Micca PsyD's blog: "Jupie's blog"

gee they wanted to up my insulin today and i told them to go to hell. im done taking the shots 12x a day. asked for the pump to stop the torture. and they refuse so he didnt like it when i said im not upping it and just gonna sit back without it. anyways im thru taking these shots. eventually they would have no choice but to give me the pump

havent been on tap for awhile. been getting stuff done. had a dr appt today and sometime next week have to get some more things done. i re-arranged my bed room today and did some laundry. chris has been ill for the past week so things have been hectic. i will be on sometime next week to give out the luv. after my surgery take care jupie

lost in a world of politics own and run by health/medicine companies. Forced by their rules/laws will they just set me free and give me my life &freedom back? as they sit back and gorge on their riches & glory not learning a thing there is more to life than money. But many people dont see it. Im glad I wasnt raised out of greed,to be selfish.But at times I regret MY kindness because it gets me trampeled on. Like a doormat.outside looking in & its sole purpose is to look pretty&Accept its fate.2 bwalked on

hmm I think all of last week is catching up. Im literally exhausted and I went to bed around 8ish last night. throw some covers over me and let me go back to sleep!!

Today was the day they were suppose to give me my insulin pump and today everything was suppose to change for the better,I was suppose to get my life back in order and I had some high hopes only for things to crumble.WHAT A CROCK OF SHIT!! I go to the dr despite the long drive it was a rough morning. I see dr. lee and we talk and he has my results and my 3 month test which averages out how high my levels are.. well a good level is 5 and under.. mine is 12.75 .. so he says i am totally resisiting my insulin.... so he says ok this is what we have to do.. you need to take 60 units of levimire in the am and night time... 2 shots more insulin.... 20 units before and after every meal.... ok 3 meals a day =6 shots plus the two.. 8.. if you have snack 2 more shots because i eat dinner normally early i have to eat something prior to taking my eve shotso that is 2more ... 10 shots total.. plus he put me on a medicine to do with some kidney... and in the process of trying to digest this he says once a day you will be put on u-500 which is a highly concentrated insulin... 10units is like 50 units of normal insulin... this is human insulin and well its some strong stuff. not to mention the vitamins and the chronium i am taking. just call me pin cushion. did i mention before each meal i test my insulin then 20 min after i take my insulin i take it.. and if my levels are high i have to take extra insulin?? they want me to do this and then go for more tests then some classes, but they have to get my levels down before i get my pump. Like how much longer will I have to go thru this. Im really sick of taking shots and now I have to take more. My head feels like it is going to explode.. Ide like to thank all of you who sent me good luck wishes on ct,yahoo email etc. And pre-advance warn that I wont be my happy go lucky self because this is going to make me misreable. I wont be here bitching and complaining like most would, I will be on from time to time but not as often because one of the side effects of the tablets I am starting... is stomah and intestional problems, ranging from vomiting to the shits.... the fun stuff. so tell me when everything else fails what does one do. when they try so hard for it all to have hell break loose? what did i do to deserve this? I give my all. I try and help those who need it.. Im a good friend... mother.. etc. Im just so sick of this ... if it werent for my son take care guys i will be in from time to time jupie

So I am going to my parents this weekend. I havent seen them since Jan. but that is to kinda cool waters prior to telling them what may go on Tues. I have always been the type to keep things to me and kinda keep to myself about personal health matters. they know my diabetes is bad and i told them im a candidate for the pump... but i didnt actually tell them that tues he might just give it to me. with how my sugars run high as they do, there is a high possibility of the issue of me getting sick (shock) and i didnt really want to worry them with it. They have far more worries than that to have on their mind. I have some really good friends who say its going to be ok. but honestly im scared out of my damn mind. more so the last few days. like shakey panicing,the I cant breathe kinda butterfly in my stomach crap. Not really wanting to eat or hungry and i attribute that to the fear that has been sinking in . yes it will change me for the better, and i will be able to regain alot of things back. but is there a sacrifice for this? is stopping the 5-8 shots a day for the pleasure of a device ... does it come with any recourses. Its a good thing so Im convinced but I still cant help but wonder about the cons. what happens if something goes wrong?.... well anyways I am packing and getting things ready. its going to be a relaxing weekend with no issues just a time to kinda mellow. talk to you all when i get back

Heh so I am helping fix stuff at work.. and I have filled 3... not one 3.. 8gb flashdrives with images that were on my boss's pc.. and I have to go home and resize them to the correct size and hmm i think when its all said and done they will fit one. Does anyone know of a mass image resizing program I can use so I dont have to do this manually and be doing it for umm weekkkkkks on end. we are talking well over 6K pictures! -Jupie

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hey guys havent been on in a few days ..Ive been working at the new job, getting things situated and ready for the surgery and later I will have to post the info about my surgery. i got some real exciting news. Chris has photo's next week and I got him a little suit with a red tie. I cant wait to post the pictures. have a good day everyone i have to get ready to work!

so i got a new job and started it yesterday. my boss is mostly computer illeterate. she has 3 of each picture and file and her harddrive is really loaded lol. so today I am going to convince her to get a external harddrive and put all the files on there in case she looses them. to free up some space and make her pc's run alot better. but my boss is real cool, and says ok have at it. well bye for now... :D