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Virginia Tadrzynski said:

Okay, I am a lurker on alt.food.diabetic, but a regular on rfc. Here's the
story: Husband's baby sister's husband, an all around good guy, pedestal
type of personality (all who knew him felt he belonged on one), developed a
small nick on his foot. Lots of death and angst going on in family (my
hub's and his wife's mother is in hospice) so he put off getting anything
checked. Finally, after not healing for over a month, he went to the doctor
who found he had diabetes (it ran in his family, why he never thought to get
it checked, we'll never know) and would now have to undergo surgery to
remove the infected tissue from his foot and possibly a toe.

While on the operating table, he suffered a massive stroke resulting in his
being put on life support. This was reportedly due to his not dealing
correctly with his condition. Today at 2:00, he will be removed. He is
only 40.

So, if anything just 'isn't right'.....get it checked, especially if you
have diabetes or it runs in your family. If not for yourself, for those you
love so they don't have to mourn a loss too soon.
-Ginny

What a tragedy. Your family has my sympathy in coping with this loss.

gloria p

"Virginia Tadrzynski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I posted this originally on alt.food.diabetic. The response I got was that
I should send this on to all the newsgroups I belong to. Johnny Carson
was
79 and lived a long and prosperouse life. Dan was 40.
-Ginny

Okay, I am a lurker on alt.food.diabetic, but a regular on rfc. Here's
the
story: Husband's baby sister's husband, an all around good guy, pedestal
type of personality (all who knew him felt he belonged on one), developed
a
small nick on his foot. Lots of death and angst going on in family (my
hub's and his wife's mother is in hospice) so he put off getting anything
checked. Finally, after not healing for over a month, he went to the
doctor
who found he had diabetes (it ran in his family, why he never thought to
get
it checked, we'll never know) and would now have to undergo surgery to
remove the infected tissue from his foot and possibly a toe.

While on the operating table, he suffered a massive stroke resulting in
his
being put on life support. This was reportedly due to his not dealing
correctly with his condition. Today at 2:00, he will be removed. He is
only 40.

So, if anything just 'isn't right'.....get it checked, especially if you
have diabetes or it runs in your family. If not for yourself, for those
you
love so they don't have to mourn a loss too soon.
-Ginny

How very sad. My condolences to you and your family, Ginny. I can't
stress enough the need for everyone to have checkups and, if anyone finds
they have diabetes, to strictly follow all instructions on diet, injuries,
etc. I have just lost a friend to diabetes (memorial service next
Thursday) who had suffered terribly for quite a few years. Be vigilant.

Dora

"Virginia Tadrzynski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I posted this originally on alt.food.diabetic. The response I got was that
I should send this on to all the newsgroups I belong to. Johnny Carson
was
79 and lived a long and prosperouse life. Dan was 40.
-Ginny

Okay, I am a lurker on alt.food.diabetic, but a regular on rfc. Here's
the
story: Husband's baby sister's husband, an all around good guy, pedestal
type of personality (all who knew him felt he belonged on one), developed
a
small nick on his foot. Lots of death and angst going on in family (my
hub's and his wife's mother is in hospice) so he put off getting anything
checked. Finally, after not healing for over a month, he went to the
doctor
who found he had diabetes (it ran in his family, why he never thought to
get
it checked, we'll never know) and would now have to undergo surgery to
remove the infected tissue from his foot and possibly a toe.

While on the operating table, he suffered a massive stroke resulting in
his
being put on life support. This was reportedly due to his not dealing
correctly with his condition. Today at 2:00, he will be removed. He is
only 40.

So, if anything just 'isn't right'.....get it checked, especially if you
have diabetes or it runs in your family. If not for yourself, for those
you
love so they don't have to mourn a loss too soon.
-Ginny

How very sad. My condolences to you and your family, Ginny. I can't
stress enough the need for everyone to have checkups and, if anyone finds
they have diabetes, to strictly follow all instructions on diet, injuries,
etc. I have just lost a friend to diabetes (memorial service next
Thursday) who had suffered terribly for quite a few years. Be vigilant.

Dora

On Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:33:01 -0500, "Virginia Tadrzynski" <[email hidden]>

Quoted message said:

So, if anything just 'isn't right'.....get it checked, especially if you
have diabetes or it runs in your family. If not for yourself, for those you
love so they don't have to mourn a loss too soon.

Your post has been a dramatic wake-up call for me. I've been diabetic for
several years. I go through periods of denial, and eat whatever I want. I
just checked my blood sugar, and I'm embarrassed to post what it was.
Let's just say it's under 400.

I just re-arranged the cabinets so the only canned veggies in my line of
vision are green beans. Lots of green beans. The starchy stuff is on a
shelf on the side of the stairway, where Crash will see it. My frozen
broccoli is safely in the door of the freezer, so it's almost the first
thing I see.

We've also got a lot of white albacore tuna filets (canned). I make a mean
tuna salad. That stuff should keep me going until our next shopping trip
(likely Friday).

Gotta keep my chicken and stars soup for when I'm sick. Maybe we can put
that stuff somewhere special, just for sick foods. Time to get a twelve
pack of diet ginger ale for the same reason.

Thank you, Ginny.
Carol
--
"Years ago my mother used to say to me... She'd say,
'In this world Elwood, you must be oh-so smart or oh-so pleasant.'
Well, for years I was smart.... I recommend pleasant. You may quote me."

*James Stewart* in the 1950 movie, _Harvey_

"Virginia Tadrzynski" <[email hidden]> wrote in message
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Quoted message said:

I posted this originally on alt.food.diabetic. The response I got was

that

Quoted message said:

I should send this on to all the newsgroups I belong to. Johnny Carson

was

Quoted message said:

79 and lived a long and prosperouse life. Dan was 40.
-Ginny

Okay, I am a lurker on alt.food.diabetic, but a regular on rfc. Here's

the

Quoted message said:

story: Husband's baby sister's husband, an all around good guy, pedestal
type of personality (all who knew him felt he belonged on one), developed

a

Quoted message said:

small nick on his foot. Lots of death and angst going on in family (my
hub's and his wife's mother is in hospice) so he put off getting anything
checked. Finally, after not healing for over a month, he went to the

doctor

Quoted message said:

who found he had diabetes (it ran in his family, why he never thought to

get

Quoted message said:

it checked, we'll never know) and would now have to undergo surgery to
remove the infected tissue from his foot and possibly a toe.

While on the operating table, he suffered a massive stroke resulting in

his

Quoted message said:

being put on life support. This was reportedly due to his not dealing
correctly with his condition. Today at 2:00, he will be removed. He is
only 40.

So, if anything just 'isn't right'.....get it checked, especially if you
have diabetes or it runs in your family. If not for yourself, for those

you

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love so they don't have to mourn a loss too soon.
-Ginny

My condolences for your family's loss.
Thank you for posting this. My father, at the age of 63, felt "off" for
several days, but kept putting off going to the doctor. Mind you, he is also
a diabetic, and had had a severe kidney infection the year before that
weakened his system some. At work one afternoon he felt out of breath, and
like, he said, someone had "socked him damned hard" in the shoulder. He
finally called to make an appointment, and went home for the night. At 5
a.m., he had a massive myocardial infarction, and was brought to the ER
where he had a quintuple bypass operation. Thankfully, even though his
recovery was long and slow, he lived through it. His cardiac surgeon later
told us that the problems he'd had earlier were a small heart attack, and
that he's very fortunate that round two didn't kill him. Had that been the
case, I don't know what my mom would have done.
Your advice is good and sound, and I hope that everyone takes it to heart.

kimberly

On Sun 23 Jan 2005 02:33:01p, Virginia Tadrzynski wrote in rec.food.cooking:

Quoted message said:

I posted this originally on alt.food.diabetic. The response I got was that
I should send this on to all the newsgroups I belong to. Johnny Carson was
79 and lived a long and prosperouse life. Dan was 40.
-Ginny

Ginny, that is a really a tragic loss. You have my sincere condolences. I
guess we don't know when we're well off, and it's easy to become too casual
about our health.

I am also diabetic, but I monitor closely and stay in pretty good control. I
eat almost anything I want, but I balance my intake to make it work.

My prayers for your family...

Wayne

On Mon, 24 Jan 2005 00:55:37 -0800, "Nexis" <[email hidden]> connected
the dots and wrote:

~My condolences for your family's loss.
~Thank you for posting this. My father, at the age of 63, felt "off"
for
~several days, but kept putting off going to the doctor. Mind you, he
is also
~a diabetic, and had had a severe kidney infection the year before
that
~weakened his system some. At work one afternoon he felt out of
breath, and
~like, he said, someone had "socked him damned hard" in the shoulder.
He
~finally called to make an appointment, and went home for the night.
At 5
~a.m., he had a massive myocardial infarction, and was brought to the
ER
~where he had a quintuple bypass operation. Thankfully, even though
his
~recovery was long and slow, he lived through it. His cardiac surgeon
later
~told us that the problems he'd had earlier were a small heart attack,
and
~that he's very fortunate that round two didn't kill him. Had that
been the
~case, I don't know what my mom would have done.
~Your advice is good and sound, and I hope that everyone takes it to
heart.
~
~kimberly
~

And if dying isn't bad enough (My condolances, Ginny), my mother's
friend had all her toes amputated, and now is losing her leg up to the
knee due to diabetic complications.

And my former boss swore he'd never see a doctor because they always
wanted to poke and pry. After he retired (he was a phenomenal cook,
traditional Italian), he noticed that the skin on his fingers kept
peeling and never healed. A friend of his who was diabetic tested his
blood and sent him straight to the doctor, since he was over 300. He
started dieting and taking the oral meds, studied Italian so he and
the wife could travel over to the homeland for a few months and trace
the family. Trip was planned for October. He died in August. At the
funeral, we learned that both his daughters were pregnant with his
first two grandsons. He'd retired in March.

I miss him.

maxine in ri, working on the cholesterol problems that run in the fam.