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08-27-2008, 02:08 PM
| | Junior Member
I am a: Spouse/Significant Other | | Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: Bray, Ireland
Posts: 2
| | | hello from daveF's wife
Hi
As you can see I'm davef's long suffering and unsupportive wife Orla!!! David keeps me up to date with all the goings-on on the forum. He has made some wonderful friends here - I think in some ways it seems better than actual face to face contact. You guys have something in common that I cannot truly understand or appreciate (if you know what I mean!!) so for you to have each other means an awful lot to David!!
Regards
Orla |
08-27-2008, 02:21 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Knoxville, TN
Posts: 7,261
| | Hi Orla, nice to meet you! I know my husband is SO happy I found the forums, as he had his hands full with me when first diagnosed. And you're right, the forums are much better than face to face, as we can be as anonymous as we need to be...yet still receive support and encouragement.
I feel sorry for you spouses, as we can be cranky, obsessive and worried, sometimes on a daily basis...and i'm sure we've ruined many dinners out for you all as well....yet you're still right there for us whenever we need you.
We're glad to have Dave as part of our forum family....and we welcome you as well! 
__________________ T2, diagnosed 8/31/06.
Byetta 5 mcg
HCTZ 12.5 mg every other day for BP
Enalapril 20 mg 1 daily (ace-inhibitor)
Lower carb dieter (approx. 75 total carbs/day, more on weekends), taking chromium, multivitamin and fish oil tablets Initial A1C 8/06: 9.6
11/06: 6.2.
03/07: 5.3
06/07: 5.4
10/07: 5.3
05/08: 6.2 (right after dealing with shingles and bronchitis)  |
08-27-2008, 02:21 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Vermont
Posts: 1,527
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It's good that you decided to join us here! It seems that you've done a good job with Dave, I look forward to learning how you do it ;-)
__________________ T2 Dx 9/2007 A1c 8.8, 12/2007 6.0, 4/2008 5.7, 9/2008 6.1
No meds, daily 81mg aspirin and multivitamin, nutrition & exercise.You can call me   Postcard exchange #2: 20 out & 17 in, exchange #1/2: 9 out & 4 in |
08-27-2008, 02:27 PM
|  | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Chandler, AZ
Posts: 422
| | Hi Orla,
I'm so glad you're here! My husband gets tired of listening to me talk about the DF - so nice to see a very supportive spouse!  Please post often - you might be able to give us all some good insight! Thanks for coming!
__________________ Jill from Arizona
Metformin 1,000mg 2x's daily
4U Levemir at breakfast
6U Levemir at bed
Atenolol 25mg Lisinopril 10mg
Lipitor 40mg Plavix 75mg
Asprin 81mg - 9.5 HbA1c March 2008
 - 6.7 HbA1c June 2008
 - 5.9 HbA1c September 2008
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08-27-2008, 03:00 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland
Posts: 3,458
| | Hi Orla,
Welcome to the forums!!
Good to have you with me and my DF family. Guess I better watch my P&Q's from now on 
__________________ 
One of the most difficult things to give away is kindness; it usually comes back to you. - Anon Christmas card exchange: started Postcard Round 3: 3 received Cosmo the Duck: en route to Alison in Oz Ping the Duck: in Ireland
Diagnosed T2 on 26th Nov'07
Metformin 500mg twice daily
Enap 5mg
14th Dec'07: 11.6%
15th Jan'08: 9%
3rd March'08 6.8% 
6th June'08 6.1%
30th Sept'08: 5.1%
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08-27-2008, 04:20 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: California
Posts: 1,290
| | Welcome to the forums, Orla. We could use a civilian or two
We're glad you're here. Feel free to jump right in if something grabs your interest. It's not all diabetes talk and we have some interesting discussions here and there.
Mich |
08-27-2008, 04:29 PM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Sydney Australia
Posts: 682
| | | G'day Orla, Welcome to the D family
__________________
It's just an opinion of mine
& maybe not one to adopt.
Lee
Dx Dec 07
Control :
nutrition & exercise
Vitamin B ...July 08
Fish Oil Capsules... June 08
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08-27-2008, 05:10 PM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Northern California
Posts: 7,422
| | | Welcome to Diabetes Forums Orla! Glad you joined in.....uh oh dave...now you will have to go to dinner when your called! |
08-27-2008, 05:26 PM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: May 2004 Location: NC
Posts: 7,314
| | Hi Orla and glad to have you with us. Dave has been a valuable asset to this forum and I know you will be too. Thank you for sharing Dave with us. He has become a wonderful friend to me and many others here. I really think he is darn lucky to have you. And don't worry about Dave's behavior on here. He's always been the perfect gentleman.
__________________  Rest In Peace Jack- 5/1/08. You may be gone from us but you will never be forgotten. Our love goes with you.
Pumping ain't easy but it's well worth the effort to me.
I am a person. I WILL NOT allow myself to be defined by a number!!!!
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08-28-2008, 07:05 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Oak Hill, VA
Posts: 645
| | | Orla,
Welcome. I wish my wife would take more of an interest in things. It is hard, I've made dramatic changes in my life and it has been hard. We don't eat the same things anymore and I exercise and she doesn't. Dave is really lucky to have your support. Maybe I can get my wife on the forum.
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...brian
T2 since 7/05. 48 yrs. 5'11 195 lbs.
Exercise, very low carb diet
HbA1c 9/07 - 6.3%, 3/08 - 6.2%, 6/08 - 6.2% |
08-28-2008, 07:12 AM
|  | Senior Member | | Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Mt. Dandenong, Victoria, Australia
Posts: 952
| | Hello Orla!
what a cool name! your husband is a twit, btw.
-- Joel.
__________________  ___________________________
"Infinity isn't such a big deal. After all, it is only a point in the Seventh Dimension..."
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Age: 54
Diagnosed: July, 2007
HbA1c's
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early July 2007: 16.2%
early Sept 2007: 8.0%
early Dec 2007: 5.9%
early Jun 2008: 6.4%
triglycerides: 71 (0.8)
HDL chol: 50 (1.2)
LDL chol: 15 (0.4)
Lantus 9u AM, 9u PM (still tuning)
Novorapid Flexpen for meals
Low carb diet |
08-28-2008, 07:15 AM
|  | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Rothesay, New Brunswick Canada, eh
Posts: 7,140
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by matingara  Hello Orla!
what a cool name! your husband is a twit, btw.
-- Joel. |  . |
08-28-2008, 08:11 AM
| | Senior Member
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Rhode Island
Posts: 4,838
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As you can see I'm davef's long suffering and unsupportive wife Orla!!!
| What a sense of humor! LOL
Welcome to the forum, Orla, and to our diabetic family.
Karen |
08-28-2008, 01:00 PM
| | Member
I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Essex
Posts: 355
| | Quote:
Originally Posted by davef Hi Orla,
Welcome to the forums!!
Good to have you with me and my DF family. Guess I better watch my P&Q's from now on | Got that right!!!
Great to see you've brought along the wife, you'll be sorry welcome to the forum, Orla, great guy your Dave, small thing in common, join the DF same week, thought I'll get that in.
B/7 ESSEX UK. |
08-29-2008, 08:38 AM
|  | Super Moderator
I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jan 2004 Location: Mid-West
Posts: 7,265
| | Hi Orla & welcome aboard. It's great to see suppportive spouses on the forums here. Dave's a pleasure & a joy of a member, and I'm glad that you're both here.
__________________ ALL my love, Carwy & Best wishes for a healthy new beginning! 
Saying prayers for him & all our friends, every day.
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"Someone must speak for them. I do not see a delegation for the four footed. I see no seat for eagles. We forget and we consider ourselves superior, but we are after all a mere part of the Creation."
--Oren Lyons, ONONDAGA
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Pumps & Meters Used:
MM506,7,8,11 & 12, Cozmo, Animas 1200 & 1250 Many
A1C: 6.4
Type I 26yrs, pumping 12
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