harleydoc said:Try the HCG diet my mother was bad off and she did a few round of It and now if off the stuff all together her doc talk bad about the diet but it help her out some much and she is down about 85 pounds.
sawmill said:I test my blood 4 times a day. I take one shot at bedtime with long acting and usually at noon I take another shot of short acting. On some days I don't need the shot at noon. When we moved I changed doctors and I went to him for a year and he said everything was fine. I was on pills at this time. Something came up and he was not avaiable so I went to a different doctor. Wjen I went in he checked me out and a nurse and him came in. They told me my BP was very high and my sugar level was over 900. I was told that if I would not have came in to him when I did I wouldhave had a massive heart attack within a month. Kinda give you a different look at life to hear that. Just stay on top of it. I weighed 160 lbs at that time and they put me on a 1000 cal a day diet. I started gaining weight from the insuln. I now only eat enough that would probably fill a ceral bowl between 3 meals but at least I stopped gaining weight. I now weigh 210 and I am trying hard to lose some of that. Sorry that this is so long but jusst wanted to let you know what could happen
parkerdog said:sawmill said:I test my blood 4 times a day. I take one shot at bedtime with long acting and usually at noon I take another shot of short acting. On some days I don't need the shot at noon. When we moved I changed doctors and I went to him for a year and he said everything was fine. I was on pills at this time. Something came up and he was not avaiable so I went to a different doctor. Wjen I went in he checked me out and a nurse and him came in. They told me my BP was very high and my sugar level was over 900. I was told that if I would not have came in to him when I did I wouldhave had a massive heart attack within a month. Kinda give you a different look at life to hear that. Just stay on top of it. I weighed 160 lbs at that time and they put me on a 1000 cal a day diet. I started gaining weight from the insuln. I now only eat enough that would probably fill a ceral bowl between 3 meals but at least I stopped gaining weight. I now weigh 210 and I am trying hard to lose some of that. Sorry that this is so long but jusst wanted to let you know what could happen
That's kind of what bothers me the most. Knowing that I have to make everything more regimental.
Both of my parents were diabetics and took shots but I don't remember them taking two different kinds. (long acting and short) Is that a common thing?
I forgot but ask them about classes on how to eat and they will explain a lot in these classes. Where I live they offer them on a one on one bases which is much better as you get more out of it. Your diet is not as restrctive as you think just small portions and watch what you eat. I can still drink beer just not as much and in my case it actually lowers my sugar level a bitsawmill said:parkerdog said:sawmill said:I test my blood 4 times a day. I take one shot at bedtime with long acting and usually at noon I take another shot of short acting. On some days I don't need the shot at noon. When we moved I changed doctors and I went to him for a year and he said everything was fine. I was on pills at this time. Something came up and he was not avaiable so I went to a different doctor. Wjen I went in he checked me out and a nurse and him came in. They told me my BP was very high and my sugar level was over 900. I was told that if I would not have came in to him when I did I wouldhave had a massive heart attack within a month. Kinda give you a different look at life to hear that. Just stay on top of it. I weighed 160 lbs at that time and they put me on a 1000 cal a day diet. I started gaining weight from the insuln. I now only eat enough that would probably fill a ceral bowl between 3 meals but at least I stopped gaining weight. I now weigh 210 and I am trying hard to lose some of that. Sorry that this is so long but jusst wanted to let you know what could happen
That's kind of what bothers me the most. Knowing that I have to make everything more regimental.
Both of my parents were diabetics and took shots but I don't remember them taking two different kinds. (long acting and short) Is that a common thing?
I don't know how common it is, but the reason I am on it so I was told is due to addvanced stage of mine that is the only way to contol it. If I am real active in the day I usually don't need the short acting shot. I place alot of blame on my first doctor but I am at fault also for not insisting on getting a meter because I knew I was border line. If you don't have a meter get one and use it. Everyone says that when your blood sugar is high you don't feel good. In my case I actually felt better when it was high. My VA benifits sytarted last April and when I went for my physcal I was told that I had a heart attack sometime in the past so this was another wakeup call as I did not know that or when it happened. Be sure to take care of yourself. My family has a history of diabetes so when I was borderline that did not suprize me at all
parkerdog said:Sawmill, my doc is referring me to some kind of clinic so that will probably have the classes and such.
Do you still take the pills with the shots? If not, that would get rid of 5 a day.
sawmill said:parkerdog said:Sawmill, my doc is referring me to some kind of clinic so that will probably have the classes and such.
Do you still take the pills with the shots? If not, that would get rid of 5 a day.
I take 2 metform per day and 1 other pill I don't remember what that is plus a pill for BP. You should keep track of what you eat as some things will drive your sugar level thru the roof. One of the thing I don't eat now is anything with gravey on it. Like I said before I don't eat much anymore and I am not hungary. But don't stop eating this will cause all kind of thing to happen. Make sure you have them explain what low blood sugar is. You will know when it happens and in my case it was not nice.
parkerdog said:sawmill said:parkerdog said:Sawmill, my doc is referring me to some kind of clinic so that will probably have the classes and such.
Do you still take the pills with the shots? If not, that would get rid of 5 a day.
I take 2 metform per day and 1 other pill I don't remember what that is plus a pill for BP. You should keep track of what you eat as some things will drive your sugar level thru the roof. One of the thing I don't eat now is anything with gravey on it. Like I said before I don't eat much anymore and I am not hungary. But don't stop eating this will cause all kind of thing to happen. Make sure you have them explain what low blood sugar is. You will know when it happens and in my case it was not nice.
I know, I've hit the low blood sugar a couple of times. I had been taking metformin for a couple years then doc switched me to glyburide and finally added onglyza last year.
Seems like a slice of bread will drive it up. Carbohydrates.
I'll have to start looking around for a nurse who wants a project boyfriend! LOL
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