I have been craving popcorn. So, tonight I caved. I ate zero carbs at supper so I could blow them on the popcorn. Technically, my blood sugar should be ok. It's been one of those days though. I've been so stressed that my blood sugar ran high. It was that way yesterday too.
My washing machine is on the blink. I called GE customer service last Friday because it is still under warranty. The repairman lives about 40 miles away that THEY chose. He accepted the job. Today he calls me and tells me he isn't coming unless I negotiate a better price for him through GE. ME? I could have strangled him. I told him thanks for leaving me high and dry. He gave me his best good ol' boy reasons why gas prices were holding him back. Cry me a river, please.
So, I call GE and they can't give me another repairman because this buffoon is still on the case. I tell them that he's refused to come. All I get is phone silence and then eventually a transfer to another department where I have to explain the whole thing again. They approve more money for the buffoon and he is supposed to schedule something with me....which he has not.
Tomorrow I will call him to get him to come to fix the freaking washing machine. He better not give me any trouble. I've had more than my fill will buffoons lately.
On top of this I've been middle man with the pharmacy and the endocrinologist's office about an anxiety medication I've been prescribed. The insurance turned it down because it doesn't have a generic. Both the pharmacy and the endocrinologist's office claim the other needs to send a fax. I asked them both to refax...twice. Heaven forbid they actually talk to one another to solve the problem. Getting the prescription filled for the anxiety med makes me need it more than before it was prescribed!
I've tried to stay off of the anxiety med, but common sense is telling me that weight loss and blood pressure will be helped if I can kick the anxiety. It's one of my root causes. I've got to get to the bottom of it.
This run around has been going on since last Tuesday. They are about to experience a pause in my polite disposition. I will insist they speak directly to one another. I don't work for either of them. Let them sort out their own paperwork and protocols. I am paying both of them for crying out loud.
I hope this all gets straighted out soon. My blood sugar going high stresses me out too and it has me in the midst of a vicious circle fueled by anxiety. It doesn't matter how well I eat, the blood sugar will rise when the anxiety does. I hate, hate, hate that.
Maybe the anxiety med will even me out. I sure hope so.
I feel like I've been held hostage today. No wonder I needed the comfort of popcorn.
CW
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CreativeWoman posted on Sep 23, 2008
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CayenneMan said on Sep 23, 2008....
Hello CreativeWoman, I hope you feel better now that you've talked about your day. Whenever I try to call a company about a warranty item they put me on hold and I end up hanging up. It seems like after playing with the automated recording for twenty minutes and finally getting a "live" person on the phone they just put me on hold to look up my account number or something. I'm sure they find the information they need within a minute but I end up waiting for ten ! I like when I've been on the phone for a half hour and we're starting to make progress and then mysteriously the phone hangs up ! Sometimes I think these people have this down to a fine art. They know just what to do to piss me off.I like popcorn once in a while. I used to like microwave popcorn but now I can't stand the way it smells. I have an hot air popper but it's alot of work to make it that way. Years ago I liked " jiffy time pop corn " I'm not sure if that's what it was called. It came in a circular tray with a handle. You put it on the burner and keep moving it around until the foil would expand to a big ball. As I recall it was'nt bad. I wonder if they still make it ? I'll tell you what I do now and I'm not kidding. I drive about ten miles to a movie theater and buy a large bucket or two and have them load it up with butter ! My God my arteries are probably clogged to hell but I like the way it tastes and I've never been able to make it like that at home. I then simply leave the theater and take it home. I know one thing . . . it's an expensive way to have popcorn but I goda doo what I goda doo. Take care of yourself CreativeWoman and I hope you keep your blood sugar in check. I'll see you later I'm going to get some popcorn now . . .thank you :0) . . . . . . . .! -
Lucytorial said on Sep 23, 2008....
Hey CW ~ I saw a science show recently that says that chamomile tea helps to regulate blood sugar in diabetics? I haven't researched this yet have you heard of it? -
quietone said on Sep 24, 2008....
Hey Lucy, yes I have heard of that, and also cinnamon does too. CW, did you know popcorn is a natural mood enhancer? I just read that in a magazine yesterday. Good luck with GE man. I would never buy a GE product to begin with. -
CreativeWoman said on Sep 24, 2008....
CayenneMan,
Dealing with the GE customer service has been as awful as you described and then some. I had one lady tell me this morning that she didn't agree with me when I said I shouldn't have to be the middleman to negotiate this man's rate.
Movie theater popcorn can be really good when it's fresh. I used to work at a movie theater when I was in high school and college. My popcorn was really popular. :-) The manager said they sold more when I worked than at any other time. I hope yours was good.
Lucy,
I hadn't heard about chamomile tea. I do drink a Yogi Tea that seems to help me. I will check to see if that is one of the ingredients. It might be something I want to write about on my other blog. Thanks.
quiet,
I have heard about cinnamon too. I didn't know that about popcorn. Maybe that is why my body craved it.
I'll need all the luck I can get with the GE people. I've been round and round with them again this morning and I still don't think anything is accomplished. It all hinges on some sort of fax that is nowhere to be seen. I wanted a Maytag when I got my washer but they were out of stock at the time. So, I tried the GE since it had the bigger tub. It has worked fine until now. The service is awful though when you need it.
CW
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lionesss said on Sep 24, 2008....
hiya cw, what a day you have had, washers break down at the most inconveinent time eh!!, my last washer broke down more times i care to remember, i could of bout a new 1 with the amount of money it took to get mended, thx goodness it was still under warrenty, so i dnt blame you for the feast of popcorn it is very more,ish,like peanuts you cant stop at 1,ha,iv heard that chamoile tea is calming but i dnt like the taste really,because i have diazapam for my seizures i cant take any herbel supplements as they clash with my medication,weired eh, but i hope you are feeling alot happier now,~~lionesss x -
wombat said on Sep 24, 2008....
How irritating to be put through the mill like that, both with the washing machine and the pharmacy thing! I was stuck on the part about the repairs being held up due to gas prices.....another example of how things will fall apart with these high gas prices and the scary way it could all collapse like dominos if something isn't done. (not that I know what)Anyway, popcorn good. Stress bad. -
queenparanoia said on Sep 25, 2008....
yeah you needed a popcorn... and this...
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woman said on Sep 25, 2008....
Poor thing. Crazy companies, repairmen, AND diabetes. Good thing we don't expect fair. I don't know about popcorn. I know that I love it. I would eat it several times a week if I could but it raises my blood sugar even higher than it's usual lofty heights. Popcorn, potatoes, rice. These are not my friends. That said. Everyone needs to just give in to a craving now and then. Geesh, we aren't machines. I am sending you good thoughts and hope that some of this craziness will be settled soon. Oh, and please, save me some popcorn. -
CreativeWoman said on Sep 27, 2008....
Hi, Everyone. :-) I'm running behind on my comments, but I promise to be back soon to catch up.
CW
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