Re: I got my glucose meter ;-)

[Guest guest]

Pat,

Do wait the 3 or 4 mos. until your blood sugar settles down. When I was

first diagnosed, my vision was so blurry that I couldn't see my own face in

the mirror. As my blood sugar settled down -- after lots of bouncing

around -- my vision came back. I was having some problems a couple of weeks

ago because my blood sugar was so very high, but it's a little better now.

Sandy

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that sounds encouraging. my vision is horrib ly blurred, and that's my

main

concern for the present.

[Guest guest]

Pat,

Be sure to wait until you're sure your vision has settled down, as I only

waited the 6 weeks that the opthomologist thought it would take, and it

actually took longer. When I got my glasses two weeks later, I couldn't see

out of them.

Sandy

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this is just so good to know. i really wanted another prescription and new

glasses

[Guest guest]

Hello wsm311@...,

In reference to your comment:

ð The story is this...in October last year, the pharmacy

ð filled my Zyrtec bottle with 10 mg of Zyprexa. I got

ð very, very ill. Since then I have had 5 blood

ð transfusions...the last bag while I was in the hospital

ð this time. I am also on home oxygen. I already was

ð diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease,

ð uterine hyperplasia and a few zillion other things before

ð this.

OMG i sure hope you have a good lawyer, and if not that you get yourself

one...

I'll comment more about other things later

[Guest guest]

Hello wsm311@...,

In reference to your comment:

ð The story is this...in October last year, the pharmacy

ð filled my Zyrtec bottle with 10 mg of Zyprexa. I got

ð very, very ill. Since then I have had 5 blood

ð transfusions...the last bag while I was in the hospital

ð this time. I am also on home oxygen. I already was

ð diagnosed with mixed connective tissue disease,

ð uterine hyperplasia and a few zillion other things before

ð this.

OMG i sure hope you have a good lawyer, and if not that you get yourself

one...

I'll comment more about other things later

[Guest guest]

Oh, Pat. Amira has been bought by Roche Diagnostics. The At Last meter (I

have one and am using up the last of the strips) has been discontinued.

They'll be happy to send you a free Accuchek meter to replace it (there were

three to choose from). They don't even have any meters left to replace

these with when the batteries run down. Mine was actually broken, and they

sent me a whole new starter kit because that's all they had.

There are other arm testing meters on the market, though. You may prefer

one of those.

Robin G.

>From: pat0829@...

>Reply-To: diabetes_int

>To: diabetes_int

>Subject: Re: I got my glucose meter ;-)

>Date: Thu, 6 Jun 2002 15:48:35 EDT

>

>i have an At Last.

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[Guest guest]

oops forgot - I still have vision ?fluctuations? days when my vision is

blurry or not as good and I have my sugar under much better control -

80-120's even on the days when my vision is acting up. What your little

meter shows is an indicator NOT an accurate determination. The worst my

blood sugar has been is 150ish a couple times - well there was a ~220 in the

last few months - but _for me_ there has not been a correlation between the

" passing " vision changes such as blurriness & what the blood glucose meter

reads. On the couple high days no vision problems.

With your numbers why did your dr Dx diabetes? Sorry I probably missed a

lot.

-----Original Message-----

From: wsm311@...

> This isn't saying that you might NOT have myasthenia gravis...but diabetes

> could definitely be a cause of your blurred vision. How long since your

> diagnosis? What was your initial A1C?

The highest blood sugar on the doc's computer is 153. All the rest are

90-110. I believe the Megace and prednisone caused me to REALLY become

diabetic. Hopefully I'll be easy to controll with food. The only A1c ever

done on me was 7.0 Let's just say I hope you are wrong and the eye doc is

right ;-) Do blood sugars like mine cause vision problems? I was hoping I

was

low enough.

[Guest guest]

oops forgot - I still have vision ?fluctuations? days when my vision is

blurry or not as good and I have my sugar under much better control -

80-120's even on the days when my vision is acting up. What your little

meter shows is an indicator NOT an accurate determination. The worst my

blood sugar has been is 150ish a couple times - well there was a ~220 in the

last few months - but _for me_ there has not been a correlation between the

" passing " vision changes such as blurriness & what the blood glucose meter

reads. On the couple high days no vision problems.

With your numbers why did your dr Dx diabetes? Sorry I probably missed a

lot.

-----Original Message-----

From: wsm311@...

> This isn't saying that you might NOT have myasthenia gravis...but diabetes

> could definitely be a cause of your blurred vision. How long since your

> diagnosis? What was your initial A1C?

The highest blood sugar on the doc's computer is 153. All the rest are

90-110. I believe the Megace and prednisone caused me to REALLY become

diabetic. Hopefully I'll be easy to controll with food. The only A1c ever

done on me was 7.0 Let's just say I hope you are wrong and the eye doc is

right ;-) Do blood sugars like mine cause vision problems? I was hoping I

was

low enough.

[Guest guest]

Hmm, I have 3 or 4 - no 5 different meters, freestyle & accucheck among

them. I don't use the freestyle as I find it frustrating & aggravating, not

my fav emotions. Are you skinny? I am not, maybe why I have so much

trouble getting drop of blood with the freestyle. half the time at least I

end up with multiple sticks so I said the heck with it. Using Walgreens at

the moment, they had last best sale on strips ;^ )

The lancets make the most dif IME and I like the accuchecks, but I am bad

about changing them - hard to handle for me at times.

I don't figure any of them out, my DH does. He is and has been great,

researched which meter when I got Dx and of course found out which would

interface with puter (he is puter wizard, way he makes our living)

I have always had low tolerence for frustration so just hand him whichever

meter I am using when need to change chip or whatever. Moi RTFM? Ha! I'd

rather read barbara cartland or joseph conrad or stephen donaldson (highly

unreadable authors for me) or eat growdies. [growdies are growed in ground -

unfortunately I have never ever liked veggies. I am willing to swallow as

many tabs or capsules as nec of alfalfa etc but not eat veggies. Don't get

me wrong, I think veggies are great & never let the critters or small

children know I don't like them; for me to find them edible I have to drench

them in blue cheese or such so ...]

Kat

-----Original Message-----

From: wsm311@...

> i have a " Freestyle " also, but have not figured it out yet.

That's the one I got. It's VERY easy and there's no pain! ;-) If you need

help, let me know.

(wsm311@...)

Peace and Carrots Farm

Vermont

http://www.homestead.com/peaceandcarrots/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VermontHomesteaders/join

[Guest guest]

Hmm, I have 3 or 4 - no 5 different meters, freestyle & accucheck among

them. I don't use the freestyle as I find it frustrating & aggravating, not

my fav emotions. Are you skinny? I am not, maybe why I have so much

trouble getting drop of blood with the freestyle. half the time at least I

end up with multiple sticks so I said the heck with it. Using Walgreens at

the moment, they had last best sale on strips ;^ )

The lancets make the most dif IME and I like the accuchecks, but I am bad

about changing them - hard to handle for me at times.

I don't figure any of them out, my DH does. He is and has been great,

researched which meter when I got Dx and of course found out which would

interface with puter (he is puter wizard, way he makes our living)

I have always had low tolerence for frustration so just hand him whichever

meter I am using when need to change chip or whatever. Moi RTFM? Ha! I'd

rather read barbara cartland or joseph conrad or stephen donaldson (highly

unreadable authors for me) or eat growdies. [growdies are growed in ground -

unfortunately I have never ever liked veggies. I am willing to swallow as

many tabs or capsules as nec of alfalfa etc but not eat veggies. Don't get

me wrong, I think veggies are great & never let the critters or small

children know I don't like them; for me to find them edible I have to drench

them in blue cheese or such so ...]

Kat

-----Original Message-----

From: wsm311@...

> i have a " Freestyle " also, but have not figured it out yet.

That's the one I got. It's VERY easy and there's no pain! ;-) If you need

help, let me know.

(wsm311@...)

Peace and Carrots Farm

Vermont

http://www.homestead.com/peaceandcarrots/

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/VermontHomesteaders/join

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I was dxed with 2 fasting glucose readings at my Dr's office about 156 - 170.

My intial hba1c was 7.5. My vision was slightly blurry, but since I was 47,

I thought I might need glasses for the first time in my life. I scheduled

an eye exam, but it was 2 months later. By the time of my eye exam, my

vision was back to normal and so were my bgs. My opthamologist told me this

was common among diabetics as numbers shifted downward. This was my only

" diabetic " symptom, other than a skin infection that was difficult to heal.

BTW, I didn't need glasses until last year at age 51!

Carol

In a message dated 6/6/02 1:59:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, wsm311@...

writes:

>The highest blood sugar on the doc's computer is 153. All the rest are

90-110. I believe the Megace and prednisone caused me to REALLY become

diabetic. Hopefully I'll be easy to controll with food. The only A1c ever

done on me was 7.0 Let's just say I hope you are wrong and the eye doc is

right ;-) Do blood sugars like mine cause vision problems? I was hoping I was

low enough.

[Guest guest]

Hi,

I was dxed with 2 fasting glucose readings at my Dr's office about 156 - 170.

My intial hba1c was 7.5. My vision was slightly blurry, but since I was 47,

I thought I might need glasses for the first time in my life. I scheduled

an eye exam, but it was 2 months later. By the time of my eye exam, my

vision was back to normal and so were my bgs. My opthamologist told me this

was common among diabetics as numbers shifted downward. This was my only

" diabetic " symptom, other than a skin infection that was difficult to heal.

BTW, I didn't need glasses until last year at age 51!

Carol

In a message dated 6/6/02 1:59:53 PM Pacific Daylight Time, wsm311@...

writes:

>The highest blood sugar on the doc's computer is 153. All the rest are

90-110. I believe the Megace and prednisone caused me to REALLY become

diabetic. Hopefully I'll be easy to controll with food. The only A1c ever

done on me was 7.0 Let's just say I hope you are wrong and the eye doc is

right ;-) Do blood sugars like mine cause vision problems? I was hoping I was

low enough.

[Guest guest]

Don't we have a recipe for cheesecake somewhere in the archives? I don't

have time to search for it... but there are a lot of healthy treats you CAN

have Pat... especially since they are finally letting us buy Splenda here.

Rita

" Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. "

-- Jefferson

-----Original Message-----

i'm gonna search thru stored emails now and get the names of some favorite

treats, and then order them. i know i won't find cheesecake, or 'real'

pastries and stuff, but at least i will find something for 'emergencies.'

pat

[Guest guest]

Don't we have a recipe for cheesecake somewhere in the archives? I don't

have time to search for it... but there are a lot of healthy treats you CAN

have Pat... especially since they are finally letting us buy Splenda here.

Rita

" Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. "

-- Jefferson

-----Original Message-----

i'm gonna search thru stored emails now and get the names of some favorite

treats, and then order them. i know i won't find cheesecake, or 'real'

pastries and stuff, but at least i will find something for 'emergencies.'

pat

[Guest guest]

Don't we have a recipe for cheesecake somewhere in the archives? I don't

have time to search for it... but there are a lot of healthy treats you CAN

have Pat... especially since they are finally letting us buy Splenda here.

Rita

" Indeed, I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just. "

-- Jefferson

-----Original Message-----

i'm gonna search thru stored emails now and get the names of some favorite

treats, and then order them. i know i won't find cheesecake, or 'real'

pastries and stuff, but at least i will find something for 'emergencies.'

pat