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Life, Lemons, Letting Go, And Becoming



As of late, I've been suffering from life throwing me a few lemons. While some of these lemons are easily turned into delicious lemonade, others leave bruises that make them not so easy to forget.

The stress of my job; my moms heath, the fact that I still beat myself up over stupid mistakes instead of learning from them and letting them go.

So today.....I'm letting go....OF ALL OF IT.
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I'm letting go of all the things that weigh me down.

I'm letting go of not measuring up to my own set of impossible standards, and anyone else's for that matter.

I'm letting go of all the anger towards anyone who ever hurt me in anyway.
I'm letting go of the person I thought I'd be and am embracing the person I am becoming.

I am becoming smarter and more enlightened.
I am becoming an expert at finding the humor in both life and diabetes.

I am becoming a person who embraces her successes and learns from her failures.

I am becoming a person who cries not only when she's sad, but also when she's happy.

I an a person who not only laughs from her gut, but is starting to listen to it as well.

I am a person who is still somewhat sloppy in the whole organizational department, but I'm so MUCH BETTER than I used to be.

I am a person who's becoming quite technically savvy.....who'd a thunk it?

I am a person who now can take her anger and use it as a motivator for positive change.

In no particular order: I am a Blogger; a Taurus, a lover of the ocean and any and all bodies of water.
I am loyal, I am funny, I am sweet and temperamental. I am both shy and an extrovert.

I am a woman, a daughter, a sister, a friend, a Diabetic, a Comedienne, an Actor, a chameleon, and a Wise Ass who happens to have a great ass and nice legs.


I am a finder of the funny, with a heart that's empathetic, a humor that is sardonic, and a pancreas that's far from perfect!

I'm far from perfect, nor am I perfect from afar.

And that's OK.

Life - Lemons or not, goes on....And is a mixture of both the sweet and tart.

It’s All About The Numbers…. As in 14,000 ! And No Diabetes Police Allowed!

Actual Aerial footage of Kelly K's (k2's) lunchtime Blood Sugar

Based on a suggestion made to TuDiabetes/EstuDiabetes Founder Manny Hernandez from TuDiabetes member & Diabetic Living Magazine's Kelly Rawlings-14,000 people with diabetes (10,000 from Tu Diabetes & and 4000 from EstuDiabetes) will take 5 seconds this afternoon at 4pm EST, and simultaneously take & post their individual blood sugars to raise awareness of the important role monitoring blood sugars plays in managing diabetes!

Hope your reading this insurance companies! Talk about strength in numbers! And not one single member of the dreaded Diabetes Police will be in attendance!

NO DIABETES POLICE ALLOWED!

Here’s the link: 14k Strong TuDiabetes


Time Zone Breakdown:

* 1:00 pm PT
* 2:00 pm MT
* 3:00 pm CT
* 4:00 pm ET
* 8:00:00 pm GMT

READY? AIM, TEST!


Little Things Mean A Lot ~






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Sometimes when I start to feel down and the self doubt rears its ugly head, I start to think about what's good in my life and what I'm thankful for, and you know what? Not only do I feel better, I feel motivated and blessed and happy!
The following list isn't grand and I basically wrote whatever popped in my head, but it's from the heart and it made me smile when I was done.

INDEED!

So in absolutely no particular order, I am thankful for......

1. Insulin
2. Cheese as a free food and finally being able to get the whole Cheese Slut confession off my chest!
3. Good surf
4. Blood Sugar Nirvana in all its forms, including cupcakes
5. Summer fruit and Jersey Tomatoes
6. Fresh Mint in my water
7. The DOC
8. Dodging Doorknobs
11. Laughing so much that my whole body shakes so much that my laughs cease to have sound
12. Harrison Ford movies - And a big thanks to George Lucas for "discovering" him!
13. A-ha moments - both big and little
14. Big hugs from little kidlets
15. Singing out loud and at the top of my lungs in my car when a favorite song plays
16. Fireworks - Both in the sky and in my heart
17. Morning coffee and afternoon iced tea
18. Seeing the good in others & seeing the good in myself
19. DMeet-Ups
20. The love of my family and friends, including YOU!

So little or big, diabetes related or not, tell me something that you're thankful for!

PS: I wrote this post today and afterwards my insulin pump had very close call - And DIDN'T die. And a few hours after that, I won free cupcakes from @CrumbsBakeShop via "the twitter." So yes, you can bet your sweet aaaaaaa...ammmmazing cupcakes that little things do indeed mean a lot!

Life Lessons - Courtesy Of Diabetes

Life Lessons - Courtesy Of Diabetes

Life is a lot like blood sugars. There are highs, there are lows, and there’s the stuff in between.

People will always surprise you with their diabetes stupidity.

People will continually AMAZE you with their knowledge (and desire to understand) diabetes.

Doorknobs are sneaky little suckers!

When PWDs look at food we see numbers, not “dead people.” I kid you not.

Blood droplets/smears don’t necessarily = a CSI moment.

Lancets are actually sold in bunches – who knew?

Happiness is a lot like used test strips. WHY? Because happiness is all around us - and happiness is also found in the most unexpected of places ;)

Encephalitis and Homeopathy

Encephalitis and Homeopathy
This information is taken from:


Just a little more evidence that Homeopathy works, better than placebo! And certainly better than conventional medical drugs!


Homeopathy can prevent Japanese Encephalitis (JE) infection that infects 50,000 and kills 10,000 in South and Southeast Asia each year, report Indian researchers in the American Journal of Infectious Diseases. A study by researchers at Kolkata’s School of Tropical Medicine and the Central Council for Research in Homoeopathy that the homeopathic medicine Belladonna prevented infection in chick embryos infected with the JE virus.
Caused by a virus that circulates in pigs and wading birds and gets transferred to humans through the bite of the Culex mosquito, JE causes symptoms of headache, sudden high fever, neck stiffness, disorientation and seizures.
Deaths in India, which range between 1,000 and 2,000 each year, occur mainly in children under 15 years in the endemic states of Uttar Pradesh, Karnataka, Assam and Bengal.
Belladonna -- the deadly nightshade -- is used to treat complaints of sudden infections and fever. Other conditions treated include migraines and throbbing headaches in which the slightest eye movement intensifies the pain, boils, seizures, kidney inflammation and restless sleep.
The study showed significant decrease in the viral load when treated with homoeopathic medicine Belladonna in different potencies, in comparison to placebo, said principal investigator Dr Bhaswati Bandopadhyay, assistant professor of virology, School of Tropical Medicine.


Obviously we now await the homeophobes and homeopathy denialists to say 'the trial is not up to standard'.


Homeopathy Denialists and Homeophobes

Homeopathy Denialists and Homeophobes
Regular readers of this blog will have noticed that there are a number of homeopathy denialists who regularly respond to my blogs.

It has recently come to my attention that these denialists are paid to respond to blogs like this one. The problem is, apparently, that we seek to support safer forms of medicine, and have the 'audacity' to criticise ConMed, and pharmaceutical drugs!

I have often wondered why homeopathy denialists are so quick, and so ready to respond; and always with such negative stuff. But I did not believe that they were paid 'per response' - which explains why they respond so quickly to anything I have to say.

I suppose it is the drug companies who are paying. They certainly can afford to do so. But in future, I will not be accepting comments from denialists or homeophobes on this blog unless they confirm that they have not been paid for sending their response.

Natural approaches to illness

Natural approaches to illness
Since writing my Cancer and Homeopathy series my attention has been drawn to this website, one well worth looking at for anyone suffering from serious illness, and wanting to use medical therapies and approaches that are safe.


P{lease take a minute to look at this website. You will notice, at the bottom of this page, a list of quotations from conventional medics about what they think about ConMed treatment of cancer - most illuminating.


http://www.healingcancernaturally.com/alternative-cancer-treatment.html#On%20Conventional%20Cancer%20Treatment