Re: Welcome newbies ! ! !//Diane

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Diane,

I found out I had diabetes in October '07 and was still getting used

to the lifestyle change when I got hit with the " you've got fibro "

stick and I hadn't had a chance to absorb THAT when I spent 9 days in

the hospital because my bronchitis brought on an asthma exacerbation.

So I'm walking in your shoes, except for the paramedic part, and

know how you feel. It's like - what else? And then you are afraid to

ask that because there could be " something else " .

They'll send you to a nutritionist. The easy " diet " I have found to

follow is carb-based. I have 50 carbs or less for each meal (3 meals

a day) and 15 carbs or less for each snack (3 a day). Since my night

snack is a little higher in carbs, I'll eat a little less for either

lunch or dinner to compensate. Unless I'm sick and on steroids, I've

been able to maintain my sugars sufficiently that my A1C # dropped to

5.8 from where it was at in 3 months' time. You'll do fine.

Darlene

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[Guest guest]

Hi - I'm living the exact same lifestyle Darlene. My sugars are down to where

they should be and I have lot weight which I needed to do anyway. Sticking to

the low carbs is not as hard as I thought it would be and I have to say I feel

200% better. I was a carboholic for sure. Good luck!

hugs

ddean228 wrote:

Diane,

I found out I had diabetes in October '07 and was still getting used

to the lifestyle change when I got hit with the " you've got fibro "

stick and I hadn't had a chance to absorb THAT when I spent 9 days in

the hospital because my bronchitis brought on an asthma exacerbation.

So I'm walking in your shoes, except for the paramedic part, and

know how you feel. It's like - what else? And then you are afraid to

ask that because there could be " something else " .

They'll send you to a nutritionist. The easy " diet " I have found to

follow is carb-based. I have 50 carbs or less for each meal (3 meals

a day) and 15 carbs or less for each snack (3 a day). Since my night

snack is a little higher in carbs, I'll eat a little less for either

lunch or dinner to compensate. Unless I'm sick and on steroids, I've

been able to maintain my sugars sufficiently that my A1C # dropped to

5.8 from where it was at in 3 months' time. You'll do fine.

Darlene

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