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Charlie B53
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« on: February 04, 2018, 08:48:25 PM »

I am a real 'Guy'.  I have great 'ideas'.  Ask any 'Guy', they will tell you that we are perfectly logical bright thinkers of all things.

Ask any woman and she will tell you we are all idiots.

As a kid I learn about bathroom scales.  They lean up against the wall, you lay it down, step on it, then lean it back against the wall out of the way.  Unless you have a much larger bathroom with enough room to leave it lay on the floor.  In which case we still don't step on it but on rare occasion.

The 3 1/2 years I did PD at home I Religiously got that scale out morning and night and recorded my weights in my log book.  Since my switch to Hemo slightly over a year ago I probably haven't used my scale a half dozen times.  Why should I when I weight in and out every MWF at treatments?

For some odd reason today I got it out and stepped on my scale.  Surprised at how much I DIDN'T gain over the weekend I treated myself to a half can of soda, over ice. Later in the evening Wife complained of thirst so I fixed her a small bowl of cottage cheese with canned fruit. I splurged again and had the same. I'm half afraid of stepping on the scale again, I could easily have over done it with those fluids.

I had the bright idea, why not move that scale to the kitchen?  I am in the kitchen almost constantly throughout every day!  I could step on the scale, see how I am doing, pick up a glass of water, or bowl of whatever, step on the scale again and KNOW what my gain would be if I allowed myself that drink, bowl of soup, whatever.  BRILLIANT Idea!

I can already hear what the Wife is going to say.

"What is this BATHROOM Scale doing in the kitchen?"

Then the fight started.
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« Reply #1 on: February 05, 2018, 07:33:00 AM »
LOL......like your sense of practicality. ;D  I have scales that show pounds or kg.  I only weigh just before I leave my house to go to dialysis.  The only reason I weight at all is so I won't be surprised when I step on the clinic scales.  I have my share of willpower but there are times when temptations with food or beverage are just too much to ignore. Trying not to be a pig about it but I do take an extra helping of food or a larger than normal drink of whatever when the major cravings hit. 

My food and drink log is full of notes to myself about why I succumbed to temptation. ::)
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« Reply #2 on: February 05, 2018, 09:09:52 AM »
My husband was diagnosed with type 2 diabetes; it runs in his family, so it was no great surprise.

He changed his diet completely and dropped 90 lbs in a rather short period of time.

He weighs himself daily, and he, you guessed it, but the scales in the kitchen, tucked up under a chair.

So, there's some ammunition you can use in the battle against your wife should you need it!   :thumbup;
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« Reply #3 on: February 05, 2018, 07:41:46 PM »
Our last apartment was fairly small. We had a tiny kitchen. Both of us could hardly fit in it at the same time but when my husband was still doing home hemo that is where we kept the scale. We had his cycler set up in the living room a few feet away. The bathroom was farther away than the kitchen so it made sense to just keep the scale closer to his "treatment area". Our new place has a large kitchen and a very large bathroom. He no longer does home hemo but we still have a scale only now we keep it in the bathroom. If he should want it back in the kitchen tho I'd be okay with that.
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After more than 150 days of being hospitalized with complications from Diabetes, my beloved husband's heart stopped and he passed away 06-08-21. He was only 63.
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« Reply #4 on: February 06, 2018, 02:05:25 PM »
I've got one of those scales.......somewhere.
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« Reply #5 on: February 06, 2018, 02:59:40 PM »
Quote from: GA_DAWG on February 06, 2018, 02:05:25 PM
I've got one of those scales.......somewhere.

Yeah, like, "over the rainbow".   :rofl;
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"Eggs are so inadequate, don't you think?  I mean, they ought to be able to become anything, but instead you always get a chicken.  Or a duck.  Or whatever they're programmed to be.  You never get anything interesting, like regret, or the middle of last week."
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« Reply #6 on: February 06, 2018, 06:15:43 PM »
Quote from: MooseMom on February 06, 2018, 02:59:40 PM
Quote from: GA_DAWG on February 06, 2018, 02:05:25 PM
I've got one of those scales.......somewhere.

Yeah, like, "over the rainbow".   :rofl;

Double  :rofl; :rofl;
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Husband had ESRD with Type I Diabetes -Insulin Dependent.
I was his care-partner for home hemodialysis using Nxstage December 2013-July 2016.
He went back to doing in-center July 2016.
After more than 150 days of being hospitalized with complications from Diabetes, my beloved husband's heart stopped and he passed away 06-08-21. He was only 63.
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« Reply #7 on: February 09, 2018, 10:16:24 AM »
I gave up checking on my bathroom scales, they never agree with the hospital, I'm always heavier there. Also I take my blood pressure machine occasionally and check it against the machine's, so far they're a pretty good match.
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« Reply #8 on: February 09, 2018, 12:01:05 PM »

Charlie, you are supposed to weigh yourself nude. Or at least that is what I am told. That is why they are in the bathroom. I can just imagine your wife having a couple of friends over for coffee and here comes Charlie to weigh himself. ( in the kitchen)
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« Reply #9 on: February 09, 2018, 01:37:18 PM »
Last I heard my clinic decided not to let the patients weigh nude.  Too many wrinkled birthday suits.  :rofl;
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« Reply #10 on: February 10, 2018, 02:37:27 AM »

LOL

Lulu beat me to it!

I don't think anyone at my clinic would want to see my naked belly hanging out.  I was on PD for 3 1/2 years and have a kangaroo pouch that ain't gone away.  Nor do I think any would be interested in seeing my backside.  I do have a set of 'Moobs'.  Hopefully none of the 'Guy's wold be interested in them.
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