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lunatickle

Sugar

Sep 21, 2007 09:24

I don't know how to start this post. What do I say that doesn't sound like a huge dire crisis but conveys how freaked out I am? I don't even know how freaked out I am. How I feel about the situation changes like a hot flash -- burly, unpredictable sadness rushing through my bloodstream, I feel it swell until it pushes out of my pores, and then ( Read more... )

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lunatickle October 8 2007, 15:03:36 UTC

Thanks for that kind thought when I was freaking out, it felt really good to me. I've gotten happily distracted for a few weeks and I'm feeling a lot calmer about it, thank goodness.

I've been keeping tabs on your progress -- damn, girl, good work on the WW!

moominmuppet September 21 2007, 16:46:30 UTC

I'm going to reply in email, but I just wanted to let you know I'm here, and listening. And I do understand about grieving and chronic illness -- I'm very glad you're so self-aware and able to recognize that need.

lunatickle October 8 2007, 15:04:07 UTC

I love you -- thanks for getting me so well.

forestfire September 21 2007, 18:18:58 UTC

I'm diagnosed as hypoglycemic and insulin non producing and a bunch of other not quite diabetic labels. so far its manageable purely on diet, but it royally sucks. I'm sorry.

lunatickle October 8 2007, 15:06:05 UTC

Damn, non-insulin producing sounds scary. Do you have any food tips? I'm ready for them.

Are you vegan? I thought you were vegetarian, maybe...but people think that about me frequently and it's not true.

Anyway, thanks for the good thoughts.

ls56 September 22 2007, 22:18:44 UTC

Hey, this is Lara. We went to high school together (you were a senior when I was a freshman). I found you through the school thing. I've always remembered you as someone who was really nice to me during my awkward freshman year.

*hugs* I hope for your long health.

lunatickle October 8 2007, 15:27:15 UTC

Wow, Lara, what a nice thing to say -- I hope the same for myself.

Of course I know who you are, it's great to hear from you! Sara was a year behind me, and I volunteered with your mom at YEP, and I would guess you knew my little sister, Sarah -- she was in your year. And didn't we see each other at Pride at least once? I poked around your lj a little bit, congratulations to you on the brave decision to go back to school.

I hope you are very well and Chatham is being good to you. That's where I met my first real-live lesbian (that I knew about)...the friend of a friend's older sister. I was 14, in my own awkward freshman year, and it was very exciting! Take care of yourself.

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lunatickle October 8 2007, 15:56:37 UTC

Thank you so much, your comment was really welcome and so friendly. I bought a copy of the Handbook for Nutrional Healing, which I've consulted for many years but never owned. That seems positive. I've been very careful (with a few notable slips) with my diet and am getting more exercise. I'm taking some fenugreek tea. But I'm guessing and following the internet, mainly -- I could certainly use your expertise!

I've settled down some and I'm ready to take in information. Your post about the testicular cancer case review was excellent, I repeated it to Tori because I thought it captured such a sensible attitude toward the sometimes-necessary intersection between alternative and conventional therapies. I've very much interested in tapping your brain for some ideas.

Thanks for your kindness.