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Permalink Reply by Mike S. on November 27, 2011 at 12:34am

Pancreas on sale this week! Only $1.49/lb. Limited quantities. Limit 2 per customer. Only at your local Safeway! Fresh, never frozen.

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Permalink Reply by Valerie on November 10, 2011 at 10:08am

my mom offered her pancreas to my son (once she was dead, of course).

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Permalink Reply by TimmyMac on November 9, 2011 at 7:01pm

I had one from another diabetic. She saw me checking and said "oh! you have the sugars too!" My reading comes back at 34, she looks at it and says "I was devastated when they said I couldn't have soda anymore, but I've gotten used to it!" and then she walks out of the room, leaving me alone with a serious low.

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on November 9, 2011 at 7:28pm

They may not have known anything about what a 34 means too? If they are only vaguely controlled it may be like an alien concept?

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Permalink Reply by TimmyMac on November 9, 2011 at 7:44pm

you would think doctors would at least tell a diabetic about what their numbers mean... i guess i have too much faith in people

could this also be why there are studies that suggest that frequent testing =/= better control? if the people in those studies didn't know what their numbers meant, then testing really would be pointless for them.

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on November 9, 2011 at 9:42pm

I think there are a lot of doctors who don't give patients goals/ numbers/ tools to work towards them.

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Permalink Reply by jrtpup on November 10, 2011 at 4:45am

Good grief TimmyMac I never even thought of that! You may be on to something. How sad.

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Permalink Reply by Mike S. on November 9, 2011 at 7:44pm

Whoa! So many posts in just a day. Keep it clean folks.....or Manny will bonk ya!

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Permalink Reply by Lila on November 10, 2011 at 12:46am

Good heavens. You learn something new each day. Not sure exactly what you mean by 'bonk' but in British slang, that means something totally different. Certainly, not something a respectable married gentleman would do (especially as his wife is online here too...)

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Permalink Reply by acidrock23 on November 10, 2011 at 5:09am

Endurance athletes refer to "hitting the wall" as "bonking" too ("I bonked in mile 22 and it my pace slowed waaay down". I suspect there's some relationship w/ BG/ liver chemistry at that point too.

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Permalink Reply by Alan S on November 10, 2011 at 12:31pm

Good heavens. You learn something new each day. Not sure exactly what you mean by 'bonk' but in British slang, that means something totally different. Certainly, not something a respectable married gentleman would do (especially as his wife is online here too...)

Of course it is something a respectable married gentleman would do - but only with one person :)
We use the British version of most slang

Cheers, Alan, T2, Australia.
Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.

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Permalink Reply by Natalie ._c- on November 18, 2011 at 7:40pm

And when my cat goes running crazily around the house chasing phantom mice, I call that "bonking", too!! It's a good all-purpose word????

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