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01-03-2009, 08:10 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lake of the Ozarks, MO, USA
Posts: 402
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Originally Posted by GretchO  I lived in metro-Boston for almost 20 years and am a native New Englander...so coming to Columbia (and the mid-west) was quite a shock for us. But there's a lot to be said for zero traffic (in comparison) and a 10 minute commute. Maybe I can't get some of the stuff I was accustomed to getting in the big city, but Columbia has a nice way of making up for all that! I'll definitely need to live near the ocean and/or mountains again one day, but CoMo's not a bad place to be in the mean time. | Have you been to the Lake yet? Columbia is much bigger than here, many more amenities. It's a freakin' tourist town here - blah. Living here year round sucks. I'd do Columbia over LOTO anyday.  |
01-03-2009, 08:24 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 535
| | | Been through that area but have never stopped (one of my husband's lab mates is from Bolivar...talk about small town!!), i can understand the small town AND tourist town blech of the Lake, though. Doesn't Nelly have a place down there?
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Gretchen
MM 522 pump (blue) since May 2007 (RIP Becky (07/25/09), long live new blue Becky II)
CGMS-ing since November 2007
DXd April 1993 @ 30 years of age, Type 1
A1Cs: 7.4 (12/07); 6.6 (03/08); 6.0 (06/08); 5.8 (10/08); 5.8 (02/09); 5.7 (07/09)
"I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit." - Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk |
01-03-2009, 10:14 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 1,199
| | | We should arrange a get together some weekend. It sounds like Columbia is the easiest meeting place.
__________________   Jessi 24
Pre-D Sept. 2008 BS Range (45-280)
Diet and Exercise One Touch Ultra Smart named Alice (Thanks PaleFaceGirl!)
A1C: 5.7 |
04-05-2009, 12:52 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: Southwest Missouri, USA
Posts: 714
| | | Sorry I didn't see this one before.
I live in Springfield, MO. I work in Ozark, MO. Ohana, how far South of Springfield do you live?
Regards,
D
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Darian A. Caplinger, EMT Diagnosis: Misdx'd T2 on 12-20-07; Dx'd T1 (LADA) on 01-28-08
Treatment Plan: Pumping with the Animas Ping as of 07/2009
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--- And now, Shakespeare by DCaplinger:
"Hath not a Diabetic eyes? Hath not a Diabetic feelings? Prick us, do we not test?"
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04-05-2009, 01:25 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Houston, TX
Posts: 462
| | | Not from MO, but have plenty of extended family in St. Louis (and family property just southwest of St. Louis near De Soto).
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Type 1 since 02/1990
Humalog/newly on Levemir from Lantus, going to try to make the switch to NovoLog, too..
a1c
09/09 - 6.2
05/09 - 6.1
02/09 - 6.7
“For me, it is far better to grasp the Universe as it really is than to persist in delusion, however satisfying and reassuring.” |
04-05-2009, 07:20 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Aug 2007 Location: North Texas
Posts: 2,721
| | | I have in-laws in Blue Springs (near KC). We usually go visit every year. I lived in and around KC for about 7 years -- worked at the big Sprint campus while it was being built. I've enjoyed Springfield (where the original Bass Pro is), Branson, and I once drove my dog to the vet hospital in Columbia.
Moving to KC from Dallas was a bit of a culture shock. It took about 2 years before I liked it, and then I decided I'd never move to a big city again. Well, that was until my husband got transferred back to Dallas.
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JAN
Type 1 since 1979
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04-05-2009, 07:49 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: St. Joseph, MO
Posts: 367
| | | I'm from Missouri also! Up in the NW Area...
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NEW A1C: 5.4 as of 9-24-09 http://www.facebook.com/profile.php?...e.php?ref=home
Golf, Great Music, Boat Drinks, Beaches, Cooking, BBQ, Camping out, Arkansas Razorbacks, St. Louis Cardinals, Kansas City Chiefs, Jimmy Buffett, Kenny Chesney, Trop-Rock Music!
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04-05-2009, 08:50 AM
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I am a: Type 1.5 | | Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: KCMO
Posts: 5,100
| | | KC metro area, here.
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Linda Initial A1c Feb 6 09: 12%
Aug 24 A1c (MD office) 5.5%
Jul ... C-pep 1.3, GAD-65 > 30
metformin 1000 mg BID
Simvastatin 80 mg
Ramipril 5 mg
T4 125 mcg
baby aspirin
Vitamin D3, 2000 IU (blood values normal, advised to continue this dose by endo)
CoQ10 100 mg
Eating 70 - 90 g carb per day
Interval training on recumbent cycle
BMI is down to ca. 25.8 According to Joslin's Diabetes, 2005 ed., 5 - 30% of those diagnosed as Type 2 actually have LADA. |
04-05-2009, 07:49 PM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Lake of the Ozarks, MO, USA
Posts: 402
| | Totally forgot about this thread! Whoops!
Yeah, lake life isn't all it's cracked up to be UNLESS you're on the lake.
We're actually putting the house up for sale on Wednesday. (Anyone looking to move to the lake? ) We hate being away from family so much that we wanna move back to Michigan. Some call it a STUPID decision considering the economy up there, but we don't like it here at all. I *might* be happier living in KC, but probably not. |
04-06-2009, 10:21 AM
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I am a: Type 1 | | Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Cambridge, MA
Posts: 535
| | | We too are moving back "home"...my hubby got a job in Boston, so we'll be returning from whence we came. We had actually hoped to stay in Columbia for a while (he was hoping for a post-doc position here at the University) but w/ the economy and funding issues that didn't materialize. We're just unbelievably grateful he was able to find a good job.
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Gretchen
MM 522 pump (blue) since May 2007 (RIP Becky (07/25/09), long live new blue Becky II)
CGMS-ing since November 2007
DXd April 1993 @ 30 years of age, Type 1
A1Cs: 7.4 (12/07); 6.6 (03/08); 6.0 (06/08); 5.8 (10/08); 5.8 (02/09); 5.7 (07/09)
"I slit the sheet, the sheet I slit, and on the slitted sheet I sit." - Navin R. Johnson, The Jerk |
04-24-2009, 02:05 AM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 1,199
| | | Another person moving here, although I will be relocating in state. I got a teaching job in Independence and am currently house hunting. We're looking at both rentals and places to buy. We would prefer to buy it. With our calculations, the montly payments on the mortgage would be cheaper than paying rent for a house of the same size, so ican get a nicer house for less money and not have to worry about all the issues that come with a rental. The one problem is the loan will have to in my name and since I don't *officially* have a job (my contract starts in August) we don't know if that will be possible.
__________________ Jessi 24
Pre-D Sept. 2008 BS Range (45-280)
Diet and Exercise One Touch Ultra Smart named Alice (Thanks PaleFaceGirl!)
A1C: 5.7 |
05-03-2009, 01:34 PM
| | Member | | Join Date: Nov 2007
Posts: 283
| | | I'm from Columbia, MO too. I like it here with all the parks, and it is a fairly bike friendly city too, which I enjoy. |
05-06-2009, 09:33 AM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jun 2008
Posts: 566
| | I was born and raised in Joplin, MO but now live in Wichita, KS. My parents, sister and her family still live around Joplin. I would love to move back there and so would my dh. He was born and raised there too.
Also a dream of ours is to live on the lake in the Ozarks... |
05-06-2009, 03:22 PM
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I am a: Pre-Diabetic | | Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Blue Springs, MO
Posts: 1,199
| | | I just got a job in the KC Metro area and will be moving, most likely to Blue Springs.
__________________ Jessi 24
Pre-D Sept. 2008 BS Range (45-280)
Diet and Exercise One Touch Ultra Smart named Alice (Thanks PaleFaceGirl!)
A1C: 5.7 |
05-06-2009, 03:45 PM
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I am a: Type 2 | | Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Missouri (Misery) ;0)
Posts: 138
| | | I work in Kirkwood, St. Louis suburb, and live about 60 mi West ...out in the boonies. |
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