BR/><BR/>Here's hoping your "brain meds" show up soon and things will get better.Penny Ratzlaffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03368479901015692591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155562264885029852006-08-14T07:31:00.000-06:002006-08-14T07:31:00.000-06:00Sending HUGE HUGS!! I am so appreciative of your ...Sending HUGE HUGS!! I am so appreciative of your blog, it really helps me stay on track about teaching Daniel about food and how it affects us. I really hope that you can find a way through all of your issues. We are all in your corner and if there is anything we can do, such as be your accountability group, we are here for you. You do work hard and even though your appointment wasn't what Vivianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00276484548667354919noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155558294159858372006-08-14T06:24:00.000-06:002006-08-14T06:24:00.000-06:00Scott,You're not wrong about the amount of emotion...Scott,<BR/><BR/>You're not wrong about the amount of emotion in the OC right now. I'm sorry you're having such a rough time. I wish there was something that I could really do to help.<BR/><BR/>I do think that you need to take a step back from this until you've been back on the Lexapro for a little while. With a break of this long, it is going to take a while for them to kick back in. And besides,Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155554539296462992006-08-14T05:22:00.000-06:002006-08-14T05:22:00.000-06:00Scott, Thank you for such a posting from the heart...Scott, Thank you for such a posting from the heart. <BR/><BR/>I'm sorry that your numbers didn't show all the work that you've done in trying to improve them. It sounds like you've got some ideas already on how to turn them around - good for you.<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean about refills. I <A>hate</A> having to order stuff by mail, and then forgetting and running out. What I've started doing Bernardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14936264471078732019noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155554084809061872006-08-14T05:14:00.000-06:002006-08-14T05:14:00.000-06:00Wow, Scott, that was one tough post to read! I am ...Wow, Scott, that was one tough post to read! I am sorry about your results and can totally relate to the feeling of somehow having failed because the numbers don't seem to show the real effort behind them. However, the daily "running" of the complicated factory of the body contains so many unknown factors and factors that we by no means can control, that we be judged/judging ourselves on blood Heidihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15928203708923370018noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155546893800686152006-08-14T03:14:00.000-06:002006-08-14T03:14:00.000-06:00Hey Scott,I know the feelings of disappointing num...Hey Scott,<BR/>I know the feelings of disappointing numbers and the feelngs that I'm doing all I can. Heck, I know from Lexapro, too.<BR/><BR/>Have you already talked with a nutritionist? One who gets diabetes? If not, maybe a visit would help with figuring out carb issues. And while I hear you on the "all or nothing" thing, could you try, just try, to swap out, say, your breakfast carb for a Lyrehcahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14731508321420598343noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9841045.post-1155528372755497182006-08-13T22:06:00.000-06:002006-08-13T22:06:00.000-06:00Scott, I am so sorry you had such a disappointing ...Scott, I am so sorry you had such a disappointing appointment.<BR/><BR/>You have been such an encouragement to me and I just don't know what I can say to you other than that your blog makes it obvious how hard you are trying and I am sorry you are not getting the results you want.<BR/><BR/>I hope things improve and you get your brain meds quickly.Christinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13564731989568599206noreply@blogger.com