reply to 's post re: diabetes

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I have cystic fibrosis and have a type of diabetes which combinesfeatures of both Type I and Type II. I am fortunate. Metformin workswell for me, but then I am really diligent about it all, and used to it!I cannot just eat ice cream, but do avoid refined cereals, white bread--and of course, just plain sugar in all its nefarious forms!I am living proof that diabetes can be controlled and lived with.Love to you, , and to Akiba and to all here with us,nTo: MSersLife Sent: Mon, April 25, 2011 5:01:24 PMSubject: Re: Akiba....Re: How is everyone?/ reply to Akiba's post

NO!!! Ice cream has enough fat in it to actually slow down the absorption of sugars. I'm a type I diabetic, you can eat chocolate ice cream to my hearts content… However just a few spoonfuls of oatmeal send me into the for hundreds.

If you want to push up your numbers, think chips, regular Coke, candy and anything else that has high carbohydrates and very little or no fat.That isn't a bad idea if you want to get access to the supplies you need – and getting on a low dose of and I'd like metformin could help keep your pancreas working longer without overtaxing it. In my opinion, metformin is the only oral drug I diabetic should take… The others force your pancreas to produce more and more insulin to to take care of the sugar in your blood. This means that after being on these pills prolong your pancreas dies and you end up on insulin anyway.

I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Even if you don't plan on following his diet suggestions, the amount of useful knowledge that you can find in this book is invaluable.

Okay, rant is over! LOL time to go back to my burrow.Lifeportunities: transform your home-based life into freedom.

Visit the Practical Homeschooling blog!

School is a place where children learn to be stupid" ~ HoltSchooling confuses teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

~ PriesnitzHow to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule:

leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning.~D.H. Lawrence

So I should have a big bowl of ice cream the night before the test Huh, might do that anyway...

Wish I could ship somma those lidocaine patches to Dan to help with HIS pain...they gave me 90 of them!

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php

-- How is everyone?

How is everyone doing? Did you have a nice Easter? We had a quiet day, I have been in pretty severe pain, seem to have sprained my neck, the left side, radiating into the collarbone and shoulder, and up into the cheek,,,just very painful. I finally broke down and emailed Rita to see if she had anything for it, all I have is motrin and that wasn't touching it. She had some stuff and brought them over. And I can move my head again! She also brought over some ham, which was great since all I'd been able to manage for dinner was some boiled smoked sausages and some fries. So we did have Easter ham after all

I have often wondered why people celebrate so many Christ-related holidays eating the ONE thing he could never eat....or at least one of the things he could never eat...

Anywhoo, I might actually be able to sleep tonight, last night, not so much...could not get comfortable

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php

[Guest guest]

Yes, the best thing ANY person can do is to avoid refined foods, such as white rice, white flour, etc. This applies even more so for diabetics. I'm sure that you've heard many times the expression " your mileage may vary " . This is why I'm saying that for ME, I can tolerate the chocolate ice cream, but not oatmeal or falafel. Each of our bodies are different.

I'm curious as to how you have both type 1 and type II diabetes? I understand how someone with type II diabetes can eventually become type I as their pancreas wears out and no longer produces enough insulin. What about in your case?

I am not a " true " type I diabetic. By that, I mean that I became diabetic seven years ago after reacting badly to some betamethasone (a type of steroid) while living in Saudi Arabia. From then my C-peptide tests usually hang around 1.0 – not enough insulin being produced to sustain me (or any person), but just enough to keep me out of DKA… Well, at least most of the time (sheepish grin).

Because this came on later in life, I've had to also deal with resistance. I'm overweight and had to retrain my body to recognize insulin better. Within weeks of following the Bernstein diet, my blood sugar levels hovered around 5.0 (that's about 95 to 100 for y'all Americans).

Before being admitted to the hospital in February, I hadn't been very careful with my diabetes control – especially since couldn't test myself or give myself insulin… If I felt symptoms of high blood sugars, I find a neighbor to help me out. Anyway, the point is I went in with an HbA1c of over 15, and in the space of six weeks I have thankfully been able to get it down to a 7.1. My goal is to get it further down to at least six, then start refining my diet and habits a bit more (at least to the extent that I can, given where I'll be living).

It amazes me how you have lived such a life while dealing with cystic fibrosis and all that comes with it. The island that my family comes from is a noted cluster for cystic fibrosis so I've seen several childhood friends, relatives and acquaintances constantly battle for their lives or die of it. God must have had some awesome plans for you! (Maybe it was so you can look over us.)

Lifeportunities: transform your home-based life into freedom.Visit the Practical Homeschooling blog! 

School is a place where children learn to be stupid " ~ HoltSchooling confuses teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

~ PriesnitzHow to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule:

leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning.~D.H. Lawrence

 

I have cystic fibrosis and have a type of diabetes which combinesfeatures of both Type I and Type II.  I am fortunate.  Metformin works

well for me, but then I am really diligent about it all, and used to it!I cannot just eat ice cream, but do avoid refined cereals, white bread--and of course, just plain sugar in all its nefarious forms!I am living proof that diabetes can be controlled and lived with.

Love to you, , and to Akiba and to all here with us,n

To: MSersLife

Sent: Mon, April 25, 2011 5:01:24 PMSubject: Re: Akiba....Re: How is everyone?/ reply to Akiba's post

 

NO!!! Ice cream has enough fat in it to actually slow down the absorption of sugars. I'm a type I diabetic, you can eat chocolate ice cream to my hearts content… However just a few spoonfuls of oatmeal send me into the for hundreds.

If you want to push up your numbers, think chips, regular Coke, candy and anything else that has high carbohydrates and very little or no fat.That isn't a bad idea if you want to get access to the supplies you need – and getting on a low dose of and I'd like metformin could help keep your pancreas working longer without overtaxing it. In my opinion, metformin is the only oral drug I diabetic should take… The others force your pancreas to produce more and more insulin to to take care of the sugar in your blood. This means that after being on these pills prolong your pancreas dies and you end up on insulin anyway.

I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Even if you don't plan on following his diet suggestions, the amount of useful knowledge that you can find in this book is invaluable.

Okay, rant is over! LOL time to go back to my burrow.Lifeportunities: transform your home-based life into freedom.

Visit the Practical Homeschooling blog! 

School is a place where children learn to be stupid " ~ HoltSchooling confuses teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

~ PriesnitzHow to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule:

leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning.~D.H. Lawrence

 

So I should have a big bowl of ice cream the night before the test Huh, might do that anyway...

Wish I could ship somma those lidocaine patches to Dan to help with HIS pain...they gave me 90 of them!

 

 

 

 

   ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php

-- How is everyone?

How is everyone doing? Did you have a nice Easter? We had a quiet day, I have been in pretty severe pain, seem to have sprained my neck, the left side, radiating into the collarbone and shoulder, and up into the cheek,,,just very painful. I finally broke down and emailed Rita to see if she had anything for it, all I have is motrin and that wasn't touching it. She had some stuff and brought them over. And I can move my head again! She also brought over some ham, which was great since all I'd been able to manage for dinner was some boiled smoked sausages and some fries. So we did have Easter ham after all

I have often wondered why people celebrate so many Christ-related holidays eating the ONE thing he could never eat....or at least one of the things he could never eat...

Anywhoo, I might actually be able to sleep tonight, last night, not so much...could not get comfortable

 

   ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php

 

 

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Dear , at least I had the advantage of having parents who wereable to get me the very best medical care from my premature birth on.I learned to take responsibility for my own body and its quirks early on.MS was in many respects the least of what I had to adapt to. I do not haveboth Type I and Type II diabetes; Cystic Fibrosis Related Diabetes has characteristics of both; so one has both some lack of insulin productionand some resistance to the insulin that is produced. I have a dear friendwho has both MS and Diabetes who can go into a very high blood sugarsurge after eating one little serving of white rice; I just do not eat highly refined products. I, like you, do have high blood glucose on any cortico-steroid--as does most

everyone; the difference is that for us, this poseslasting danger that does not go away after the steroid dosage has ceased.Can you tell us more about "the Bernstein Diet?"Also, and it is o.k. to respond to this privately to me, would you considertelling me what island you do come from, with its high rate of Cystic Fibrosis?Love and hope to you and to all who are here with us,n, with a host of genedically inherited conditions; I live near San Francisco, California, but come from one Italian-origin mother and one Spanish-origin father; I am nearly 74, and am far from the oldest personwith Cystic Fibrosis in the United States!To: MSersLife Sent: Mon, April 25, 2011 6:06:46 PMSubject: Re: reply to 's post re: diabetes

Yes, the best thing ANY person can do is to avoid refined foods, such as white rice, white flour, etc. This applies even more so for diabetics. I'm sure that you've heard many times the expression "your mileage may vary". This is why I'm saying that for ME, I can tolerate the chocolate ice cream, but not oatmeal or falafel. Each of our bodies are different.

I'm curious as to how you have both type 1 and type II diabetes? I understand how someone with type II diabetes can eventually become type I as their pancreas wears out and no longer produces enough insulin. What about in your case?

I am not a "true" type I diabetic. By that, I mean that I became diabetic seven years ago after reacting badly to some betamethasone (a type of steroid) while living in Saudi Arabia. From then my C-peptide tests usually hang around 1.0 – not enough insulin being produced to sustain me (or any person), but just enough to keep me out of DKA… Well, at least most of the time (sheepish grin).

Because this came on later in life, I've had to also deal with resistance. I'm overweight and had to retrain my body to recognize insulin better. Within weeks of following the Bernstein diet, my blood sugar levels hovered around 5.0 (that's about 95 to 100 for y'all Americans).

Before being admitted to the hospital in February, I hadn't been very careful with my diabetes control – especially since couldn't test myself or give myself insulin… If I felt symptoms of high blood sugars, I find a neighbor to help me out. Anyway, the point is I went in with an HbA1c of over 15, and in the space of six weeks I have thankfully been able to get it down to a 7.1. My goal is to get it further down to at least six, then start refining my diet and habits a bit more (at least to the extent that I can, given where I'll be living).

It amazes me how you have lived such a life while dealing with cystic fibrosis and all that comes with it. The island that my family comes from is a noted cluster for cystic fibrosis so I've seen several childhood friends, relatives and acquaintances constantly battle for their lives or die of it. God must have had some awesome plans for you! (Maybe it was so you can look over us.)

Lifeportunities: transform your home-based life into freedom.Visit the Practical Homeschooling blog!

School is a place where children learn to be stupid" ~ HoltSchooling confuses teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

~ PriesnitzHow to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule:

leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning.~D.H. Lawrence

I have cystic fibrosis and have a type of diabetes which combinesfeatures of both Type I and Type II. I am fortunate. Metformin works

well for me, but then I am really diligent about it all, and used to it!I cannot just eat ice cream, but do avoid refined cereals, white bread--and of course, just plain sugar in all its nefarious forms!I am living proof that diabetes can be controlled and lived with.

Love to you, , and to Akiba and to all here with us,n

To: MSersLife

Sent: Mon, April 25, 2011 5:01:24 PMSubject: Re: Akiba....Re: How is everyone?/ reply to Akiba's post

NO!!! Ice cream has enough fat in it to actually slow down the absorption of sugars. I'm a type I diabetic, you can eat chocolate ice cream to my hearts content… However just a few spoonfuls of oatmeal send me into the for hundreds.

If you want to push up your numbers, think chips, regular Coke, candy and anything else that has high carbohydrates and very little or no fat.That isn't a bad idea if you want to get access to the supplies you need – and getting on a low dose of and I'd like metformin could help keep your pancreas working longer without overtaxing it. In my opinion, metformin is the only oral drug I diabetic should take… The others force your pancreas to produce more and more insulin to to take care of the sugar in your blood. This means that after being on these pills prolong your pancreas dies and you end up on insulin anyway.

I HIGHLY recommend Dr. Bernstein's Diabetes Solution. Even if you don't plan on following his diet suggestions, the amount of useful knowledge that you can find in this book is invaluable.

Okay, rant is over! LOL time to go back to my burrow.Lifeportunities: transform your home-based life into freedom.

Visit the Practical Homeschooling blog!

School is a place where children learn to be stupid" ~ HoltSchooling confuses teaching with learning, grade advancement with education, a diploma with competence, and fluency with the ability to say something new.

~ PriesnitzHow to begin to educate a child. First rule: leave him alone. Second rule:

leave him alone. Third rule: leave him alone. That is the whole beginning.~D.H. Lawrence

So I should have a big bowl of ice cream the night before the test Huh, might do that anyway...

Wish I could ship somma those lidocaine patches to Dan to help with HIS pain...they gave me 90 of them!

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php

-- How is everyone?

How is everyone doing? Did you have a nice Easter? We had a quiet day, I have been in pretty severe pain, seem to have sprained my neck, the left side, radiating into the collarbone and shoulder, and up into the cheek,,,just very painful. I finally broke down and emailed Rita to see if she had anything for it, all I have is motrin and that wasn't touching it. She had some stuff and brought them over. And I can move my head again! She also brought over some ham, which was great since all I'd been able to manage for dinner was some boiled smoked sausages and some fries. So we did have Easter ham after all

I have often wondered why people celebrate so many Christ-related holidays eating the ONE thing he could never eat....or at least one of the things he could never eat...

Anywhoo, I might actually be able to sleep tonight, last night, not so much...could not get comfortable

  ~*~Hugs~*~

~*~Akiba~*~

Pragmatic Visionary

http://www.affiliates-natural-salt-lamps.com/pages/156.php