Hot and Cold Running Blather - The Professor Scares Any Remaining Bejesus Out Of Himself And His Lovely Wife

Hot and Cold Running Blather - The Professor Scares Any Remaining Bejesus Out Of Himself And His Lovely Wife

Professor Liddle-Oldman

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The Professor Scares Any Remaining Bejesus Out Of Himself And His Lovely Wife	[Jul. 7th, 2009\|01:32 pm]
Chronic diseases can bite my shiny metal ass. If only I had a shiny metal ass, and not this meatbag. I woke about 3:00 A.M., sweaty and trembling. Despite a bedtime blood glucose reading of 200 – somewhat high – I was having a hypoglycemic reaction. I got up and tested, and my bg was 28. "Actionable" begins at 80. This number is similar to the one the paramedics found when my wife had to call 911 last year. Luckily, we had gone shopping yesterday evening, so my wife fed me yogurt and peanut butter crackers and fudge. To add to the excitement, I'd been having a vivid dream, in which I'd worked out that I was having a reaction, and I must have been talking to my wife about it in the dream. I get aphasic, unable to remember words, at the best of times, and low blood sugar doesn't help. I kept insisting that she refer to the previous conversation ("The story! What's the story!?), and got frustrated when she didn't twig. To the conversation we'd been having in my dream. She was quite alarmed for me for a bit. I ate, and read a few minutes (being rational again), and tested again; I was up to 80. I went back to bed and woke with a high bg number, but I expected that. All the while, in front of me, was a hotel-provided magazine with an article title "Ooops! How to learn life lessons from out mistakes." I think the life lesson here is, do not drink anything after supper.. I'd had an ounce of bourbon around 9:30, and that's a commonality with my previous disaster. Lord bless and keep my wonderful wife. Chronic diseases can bite my ass
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erisreg
2009-07-07 05:47 pm (UTC)

can bite my ass

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sounds like it did,.. no dieing the waiting line is horrendous,..o.o

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-07 06:45 pm (UTC)

Re: can bite my ass

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But it's not as though I'd have somewhere else to be...

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platypus
2009-07-07 05:48 pm (UTC)

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Yikes! I hope your numbers are more stable today. I can't figure out why the hell, after an indulgently large lunch Sunday, I found myself at 52 (there was insulin in my hamburger? what?), but it's been happening a bit in the afternoons lately. I've been extra careful about checking before bed, and often waiting a bit and doing it twice so I can tell if the numbers are headed down.

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-07 06:46 pm (UTC)

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Chronic diseases can bite your shiny metal ass too!

Good luck. At least we understand the importance of a feedback loop now!

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bkwrrm_tx
2009-07-07 05:50 pm (UTC)

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Been there, done that, got the sweaty, twitchy t-shirt. :-(

No fun, and you have my sympathies.

Edited at 2009-07-07 05:50 pm (UTC)

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-07 06:47 pm (UTC)

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My sympathies as well! Thanks!

And, welcome aboard!

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may_lyn
2009-07-07 06:01 pm (UTC)

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heh, preaching to the choir, darlin man. glad you didn't croak.

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-07 06:47 pm (UTC)

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Yeah, that'd really mess up my posting! ;)

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may_lyn
2009-07-07 07:17 pm (UTC)

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what, you're not planning on coming back as the posting zombie?

you would be just as clever, but your posts would be really slow, and rather limited in scope.

"braaaaaaaaaains. brains. brainy brainbrain. brains. brainman. brainy days and mondays always get me down. brains."

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-07 08:15 pm (UTC)

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You have given me possibilities I had not previously considered!

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may_lyn
2009-07-07 09:01 pm (UTC)

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now don't go killing yourself just so you can come back as zombie leslie, ok?

the MOST i'll accept from you is 'kinda dead'. no more than kinda. deal?

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interactiveleaf
2009-07-07 06:03 pm (UTC)

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Meep!

I'd miss you if you died. Don't die, kthx?

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-07 06:48 pm (UTC)

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I'd miss me too!

Yeah, "not dying" is high on my to-do list. Thanks.

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fairy69
2009-07-07 11:02 pm (UTC)

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if I could, I would hug you and not let you go either. Mrs. P will be canonized as well, don't worry.

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firynze
2009-07-08 12:01 am (UTC)

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EEEEEEP.

*frets*

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bill_sheehan
2009-07-08 01:39 am (UTC)

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Yoiks!

Be careful, bubbelah. Life is short enough.

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heartbreakangel
2009-07-08 01:47 am (UTC)

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28? You're damned lucky you woke up!

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offensive_mango
2009-07-08 09:10 am (UTC)

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Dude! You better watch yourself!

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natevw
2009-07-08 12:32 pm (UTC)

Welcome Back Professor

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This is scary shit to read early in the AM .

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-08 03:53 pm (UTC)

Re: Welcome Back Professor

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Dude -- and you??

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natevw
2009-07-08 09:36 pm (UTC)

Re: Welcome Back Professor

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I'm here , it's different ~ I'm ready to go and have been for a while now . part of my faith and belief in paypacks , Earl has _nothing_ on me ~ I'm so 8very* lucky you alls even talk to me .

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floundah
2009-07-08 04:39 pm (UTC)

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((((Hugs)))) I am so glad you are okay. Thank God for Mrs. Professor!

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tangentsferret
2009-07-09 09:23 pm (UTC)

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Yeep. As the parent of a Type 1 son who was diagnosed at not-quite-five, I wish to formally advise you that those numbers would have scared quite a bit of the bejesus out of me, too!

Mrs Professor has my sympathy. Dealing with someone you love when they are in mortal danger, miserable, and utterly, utterly irrational is absolutely horrid.

Which is not to say I have no sympathy for you, just that I have a better emotional understanding of what she was probably going through.

Our Small Person (who turned 15 two days ago, BTW, and when last seen was only half an inch shorter than I) always got the most wretched migraines after a low. Does that happen to you?

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liddle_oldman
2009-07-13 09:37 pm (UTC)

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The poor tyke! It must suck 42 times worse if you're a kid. (I was around 30).

I get quite tired after a good hard crash, but luckily for me I don't get headaches from it.

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slymongoose
2009-07-10 01:39 pm (UTC)

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Yeah. That alcohol... it lowers my bg, too.
This is weird, because drinking alcohol is metabolized as a fat, which should up your bg. Another case of "You would think... but you'd be wrong!"
It varies from one person to another, though, so you gotta adjust for your own bod.
So, I suggest having a candy with your booze, or fruit or something sweet. (No, kissing the Mrs. does not count. Ha!)
I use this to my advantage when I want to have pasta, or something carb-heavy. I have a little wine or more likely a wine cooler or a Bellini with it and I can use less insulin.

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