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Dusty
09-20-2006, 07:50 PM
Hello everybody.:)
I was just diagnosed T2 at the end of June with a bg of 414. My GP sent me home and told me to cut back on sugar!. Needless to say that was not even the bare minimum of what I needed to know to fight this disease. Thanks to a few websites and a lot of reading I started to follow my own version of a low carb medium fat/protein diet and have since lost over 80lbs and have my bg levels in good shape.
I look forward to learning even more about what I can do to minimize complications from this disease in the long term and hope I can offer some advice on what helped me as well.
the glyphon
09-28-2006, 11:29 AM
Hi there Dusty :)
I would suggest looking around for a doctor who is more familair with advising diabetic clients. I love online foprums and person-to-person support but my doctor is a real gold mine of infomrations and suggestions right down to having recipe books to borrow.
parise
10-04-2006, 01:23 PM
always be skeptical about people who are assisting with your health issues. Make sure you know everything about your doctor and ask questions. Welcome!
jimmys devoted
10-05-2006, 08:29 AM
Beinga diabetic, I had alot ot learn as well. My was 407 with abscess.
My diabetes educator was wonderful She explained everything. my medical unit was awesome and go tme into insulin as soon as possible before switcihing me to orals. which I like insulin better.
Get a copy of Factoring diabetes Ebook at lulu.com. I wrote it to help people who are newbies like I was.
Knowing how carbohydarte/fiber/protein abalnces work to keep Bgs levels and how timing is a must have is a key to gaining control.
You can email me at
shermandn@medscape.com
ladygirl99
10-10-2006, 01:42 PM
I am sorry to hear that you have t2 and with proper dieting and controlling the disease I think that you would able to cope. Although I don't understand what you are going through, I seen it firsthand of my uncle had battle diabetes.
parise
10-16-2006, 04:57 PM
Well hello nice to meet you. Hope to see you around sometime because this is a great forum.
jimmys devoted
10-20-2006, 07:12 AM
I found that thinking of diabetss, is like your eye color, your hair color, your ears. Its part of you.
It shoudl nto slow you down thogh you do have ot be more cautious.
We,as adiabetic community have some very well accomplished people. We have Gary Hall olympic swimmer, we have Greg Cummings mountain climber who tacked everest!
www.diabetes-exercise.org
we even have a drug lord.Chiang Chifu
Burma Opium Lord/Burmese (MYANMAR) leader
we have comedians, statemen, actors, and so on.
the idea is keep it on control and enjoy life. Just remember to watch your diet, like an athlete woudl for maximum performance, getthe proper equipment: like a scuba diver, and consider your medications and vitamins that enhance performance and your good to go.
you can do anything you set your mind to do.. and ifyou ahve a setback.. consider it, just that a small set back and thenget back into life aagina.
Most diabetcs become depressed because they se it as aburdn andnot just something that is part of them. thos ethat succeeed with diabetes just consider it a part of them and go on.
Serra
10-20-2006, 07:43 AM
Hello everybody.:)
I was just diagnosed T2 at the end of June with a bg of 414. My GP sent me home and told me to cut back on sugar!.
The levels of care are so different from different doctors. I was given a huge stack of stuff to read, scheduled to meet a dietitian, told when to test all within about 10 minutes of being told I had it.
My doctor also had me come back in a week with the results of my first set of tests to see how I was doing.
Dusty
10-20-2006, 08:30 PM
The levels of care are so different from different doctors. I was given a huge stack of stuff to read, scheduled to meet a dietitian, told when to test all within about 10 minutes of being told I had it.
My doctor also had me come back in a week with the results of my first set of tests to see how I was doing.
Yep, it's amazing! I wonder how some of them even got to practice medicine to begin with. When I went back after 30 days and my fasting bg was in the low 90s, he told me I was fine and there was no need to test .:rolleyes: :rolleyes:
jimmys devoted
11-13-2006, 10:43 PM
all that in ten minutes.
I was told I had it in teh ER. I was givena shot of insulin, and then I was put under for surgery. When I woke up a few hours later I had a parade of doctors and DEs and nurses coming in. It was wonderful.
Of course I wa steher due to an undiagnosed diabetic abscess of the leg. Had I let it go another few days I woudl ahve had an amputation.
But I was fortunate wnough t ahve a doctor finally spot runaway........
Its amaaazing how all doctors differ in tehir handling of it all.
Whats even more amazing is howmany poeple who are serious with it just dont care.
OMG!!
Isnt 400 way too much?? and to the person that said fasting test showed 90's, is that an okay reading? I couldnt tell if you were being sarcastic.
I took mine it was 129 when I got up yesterday. I had a piece of pizza and small syrupy cappacino and around 20 mins of that my reading was 179. I did not know how long to wait after eating. I'm experimenting before I get in to see a doctor for this.
Today when I tested after sugar free coffee with Coffee mate it read 159. bla!
Serra
11-18-2006, 02:28 PM
Even diabetics should have a fasting BG of 90 of they are following a good diet and taking meds.
A fasting level of 129 is too high. (A doctor can tell you for sure, but, IMO) a level of 129 means that your BG was too high the day before and hasn't come down to a reasonable level after fasting. You would need to look at your before bed reading to know for sure.
I had a piece of pizza and small syrupy cappacino and around 20 mins of that my reading was 179. I did not know how long to wait after eating.
Yea, ok, lots of problems here! Pizza contains bread, which will make your BG go up, but not normally after only 20 minutes. You really need to look at your BG after about an hour and two hours to see what effect the meal had. However, if the cappacino had sugar in it, then that would have an effect much sooner. Basically, 179 was only part of the problem, I bet that it was high for some time after that. That is the problem with diabetics, not that the BG goes up, everyone's BG goes up, but that it stays up.
Of course, everyone's body is different and I'm basing this on my personal experience, yours may be totally different than mine.
Thank you so much for your comments. I don't have very many testing strips and I guess I'm hitting and missing with the reading times.
Your suggestions are valuable to me as I am a very concerned person on this illness at the moment as it is hitting home.
I have an appointment (I know I keep saying that, sorry) on Tuesday and will be better able to understand what I am doing and what I am to do. (hopefully)
playtowin123
01-19-2007, 07:47 PM
Hi out there. I wanted to introduce myself to everyone. I've been searching the web for info about diabetes and found this board. I've never thought about joining a board before, but after reading through some posts, I'm happy I did. I just want to say thanks to everyone for the support you offer eachother here.
Serra
01-20-2007, 07:58 AM
Welcome. Lots of good information here.
Dusty
01-20-2007, 08:16 AM
Welcome to the forum playtowin123 :)
jimmys devoted
01-20-2007, 08:57 PM
there are loads of nice people here and oodles of helpful pieces of information....................
julie
Team Diabetes
01-22-2007, 02:42 AM
Hey Bra! Just wanted to say that Serra is bang on! Everything said was correct. Your fasting is elevated. Your levels appear to be diabetic (not even pre-diabetic or impaired glucose tolerance levels), although home machines are not accurate enough to diagnose.
I am glad you are seeing the doctor.
Serra is right. You need to try to reduce the carbs in your diet, especially ones that come from things like pizza (wrecks HAVIC on BG's!!!) and sweet drinks.
A dietitian can get you on the right track.
An example of a good breakfast might be: A slice of whole grain toast with all natural (no sugar) peanut butter, a boiled egg, a slice of turkey bacon (low fat), and a glass of V8 vegetable juice (and coffee!). If you want apple juice, have a real apple instead.
You can have juice once in awhile, but remember that it will spike your BG and it has no fibre like fruit (which is good for your BG). Lattes and sweet coffee drinks are HORRIBLE for fat and sugar/carb content! They are FULL of empty calories. Diabetics need to know this!
Cheers to good health!
playtowin123
01-26-2007, 11:46 AM
Thanks everyone! I was doing some research and I found this site called realhealth.tv which has a great video. Even though I am a new member, I think everyone here would really like watching this film b/c it was really nice hearing and watching someone talk about their difficulties and how they cope. I wanted to share this with everyone here, hoping It would help you guys too. Here’s the link http://www.realhealth.tv/site.html?goto=26&vid=27&vo=0
Keep strong everyone!
playtowin123
01-30-2007, 10:49 AM
I hope everyone found it informative!
Cassy
06-19-2007, 11:32 AM
The Internet is also a good place to research you doctor. Many states have sites where you can see the kind of patients your doctor usually treats. This can be useful in finding out how well versed your doctor is with diabetics.
cassiem0221
06-20-2007, 10:36 AM
Hello Dusty! I guess it is a good thing you were smart enough to take matters into your own hands. Doctors can be so stupid sometimes. Tell a person that kinda thing and just leave it be? Its a good thing you decided to learn more on your own or you could have been in the hospital in some serious shape! Great job on taking control and losing that weight too! keep up the good work!