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Current Events => The DUmpster => Topic started by: franksolich on August 02, 2013, 12:14:23 PM
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http://www.democraticunderground.com/11471568
Oh my.
Surely everybody remembers Big Bertha, mounted on that motorized scooter.
Bertha Venation (20,623 posts) Thu Jul 25, 2013, 10:22 AM
I am so, so tired
Long ago I took this complaint to my doctor, who ordered a sleep study. CPAP was prescribed and for a couple of years it seemed to work well.
For the last several months, I have awakened tired, driven to work drowsy, sometimes nodding off,* and have nodded off at my desk. Daily. On the weekends, I take naps. In fact, I'll get up and enjoy my ritual -- have coffee and sit in my chair or outside in good weather and read. Well, I don't read anymore, although I try. I fall asleep.
I had another sleep study a couple of weeks ago. Since my doc is on vacation, I don't have the results yet. Perhaps the CPAP is set at the wrong pressure, or I need a different mask; the sleep study tech made these suggestions. My wife [sic] wonders if I might be anemic.
I am so very tired of being tired. I hate dragging myself through the mornings. I can't concentrate. I make notes on tasks throughout the day; sometimes I can't read my writing, and have to go back to the boss to find out what the task was. This is embarrassing.
I am SO very tired of being tired.
Until I see my doc -- any practical suggestions? Not looking for medical advice.
* I have found a way to keep from nodding off while driving to work. I eat celery.
KC (1,739 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2013, 12:21 AM
3. Have you had your blood sugar tested?
Bertha Venation (20,623 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:06 AM
6. Hi, KC
I am diabetic. Someone on another board reminded me of diabetes, and it was a huge "duh" moment for me. I haven't checked my sugar in years. I start again, in about 40 minutes, to test my postprandial sugar.
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Big Bertha might want to have her thyroid checked as well.
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I suspect it's the diabetes. Probably needs insulin and better diet control.
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I just got a shit load of single edged razor blades from Harbor Freight. Let me know where to send some Bertha.
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I suspect it's the diabetes. Probably needs insulin and better diet control.
Probably a tumor.
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Probably a tumor.
Parasites.
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Probably a tumor.
Considering it's obesity, I would think it would be impossible to find. Simple tricks they use for other purposes, like rolling them in flour, wouldn't work for tumors.
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Probably a tumor.
It's not a toooomooor![/Arnold Schwarzenegger]
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Were it not for her 'wife' she could have been immortalised as one of those mad cat-women who die and are eaten by the pets...I think she's got about 40 of them.
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-- any practical suggestions?
Yes...hurry up and die.
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Libs come off their meds as soon as they "feel" better.
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Bertha Venation (20,623 posts) Fri Jul 26, 2013, 09:06 AM
6. Hi, KC
I am diabetic. Someone on another board reminded me of diabetes, and it was a huge "duh" moment for me. I haven't checked my sugar in years. I start again, in about 40 minutes, to test my postprandial sugar.
Dumbass.
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Dumbass.
Seems like a lot of DUmmies have some sort of intermittent diabetes. Must count for something when applying for the disability gravy train.
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Why do DUmbasses see more doctors in a week then I have in my entire life?
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Why do DUmbasses see more doctors in a week then I have in my entire life?
Because WE pay for it.
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Because WE pay for it.
Bingo. Spot on.