Meaningful Monday

~ Reflections~

A little boy and his father were walking in the mountains.

Suddenly, his son falls, hurts himself and screams,

"AAAhhhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

~~*~~

To his surprise, he hears the voice repeating,

somewhere in the mountain:"AAAhhhhhhhhhhh!!!"

~~*~~

Curious, the little boy yells: "Who are you?"

He receives the answer: "Who are you?"

~~*~~

And then the boy screams to the mountain: "You're Stupid"

The voice answers: "You're Stupid"

~~*~~

Frustrated at the response, the boy screams: "I Hate You"

He receives the answer: "I Hate You"

~~*~~

He looks to his father and asks: "What's going on?"

The father smiles and says: "My son, pay attention."

~~*~~

The man screams: "You are a champion!"

The voice answers: "You are a champion!"

~~*~~

The boy is surprised, but does not understand.

Then the father explains: "People call this ECHO,

but really this is LIFE. It gives you back

everything you say or do.

Our life is simply a reflection of our actions."

~~*~~

If you want more love in the world,

create more love in your heart.

If you want people to respect you, respect them.

This relationship applies to everything,

in all aspects of life.

Life will give back to you everything you have given to it.

The information that I gave to you on my World Diabetes Day post concerning the dLife television program was wrong. The correct information is:

It airs on CNBC

Sundays, 7PM EST

Hope today is the first day of a blessed week for all.

Diabetes Boot Camp

I spent the better part of the yesterday afternoon at my Endocrinologist's (aka Diabetes Boot Camp Drill Instructor) office. She went over my latest blood work results, which she wasn't impressed with. Those numbers are still way higher than she wants them to be.

I am on an oral medication for diabetes as well as insulin (Lantus) and Lizard Spit (Byetta). She decided that we need to increase the units of insulin that I take and make some adjustments to the oral meds and see what sort of results we get from that. Now don't get all grossed out over the Lizard Spit remark. The original protein that brought about Byetta was found in the saliva of the Gila Monster (one of only two poisonous lizards in North America). When I first found that bit of information out I thought it to be pretty interesting. It is always nice to know where things originate from that you are putting into your body.


I tend to off track from time to time ........... The Byetta is wonderful stuff, but is tricky to use I am finding out. I visited a web site (Diabetes Monitor)that spells this information out for you. For instance there is a window of one hour after you inject Byetta that you must eat. At what point you eat within that window, determines how well the Byetta is going to work and the effects it can have on you in the process. I found many such tid bits of information that I was not aware of before. My Drill Instructor, as good as she is, just didn't pass all of these extras on to me or was not aware of them. No problem though, now I know the rest of the story.


I told you about my Santa (Vicky) from AmMed Direct in December. Well I am still receiving wonderful little care packages from them with sample snack bars and lotion, diabetic recipes, coupons for diabetic supplies and sundry needs. If you are not hooked up with them, you really need to check out their web site and get in touch. I was paying big bucks for my testing supplies through my Prescription Insurance. Vicky took matters into her hands and found out that my Medical Insurance will cover my test supplies at a fraction of what it was costing me before.


Another really wonderful resource that I happened to stumble across a while back is dLife . I have found that I could spend hours at this web site just feasting on all of the information that is available there. dLife also features a TV program that airs on Sundays. I am not sure of the time or channel, but it is posted at the site. I have caught the program a few times and have found it very informative.


Living with diabetes can certainly be a challenge at times, but it doesn't have to consume your life. Any help that we, as diabetics can find helps makes the challenge a little less taxing. I hope that you find the links I have provided here helpful. If you are not diabetic, but know someone that is, why not pass this information on to them. Please do this especially if that person is newly diagnosed. I remember feeling so overwhelmed when I was first diagnosed. That was quite a while before computers became a big part of every home. I had no idea that so many other people were fighting the same battles I was with the disease and that they were probably feeling pretty much alone, as well. My resources at the time pretty much consisted of my family doctor and what pamphlets he had available.