Good day in clinic today. Some of my diabetic patients are showing improvement.

[Aristus]

No craziness today, or a crammed schedule. Everything went off without a hitch. And I did good medicine for my patients.

Dear Lord, more days like today, please!...

Hi, DU peeps!

[Sekhmets Daughter]

1. Hey Aristus!

That some of your diabetic patients are improving is good news indeed. That there was no craziness must have been a welcomed relief!

[Aristus]

11. It was.

Some days can be weird. Some days I'll see, like 15 patients, and it'll be all crazy and mixed up, and frustrating.

And there are days I'll see 23 patients, or so, and everything will go off without a hitch.

Today was a busy, but smooth, day.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

15. Busy but smooth must be so rewarding....

maximum people helped with minimum fuss! I'm glad this was a good day for you.

[Aristus]

20. Thanks!

I wonder what tomorrow will bring. I tend not to sweat Tuesdays too much. Tuesday night is my late night. After clinic closes, I have a few precious, undisturbed hours to get caught up on paperwork. I've still got some charts from last Friday to close out.

[Sekhmets Daughter]

22. Yuck! Paperwork...

vital but enough to make you crazy sometimes, I bet.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

2. My dear Aristus!

That's wonderful!

We have to have days like this one, where everything flows just as you want it to.

I hope you have more days like this too!

[Aristus]

12. Alwasy good to see you at the end of the day, CalPeg...

[hibbing]

3. rewarding

Hi,
Always satisfying when your good work comes to fruition with good results.

Peace

[Lady Freedom Returns]

4. Here's to a Good Day!

[Aristus]

13. Here's how!

[Lady Freedom Returns]

28. This wine is well used!

"Good wine is a good familiar creature, if it be well used."
Othello: Act 2, Scene 3

[Aristus]

29. Bravo!

One of my favorite wine scenes from the movies.

From 1974's The Four Musketeers.

[Lady Freedom Returns]

30. I have not seen this one!

I will have to find this one!!!

Thank you for introducing me to this version of one of my favorite stories!

[Aristus]

31. It was a two-part film.

The Three Musketeers in 1973, and The Four Musketeers a year later. They were filming a fairly straight-forward rendition of the novel, and found they had enough footage for two films. So that's how they released them.

In my mind, the best version of the novel, ever.

[sarge43]

35. What Aristus said.

The screenplay was written by George MacDonald Fraser, the same man who wrote the Flashman series. He caught the flash, dash and grit perfectly.

[Aristus]

36. I love the humor of the film.

Athos, Porthos, and Aramis are leaving Constance at an abbey for her safety. Porthos and Constance embrace, and Porthos tells her: "There we are now, my dear; don't get into any dirty habits."

[sarge43]

39. The slapstick was fun, too.

The fight in the laundry room was worthy of great silent films.

[Aristus]

40. One of the best characters in the film has only three brief scenes: M. Treville of the Musketeers.

On looking at d'Artagnan's broken sword:

"Oh. Do me the honor of taking one on loan until yours......grows longer..."

I love how gruff he is, and at the same time, you can tell how much he loves his musketeers.

"Sir, I ask charity of no one."

"Then you aren't likely to get it, are you, young man?"

"I see, sir. That is quite different."

"Not charity, no. Love, and courtesy for the son of an old friend. To keep his enemies an inch or two further off."

I've seen it so many times, I've got the film memorized...

[sarge43]

41. My favorite is the scene with Athos and Milady.

So poignant.

If you haven't read it, recommend Fraser's The Hollywood History of the World. You'll enjoy the section on the two musketeer films.

[Aristus]

42. Thanks for the rec.

I'll have to read that.

[In_The_Wind]

5. That is wonderful! Are you stopping for a drink on your way home?

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[Aristus]

14. Nope. Came right home and worked out.

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Now I'm all hot and sweaty...

Edited to add: Thursday evening is usually when I hit Happy Hour on the way home. See you then?

[In_The_Wind]

32. But today is only Tueaday!

[img][/img] How am I supposed to entertain myself untill then. [img][/img]

[Aristus]

34. I don't know.

But if you find a way, give me the details...

[In_The_Wind]

37. Might be too OTT for an open post.

We are cleaning out my car this afternoon.
Or not.
I just found out that we have total privacy until midnight, starting fifteen minutes from now. [img][/img]

[Aristus]

38. Have fun!...

[In_The_Wind]

43. Watched three hours of Hannibal

Totally excellent show! All of 'em!

Complete with commercials!

Having fun!

[nolabear]

6. And good weather! Bet day shift is good in good weather. Nights, maybe not.

I can imagine end-of-the-day partying going terribly wrong.

[Aristus]

16. Schedules are tough to predict based on the weather.

Sometimes it'll be cold and rainy outside, and there'll be a line around the block. (Homeless people are more inured to cold and rain than most people. Sad.) Other times, the weather will keep everybody inside at the shelter or the public library.

When it's bright and warm, like today, sometimes potential patients will be running other errands while the weather is good. Other times, it makes standing in line at the clinic a little more bearable.

[GiveMeFreedom]

7. Easy days are far and few between.

GOOD ON YOU. Peace.

[Aristus]

17. Thank you.

[Gurney Hack]

8. I don't know you but...

..I can rejoice with those who rejoice. Take a good day when you get one.

About a month ago I was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes. I'm taking my metformin and counting my carbs. It's a whole new way of living.

[CaliforniaPeggy]

9. Welcome to DU, Gurney Hack!

Aristus is one of our longest-standing DUers. He is a bright, lovely guy who makes us all smile!

You cannot go wrong reading his posts...



And good luck managing your type 2 diabetes.

[Aristus]

18. Welcome to DU, Gurney Hack!

I'm sorry to hear about your recent diagnosis. Diabetes can be tough, but it can be managed. Keep taking your meds. Get 45-60 minutes of elevated cardio, five days a week.

Not all carbs are bad. Stay away from High Fructose Corn Syrup, and anything that uses it as an ingredient. Sugared sodas, Gatorade (God! NEVER drink Gatorade! That stuff is terrible for you!...), energy drinks, sports drinks, bottled teas, etc.

I've advised people to eliminate HFCS, and watched their Hgb A1C drop from, say, 12.9 to 7.5 or so in just 8-12 weeks.

Good to have you here!

[grantcart]

24. Eliminated the carbs and walk 3 miles aday.

I brought my A1C from 11.9 to 6.7.


Stopped taking the Metaformin.


But you have to walk every day.

[Aristus]

26. Well done.

Keep up the good work.

[grantcart]

27. I tell people that last year I got a new hobby.

Diabetes 2 - not as much fun as they said it would be.


Total out of pocket costs (no insurance) including tests and doctors visit is less than $ 800.


I was waiting for jury duty when I went through a cycle of hunger, thirst, urination, falling asleep, hunger, etc, every 45 minutes.


On the way home I got the test and found out that I was at 420 mg/dl.


Started with no cars and exercise and within two weeks got it down to 200. Now I only worry about by AC1 test every 6 months.

[nolabear]

23. Keep up the good fight, Gurney Hack. And like they said

Welcome to DU!

[grantcart]

25. About a year I picked up a new hobby

Diabetes 2


Not as much fun as people said it would be!


Cut out the carbs, lost 30 pounds and walk 3 miles every day.


A1C dropped from 11.9 to 6.7 in about 6 months, stopped taking the Metaformin.


You can too!


Walking is critical.

[In_The_Wind]

33. Hi there Gurney Hack. Glad you getting help.

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Metformin made me very sick.

Glimepiride is working for me. I'll be out walking now that Spring has arrived. It was a huge mistake for me to totally hibernate this Winter.

[sheshe2]

10. As always, Aristus, I thank you for what you do!

To you and your patients!

[Aristus]

19. Thank you, sheshe...

[WillyT]

21. It's Called The "Perfect Shift"... And They Are Far Too Rare, Yet...

a beautiful thing to behold.

You walk away from work with a big smile on your face.

I agree... more please !!!