Guest guest Posted September 5, 2001 Report Share Posted September 5, 2001 In a message dated 9/5/01 5:08:37 PM Eastern Daylight Time, drlake66@... writes: > I also take > Hi Debbie, Your doctor may need to do thyroid bloodwork. My husband is on Synthroid (sp) and his medication has to be adjusted quite often. Just a thought. Eunice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 6, 2001 Report Share Posted September 6, 2001 I Deb. My name is Marie. My boyfriend is a diabetic. What works for him is seeing a nutrionist regularly, keeping track of what exactly he eats, and his blood sugars so that nutrionist can look at them and help him find a pattern. The nutrionist said to Bob when he had wacky blood sugars for no reason, " Sometimes weird stuff happens " and don't get down on yourself. The key is to keep as constant as you can. I am not expert, but since Bob and I have been dating, I have done extensive research on diabetes and believe in the nutrionist. Bob also has a good primary doctor who happens to agree with his nutrionist. Thank goodness. Marie --- Deb Lake wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm sort of new to the group - I was a member > several > months ago and had to unsub for a while but now I'm > back. > > I've been a type 2 diabetic for about 3 years. I > take > 500 mg of glucophage 2x daily (it was 3x daily but I > was able to lower it to 2x daily). I also take > synthroid (50mcg daily) for hypothyroidism. > > I've been trying to watch my diet (I like the Zone > plan and it seems to work for me). But I have my > moments (chocolate and cakes just seem to love me > ;-). > Anyway I'm very concerned - this weekend my blood > sugars were very elevated ranging from 184 to 232 > normally I range from about 120-135. Then on > Tuesday > they started out high (160) went down to 102 before > lunch, up to 202 before dinner and down to 118 at > bedtime. This is really freaking me out. > > Usually I can attrtibute high sugars to diet but > this > up and down swinging is scary. And as far as I can > tell my diet has been okay (not great but not > horrible). My doctor said the Chinese food I had > for > lunch would've lead to the high pre-dinner reading > but > that was 4 1/2 hours later. I've also been > experiencing racing heartbeat, and cold sweats. > > I have called doctor and she increased my glucophase > back to 3x per day and suggested that I follow a > strict dietary regimen. I'll do that but it still > doesn't feel like the answer to all these problems. > > Does anyone have any insights or resources I can > check > out. > > Thanks a lot, > Debbie from NYC > > __________________________________________________ > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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