Damsel wrote:

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> Crash has (unfortunately) decided to smoke right up until his surgery.
> I've done everything I could to try to convince him to stop. Forwarded
> everyone's messages about smoking to him. No go. I can't worry about it
> anymore. He's a big boy, and he has to live with the consequences of that
> decision.
>
Sorry to hear that. Pity we smokers can be so stubborn.

> Last week, the doctor doubled Crash's oral pain pills and added a muscle
> relaxer. Today, Crash got more pain patches that are half the strength of
> the ones he had before. I'm gonna have to monitor him pretty closely until
> we find out what they'll do for/to him. He gave them to me and asked me to
> hide them. Good thinking on his part!
>
>
>>It took the onset of Type 2 Diabetes to make me lose weight.
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>
> I'm seeing my doc tomorrow about my diabetes. I've gotta tell her that my
> previous, perfect readings were because I was only eating 10-15 grams of
> carbs per day. She already knows this, but I'm going to remind her.
>
> I can't live like that. I want more freedom as far as what I eat. I
> haven't been acting like a good little diabetic lately, but I've gotten
> better than I was for a long while. I anticipate a medication change.
> Whether that will involve insulin, I just don't know yet.
>
> Carol

Shame Carol, that's not nice either. I hope everything goes okay for you
guys.

Chin-up and all that rot...

Cathy

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