Reply #210: Thanks, bling bling. [View All]

I still miss him terribly and especially mourn the fact that he never got to see any of his grandchildren and worse, that they never got to know him.

Thanks again for the blood sugar info - it definitely connects some of the dots.

When I was a kid, I hated my Dad's smoking so much that I have never, ever been tempted to even try a puff. My younger brother, however, was young enough when my Dad quit that he didn't get the full turn-off from it and became a smoker. (I also think we have a whole younger generation who seem to be more into smoking. I know very few people in my own age group who are smokers, but lots of younger 20-something's who smoke. ) Thankfully, a few weeks ago, my brother decided it was time he HAD to quit (he finally added up how much it is costing him and realized how much other stuff he could use that money for!) and has been doing well with it so far, I believe. Keeping my fingers crossed that he keeps it up.