Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 No the loaner glucose monitor, the one touch is not audible, and it is a good thing I have my wife, a former nursing student to take my glr's and chart my food and drinks. She is also my salt police and liquuid police, since I am on restricted salt and liquid consumption due to my congestive heart congestion problem as well as my diabetes. You make an excellent point, and I will ask her the next time I see her. I trust Dr. Welch and I have only had one or two low glr readings since I have been under her care. This brings up another concern of mine, since I am now an insulin dependent diabetic, formeerly a type2 diabetic on oral meds only. At this point in my life I have had low sugar reactions in my body with glr of 91 and 83, which is strange, since these are glr's quite in the normal range, but that old feeling of a low reaction in my body is a familiar one, and any time has one of the reactions, they should take an immediate glr, glucose levelreading.harry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 This is perhaps what's going on with Harry, and why his doctor is taking the stance she is taking. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] A1C Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. Harry promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 This is perhaps what's going on with Harry, and why his doctor is taking the stance she is taking. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] A1C Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. Harry promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 This is perhaps what's going on with Harry, and why his doctor is taking the stance she is taking. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] A1C Today I made another visit to my indocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. Harry promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Hi, Another interesting thought is the effect to the retina when reducing the A1C level rapidly. Crystal developed Diabetic Retinopathy about two years ago and the Retina guru stated that one cause of the onset of the Retinopathy *could* have been the rapid lowering of the blood sugar level. While rapid lowering will not absolutely cause this problem it could exacerbate the onset if there was a tendency for diabetic Retinopathy to occur in the first place. Dr Oliver has presented his studies to physicians specializing in diabetic care in the Denver area on several occasions. I had never heard of this problem before either. The man is very open and accessible and has solved the problem. Cy _____ From: blind-diabetics [mailto:blind-diabetics ] On Behalf Of dave Bond Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:06 PM To: blind-diabetics Subject: Re: A1C This is perhaps what's going on with Harry, and why his doctor is taking the stance she is taking. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] A1C Today I made another visit to my endocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. Harry promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 23, 2011 Report Share Posted September 23, 2011 Interesting idea. I lost my sight at age 33 due to diabetic retinopathy. I got diabetes at age 11, and basically lived a non-diabetic life style through my teens and 20s. I was always very active, and often experienced low blood sugars. But when I started getting an annual check up while in my 20s, my blood work always showed a fasting blood sugar that was very high, often well into the 400s. It might well be the study is talking about something that at least for some of us, rings true. Dave " ...In this world you will have trouble. But take heart! I have overcome the world. " [ 16:33] A1C Today I made another visit to my endocrinologist, Dr. Welch, who was alarmed at my reading of the A1C taken today, which was 5.8. She expected it to be much higher. I remember on my first visit to her when my A1C was 5.7 she stated she would be quite pleased if it was 6.5 or higher near 7.0 or even a little higher. On the other hand I was quite pleased with the 5.8 reading, and I still wonder why she was so distressed, since it seemed to me to be quite good. She just said I needed to run a higher A1C due to my medical problems. I thought running high A1C's and glr's was the root cause of things like heart trouble, kidney problems and such. She was so alarmed she immediately placed me on a CGM continuous glucose monitor, and gave me a loan of a one touch glucose monitor to keep track of my glr and foods and liquids I consume daily for a week. Maybe she can explain why to me next visit. Apparently, she does not trust the readings of my prodigy audio code monitor, which is incompatible with the software on her computer. Any how this one touch monitor is supposed to be compatible with the readings on the CGM and the software on her computer system. I will let you know what the results are next week, when she will have some readings she can trust. Harry promote fairness/class warfare loot the future and bribe the present and blame others, the weather and did I mention Bush? vote Democrat. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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