Introduction

November 7, 2001

Hi Barb,

I may try this and see how it works.

My main problem is that I'm running out of room on my fingers for finger

sticks.

Any ideas on that?

I have been having to do at least two finger sticks to get a good test the

last few days.

this could be from a little dehydration but I'm working on that.

I tend to forget to drink water now and then.

thanks Barb!

Billie

Re: introduction

> Billie, an hbA1c is a blood test that shows your average blood glucose for

> the past 2-3 months. It is an excellent barometer every 3 months to see

how

> your control is doing. By frequent testing I meant upon rising, before

and

> 1-2 hours after every meal and before bed and keeping good notes, so you

can

> see patterns about how your diet and exercise program is doing. If you

> can't test that much, I'd alternate at the times listed above. 1 hour

after

> eating should show the spike and 2 hours after should show how it's coming

> down again...or not. As always, every one is different, but this is

> something to start with anyway.

>

> Barb

>

> > I do test at least twice a day and my fingers certainly show the wear

and

> > tear!

> >

> > I haven't had the other test you mentioned.

>

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>

November 7, 2001

Hi Barb,

I may try this and see how it works.

My main problem is that I'm running out of room on my fingers for finger

sticks.

Any ideas on that?

I have been having to do at least two finger sticks to get a good test the

last few days.

this could be from a little dehydration but I'm working on that.

I tend to forget to drink water now and then.

thanks Barb!

Billie

Re: introduction

> Billie, an hbA1c is a blood test that shows your average blood glucose for

> the past 2-3 months. It is an excellent barometer every 3 months to see

how

> your control is doing. By frequent testing I meant upon rising, before

and

> 1-2 hours after every meal and before bed and keeping good notes, so you

can

> see patterns about how your diet and exercise program is doing. If you

> can't test that much, I'd alternate at the times listed above. 1 hour

after

> eating should show the spike and 2 hours after should show how it's coming

> down again...or not. As always, every one is different, but this is

> something to start with anyway.

>

> Barb

>

> > I do test at least twice a day and my fingers certainly show the wear

and

> > tear!

> >

> > I haven't had the other test you mentioned.

>

> **All email sent through this mail list is Copyrighted by the original

author. Permission must be obtained from the original author for the re-use

of any text (in whole or in part).

>

> Website for Diabetes International:

> http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int

> Shared Files: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes_int/files

>

November 7, 2001

Hi Barb,

I may try this and see how it works.

My main problem is that I'm running out of room on my fingers for finger

sticks.

Any ideas on that?

I have been having to do at least two finger sticks to get a good test the

last few days.

this could be from a little dehydration but I'm working on that.

I tend to forget to drink water now and then.

thanks Barb!

Billie

Re: introduction

> Billie, an hbA1c is a blood test that shows your average blood glucose for

> the past 2-3 months. It is an excellent barometer every 3 months to see

how

> your control is doing. By frequent testing I meant upon rising, before

and

> 1-2 hours after every meal and before bed and keeping good notes, so you

can

> see patterns about how your diet and exercise program is doing. If you

> can't test that much, I'd alternate at the times listed above. 1 hour

after

> eating should show the spike and 2 hours after should show how it's coming

> down again...or not. As always, every one is different, but this is

> something to start with anyway.

>

> Barb

>

> > I do test at least twice a day and my fingers certainly show the wear

and

> > tear!

> >

> > I haven't had the other test you mentioned.

>

> **All email sent through this mail list is Copyrighted by the original

author. Permission must be obtained from the original author for the re-use

of any text (in whole or in part).

>

> Website for Diabetes International:

> http://www.msteri.com/diabetes-info/diabetes_int

> Shared Files: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/diabetes_int/files

>

November 7, 2001

Vicky,

Oh I know what you mean. I wish I could be used as the so called poster

child for diabetes so peple newly diagnosed could see what not taking care

of yourself could do.

they told me when I got diabetes that all kinds of things could happen to me

if I didn't take care of it. but I was fifteen years old and I had a lot of

friends that were backing away from me because they were scared they would

get it.

So I succumbed to the peer pressure and did as they did.

Well I pay for it now but that's OK, because I now take care of myself!

I had to learn!

Just six months ago a normal blood sugar for me twas way over two hundred if

not three hundred.

Now it's between 100 and 140.

and I do feel better and I'm losing weight and I'm just glad that I started

doing this.

billie

November 7, 2001

Hello skybird45@... (Billie),

In reference to your comment:

è My main problem is that I'm running out of room on my

è fingers for finger sticks.

I often test 4-6 x a day, i use only one finger.... and i don't have any

problems.

I do use the accu-check comfort curve strips, the accu-check advantage

monitor and the soft-clix accu-check lancet holder, which has a variety of

settings on it to determine how deep it goes.. As long as my fingers are not

cold, i'm fine and get enough blood in the first stick. A way to help with

this is to use warm water and wash my hands prior to sticking, so that my

hands are warm from the water.

Hope this Helps.

November 7, 2001

Hello skybird45@... (Billie),

In reference to your comment:

è My main problem is that I'm running out of room on my

è fingers for finger sticks.

I often test 4-6 x a day, i use only one finger.... and i don't have any

problems.

I do use the accu-check comfort curve strips, the accu-check advantage

monitor and the soft-clix accu-check lancet holder, which has a variety of

settings on it to determine how deep it goes.. As long as my fingers are not

cold, i'm fine and get enough blood in the first stick. A way to help with

this is to use warm water and wash my hands prior to sticking, so that my

hands are warm from the water.

Hope this Helps.

November 7, 2001

Hello skybird45@... (Billie),

In reference to your comment:

è My main problem is that I'm running out of room on my

è fingers for finger sticks.

I often test 4-6 x a day, i use only one finger.... and i don't have any

problems.

I do use the accu-check comfort curve strips, the accu-check advantage

monitor and the soft-clix accu-check lancet holder, which has a variety of

settings on it to determine how deep it goes.. As long as my fingers are not

cold, i'm fine and get enough blood in the first stick. A way to help with

this is to use warm water and wash my hands prior to sticking, so that my

hands are warm from the water.

Hope this Helps.

November 7, 2001

In a message dated 11/6/01 10:20:43 PM Central Standard Time,

hummingbird_a@... writes:

<<

Some people need a steady intake of food rather than eating 3 meals a

day. Spread it out over the entire day from getting up until going to

bed but don't increase amount of food for the day's total.

>>

That is good idea. I do much better with 4-5

meals...breakfast..lunch..afternoon snack and dinner...maybe a bedtime snack

if the dinner was a low calorie on or I worked out in the evenings.

ressy

November 7, 2001

That's too bad, Billie...I think the second hardest thing in the world must

be to be diagnosed with diabetes as a teen since it's a natural time to rebel

and being like everyone else is so important. And of course, the only thing

harder than that, IMHO, is being the parent of a newly diagnosed diabetic

young child...

I guess I feel lucky that I wasn't diagnosed until my 60s...I certainly had a

long time to pig out on any food I wanted to eat. I was overweight only once

in my life, by about 15 pounds, about three years before diagnosis and I

disliked the way I looked enough so that I started eating lowfat and

exercising at that time. It never occurred to me that I'd ever get

diabetes, there was absolutely none in my family...but I'd been hypothyroid

since my 30s and had another autoimmune disorder (Sjogren's)...and apparently

once you have one autoimmune disorder, that leaves you open for all kinds of

" wonderful " stuff, smile...Vicki

<<

they told me when I got diabetes that all kinds of things could happen to me

if I didn't take care of it. but I was fifteen years old and I had a lot of

friends that were backing away from me because they were scared they would

get it. So I succumbed to the peer pressure and did as they did. >>

November 7, 2001