response 300 of 691:

Nov 5 01:22 UTC 2000

Aargh.  I'm sorry, Steve.

response 302 of 691:

Nov 5 04:44 UTC 2000

Michigan lost 2 times today.  Once to Northwestern, by a field goal, and 
once to Michigan State by only 1 goal.  I'm sorry Wendy, but once again 
I must hate your school.

response 304 of 691:

Nov 5 16:52 UTC 2000

That's okay Eric. I'll hate your school back. (Which one besides the 
eeevil one, do you like? ;)
My instructor said as long as I show up for class my attendence will 
count. And I figure I'll just do the excersies that are required for 
our final. I have half of it done, but we haven't started the second 
half.

Mono is pissing me off. I feel fine except I'm so bloody tired. And I 
think I may be starting to get those strep-like symptoms. I hoping 
it'll go away once I have breakfast.

response 306 of 691:

Nov 5 19:09 UTC 2000

IBB today is the start of the cleaning packing process.  I have tons of
garbage bags, some boxes, and the entire day to do it.  Now if only I could
wake up and get motivated.  

response 308 of 691:

Nov 6 17:26 UTC 2000

$275 bursar fee that I had to pay before I could register.  Parental 
Units say they never got the bill.

response 310 of 691:

Nov 6 20:38 UTC 2000

heh.  everyone should hate me too, cuz i went to Northwestern...although
for what it's worth, i'm a huge UM fan too.  very confusing to cheer
against them.  thank God for beer, which helped a lot.
IBB Michigan lost!  :(
Rane:  I don't think your suggested scenario for occurrence of autoimmune
type diabetes is very likely.  White blood cells are supposed to undergo
a selection process before being released into the bloodstream so that 
any cells that recognize and destroy the body's own proteins/cells never
make it out of the bone marrow.  I'd think it far more likely that either
some error in the blood cell selection process occurs, or that the pancreas
starts producing mutant proteins that are then classified as alien by
the immune system.  (then again, this isn't really my area of expertise.  So
why are you still reading this?)

response 312 of 691:

Nov 7 00:29 UTC 2000

re 310:  my roommate is a diabetic and I am pretty familiar with the disease.
I was not aware of it being called an autoimmune disease.  Basically what
happens is that your body produces a smaller amount of insulin, from a little
less to nothing at all, they really can't measure the exact amount that your
body produces at any time, and it bonds to the sugar making it possible for
the body to break it down and the cells to use it.  Without the insulin, the
body can't process sugars and the cells starve even with sugar present, making
a high sugar reaction, and in sever cases, ketoacidosis, where the cells force
the body to feed off itself, and the first organ to begin to shut down is your
brain.  The converse is where you don't get ENOUGh sugar, the insulin bonds
to what you have, and your body is lacking sugar and once again breaks down.
First is the brain to go, and usually causes light dementia, "goofyness", and
can lead to siezures, coma, and death.  That's type 1.  Type 2 is a general
progression due to weight and diet and sometimes genetic that can sometimes
be treated with excersize and a pill, Steven Furth from B5 had this type, but
was happy to report that he is no longer insulin dependant at the comicon just
before the last.  The converse is of course hypoglycemia, where the body
producees too much insulin, and the resluts are the same for the diabeties,
just a difference in order.  What bothers me most is that diabeties is still
th ought of as this odd disease.  It's not really.  Take "ConAir"
specifically.  The dude (inmate) wouldn't live unless he got his shot of
insulin within the 2 hours.  It's not true.  no one is going to fall over dead
if they dont' get their shot right on time, and frankly if he is on several
types of insulin (which is really recombinant DNA), he needs to eat before
he takes it or right when he takes it because whenever the insulin is
designated to take effect, it does.  From immediatly, 15 minutes, 4 hours,
etc.

Sorry for my rant.  You may go on.

response 314 of 691:

Nov 7 01:59 UTC 2000

(My friend never had to eat when she shot up with her insulin..I think it's
case-specific since there are so many medicines for diabetes)

response 316 of 691:

Nov 7 14:11 UTC 2000

(one of the courses I wanted to register for has been cancelled, which
means I have to cancel my plans to only have weekend courses, or stay
here another semester.)

response 318 of 691:

Nov 7 18:53 UTC 2000

So basically, they still don't know anything really about what causes
the onset of diabetes mellitus except that there's some genetic factor
involved...  <sigh>  I rarely trust anything "scientific" that I read in
newspapers these days.  Sunny:  "recombinant DNA" refers to how the 
insulin is manufactured (they splice DNA for it into bacteria so that
the bacteria make it, then they harvest it from the bacteria, instead of
synthesizing it chemically) but it's still the same stuff.
<wanders off to look up stuff about diabetes and other diseases instead
of doing any work>

response 320 of 691:

Nov 7 20:16 UTC 2000

<blesses lynne's brain>  I agre with you there too.  They don't KNOW why it
happens, but it does.  And for those that are born with it, then you can
atribute it to a lack of development in the womb, but why would it happen over
time.  <shrugs>  (and for fun, if you look at Humulin Insulin, NPH (suspended
4 hour insulin) it's cloudy because it has sperms in it)

response 322 of 691:

Nov 7 20:44 UTC 2000

They took more of my blood today. Grrrrrr. And they took a strep test. 
And yup, I have mono.

response 324 of 691:

Nov 8 03:28 UTC 2000

I have a caffeine headache.  I need coke.