# July Bugging the Shit out of you? Rant about it here. **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 1, 2013, 4:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315 "2013-07-01T04:03:02Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 13
**Author:** ![Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/u/bc8723/32.png) [@Unauthorized\_Cinnamon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Unauthorized_Cinnamon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 12:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/241 "2013-07-12T00:34:13Z")
> [@The\_Vorlon](#): > > Dear Wound Care Center MD: > > It’s nice you put me on Prednisone in a attempt to beat back the things on my legs, but you should have mentioned that it would frack up my blood sugar to a fair-thee-well. > > There was a sticker on the bottle saying it might change the readings. > > However 472 in the morning is not a minor change. > > To quote Starbuck: “Frack Me” Holy shit, dude! > [@SpazCat](#): > > Prednisone is made from pure, distilled evil. I blame all of my problems since 1991 on that stuff. It’s kind of funny, because my dad always felt the same way, then suddenly he became bedridden and wracked with pain due to some mystery disorder akin to polymyalgia rheumatica. It was pretty terrifying - they had him in the hospital on a morphine drip. Prednisone got him back on his feet and pain-free within a week or two. (Perversely, I think he still thinks it’s evil, just a necessary evil at that time.) ---
**Author:** ![curlcoat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ea5d25/32.png) [@curlcoat](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/curlcoat)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 12:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/242 "2013-07-12T00:52:12Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Machine guns spray too much stuff and leave whole cars in your path. I want the axle mounted 105mm Howitzer. > > Well actually, I thought of something that would probably get me in a lot of trouble if I did it in real life. Like felony level trouble. Mounting a 1750mw laser under the hood of my car, pointed forward, low and level, through a small hole in the front. Toggle switch on the dash. Car shoots dangerously close across the front of you, flick the switch and carve a nice line down the side of their paint job. Prolly won’t notice it for a while. Of course, if it hit a person, it would hurt or even blind them. > > _ **DO NOT DO THIS AT HOME** _ This is fairly close to what I’ve always said I want (driving in S Cal traffic will do it to you), which is a roof mounted laser cannon. Just vaporize the assholes! 😃 ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/243 "2013-07-12T01:07:30Z")
Le sigh, should have know something was up when I started peeing like I took 5 lasix. Only good news was I am down 5lb from peeing. 3PM sugars, NPO since noon was 317.:eek: I forsee the water diet utill I am weaned off this crap–they are trying to knock some sense into venius ulsers on my legs. Worst part about that is I am in Coban 2 compression soft casts on the legs, so I only get showers twice a week on change days. Of course we are doing this act in the middle of summer… My GP’s undies are gonna be in a big old square knot when he sees my next A1C’s. ---
**Author:** ![Dr.Girlfriend](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr.girlfriend/32/193_2.png) [@Dr.Girlfriend](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr.Girlfriend)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/244 "2013-07-12T01:08:38Z")
Today my boyfriend of over three years tells me we’re not “done” but he needs space. We’d been bickering over some stuff but nothing that hadn’t gone on before. Things seemed to be OK again, now I’m yesterday’s news. I just wonder who I pissed off in a previous life. And crying too much can trigger one of my migraines. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/245 "2013-07-12T01:11:17Z")
> [@curlcoat](#): > > This is fairly close to what I’ve always said I want (driving in S Cal traffic will do it to you), which is a roof mounted laser cannon. Just vaporize the assholes! 😃 Try driving in Massachusetts, next to Rhode Island. I want a Wave Motion Gun for my car. The driving gene pool down here needs a dose of Fl, not Cl. ---
**Author:** ![Catamount](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/catamount/32/2840_2.png) [@Catamount](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Catamount)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/246 "2013-07-12T01:29:15Z")
Who the fuck is setting off fireworks on July 11th? \*\* {{{Dr. G}}}\*\* ---
**Author:** ![flatlined](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/eb9ed0/32.png) [@flatlined](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/flatlined)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 5:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/247 "2013-07-12T05:32:04Z")
> [@Dr.Girlfriend](#): > > Today my boyfriend of over three years tells me we’re not “done” but he needs space. We’d been bickering over some stuff but nothing that hadn’t gone on before. Things seemed to be OK again, now I’m yesterday’s news. > > I just wonder who I pissed off in a previous life. And crying too much can trigger one of my migraines. Hugs you tight, I’m so sorry. I’m sure I’m repeating myself here, but when I smell orange blossoms my first response is to take a Benadryl and put ice on my forehead. I’ll also put a hat in ice water and wear it. I never get real migraines, but I do get a bad headache after I spend hours with tunnel vision due to the ocular migraines. It does seem like working on vascular constriction on my head helps to stop the colors from flying. Why am I awake and posting now? Its because our pet sitter called me. Very excited and perky and awake in tomorrow. She saw Steve. That was such exciting news that she couldn’t text like she usually does “Buttercup and jogged almost 4 miles and she pooped twice.” Nooooo…she had to call me and make me worry that something was wrong. **The Vorlon** I have no advice, and I’d love to be able to think of something funny to say, but dang, only 2 showers a week?!?! Seriously, DANG!!! I know that you can do sponge baths, but I still remember how grungy I felt when just one foot couldn’t be washed for a couple of weeks. You have my sympathy. More sympathy about your health problems, of course, but its the little annoyances that drag someone down. ---
**Author:** ![MickNickMaggies](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/59ef9b/32.png) [@MickNickMaggies](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MickNickMaggies)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 8:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/248 "2013-07-12T08:16:12Z")
> [@Chimera](#): > > Easiest part of getting it under control for me was “See all that sugar you’re drinking? Done now. No more. See all those sugary snack foods? Limit them, severely. Dark Chocolate? Still your friend.” > > That and not getting lulled in by things ignorant people try to tell you are great for ‘diets’, such as rice cakes, which are pretty much straight sugar as far as your body is concerned. My _dietician_ told me I was supposed to have 1/4 baguette in the morning. Along with some dairy and some protein. The only time my blood sugar has been above 125 since I got this monitor? Eating her freaking baguette. Nothing else, not potatoes, not pasta, not rice, sends me into a spike like that. Those fasting blood sugars of 100? 77 when I stick myself now. I probably won’t need insulin unless they decide I really, really must have that baguette. Now my white blood cells are more than double what they should be. This really isn’t fair at all. Brunhilde is going to be an only child. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 9:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/249 "2013-07-12T09:07:03Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > My husband had his annual blood work done this last week, so the doctor would refill his blood pressure meds. His cholesterol, et. al., is fine. However, his fasting blood sugar was 353. So, today he went to the doctor and they did his A1c. **13.1**. Fuck. > > He’s tripping out. I don’t blame him; I did when I got diagnosed a few years ago. But my A1c high is 7.3, and my sugars have never gone over ~280, ever. > > I told him we’d be on the diet together (I’ve been trying to stick to my 1800 calorie diet), but I’m a little freaked out, too. I just don’t want him to know that. > > So, here it is: fuck, fuckity fuck fuck, goddamn shit, fucking diabetes. I hate you, I hate you, I hate you!!! Heartily endorsed. My wife is not prone to insulin reactions; on Wednesday evening before I left for work I checked her blood sugar (180) and gave her her standard 20-unit dose of Levemir. When she got up to pee in the middle of the night, she had a reaction, and went sprawling onto the bathroom floor, scrapimg the bridge of her nose pretty badly. Fortunately, she was able to moan loudly enough to wake up our daughter, who helped her up, checked her blood sugar again (50), and got a couple of Almond Rocas into her. ---
**Author:** ![slalexan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e47c2d/32.png) [@slalexan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slalexan)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 10:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/250 "2013-07-12T10:19:36Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > My husband had his annual blood work done this last week, so the doctor would refill his blood pressure meds. His cholesterol, et. al., is fine. However, his fasting blood sugar was 353. So, today he went to the doctor and they did his A1c. **13.1**. Fuck. I got irritated with my doctor for testing my A1C levels _every_ time she took blood but I suppose this is why. Diabetes is a bitch. I’m sending you and your husband some blood sugar control vibes. In my life, I have broken many bones and torn many ligaments. The stories are never any good though because every single injury is the fault of my extreme clumsiness. For example, I broke my thumb when I was 5 by running my scooter into a tree. Both of my concussions were from falling, the first off of my bike and the second from tripping while running full tilt toward a brick wall. I have managed not to seriously injure myself since junior high, a good nine year ago. But my streak might be over. Yesterday, I was wearing adorable and not very tall wedges while walking into work. I went up the elevator and took the turn for my cube when, suddenly, I’m almost sideways and holding onto a cube wall with a sharp pain in my ankle. I rolled the hell out of my ankle. I fell off my barely one inch wedge heel and rolled my ankle so bad that it still hurts now. The worst part is that I roll my ankles quite frequently and it usually doesn’t hurt. Its surprising when it happens but two or three steps and I’m back to normal. So here’s hoping it doesn’t suddenly look like a more serious injury than a slight sprain. ---
**Author:** ![scareyfaerie](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scareyfaerie/32/3135_2.png) [@scareyfaerie](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scareyfaerie)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 12:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/251 "2013-07-12T12:09:58Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > And if you don’t stop in Calgary and let us buy you a beer, _then_ we’ll have trouble! :eek: 😃 I shall consider myself suitably warned! I think we possibly only have one night in Calgary, that bit of the trip isn’t fully planned yet but the car rental is airport to airport so I’m picking it up in Vancouver and dropping it off in Calgary. There’s a potential plan to visit someone in Airdrie too but I don’t yet know whether that will happen or not. Honestly, planning trips is such hard work and I can’t get a straight answer out of anyone! ---
**Author:** ![The\_Vorlon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/d07c76/32.png) [@The\_Vorlon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Vorlon)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 12:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/252 "2013-07-12T12:40:54Z")
This mornings sugars after a 133% dose of Lantus: only 407.:eek: Normaly the only thing that sends the sugar wonky is corn. No corn chips for me. ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/253 "2013-07-12T13:33:45Z")
Whereas, for me, last night 10 minutes after eating an ice cream ‘drumstick’ = 133. ---
**Author:** ![LawMonkey](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d6d6ee/32.png) [@LawMonkey](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LawMonkey)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/254 "2013-07-12T14:34:28Z")
So I popped over to youtube to see if I could find a video of the moonsteroid after reading this morning’s column. I did find it, and clicked on it. (It didn’t work fsr, but that’s not what I’m here to rant about.) You know how YouTube gives you recommendations on the right sidebar? Here’s what I had for my moonsteroid video, in order: Top Secret 2Million (sic) Years Old Alien vehicles moving along the Moon’s Wormwood passes Earth in Aug. 2013 Planet Nibiru to pass Earth by August 2013 THE MOON, an alien UFO base, a satellite that doesn’t belong to us… The Truth - Why Nasa Has Never Returned To The Moon - Part 2 Do We Really Need the Moon? - BBC Documentary 2011 Discovery Channel - Miracle Planet - Large Asteroid Impact Simulation The Truth - Why Nasa Has Never Returned To The Moon - Part 2 MARS IS A COVERUP - WATCH THIS VIDEO - NASA IS BRUSHING OUT CITIES (All capitalization and punctuation as found.) _sigh_ Folks, why do you have to go around making me embarassed to share my species with you? ---
**Author:** ![Cartooniverse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cartooniverse/32/3084_2.png) [@Cartooniverse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cartooniverse)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 2:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/255 "2013-07-12T14:58:00Z")
What a specious remark. 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Sicks\_Ate](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/258eb7/32.png) [@Sicks\_Ate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sicks_Ate)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 3:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/256 "2013-07-12T15:16:20Z")
Goddamn negative-ass employees posting company reviews. Every time I try to research a comany I’d like to or have submitted an application for, all I can ever find are negative reviews. Of course, they’re all also written by dumbasses who can’t spell or punctuate, so I’m guessing the problem is the stupidass employee, and not the company. Still, it’s hard to shake the negative feeling and feel enthusiastic about a place after readin those. ---
**Author:** ![Indyellen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/indyellen/32/4176_2.png) [@Indyellen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Indyellen)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 4:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/257 "2013-07-12T16:50:37Z")
The doctor has put my husband on Janumet XR (the same thing I take) and is optimistic it can be brought down quickly because they caught it within a year. Husband is planning on reducing then removing his soda addiction as the first step. His therapist (whom he saw after the doctor appointment) told him not to try to quit too many vices at once; my husband has also been trying to quit smoking. There’s a double-shot of horror: no soda, no cigs? :eek: ---
**Author:** ![Chimera](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/8e8cbc/32.png) [@Chimera](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chimera)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 5:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/258 "2013-07-12T17:09:56Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > Husband is planning on reducing then removing his soda addiction as the first step. What I did was immediately switch to diet pop, but keep a 12 pack of my beloved Cherry Coke on hand and give myself permission to have 1 per week. It was probably 2 weeks before I had one, then soon it was around once a month. Haven’t had one in several months, although when I went to Godfather’s Pizza a couple of weeks back, I had 50/50 Cherry Coke/Diet Coke simply because the only diet pop they had was caffiene free diet coke. But the two big parts of that ‘permission’ are 1\> Just knowing that you can and not feeling guilty when you have one, and 2\> “Hey, the restaurant messed up and gave me a regular coke instead of a diet. Oh well, guess I’ll just drink it.” It is when you set galling restrictions that you fail. “I can never have (this thing I like) again” is a sure way to guarantee that, sooner or later, you’re going to decide FUCK THIS and have it again. ---
**Author:** ![Kelevra](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/97f17d/32.png) [@Kelevra](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kelevra)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 5:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/259 "2013-07-12T17:31:03Z")
Did you know Chinese people don’t hear very well? It must be true otherwise my manager wouldn’t be in the conference room TELLING THEM ALL ABOUT OUR ORGANIZATION. I wish I had a door to my office. Or a manager that wasn’t embarrassingly ignorant. ---
**Author:** ![Sario](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sario/32/18580_2.png) [@Sario](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sario)\ **Post date:** [July 12, 2013, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315/260 "2013-07-12T18:09:40Z")
> [@Indyellen](#): > > There’s a double-shot of horror: no soda, no cigs? :eek: I’m actually doing that right now. Both were kind of unplanned, I had to go get my wisdom teeth out (they weren’t impacted but had other issues) and smoking and soda were both off limts for the first few days. The soda was easy because I was already on painkillers I didn’t notice the headaches. I had bought some nicotine patches to help me get through the first few days when I wouldn’t be able to smoke and I responded very well to them, plus found I had lost the taste for cigarettes when I lit one up a few days after the surgery. Sorry for rambling on but hopefully something in here helps. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315.md?page=12) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/july-bugging-the-shit-out-of-you-rant-about-it-here/662315.md?page=14)