What is the deciding factor for insulin?
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What is the deciding factor for insulin?
| Sat, 03-06-2004 - 12:37am |
One of our members brought up an interesting question for Mary Frances about what determines prescribing insulin.
Any comments?
My levels went down today(just broke 200). However, 2hrs post-dinner, back up they went to above 300. This time I think the lasagna and garlic bread might be more to blame for the high numbers. Am going to check in another hour to see if they're going down. This is frightening. I sure will think very thoroughly before I let my rheumatologist give me steroid injections again. I have slept the last two nights, and the pain is almost gone. So, indeed, I traded one problem solution against what was best for my diabetic condition.
:'(

Denise ^..^
Mom to
Kathi,
My poor memory is failing me again. Are you the person who was started on Amaryl 8mg after dinner? Please let me know because if you are I have some comments about this from my classes yesterday.
It absolutely was the lasagna and the garlic bread that did you in. You had too many carbohydrates in your dinner. Unfortunately there is too much pasta in lasagna for us and there is too much sugar in the tomato sauce the they use for the lasagna. Then you add in the garlic bread and you are way over what you can use and keep your blood sugar under control.
When you get an elevated blood sugar like this try forcing some non-caloric liquids and believe it or not have some protein to eat. The protein will slow down your absorption of the carbos from the bread and the pasta and it won't raise your blood sugar very much.
There are good diabetic recipes for lasagna but the portion is always very small.
Some diabetics have a really elevated blood sugar when they are diagnosed and they need to be on insulin until they get their blood sugars under control. Then many time they can be switched to oral meds. But because you destroy 10 percent of your beta cells per year, most type 2s will ultimately need insulin. We are living so much longer with our disease and so the treatment has needed to be changed to reflect the fact that we are living longer and being diagnosed earlier.
So please get back to me about my questions.
Mary Frances
cl-maryfrances40
Yep, that's me on the 8mg at dinner! Sure would appreciate any info you have. Thanks
Did you see about my episode with the 410 Wednesday after the steroid injections?
Well, yesterday it was in the 200's until I ate the other half of the lasagna & garlic toast. Hopefully I'll be back down (finally) to fairly normal numbers. I was over 250 last night so I took 2mg at midnight as the doctor had said to do if I was over 300. Wanted to see what would happen. My 5AM was wnl. Had a sensible dinner tonight of lemon pepper chicken strips on a bed of lettuce with a few slices of black olives, 2 qtrs of tomato, purple onions, and low fat Italian dressing. Had an iced fruit bar when I got home. This probably explains the next number. My post-dinner was 166 (10:30PM) up from 134 at 5:15PM. Just took it and it's 138 (midnight). Am going to eat a couple cubes of cheese before I go to bed because I'm hungry. No more carbs for me tonight!
Oh, does iced, unsweetened tea do anything to our glucose levels?
Thank you for your assistance.
I'm very concerned about you. Please take care of yourself, ok?
(((hugs)))
Hi Kathi,
I am trying to take care of myself but I am doing really stupid things! Yesterday I wrote the check for my offering
One side comment on the spaghetti sauce. There are so VERY many store bought ones and they seem to have significantly different amounts of sugar, fat, etc etc etc. I guess sugar supposedly helps bring out flavors in tomato sauces....BUT there is a big difference between a sprinkle of sugar and a tomato sauce that literally tastes SWEET!!
Anyway, if you go for the bottled sauces, pay attention to sugars, fats, and carbs. Its also possible if you have room and are into doing that kind of thing to make and freeze your own pasta sauces. that way you can control what you are putting in them.
AuntyDoxzz
So sorry to hear that you're still having a rough time. I think your mind just went on overload when you tried to mail the $20 check. You have so much to keep track of right now that this doesn't surprise me.
Haven't looked in the recipes yet, but in advance thanks!
Please take care of yourself.
(((gentle hugs)))