u/Fatcake3000

Do dogs reach out at all?

Do dogs reach out at all?

The first dog with the red collar was 11 months old when he passed away. Its been 2 years and I still think of him. I thought he would've popped in to say goodbye in a dream or I would've had a sign or something. He was the sweetest sweetest boy. His name was Toby

u/Fatcake3000 — 6 days ago

Whats a normal range for blood sugar to peak?

I know that you're only supposed to go off of your 1 hr and 2 hour value but I was curious and took my blood sugar after a treat of chips (normally I eat complex carbs but im 10 weeks pregnant and craving party mix). So I checked at 20 minutes and was at a 10.8 but at 1 hour I was at a 7.8 and 2 hours I was back down to a 6.0. Ive asked doctors but I seem to be getting mixed answers. One nurse practitioner had told me that its normal to peak up to even 12 after meals but fine if your back down by 1 and 2 hours. Yet another doctor had told me that its not normal for healthy individuals and quite rare for someone without diabetes to hit over an 8.0 like ever. Even after sweets. Now im trying to figure out whats normal or not so I can navigate my blood sugars around the odd treat. Im on metformin for my insulin resistance and am full expecting gestational diabetes soon. I even had a glucose test (before I was pregnant. Though, also on ozempic) but I had hit an 11.4 after 75 grams of sugar at 1 hour and at 2 hours I was at a 4.0. They only go off of your 2 hour to diagnose with anything. The 1 hour didnt really matter. Anybody know what healthy blood sugar would likely peak to at around 20-30 mins rather than the full hour?

Like what if someone peaked to like a 14 briefly but ended up down within range for 1 and 2 hours?

Also would like to add I have reactive hypoglycemia so not sure if that would cause higher glucose than average before my sugars drop

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u/Fatcake3000 — 6 days ago

Anyone have excessive hair growth with their hashi?

I read that hashimotos usually causes hair loss. Ive noticed hair growth on my knuckles, a little darker fuzz on my upper lip and hair on my upper thighs and ive never had hair there. Not sure if this is hashi related or just due to my insulin resistance. Glucose has been controlled well so yea im stumped.

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u/Fatcake3000 — 7 days ago

I (25F) suddenly feel grossed out by my husband’s (31M) penis and I feel horrible about it

My husband (31M) and I (25F) have been together for years and I genuinely love him. He’s a good husband and father, and this isn’t about him doing anything wrong hygienically or sexually.

The problem is that lately I feel randomly grossed out by his penis and honestly sex in general. Even thinking about it sometimes gives me this weird “ick” feeling and I feel awful because I don’t want to feel this way.

I’m currently 10 weeks pregnant and also only 9 months postpartum from our first baby, so my body/hormones are probably all over the place. I also have Hashimoto’s, which already makes me feel off sometimes. What’s confusing me is that I don’t remember feeling this way during my first pregnancy at all.

I still love cuddling him, being around him, talking to him, etc. Emotionally I still feel attached to him. It’s specifically sexual stuff that suddenly feels uncomfortable or gross to me lately.

Has anyone else experienced this during pregnancy/postpartum? Did it go away? I’m scared this means something deeper even though logically I know hormones can do weird things.

TL;DR: I’m 25F, 10 weeks pregnant, and 9 months postpartum. I love my husband (31M), but lately his penis/sex in general grosses me out and gives me the “ick.” I didn’t experience this in my first pregnancy and I also have Hashimoto’s. Wondering if this is hormonal or if others have experienced this.

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u/Fatcake3000 — 8 days ago

Anything I can do for a stuffing substitute?

Im insulin resistant and pregnant and I am craving the heck out of some stuffing. Is there like anything I can use in place of bread for stuffing? Like lentils? Squash? Carrots with like stuffing seasoning?

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u/Fatcake3000 — 10 days ago

I have hashimotos, insulin resistance and reactive hypoglycemia. I have good days and bad days but when they're bad ITS bad. I don't get like super fatigued but I get so dizzy to the point I cant do basic activities. I get brain fog that'll last weeks where I cant recall common words and get frusturated when people cant understand what im saying. I get sore legs like body aches from the hips down and nothing helps. My thyroid flips from hyper to hypo. I had a tsh of 0.017 and then 2 weeks later it was 6.43. So I get the flip of symptoms too. Today was particularly a really rough day. I dont let it get to me often but im not sure if it was a buildup of anxiety or my early pregnancy. I just woke up dizzy, anxious as I have so much anxiety not knowing where my thyroid is sitting. Is it high? Low? Normal? The dizziness was the main aggressor of my anxiety. I have it still but not as bad. I tried to eat a little more frequently but now that ive calmed down... man am I ever emotional. I just cried in the car because I was thinking about years ago when I could just walk and be normal. I didn't have all these symptoms. I miss being able to walk into the store and feeling excited for it. Now it feels like a war. My reactive hypoglycemia can cause rapid drops so I get scared ill have drops all the time. I had a nasty episode 9 months ago and almost passed out a couple times. So I have to eat before going in. I miss just being able to go in. I HATE prepping to go into the store. Mentally and physically. I miss not being dizzy. Or waking up and not being scared of my first steps on the floor as thats the tell tale sign of whether its gonna be a good day or a bad day for me. Im also always over analyzing how im feeling, i cant have conversations with people because i'm thinking about my brain fog, or thinking about how dizzy or how weak I feel. I MISS living in the moment, I miss feeling comfortable in my body. I feel trapped. Trapped by my own body. Trapped in my bed Trapped in my head.

I just hate this so fucking much 😭 I want my body back. I want to feel safe in my own skin. I have a baby and like I feel like im always doing the bare minimum because I feel so aweful. Im trying so hard to be physically capable. I feed him, I change his diapers, I play with him (laying down most days) but what am I going to do when hes older? I hate that I had a dream of starting a life with my husband. Kids, him. Holidays. All of that. Now when I think of special moments I look forward to I now know it'll be shadowed by my disease. I wont be able to live in the moment like I want to. I wont be able to just enjoy things with my family like I wanted. It'll be me trying to.

Im sorry yall. Today was just a really bad day. I felt like I was dying and now im just all feeling

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u/Fatcake3000 — 15 days ago
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Thought it was funny and cute to share but he had gotten up today at like 4:30 and just randomly started playing with his toys in his crib. Didn't cry or anything. Just heard the little music from his toys. I guess its just a new little quirk of his. Its just funny to wake up at 4am and here all of his toys go off and the little slamming of him moving his little things around. Man they're just so casual and innocent. I love him so much

u/Fatcake3000 — 15 days ago