Guest guest Posted November 19, 1999 Report Share Posted November 19, 1999 Marcy, you reported your most recent HbA1c as 13. That equates to an *average* glucose reading of 330! That is over THREE times what it should be. It is TWICE as high as readings proven to cause organ damage in as little as one month. Marcy ... right now in YOUR body damage is being done to your kidneys, your eyes, your heart, and other organs. You cannot go on with these readings. It is imperative that you get on a program that works - for a change. You are a type 2, I believe, injecting insulin four times a day ... and it doesn't seem to be working. I hope that you can make an appointment with a diabetes educator as soon as possible to help you grasp what is going on here. Someone in the medical loop must have told you already how dangerous your numbers are ... and you are debating whether to postpone doing *anything* different for 2-3 more months so that you can participate in the holidays. The diabetes diagnosis is a whammy for all of us. It's critical to an effective treatment program going - before it's too late. For one thing, you must feel just miserable physically and emotionally to be having numbers that high. Do you have any idea why - with four insulin shots a day - you are soaring so high? Looking at your readings ... for every time you have a reading that is anywhere near normal (let's call that near-normal number 130 - ok?), you are spending an *equal* amount of time reading approximately FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY. That 330 number is not what you spike to following a big meal or a missed insulin shot ... It is your *average* ... day in and day out, week after week. Susie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 1999 Report Share Posted November 20, 1999 Hi Susie: Relax!! LOL! That was must test result from October 5th. At that point I was sent to an endocronologist and was put back on insulin. Since that time I have been doing well, most of my readings in the target range of 4-7, a few 8's and 10's. But otherwise things are going well! I am doing something. I'm just not sure I want to start on the low-carb way of life before Christmas time. I am following my diet from the dietician, which is basically a high carb one. I am trying to figure out first if I think I can afford the low-carb diet, and if it is feasible, as my hubby won't eat like that! I am making much healthier choices and exercising! Marcy OtterCritter wrote: > > > Marcy, you reported your most recent HbA1c as 13. That equates to an > *average* glucose reading of 330! That is over THREE times what it should > be. It is TWICE as high as readings proven to cause organ damage in as > little as one month. > > Marcy ... right now in YOUR body damage is being done to your kidneys, your > eyes, your heart, and other organs. You cannot go on with these readings. It > is imperative that you get on a program that works - for a change. You are a > type 2, I believe, injecting insulin four times a day ... and it doesn't > seem to be working. I hope that you can make an appointment with a diabetes > educator as soon as possible to help you grasp what is going on here. > Someone in the medical loop must have told you already how dangerous your > numbers are ... and you are debating whether to postpone doing *anything* > different for 2-3 more months so that you can participate in the holidays. > > The diabetes diagnosis is a whammy for all of us. It's critical to an > effective treatment program going - before it's too late. For one thing, you > must feel just miserable physically and emotionally to be having numbers > that high. Do you have any idea why - with four insulin shots a day - you > are soaring so high? Looking at your readings ... for every time you have a > reading that is anywhere near normal (let's call that near-normal number > 130 - ok?), you are spending an *equal* amount of time reading approximately > FIVE HUNDRED THIRTY. That 330 number is not what you spike to following a > big meal or a missed insulin shot ... It is your *average* ... day in and > day out, week after week. > > Susie > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 1999 Report Share Posted November 20, 1999 Marcy wrote: << Relax!! LOL! That was must test result from October 5th. At that point I was sent to an endocronologist and was put back on insulin. Since that time I have been doing well, most of my readings in the target range of 4-7, a few 8's and 10's. But otherwise things are going well! I am doing something. I'm just not sure I want to start on the low-carb way of life before Christmas time. I am following my diet from the dietician, which is basically a high carb one. I am trying to figure out first if I think I can afford the low-carb diet, and if it is feasible, as my hubby won't eat like that! I am making much healthier choices and exercising! >> Hooray!!! I was like Chicken Little, running around wailing, when I saw that 13!! That is a tough call ... the possible difficulties of eating different than a spouse ... the added cost, etc. But in my estimation, low-carbing is cheaper in the long run than paying for diabetes complications. Along those lines, I just adore what the " Meals For You " people have done in the redesign of that web site. I went there this a.m. and loaded up on recipes. The rest of you may want to do this too? I started out by selecting recipes according to NUTRITION. I clicked (hahaha ... I just typed " chicked " ) on the heading called LOW CARBOHYDRATE, and I told the program to sort them according to FAT content. Since everything on the list was supposed to be Low-Carbohydrate, I could select the items with the lowest fat content from the top of the list. I picked off all the ones that looked good and saved them to my FAVORITES. Next, I told it to show me recipes according to type of food, and it broke them down into SIDE DISHES, MEATS, VEGETABLES, IN SEASON, etc. They even have a category called POTATOES, RICE, etc. (probably because I raised so much hell with them about their former web page). I went into each one of those categories that interested me and, in each one, told the software to sort the list according to CARBOHYDRATES. Then I could pick the lowest-carb items off the top of each list and save to my FAVORITES. I now have a dandy " cookbook " that I can add to at any time, and refer to often. You can even give it your Zip Code and select a nearby grocery store to " shop from, " and the software can make up a list of ingredients to shop for, based on your menu selections. Is this cool or what??? So Marcy, maybe you will discover that you and your husband both like many food items that you might not have been aware of as being low in carbohydrates. You can decide to eat at whatever carbohydrate level you choose. I basically try not to buy anything in the grocery stores that has more than 15 net carb grams per serving. (the carb grams, minus the fiber grams). And in making up my " cookbook " from Meals For You, I didn't select anything with over 20 grams of carbs per serving. I get intimidated by cookbooks ... but this one is loaded with simple foods. And Marcy? I agree with you ... the dietitian's high-carbohydrate diet is the problem. The other day when you were so busy and skipped one of her high-carb meals, you actually went low. It may be hard to believe now, but with this simple change in your lifestyle, you could perhaps walk away from the insulin and still have even better control than you do now ... without all the hassles - and expense. Susie ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 20, 1999 Report Share Posted November 20, 1999 Thanks Susie. Your words of encouragement are always helpful to me! Thanks so much for that website info, I will check it out! I am possibly going to try the low-carb very soon, I decided that waiting until the holidays is over is not the best thing. However, I do reserve the right to eat some for Christmas dinner - LOL! Marcy OtterCritter wrote: > > > Marcy wrote: > > << Relax!! LOL! That was must test result from October 5th. At that point > I was > sent to an endocronologist and was put back on insulin. Since that time I > have > been doing well, most of my readings in the target range of 4-7, a few 8's > and > 10's. But otherwise things are going well! I am doing something. I'm just > not > sure I want to start on the low-carb way of life before Christmas time. I > am > following my diet from the dietician, which is basically a high carb one. I > am > trying to figure out first if I think I can afford the low-carb diet, and if > it > is feasible, as my hubby won't eat like that! I am making much healthier > choices and exercising! >> > > Hooray!!! I was like Chicken Little, running around wailing, when I saw that > 13!! That is a tough call ... the possible difficulties of eating different > than a spouse ... the added cost, etc. But in my estimation, low-carbing is > cheaper in the long run than paying for diabetes complications. > > Along those lines, I just adore what the " Meals For You " people have done in > the redesign of that web site. I went there this a.m. and loaded up on > recipes. The rest of you may want to do this too? I started out by selecting > recipes according to NUTRITION. I clicked (hahaha ... I just typed > " chicked " ) on the heading called LOW CARBOHYDRATE, and I told the program to > sort them according to FAT content. Since everything on the list was > supposed to be Low-Carbohydrate, I could select the items with the lowest > fat content from the top of the list. I picked off all the ones that looked > good and saved them to my FAVORITES. > > Next, I told it to show me recipes according to type of food, and it broke > them down into SIDE DISHES, MEATS, VEGETABLES, IN SEASON, etc. They even > have a category called POTATOES, RICE, etc. (probably because I raised so > much hell with them about their former web page). I went into each one of > those categories that interested me and, in each one, told the software to > sort the list according to CARBOHYDRATES. Then I could pick the lowest-carb > items off the top of each list and save to my FAVORITES. I now have a dandy > " cookbook " that I can add to at any time, and refer to often. You can even > give it your Zip Code and select a nearby grocery store to " shop from, " and > the software can make up a list of ingredients to shop for, based on your > menu selections. Is this cool or what??? > > So Marcy, maybe you will discover that you and your husband both like many > food items that you might not have been aware of as being low in > carbohydrates. You can decide to eat at whatever carbohydrate level you > choose. I basically try not to buy anything in the grocery stores that has > more than 15 net carb grams per serving. (the carb grams, minus the fiber > grams). And in making up my " cookbook " from Meals For You, I didn't select > anything with over 20 grams of carbs per serving. > > I get intimidated by cookbooks ... but this one is loaded with simple foods. > > And Marcy? I agree with you ... the dietitian's high-carbohydrate diet is > the problem. The other day when you were so busy and skipped one of her > high-carb meals, you actually went low. It may be hard to believe now, but > with this simple change in your lifestyle, you could perhaps walk away from > the insulin and still have even better control than you do now ... without > all the hassles - and expense. > > Susie ) > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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