Wellness

[Moonchilde]

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@Shanus wrote:

@Moonchilde@Poodlepet2@cherry and others: Reading and getting concerned about vigilante I have to be counting carbs & watching "sugar" numbers. No one is mentioning if they are on any meds for Type 2 and still have diet so closely. Are you careful w/ diet to avoid meds?

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@Shanus, @cherry is trying to avoid meds; I think the rest of us are on meds and have been diabetics for awhile.  IMO, you can't be on meds and then eat however you like - you need to be low(er) carb forever. Diabetes is a progressive disease. You can keep it at bay for varying periods of time (years) but it doesn't disappear and people aren't "cured." Symptoms (including elevated BG) can be controlled but it doesn't all just stop or go away when you take meds and you can forget what you should be doing to maintain. If you're on medication and eat properly your numbers will be good and you might be able to stop taking meds. But start eating like you used to, stop exercising, and your numbers will go back up. Square one.

[Moonchilde]

@Poodlepet2, after getting a very good grounding in the importance of low carb eating from the diabetic forum, I was appalled years ago, and still am, that RDE's and dieticians (and the ADA!) seem to be hunky-dory with routine foods and routine carb numbers that are just way out there, AFA what I was taught. No question that what is recommended is EASIER, on the patient, the RDE and the doctor, because it allows people to "slide into" a point of no return, and more drugs, and more dangerous, drugs, and insulin-dependence - and none of them really seem to care!

A relative was just in the hospital for two weeks. He's diabetic, controlled by diet (used to be on pills, probably should be now). He was told hospitals do not "bother" with oral meds for diabetic patients - they are ALL given insulin - BEFORE eating, BASED ON the full contents of their food tray! Who do you know who wipes out all the food on their tray in a hospital? He was always going low - DUH! It boggled my mind, and has made me terrified of being hospitalized.

Thanks - I do love my sea otters :-)

[cherry]

I am learning a lot more here than, I did from that dietician. She only talked about glycemic index, which as a newly diagnosed  person ,meant very little to me

I'm going to test after meals for a few days and keep track. I would like to get my blood sugar to 140 , 2 hrs after meals if I can

[Poodlepet2]

 Moonchilde, this is just what I'm talking about in terms of swimming against the tide....It's ok to question-and if my doctor was blowing me off, I think I would seek out another one....

Cherry, when was your last A1c?  Granted we can all spike up, but if my last A1c was "normal" and my post prandials were that high, I would be concerned. There is a possibility it's a meter problem, but something might be changing.

@Shanus, I'm on Metformin.

Poodlepet2

[cherry]

@Poodlepet2  it was a couple of months ago.  I only see my endo twice a year

[Moonchilde]

In case people are unaware, anyone can buy an OTC A1C test to test themselves and send in for results. The results have been determined as accurate as your local lab if directions are followed. Walmart's is $23, CVS is $40, $32 Walgreens.

In case people are unaware what A1c is and what it shows - Doing a fingerstick and testing your BG with a meter gives you a BG reading for that moment in time. An A1c blood test (not just a stick-n-read) shows you what your 24/7 BG reading is over a period of  approximately three months. It's a more accurrate assessment of your overall BG levels all the time.

[Q4u]

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@Poodlepet2 wrote:

Q4U, does your doctor know you are taking aspirin? There are non-narcotic prescription medications out there that might be a better choice. You aren't on Plavix or anything like that, are you? There are few concerns with that, but Plavix and aspirin are not a good combination.

Poodlepet2

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Thank you, no, no Plavix and yes, my doctor knows.  At it's worst I was taking 6 aspirins a day but now it's down to two in the morning (I also have a pinched nerve in my neck and severe TMJ that are horrible in the morning (sometimes my jaw locks in the morning as well) but it all "loosens up" and feels better in an hour or two.  I do watch the aspirin I take and there are days when I don't take any at all.....

[Q4u]

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@Q4u wrote:

When I was diagnosed I had no idea it might be Diabetes.  As a matter of fact I have no relatives I know of that have Diabetes.  I had no excessive thirst, my cuts healed fast and well.... but my reading at diagnosis was 499! The nurse was alarmed and told me to start drinking water and to come right in, which I did....

My only symptom was being tired in the afternoon and dozing (I never doze during the day, still don't) .... and the head feeling like I was thinking through syrup.  I thought it was just part of getting older (I was around 55 at the time).... it sure wasn't.

There are medications that are suspected of causing Diabetes because they inhibit the body from processing glucose. .

These drugs are: Ace Inhibitors,  ARB's (Angiotensin Receptor Blocker), CCB's (Calcium Channel Blocker), Beta Blockers (I've been on one for years), Diaretics (I've been on one for years).  I was on another one Lisinopri (which I've quit)

The inclination of some of these antihypertensive drugs to give rise to diabetes has been known since at least 1958. They lower the glucose tolerance of the body.

I believe my own case of Diabetes was brought on from thes drugs since I have no Diabetics in my family....

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I left off Amlodipine on the list.... which I was on as well! 

[cherry]

I tested again ,2 hrs after we ate this afternoon, and my B.S. is 128.  I wonder if the potatoes give me a bit higher of a reading? I'm going to keep track ,and see what happens for the next few days

[Toppers3]

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@cherry wrote:

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@Perkup wrote:

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@cherry wrote:

I will treat myself to a werthers caramel flavored hard candy. There is  14 grams of carbs in 3 pieces, so ,one little candy isn't that bad for you, and its real sugar too

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Werther's caramels have sugar free items in both their hard candy and the sort chewables.  The flavor is perfect and I prefer to get the sugar free items.  A great cure for a sugar craving.

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I think it tastes very nice, but I have *issues* after eating it

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You aren't the only one, @cherry.

I cannot tolerate the sugars that end in "tol." So, no xylitol, maltitol, or any kind of sugar substitute like that for me, that is especially used in a sugar-free dessert or candy. Then I start to have "digestive issues," too.