llamavore\s daring survival stories VOL21

[Buck Turgidson]

I used to bike furiously in the summer heat. Mesmerized by the glint of hot pavement and babes. I was fit. I was fast. I was aggressive. I was imprudent. I thought everyone should get a good look at my ass, even if I wouldn't let them touch it. I did not wear a helmet.

One day I was biking down Jarry blvd on my way home from my dreary job. I was 3 klicks into a 32 klick journey home. Some creeper opened his car door without looking. I saw him just in time (or so I thought). Being acutely aware of my environment, I knew there was no car to my left, so I weaved. The tip of my right handlebar caught the edge of his door, and I was certainly doing 30 kph on a light downhill slope. I was thrown from my bike into the lane  to my left, and whacked the back of my head, scraping my elbow and knee.

Like a cartoon, I saw stars, and before my vision came back with any clarity, I rolled over to the right. A 10-wheeler rolled over where I was less than a second later - no way it could have stopped. I was lucky - the hit I took could just as well have knocked me unconscious, and if that had happened for even a second, I would have been dead.

It took me 45 mins until I stopped shaking, and could deal with the pain enough to bike home, a little slower and cautiously than before.

Being young, invincible, and too cool to wear a helmet, I told everybody about it with some alarm, and kept behaving as I always did. You know, because it was the other guy's fault - he was the creeper, not me. I had to age a little before understanding that his life was never really on the line.

Looking back on it now, I would estimate that I suffered a little brain damage, which explains why I am in the RIA today.

[Fake from State Jarm]

which explains why I am in the RIA today.

there is only one acceptable explanation for anything relating to the RIA



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[zblewski]

May I ask what health problem makes you eat low carb ice cream? Is avoiding it altogether an option?

Type 1 diabetic. Which means I am dependent on insulin to survive (I take Novorapid and Lantus). Thus, when I eat anything with carbohydrates, I need to balance it out appropriately with an injection, which is a pain in the ass. So, if I can keep my carb intake under 10g for a snack, it's preferable, because I don't have to take the extra needle. That said, I'm a diet pop addict.

[Smurthwaite]

May I ask what health problem makes you eat low carb ice cream? Is avoiding it altogether an option?

Type 1 diabetic. Which means I am dependent on insulin to survive (I take Novorapid and Lantus). Thus, when I eat anything with carbohydrates, I need to balance it out appropriately with an injection, which is a pain in the ass. So, if I can keep my carb intake under 10g for a snack, it's preferable, because I don't have to take the extra needle. That said, I'm a diet tonic addict.

Go on the pump.  It changed my life.

[Buck Turgidson]

Man diabetes sounds like a pain in the ass. I know it runs in my family, and I am likely to develop it at some point. Now I have kids, and I guess they might have an even bigger chance of having it since it runs in my wife's family as well.

I should read up more about it - can you recommend a good resource?

[Smurthwaite]

It's important, GrilledSlug, to differentiate between Type I and Type II.  What you are describing sounds like Type II.

Some decent resources:
Diabetes Education Online
http://dtc.ucsf.edu/types-of-diabetes/type2/understanding-type-2-diabetes/

American Diabetes Association
http://www.diabetes.org/diabetes-basics/type-2/

National Diabetes Information Clearinghouse
http://diabetes.niddk.nih.gov/DM/pubs/type2_ES/index.aspx

These articles will pretty much tell you the same things, so pick the one you are most comfortable with.

[Buck Turgidson]

Thanks for that - I will read up on it.

[zblewski]

May I ask what health problem makes you eat low carb ice cream? Is avoiding it altogether an option?

Type 1 diabetic. Which means I am dependent on insulin to survive (I take Novorapid and Lantus). Thus, when I eat anything with carbohydrates, I need to balance it out appropriately with an injection, which is a pain in the ass. So, if I can keep my carb intake under 10g for a snack, it's preferable, because I don't have to take the extra needle. That said, I'm a diet tonic addict.

Go on the pump.  It changed my life.

I was on a Cozmo pump when I was younger. I switched off it because I was immature and would forget to do my boluses. Now that I'm more responsible, I'm looking at the Animas Vibe with the CGM system. My problem now is that I can't afford it, and my diabetes specialist is a metaphoric glucose nazi who won't sign for any health benefits or government pump funding unless your sugars are perfect.

I want to go on one pretty bad now.

[Smurthwaite]

I had slightly better control with the GMS, but it tore up my stomach.  I told the endochronologist to go fuck himself if he wanted to me to keep wearing that shit.

[Fake from State Jarm]

getting off of excess carbs is just generally a good idea though. In the ancient world men had to worry about saber-toothed tigers. Now we have to worry about poisoning ourselves with an over abundance of food-like-material created by parasitic super-organisms known as corporations