The numbers do not bother me but when I get emotional I check and find that I am unuassly high
do the numbers get high if you get the flu? it does with me
could some times the highs be beyond your control?. im always high at this time of year because the weathers not stable (one day hot, one day colld) and i get the flu ect . although a i always get my flu jabā¦ when i go to see the diabetcs nurse or my diabetes dr, every six months they always blame me . for my lack of control. thats why its always good to talk to others in the same boat rather than medical proffessionals .
yes agree you really need to talk to other diabetics. the medical professionals all speak fro the same script any way are you as gorgeous as your picture?or have you put some top models pic on your profile. my email is stevie19688@aol.co.uk who knows you may come to the uk.
i used to feel bad but i know from exerience there are things beyond my control such as catching the flu ect. all you can do is your best in this life. and try to appreciate what you have got in life and not all the things you havent got.
I love that blame game. I had a juvenile endo yell at me when I was 11 for not being in tight enough control. He was reputed as one of the best in the city. Gotta love them Dr. sometimes.
It scares the beejeebes out of me and I think my meter is damn liar! 
and you gota be careful not lose too many of your beejeebes kimkat
thats very reasuring to hear judith, because somtimes you give your self a hard time.
what do you mean bummmed?
whats an A1C?
A1C is a blood test that measures your average blood sugar levels over the past 8-12 weeks. Itās considered a more accurate reading of your overall blood sugar levels than the snapshot that the current reading gives.
Hereās a link to the Mayo Clinicās website where they have a clear, susinct description of the tests related to diabetes:
http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/diabetes/DS01121/DSECTION=tests-and-diagnosis
I am fairly new to Type 2, just completing a year dealing with it.
I have had some scary numbers during that time with readings over 300 or even over 400 at times.
I donāt know about you folks but the first thing my wife and son asked me was what did you eat? In all truth, I had not eaten since the day before but I had only slept maybe an hour the night before due to back pain. Diabetes is going to leave me a gibbering idiot if I canāt get a handle on these blasted numbers and their causes.
My diet is so boring now that I finally started dropping the weight I put on after a series of back surgeries. 20 more pounds and I am back to my old fighting weight. I simply do not like to eat anymore because the foods I eat are simply boring me to death.
I know I am using exuses as I could probably cook better meals but with my work schedule and this old body, especially hands and legs/knees/feet, I just donāt enjoy standing at a stove. Pre-prepared food is simply too expensive.
So, when I get the high numbers I have the initial shock of, āAm I going to go into a coma?ā followed later by guilt when I canāt really figure out what I have to be guilty about.
I am going through the recipes here and thanks to all of you which put them out there.
Richard
I donāt know how people will feel about this, but Iāll share the info I got, and you can take it or leave it.
We recently attended a regional conference on Diabetes and the Myths and updates sponsored by the ADA. If it didnāt have the ADAās approval, I wouldnāt have put too much stock in it, but it help add credence. The latest studies are showing that
MORE of us will follow an eating plan if it is made up of regular foods that our families and others can eat. So hereās the plan, it isnāt a diet, people hate that word, itās a plan. Making sure to watch what foods have hi carb content, WE can eat almost anything, but the important control is the portions. Yes, we can have rice, brown or natural or white (last choice), yes we can have pasta, whole wheat is better than regular pasta. Yes we can even have a candy bar, but try and make it the smallest ones and not the whole bag in a day. Yes we can even EAT fruit, not drink it. Watch the kind of sugars added to food, watch what the protein content, the fiber content, and the carb content is. Stick to your carb count, use your meds, use your exercise and other prescribed aids. For me this is good news. It means that perhaps I donāt have to eat special meals that my family is not eating, means less work. I can pick and chose what I eat at a restaurant, and in short live like a person without diabetes IF I pay attention to all the other parts of my plan. I can live with this. Iāll keep track of my numbers over the next month and let you know what I find.
I find this very interesting. Its almost like they are saying that you can have whatever so long as you keep an eye on it. Whether that works or not I suppose is up to the individual.
For instance. I have a friend of whom I know through this forum that works out quite often. He is one of the people who can have whatever he wants. He eats and works out. His A1c is great (in the mid 5s I think). For me, I have prolific retinopathy and burst a blood vessel while working out with a high A1c (8.7). Needless to say, I dont work out as much. But my control comes from diet. To follow those recommendations youve noted above I would still have an A1c of 7.6+. I personally, cannot control my D with watching the food I eat and bolusing for it. My post meal numbers are always high that way. On my low carb diet, I dont go about 120 post meals. I may not eat the same as the family, but it has given me hope to avoid future complications. Thats something the ADA diet has never done and Ive been at it for 25 years.
hi onesaint, yes think you should always watch your diet, and when go to see my diabetes health care team they always nag me aboout it which i dont find helpfull i find it best to just stick to three square meals a day, ( i was snacking too much at night) so i decided to cut down and it did help i have much better control.
I also do as much walking as possible i find that people dont walk as much as they think they do, they walk to the car go to the office and sit down all day. you dont go above 120? you use a different testing system to the uk obviously, over here. Betwwen 4 and 7 is good. .
iBut will say this at this time of year i always have trouble controlling my BS because its flu season. i get regular eye tests and they found blood vessles they gave me some laser i got another check up on the 22nd and i hope every thing goes well.
Hi Stevie! Im over in the US. So 120 mg/dl is 6.6 mmol/dl from what google says. Let me say that I am a little fanatic right now as Ive only been low carbing it for a few months. None the less, my meter and CGM both say avg 115 and in the last weeks Ive gotten my post meal readings to keep under 120. Im a tad excited, so youāll have to pardon me if I sound a bit emphatic. Like I said, Ive been T1 for 25 years and never had sugars this good. I am paying a lot of attention to D though. Frankly Im a tad scared and Im thinking I need to do this now before anything else starts to happen. So attention it will get. I guess my quality of life (which is extremely important) is that Im healthy and here, not that I can eat whatever I want.
I totally agree about the walking part. I realized yesterday that if I park at the top of the structure at work, I can get in 7 flights of stairs every morning, lunch, and evening. Otherwise its just the walking I do from workstation to workstation.
Consistency in meals (from what I understand) is the ticket to good control. I personally love to experiment as often as I get the chance too. Now however I toss in low carb things as opposed to whatever I feel like. 4-7 mmol sounds spot on.
flus are horrid. I havent had the pleasure yet of dealing with one while being under tight control. Although I expect my annual one come late October / November. Weāve 2 kids, 1 a toddler and 1 a teen. They come home with bugs every month and try to get me sick! So, Lysol is sprayed often and hand sanitizer is well in stock at our house. From what Iāve read, stay well hydrated and keep a close eye.
Laser and good BGs should keep things to a minimum. Of course YDMV, but in the forums here, youll see that a good number of folks have had laser treatment and things have become dormant after that. Hope all goes well at your check up!
yeah ianother thing you got to watch out for when you get your bs under control is more freaquent hypos. i always carry either glucose tablest or chocalate bar with me. i was out one day having a walk near my local canal. i had a sudden hypo my BS must have dropped to 1 or 2 i was actually hallucinating , i was weak and helpless i was lucky i made it to a local lydl supermarket and. got some sweets i think they saved m life so dont take any chances when your out especially now since your control is good.
Any way an booked an appoitment for my flu jab.any way onesaint watch out for the bugs take care
Hi Cathy,
I donāt know how long youāve been living with diabetes, but this approach (a plan, not a diet; be mindful of portion sizes and carb counts, instead of eliminating foods) is the one I was taught when I was diagnosed about 2 years ago.
When I was first diagnosed I ate very simply. I had a lot of boiled chicken and steamed brocolli. After I got the hang of tracking my blood sugars and what I was eating then I got more ādaringā and added other things to my plan.
My family all eats the same meal together most every night. Along with me having diabetese my husband is ovo-lacto vegetarian. It can be done!
Two tools that I found really helpful are:
[1] The Healthy Diabetes Plate for meal planning [ http://www.extension.uidaho.edu/diabetesplate/index.html ], and
[2] Testing and tracking my blood sugar levels two hours after eating. From this I uncovered which foods cause my blood sugar to rise more than others.
Cheers,
Corinna
i think you need to take care but not get too obsessed about things, i do test by blood regularly but i dont bother to record the results (as my health care team tell me to) because i still want to have a life thatās not tottaly just about my medical condition. at the end of the day lifes too short. i still enjoy my self i was out at some 80s gig in harrow last week. take care