No Newsletter Articles for a Few Days

I'm taking a few days off at doctors' recommendations. There will not be any new articles in this newsletter for the next few days. Next Sunday's weekly Plus Edition newsletter will be combined into the following week's edition.

Sadly, this is not a vacation. On Thursday morning I got an unexpected trip to a local hospital's emergency room when I lost my vision and developed a bunch of other unhealthy symptoms. I was diagnosed and then admitted as a patient. I'll be out of circulation for a while.

The diagnosis is that I have had some sort of a major diabetic reaction that caused all sorts of problems. The interesting thing is that, until Thursday, I didn't know that I was a diabetic!

I expect to be back on my feet in a few days.

Comments

[Brian Curd]

Sorry to hear about that Dick - best wishes and take it easy!

Cheers
Brian

[William Flowers]

Take care, Dick!

[theKiwi]

Take it easy, and follow the Doctor's orders!!!

Be well soon.

Roger <---- 3 weeks into 4 weeks of no weight bearing on left leg after ankle surgery.

[Bonz]

Sorry to hear of this. Hope you feel better soon. What an unpleasant surprise for you.

[Barbara]

Take care of yourself. We'll be thinking of you. Hope you are feeling better soon.

Barbara

[Don]

Sorry to hear about the 'unplanned vacation'. Take care & I'll say a prayer.

[Lisa]

Dick,
Take as much time as you need to get well. We want you around for a long time! Wishing you a speedy recovery from whatever ails you.

[Janice]

Dick, we will miss you---but we want you back in top shape. So please do take care of yourself and let the Dr.'s do what needs to be done for you. I know I look forward to your newsletter, and hope to have them continue for a good long time to come!! Take GOOD care of yourself and get well!

[Anne Ruggeri]

Very sorry to hear of this, Dick. I'm sure you will be feeling much better as soon as they get you stabilized. I'm also glad you shared your Diabetic diagnosis with everyone. Many people live with Diabetes and don't know it until they have a major 'episode'. Regular check-ups can help people get diagnosed sooner with less complications setting in. A good New Years' resolution for everyone ... eat healthy, get plenty of rest, exercise regularly, and get yourself checked. Feel better and Good Luck!

[David Lowndes]

We will all miss the newsletter, but I hope you will take as much time as you need to get well.
All the best.

[Judy Rebbeck Watten]

Dear Dick, I look forward to your messages every evening about 11 California time. You will be very much missed while you're getting treatment. You teach us all so much. I look forward to your recovery and return. Your newsletter is a major factor in the progress I have made in my genealogical research.

[Gail]

Wishing a speedy recovery to you! Take care.

[Joy Rich]

Wishing you the best, Dick.

Joy

[Toni Carrier]

Very best wishes and hope you feel better soon, Dick.

[Dianne Moses]

With sincere best wishes for a speedy recovery without complications and a happy healthy future.
You are a good friend and guide to us all.

[Marjorie Wilser]

Best wishes for a _fast_ recovery, Dick! I always think of you with pleasure from our many exchanges on the old Compuserve boards. Take care of yourself!

[Martin Tolley]

Just echoing all these other wishes Dick. Look after yourself and hope you're back with us soon.

[Marge Clark]

Sorry to hear of your necessary vacation. Take care of yourself, we can wait for you to recover. Your health is the most important.

[Jack Davis]

Dick:
I went through something similar to what you are going through some 35 years ago. I had abused my body by eating the wrong kinds and amounts of food and working too many hours and missing meals, etc. I did not take care of myself physically and diabetes was the consequence. The best advice anyone can give you is, DO what your doctors tell you to do religiously. Learn to count carbohydrates in your food. Quit using lots of sugar in your food and what you drink and snack on. Get regular daily exercise. Diabetes can damage your important life sustaining organs. If you will protect your body by doing what your doctors tell you, you can live a long and healthy life. If you do not do that, diabetes will kill you. It is that simple. It's called self control and plenty of it, day in and day out.
I am seventy five years old and I am still very active and work everyday doing the things I love to do. I learned to do what I am telling you to do. It has saved my life and it will do the same for you, if you will do what your doctors tell you to do. Diabetes can be a KILLER if you ignore it and the symptoms thereof.

Good Luck, you are too valuable to the rest of us to squander your health. May the good Lord bless you with the determination you will need.

Jack Davis

[Charles Monroe]

As a fellow diabetic let me echo Jack's advise. I'm 78, still going strong, but do watch my diet and listen to the doc. Take care Dick and best of luck.

[W. David Samuelsen]

Those genealogy cruises are loaded with rich-man foods (too much carbs and too much sugars in them)... guess they caught up with you.

My doctor caught mine long before it ever reach that stage because I had a good sense to ask doctor to check mine after my sister was diagnosed with Type II associated with overweight. She is well below 250 and no longer has it.

It is all depending on family histories and the new thing called diabesity.

[Virginia Byron]

Dick: My prayers are with you. I know that if you put the same effort in your health that you do in this newsletter, your prognosis is excellent. You've been an enormous help in my genealogical education and I look forward to hearing that you are stabilized.

[Betty]

Hi Dick. Sorry to hear about your health problems.

It was exactly one year ago that I was in an ambulance being rushed to an E.R. I was then in a semi-coma for 4 days and in the hospital for 2 weeks.

Why? Because I had been treated for my Psoriasis and got badly burned in Photo Therapy. Fortunately, I had a miractulous recovery. I hope you do, too !

We have several relatives who have or had serious Diabetes problems, so we know serous the complications can be.

Betty (near Lowell, MA)

[Betty]

Godspeed Dick

[Steve (Dallas Area)]

Hi Dick

My wife is a diabetic and I know what you are going through. As long as you take care of yourself, you will come through this. Take the class for a diabetic, follow the eating guidelines and exercise program, you can control the results as a diabetic. It is a killer disease, if not worked on.
Our prayers are with you during this time.

As a side, our forefathers, I believe were friends (Winslow, Winsley (various spellings).

Steve