Look after yourselves..

Met a nice chap on Sunday at the Kite Club AGM.. He won one of my
kites in the raffle, was very pleased... Hadn't known about me before
this, so came to see me on Tuesday to talk about ordering another
kite. He was not looking well, looked very tired and said he was
newly diagnosed DM, just had major heart attack and triple bypass, dx
on the operating table. He stood around chewing (sugared gum!) and
was pretty aphasic.. A1c of around 12 or 13, which he had not been
told anything about, just the number. No medication, no advice, no
other help at all. We had an interesting chat about diet and exercise,
which was all new to him.. On Thursday morning he was flying a kite
with a friend of mine, who looked round at one point to find his new
friend flat on his nose in the mud and stone dead... Another heart
attack.

So, in the interests of not giving my friend anything else to worry
about, PLEASE look after yourselves, and try to live as long as
possible.. He was 54 or 55, leaves a nice widow and a bag of new
kites...

Helen Howes

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:42:00 -0800 (PST), helen@raindropkites.co.uk
wrote:

>Met a nice chap on Sunday at the Kite Club AGM.. He won one of my
>kites in the raffle, was very pleased... Hadn't known about me before
>this, so came to see me on Tuesday to talk about ordering another
>kite. He was not looking well, looked very tired and said he was
>newly diagnosed DM, just had major heart attack and triple bypass, dx
>on the operating table. He stood around chewing (sugared gum!) and
>was pretty aphasic.. A1c of around 12 or 13, which he had not been
>told anything about, just the number. No medication, no advice, no
>other help at all. We had an interesting chat about diet and exercise,
>which was all new to him.. On Thursday morning he was flying a kite
>with a friend of mine, who looked round at one point to find his new
>friend flat on his nose in the mud and stone dead... Another heart
>attack.
>
>So, in the interests of not giving my friend anything else to worry
>about, PLEASE look after yourselves, and try to live as long as
>possible.. He was 54 or 55, leaves a nice widow and a bag of new
>kites...
>
>Helen Howes


I guess his doctors let him down, and gave him bum advice, or no
advice at all.... How's that for listening to one's doctor?

Will, T2

In alt.support.diabetes on Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:42:00 -0800 (PST) in Msg.#
<0de5bd22-5ddc-45bc-a90b-4e8d717c9c0f@w28g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
helen@raindropkites.co.uk wrote:

> Met a nice chap on Sunday at the Kite Club AGM.. He won one of my
> kites in the raffle, was very pleased... Hadn't known about me before
> this, so came to see me on Tuesday to talk about ordering another
> kite. He was not looking well, looked very tired and said he was
> newly diagnosed DM, just had major heart attack and triple bypass, dx
> on the operating table. He stood around chewing (sugared gum!) and
> was pretty aphasic.. A1c of around 12 or 13, which he had not been
> told anything about, just the number. No medication, no advice, no
> other help at all. We had an interesting chat about diet and exercise,
> which was all new to him.. On Thursday morning he was flying a kite
> with a friend of mine, who looked round at one point to find his new
> friend flat on his nose in the mud and stone dead... Another heart
> attack.
>
> So, in the interests of not giving my friend anything else to worry
> about, PLEASE look after yourselves, and try to live as long as
> possible.. He was 54 or 55, leaves a nice widow and a bag of new
> kites...

Wow. I hear ya. Meanwhile, do you have a pic up anywhere, or pics, of any of
your kites?

I've been to a wonderful annual kite festival on the southern Outer Banks
(of the USA North Carolina coast) before & kites today are totally amazing
to me.

--
DonnaB shallotpeel, T2 since June 06, USA, last HbA1c 5.3

"Years from now when you talk about this - and you will - be kind." Laura
Reynolds, to Tom, closing line of TEA & SYMPATHY, Robert Anderson

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 15:49:39 -0500, DonnaB shallotpeel wrote
(in article <ge66l3lu9jphmucg0nhrg0dfu0q00fjtra@4ax.com>):

> In alt.support.diabetes on Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:42:00 -0800 (PST) in Msg.#
> <0de5bd22-5ddc-45bc-a90b-4e8d717c9c0f@w28g2000hsf.googlegroups.com>,
> helen@raindropkites.co.uk wrote:
>
>> Met a nice chap on Sunday at the Kite Club AGM.. He won one of my
>> kites in the raffle, was very pleased... Hadn't known about me before
>> this, so came to see me on Tuesday to talk about ordering another
>> kite. He was not looking well, looked very tired and said he was
>> newly diagnosed DM, just had major heart attack and triple bypass, dx
>> on the operating table. He stood around chewing (sugared gum!) and
>> was pretty aphasic.. A1c of around 12 or 13, which he had not been
>> told anything about, just the number. No medication, no advice, no
>> other help at all. We had an interesting chat about diet and exercise,
>> which was all new to him.. On Thursday morning he was flying a kite
>> with a friend of mine, who looked round at one point to find his new
>> friend flat on his nose in the mud and stone dead... Another heart
>> attack.
>>
>> So, in the interests of not giving my friend anything else to worry
>> about, PLEASE look after yourselves, and try to live as long as
>> possible.. He was 54 or 55, leaves a nice widow and a bag of new
>> kites...
>
> Wow. I hear ya. Meanwhile, do you have a pic up anywhere, or pics, of any of
> your kites?
>
> I've been to a wonderful annual kite festival on the southern Outer Banks
> (of the USA North Carolina coast) before & kites today are totally amazing
> to me.
>

I have just been looking at Helen's web site. Her work is magnificent.

Take a look: http://www.raindropkites.co.uk/index.html

TaniO

On Sun, 2 Dec 2007 11:42:00 -0800 (PST), helen@raindropkites.co.uk
wrote:

>So, in the interests of not giving my friend anything else to worry
>about, PLEASE look after yourselves, and try to live as long as
>possible.. He was 54 or 55, leaves a nice widow and a bag of new
>kites...

That's so sad : (

Nicky.
T2 dx 05/04 + underactive thyroid
D&E, 100ug thyroxine
Last A1c 5.6% BMI 25

Wow!
Beautiful work she does!

KROM

"TaniO" <aobensam@earthlink.net> wrote >
> I have just been looking at Helen's web site. Her work is magnificent.
>
> Take a look: http://www.raindropkites.co.uk/index.html
>
> TaniO
>
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