Text 27224, 111 rader
Skriven 2012-07-15 14:21:39 av Ruth Haffly (1:396/45.28)
  Kommentar till text 27178 av Carol Shenkenberger (42869.cooks)
Ärende: Diabetes
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Hi Carol,

 >  CS> can be cheaper on a mazon.com than the school place as well.

 > I think Steve bought most of his books thru Amazon, a good number of
 > mine as well. I know we got my Emily Post there. That, and Robert's
 > Rule's of Order for the Cmplete Idiot (or something like that) will be
 > worth their weight in gold, especially if Steve takes a pastoral
 > position.

 CS> Yup!  That works.  I dont have her class list yet but her savings pays
 CS> tuition and I have to pay for a car (simple beater for the first one)
 CS> and books for he r.  Rest is as normal so no biggie.

Also check out used bookstores. But verify that the edition found there
is the edition the instructor is using. Some of us ordered our Emily
Post thru Amazon & got the 18th edition; others in the class bought it
at the campus book store & got the 17th (which is what the instructor
had). Same with Robert's so the instructor just double checked page
numbers when she referred to some things. Some showed up on the final
exam (open book) so she had to make sure she had the right page numbers
for both editions.

 > I think I've reached my limit on advanced schooling. I don't know how I
 > did it but I got all A's (actually, 3 A+s and 10 A's). I do know it was
 > a lot of hard work and it will be a bit of a relief not to have to study
 > this fall.

 CS> I didnt do that well in college because I was also working full time
 CS> to pay for it. I finally burned out on it and went military.

I didn't do that well either but made it thru for my BA. Sociology
major, psychology & art minors and have probably productively used the
art the most. The other 2 are people relationship type things--use them
a lot less formally but the art comes out in a lot of my work.

 >  CS> Yup.  Talking with other diabetics, sometimes the charts do not show
 >  CS> all so it's not a strict carb count or  a glycemic index (how fast a
 >  CS> carb breaks down).

 > I'm trying to keep a sharp eye on the carbs but eat a balanced diet. So
 > far I've been lighter than I was on fruits but some tweaking will allow
 > me more as I get used to what's OK, what's not. I've been quite heavy on
 > raw veggies, somewhat less so but still high on cooked ones. Meats and
 > other proteins are basically (depending on prep, etc) carb free but I'm
 > not pigging out on them.

 CS> My diabetic friends tell me it's a lot more than just carb counting
 CS> but over time with testing your own BG's, you can find what odd item
 CS> makes you spike. D on't be shocked if you spike on some items at a
 CS> particular time of day and not at others.

I'm still in the upward part of the learning curve. My PCM says I can
get by with doing the BG once a day (in the morning) but I also do it
just before the nightly insulin intake, just to see how it's running.
But, the am ones continue to stay on the lower end of the range I was
told to aim for.

 >  >  CS> going in on a box of stuff then splitting it.

 >  > Sounds like the state farmer's market down in Raleigh. A friend & I have
 >  > talked about going and splitting boxes but I'm not putting up this year,

 >  CS> Yup! LOcals meeting up there from time to time.  We tell one another
 >  CS> what we are wearing since it's often electronic coms among us (big
 >  CS> crowd, 50-100 depending on night).

 > That's a good number of people! I buy for just the 2 of us (or plus our
 > life group if it's our week to cook) at the local market. A crowd like
 > yours, I'd go to Raleigh.

 CS> It's a good sized place and i plan to go Wed. They are only open once
 CS> a week that night. Its a farmers auction.

So what are you putting up this week or are you just getting it for the
weekly eats? We didn't get to go to the local market yesterday; would
have been interesting to see what they had. My folks have a basic garden
in (lettuce, tomatoes, corn) but I would have tried to get some summer
squash. If successful, then I would have shown my mom different ways to
fix it. Right now they're using a lot of commercially canned (and some
frozen) vegetables; I'll be glad to get back to our fresh veggies when
we get home.

 >  > It's a good start! Need us to come up & give you another lesson in
 >  > Italian cooking?
 CS>  >
 >  CS> Snicker, I give you one in Asian!  I make great authentic pork lumpia!
 >  CS>  I'd ha ve made it that cooking picnic but didnt want to stress anyone
 >  CS> (grin).
 CS>  >
 > It would be fun if we could arrainge it some time. After this trip we've
 > a few weeks before classes resume for Steve but the days are filling up
 > with doctor's appointments and other such like. BTW, Steve is pretty
 > well over his pork avoidance but admits he'd rather have a ham than a

 CS> I really only know pork lumpia but i have to admit, mine's so good
 CS> you'd think  you were in Manila.

I've never been to Manila but my dad was--during WWII. Doubt if he had
the lumpia tho. (G)

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Ruth
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