“Have simcha that u r exactly where u r supposed to be right now.”

i never thought of it that way…. thank you SO much for posting that it really helps me!!!

my main point on this…

although i agree that no one should go out with someone theyre not attracted to (i agree attraction is very important!!)…. people dont understand how hurtful this can be to someone. dont say no just bec of a picture!!! i happen to look MUCH bigger in photos. i just dont come out well!! but bec some boys (not all.. there are some really normal ones out there im sure…..) cant get passed the desire for perfection they wont even give me a chance (even though my parents are more than willing/able to support btw…..) its just plain hurtful!!!!! some people are not willing to look passed it and if i may be so bold… theyre missing out. ive come to learn that. (and before everyone comes jumping on me for saying that…. ive spoken to many people about this topic and ive been told that a lot…… everyone has their plus sides and minus sides we need to focus on our plus’ TOGETHER with ou minus’!! its something im trying to work on being that i have a very low self esteem)

allsgr8- i got the newsletter today and read ur articles! i give them an A+!!!! very nicely written!

(just out of curiousity, who is Rochelle Zucker? you said that you wrote under a diff name but how did you come up with it?)

omg your post takes the words RIGHT OUT OF MY MOUTH!!!!!!!!!!!!

i am in the EXACT same situation! i was told by someone that 3 boys said no to me because they are “concerned abt my weight” i CANNOT TELL YOU (im sure you know…..) how much that hurt me. i am a great girl (if i do say so myself….) i will be a great mother and wife, my family is FANTASTIC but bec i am not a size 2, 4, 6 or even an 8 or 10 i am not wanted. tis world is MESSED up! i cried myself to sleep for DAYS until i decided that i dont care. the right boy will love me for ME not for what i look like. i am healthy, i am happy and the main thing is…. i am a nice caring person. if a boy (or his mother) cant get passed how much i weigh then im sorry he is NOT for me!

thats not to say it doesnt hurt… IT DOES!!!!!!!!! i wish wish wish people would put theor priorities in order!!!

sweet- ive been on 2 wired pumps before this one lol i know its not so bad but once ive been wireless for sooo long i cant imagine wires again!

(oh and i refused tghe crutches so definately NOT me that you saw princess lol! but go up to everone you see with an aircast/boot thingy and say “coffee”… you never know if it is me or not…)

BH i have never been th hospital other than the “initiation visit”

how high did you go? how did you decide to go in?

sweet- by a simcha i use an extended bolus. i say give it to me ove the next ____ hours and then i check my pdm with my coat or leave it in the bathroom in a bag.works like a charm. the omnipod is waterproof for 30 minutes i think. i LOVE to swim too! lol!

i think i agree with sweet though abt the cgm and medtronic… HUGE plus. i know i love my cgm but its a pain in the neck to have to carry around (and wear) two things…. if i wasnt already “hooked” (still love that joke btw,….) on the wirelessness of the omnipod i would maybe consider switching but i cant go back on wires after being off of it so long!

you do a mail merge on microsoft word.

(i only know the newest version of word so i’ll telll you how to do it on that…)

open new document

go to “mailing” tab

press start mail merge (chose labels…)

press use existing list

find and press excel list you want to use

press edit receipiant list and chose which people you want to use

press insert merge fields (make sure to put spaces commas periods etc)

then press start merge (its the last tab)

and press edit individual document

and youre good to go!

hope you understood!

good luck!

health- why is it that every time i see that you have posted i know i am gonna end up upset? i should learn my lesson and STOP reading them! youre entitled to ur opinion BUT i dont have to agree. and please dont make a big deal arguing your point i hear what your saying and i respect your opinion but like i said i donnt agree and i dont wanna fight! 😉

as far as my foot- it hurts =( dont ask how i broke it!!! BH its only in a boot not a cast and i have to stay off of it…(YEAH RIGHT!! NOT HAPPENING!!!) thanks for your well wishes allsgr8!

dx3- i didnt even think of basals!!! thanks so much for pointing that out!! i am so upset bec i finally got into a better exercise routine and started to see weight come off but now i cant do it for a while!!!! oh well GAM ZU LTOVA!!!!! everything happens for a reason right?!?

health- you know what i feel about tough love… i dont believe in it! it works for some people but for some ( a lot….) it doesnt it only discourages them! so dont think its 100% fool proof!

guess what people? i broke my foot!!! yay! should i be nervous that the pain meds will afeect my blood sugars?

tralala- thats so funny that you mentioned that book bec i just baught Mountain climbers today after posting abt it and i cant put it down! i really think we could write a story for it. im really considering it…. of course you should write for ami!!! i would LOVE to read it!!!

princess- i read somewhere a while ago abt this diabetic girl who stopped taking insulin to lose weight and now she has serious issues. they conisder it an eating disorder. its not worth it! and trust me i know how you feel! i HATE my body and the way i look! i HATE HATE that no matter how little i eat the inches and pound dont come off! i HATE HATE HATE all the comments that are made sometimes by people who dont understand (and even by some people who you are close to and mean well but dont knwo how tough it is….) ive been there. its painful i know! but “starving yourself from insulin” wont help it will just make us sick and please dont do that bec we need you here on this thread! dont give up hope! i am crying just writing this bec i really know how you are feeling and it hurts me that there are no answers to give!! weight is a very very very sore subject for me! i have always struggled but lately its gotten worsebec of the fact that i found out a few things that someone said (having to do with shidduchim….) i cant tell you how manty nights i have cried myself to sleep and the pain it has caused. i was ready to give up and not eat but then i remembered the DAIBETES WONT LET ME NOT EAT!!! ITS NOT FAIR!!!! there are no answers princess we just have to rely on eachother for support i guess! so i am here… i understamd!! VENT AWAY!!!!!

tralala- thats what were here for! im sorry ur struggling! but you sound like you have so much determination in u from all that you went through AND OVERCAME!!!! you know how they say life is like a mountain? i like to think of it as more of a lot of hills when it comes to D. bolus hills and pump hills and shidduchim hills and carb counting hills and weight hills….. you get over one hill and there are still so many more! i sometimes feel like “sitting down” and stop climbing (we all feel that way sometimes no?) but we all have to remember that once we get over one hill, its worth it!!!! life is a climb but you get a great view from the top of all your hills!!!!

aries- im close to tear from reading ur post! u have no idea how much ur words touched me! ur point is very true and i am gonna remember that! thanks so much!

(can i have a ring frojm u too? lol just joking!)

i feel the same way! i havent gotten even a phone call to suggest something in a VERY long time! its hard to think noone knows you exist! shidduchim is a HUGE test of emunah!

May Hashem help all those who need it and may you and anyone else that is feelimg empty find fullfillment and their bashsert SOON and it should be EASY!

allgr8- was it today that the omnipod rep came? how did it go?

i feel the same way about one of my friends. its a tough situation because theres no way you can say something in a nice way. but it just comes to a point when you just cant deal with it anymore! sorry i dont have an answer (wish i did!)

if you figure something out let me know….

what’s wrong with cornflakes???????

dx3- HYSTERICAL!!!! you made me laugh through a hard day! thanks!

GOOD LUCK REB!!! I AM SURE YOULL DO GREAT!!!

and i agree with allsgr8- no need to pretend! be urself! you are a great girl and anyone would be LUCKY to have you so dont pretend!! if/ when the time is right it will be easy to tell him abt the D! HASHEM WILL HELP!!! He always does!!!!! i’ll be thinking about you! keep us posted!!!

sweet- i do wait 15 min before eating and 2 hrs later it is perfect but i dont like how it goes up in between. when i wear my sensorit annoys me to see the up arrow even though it goes straight back down.

ie: 15 min b4 i wanna eat lunch i test. its 100. so i bolus then wait 15 min. then i eat. an hour late its 175 but then an hour later its 120. i dont like that 175 in middle!

princess- what do you mean by “too public” forum? we dont know eachother so its not public!

reb- good luck all will be gr8 😉

i wear it on my abdomen and lower back mostly. i sometimes wear it on my leg but i bothers me there, plus i love wearing straight skirts so it shows thru on my leg. it did feel heavy in the beginning but now i dont feel it at all!

dont get me wrong there are some negatives too… be sure to mention to the representative that you heard it tends to have a lot of occlusions sometimes (but then you can go 6 months w.o one….)

btw do u know the rep’s name? i had someone come down to me named Raya. dont ask me why i rememeber that but it wld be cute if she came to u too lol

allsgr8- its a funny story why i changed.. my great aunt sent me an article done on a fameous (non-jewish) diabetic singer and how they had the omnipod and loved it etc… so i looked into it and i found it had a lot of great things especially the wireless bec i really really HATED the wires!!! i dont know why ezery1 thinks its hard to hide cuz really no1 sees!!! i was by a wedding and i was dancing next to my best friend and she said “my hand keeps hitting something hard on u what is it?” so i said “my pump” she said “oh right i TOTALLY forgot you have it on!” (then she was all nervous if she hurt me but thats a diff story….;)

so even when wearing a dress my best friend who has known for the whole 9 years cldnt tell i had it on…

the thing i really didnt like abt my other pumps was hiding it… i used to keep it on my skirt like a cell phone (i got sooo many comments on it…. by my sister’s vort 7 years ago someone came over to me and said “couldnt u take off your phone for ur sis’s vort?” i was so insulted mind u i was 13…..)

but now theyre are a lot of products u cld buy like the “thigh thing” or slips with pockets…. i dont remember where u get them but i cld find out

hey princess- you only wanna meet allsgr8?!?!? i think im a bit insulted… jk! i know what you mean about it being so difficult sometimes! its a chronic disease so its bound to get hard and for us to say “i give up!!” we all go through that1 (i know i give all the time!!!)sometimes i just wish it would GO AWAY!!! i am dsick of the needeles and sometimes i just wanna eat something without the worry of how much to bolus etc and i HATE HATE how hard it is to lose weight! but theni rememeber that Hashem never ever gives anyone something they cant handle so He must think i can do it and there must be a reason why He chose me of all people to give this to. it doesnt make it any easier but i try to do what Hashem would want! thats all we could do i guess… TRY!! sorry theres nothing real to say to make you feel better! but just know YOU ARE NOT ALONE!!! more than anyone WE KNOW HOW YOU FEEL!!!! we’ll all manage this TOGETHER!!

as far as that shabbatons… im not the outgoing social type so it is hard for me to go somewhere when i dont know anyone….

allsgr8- i was thinking the same thing! iyh one of us should get to that step and then we’ll beg the mods to help us out to make it work!

dx3- i did but i was gonna save it for Rebbitzen to say it cuz i know howmuch she loves it!

sweettooth- so would you think that doing a little bit of a bigger bolus help more than waiting extra time? i am always scared of dropping cuz then i end up overtreating the low causing it to go higher….

thats it im not working at work anymore cuz i missed too much AGAIN!!!

no i never went on a shabatton though Rabbi meisels has tried and tried but i dont think i ever would

its so weird becuase i got the sensor no problem and i have pretty good control bh! i dont use it that often but its good to have.

pricess- do you have any ideas why you feel like you cant control? what part specifically is hardest for you?

sweettooth- what would you say is the one thing you think that helped you to acheive the amazing a1c? if you had to sum it up to one thing… and which endo do you use?

hey allsgr8- remmeber whn it was just us 2 for a while struggling to keeo this thread “alive”?!? dont you like it better this way?! lol

huh emittrose????? i dont get what that has to do with anything

dx3- what is multiclix? i googled it but it seems like a regular lancet to me besides the multiple lanncets in one “thingy” (for lack of better word….)

i set mine on 3 sometimes 4 because it doesnt seem to draw enough blood if its any lower and i hate having to push it out!

great idea about the soda 😉 only prob is if the boy thinks ots normal for girls to drink diet soda….

princess- why dont you try to focus on ONE point in the day getting ur numbers perfect. lets say breakfast till lunch (4-5 hours). take that one time frame and give it ur best full attention… meaning bolusing perfectly, testing regularly in that frame correcting etc. then after youve mastered that mmove on to the next time. but dont rush yourself to the next step if your not up to it! that way it doesnt seem like its overwhelming or too much etc.

lol i LOVED it! it was so funny!

i was in pom one day a while back and they were setting up all the filming stuff like lighting and cameras etc and i was wondering what they were doing… now i know 😉