Re: Puzzling Tests

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I forwarded your message to him. :-)

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I'm sure he'll be overjoyed to read it:-)

Art

[Guest guest]

I forwarded your message to him. :-)

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I'm sure he'll be overjoyed to read it:-)

Art

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I forwarded your message to him. :-)

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I'm sure he'll be overjoyed to read it:-)

Art

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beth Medaris wrote:

<< Sometimes we'll order a serving of brown rice instead of white. It's not

a whole heck of a lot better, but since there's more fiber, it might be a

nice alternative. >>

I must burst your bubble. Please check out

http://www.mendosa.com/gilists.htm (By the way, mendosa.com is a most

excellent resource for all diabetics ... run by fellow diabetic, researcher

and writer Rick Mendosa!). Our modern culture over-emphasizes the impact of

fiber. Brown rice has a GI of 79; white rice is 83 (compared to white bread

at 100). Brown rice is not a " nice alternative. "

Susie

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Art Mc wrote:

<< Yes to the meds. . .1000 Glucophage first thing in the morning and 1000

just before bed or at ten pm if I remember. >>

Art, I would like to suggest a change here ... please ask your doctor to

switch you to 500 mg Glucophage, and take them just before your meals. The

timing can be important. Glucophage/Metformin is there to help you with your

meals ... not a med just before bedtime.

<< Also 5 units glyburide at 5 pm daily. >>

This explains your potentially-dangerous low readings. I want you to

consider going off Glyburide. It is from the family of meds called

sulfonylureas. Please go to http://www.rxlist.com and read about the dangers

of taking those sulfs.

<< Now please explain to me why it is so bad to hit a low like that. What

is the danger? I feel fine when it happens and would not be aware of it if

I didn't take a reading each night at midnite. >>

The answer is that any glucose reading below 65 is a flirtation with death.

My greatest fear is that my fellow diabetics will die from hypoglycemic

episodes. Art, you are on a medication, Glyburide, that not only wears out

your pancreas but can result in fatal hypoglycemic episodes. You are doing

so much to improve your health that I cannot encourage you to take this

potentially dangerous drug. Taking a sulfonylurea just hastens the day when

you will need to become insulin-dependent.

Susie

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Vicki wrote:

<< Art, the fact that you're feeling fine at 49 means you've developed " hypo

unawareness " which can be dangerous. With a really low hypo you can get

unconscious or even dead...so that definitely qualifies as dangerous. If

you have a lot of hypos (as you've apparently been doing) you lose the

ability to " feel " when you're low...which can be problematic.>>

Art, I have known Vicki for years. She will give you excellent input from a

type 1, and I will give you type 2 input. You can trust her advice. Those

lows kill diabetics. I personally cannot justify you being on Glyburide. For

a type 2 to take an old-fashioned drug like Glyburide is like an athlete

with a serious injury taking a major pain-killer. Yes, it might allow that

person to play in a few games, but it could wreck that person's career. What

sulfonyluyreas do is overwork your pancreas beta cells, when what we

actually need is to improve our insulin resistance. You are doing everything

right ... you are exercising, losing weight, and taking Glucophage. All that

effort is designed to baby your beta cells. But if you take a sulfonylurea,

it destroys all that. You get these wonderful numbers ... even dangerously

low numbers ... but you sacrifice the future of your pancreas.

Susie

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In a message dated 4/6/02 3:02:40 PM !!!First Boot!!!,

ottercritter@... writes:

<< Art, you are on a medication, Glyburide, that not only wears out

your pancreas but can result in fatal hypoglycemic episodes. >>

Thank God for this list. I was on Glyburide for almost a year and a half and

my sugar is so hard to control now. I am thankfully off the Glyburide and on

insulin. Thanks for the info.

Kathy