Resigning as mod, will be here as member

[canuck]

Well friends, sad to say I have had to make a decision to take more time in life to caretake me, it is a healthy decision but one that makes me feel some sadness as this diabetic forum meant so much to me.

Seeing so many of you “Get It’ and change your life around has been overwhelming at times, I mean, we eat protein, my goodness, we have oil,……we went against the grain of what medical community has drummed in our head and we learned to heal ourselves.

Many got off insulin or meds, lost a lot of weight but most of all, we all feel better physically and mentally.

I have friends and family who are ill, I am running crazy doing renos in B&B and busy with guests, am not excercising as when have a minute check out here and should be out walking not typing but loved it here on this thread.
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Therefore, I am going to walk the talk for the next while and am retiring presently as a mod. I will pop in here when I have a chance and would always help out anyone with worries about diabetes.

Atkins has literally saved my life and it was people like 2 big, dessert, brooke,et al who reached out and grasped my hand when I first heard about it and was scared silly of trying it but had nothing to lose as diabetes so out of control and on so much insulin was ill.
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The mods will be checking in here and if see someone with a question or someone stumbling they will email me to pop in, 2 big is always around and she knows a ton and coop will pop in sometimes too so please don’t hesitate to ask away.

The comradeship and the helpfulness of each of you has made it very meaningful for me to moderate here for past yr and a half and now like every good volunteer needs to do is refocus on their life and look after themselves.

So see ya around...REMEMBER ATKINS ROCKS THE HUT FOR DIABETICS......

PS: thnx for the Canuck Day, that was a kind gesture
:hug :wave :wave ha ha ha

[Coop2004]

As you may have already realized, I too have resigned as a mod, (but not as a member) also due to health concerns (don't fret, it's not my diabetes - thankfully that's under control).

As canuck stated, I will try to pop in when I am able.

Again, I would like to thank you, Canuck, for all your support, to the board and to me in particular.

:hug :hug

Linda

[2big4mysize]

pass the klenex :sadblinky :sadblinky :sadblinky :sadblinky

you will be missed

[Desertthorn]

YOur departure, my friend, is like an end of an era for all of us. This is a different time and a different board than the one we started with 2 years ago. I look at it now and the pride that I feel is so great because of how it has expanded and what it stands for and how much it has grown. That growth, that expansion is mostly due to mods like you and Bren and 2big and Betty and Biker and Tom particularly, and all the mods that have long gone who saw what they liked, but wouldn't accept the status quo and insisted on going forward and improving and trying new things, always trying new things, and not caring if it didn't work, only that they tried.
The diabetic forum was one of those that absolutely worked.
You can take so much pride in the fact that as MOD, as MENTOR, and as ha "s Canadian Girl Guide, you helps folks save their lives and turn a death sentence into a long and health life. Not many folks can say that.

I will not say goodbye as I know that its just one more door closing and another will open and now as one of us. You can join the bad girls
LOL.....

[david832]

Good luck Canuck and best wishes for the future


Dave

[Momma Yamo]

Thanks for all your help

Just a thank you for being you. Stay healthy and see ya' round! :wave

[canuck]

sooo tell me more, what’s the bad girls, Shawnee says I am rabble rouser, does that get me immediate entrance.

Thanks coop, I knew you'd pop in when can and you are so much better than me at finding things on web, like books, other diabetic forums etc like Bernstein, Those are things that I don’t do well.

Lynn, 2 big, ya it’s changed and often new blood is good for a program, different faces, different ideas.

I loved what we once were back then and man, we could spend hours on chat late into the night and the high I felt getting off insulin and then off all my drugs and then dropping all that weight was such a goooooddd feeling.

If you” oldies” had of not been there for me I would not have been able to be here for new diabetics, so its “pay it forward” and anyone reading this who would like to be a mod here feel free to talk to me or the admins about it. You won’t be left alone as lots of us are going to still be around.

Hey, can I now be a lurker....I won’t feel compelled to write. HEHEHE

David, you have done so well, appreciate your presence, take care too and all other members how have wished me well. I appreciate it.

It’s a small little group here on diabetic thread but over the ys hundreds have passed thru the doors that have done well, many return who fall off wagon for a while and do good again and know this place is here as diabetics will struggle with carb issues until the day they die, it isn’t just about losing weight, its about not losing your feet, your eyes, your kidneys.

Someone remarked….what’s stressful about being a mod, its fun….I thought, hmmm, I feel a tad stressed every time a new diabetic comes on stream: they are scared, ashamed, running fearful with bad knowledge in their head and I know they may not hear us here and get sucked into the medical community that pushes low fat high carbs which kills diabetics young…..to me that always created a tad of stress.

Just hoping somehow whatever I said, how I said it, felt ok, not too direct, not scaring diabetics off and to think about Atkins and to engage in being here, to stay being part of here, learning new eating skills and understanding why carbs kill diabetics young. Some came and went and we never saw them again and it made me think,,,,hmmm. What can we offer to keep them here? I know we are not responsible, but this is a scary illness.

I often think what if, what if….the late night I went into chat, never read the dam book, never had access to the dam book as live almost 4 hr from the city, ( ya I was one of those!!!) but knew it had worked for a guest in my B&B and knew I needed to learn, brooke and 2 big and dessert were joshing around in chat room, I asked a few questions interrupting them as they were talking about brooks kid drawing some pictures…..but know what…they stopped joshing to answer my questions.

Next night I went back again as was dizzy and didnt know what to do and BG falling sharply and didn’t know what to eat….and asked more questions, this time someone was there who had a ferret for a pet, again they stopped joshing and answered all my questions….

next night I went back and announced….GUESS WHAT!!! I AM OFF ALL MY INSULIN and everyone was stunned.

Then I said to 2big….why don’t we have a place where all the diabetic information is on one thread as "this is scary you know"…..2big went to Tom and the diabetic forum was built.

I am telling this story so you all know how simple it is to make an idea work, it is simple to pay it forward and it is stressful as **** to live with diabetes so whenever you hear of someone with diabetes, reach out like those members did that late late August night for me and direct them here.

Do not stay away, use what you can but whatever you do look after you as no one else will, and that’s what I am doing now.

In fact, am going with my neighbor for a walk and then a glass of red wine.
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[4myself4mykids]

Well, my computer has been down for a week, so I'm just checking in to see what's going on and saw this. I can't let it go without a few comments! Canuck-you've been a lifesaver for many and I will always be grateful for your knowledge and kindness! Thank you for your time, and I truly understand your need to take care of yourself! :hug Thanks! Keep in touch!

[sassyone]

Canuck, you have changed the way I see myself and my diabetes! Because of your straightforward way of telling it like it is- I have gained control of diabetes instead of just letting it control me. Reading what Atkins did for you made me realize that I can do that too- I'm not ready to lose my eyesight or my kidneys. Thanks so much for all of your caring- not only for us on this board who have been privileged to benefit from your knowledge- but to countless others who have come in contact with you. Hope you stay in touch- and as you would say, "Goodonya girl" :hug