lost control today

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Registered: 09-05-2003
lost control today
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Sun, 07-04-2004 - 4:37pm
Hey group,

Sorry for all the postings today I guess its just one of those days I need that extra support system.. so here I sit needing to talk about how my day has went.

went to church after church went out to eat ate good as I have posted in the last entry I did just a bit ago.. after that I said I need to call and talk to someone.. so I called and talked to a nurse for a bit.. just someone that would understand and hear me and support me in my thinking with all of this diabetic stuff. I just am having a hard time with it at times. just found out a week and a half ago that I had am a diabetic. so alot has happen in the past 10 days.. I have had to eat better healthier.. I have had to exercise and just do these things that we all are suppose to do .. and I have really been working at it. I want for one day not to think of being a diabetic. I dont wont to think about it.. I mean here I sit on July 4th by myself why because I dont really feel like doing anything. I mean families or getting together probley and eating and chilling.. and its like I cant eat what they are eating I dont know how to be around that .. I know I have to be around it because I am when I am at work.. but I have to do that. I dont have to go to a family get together or be with friends if I am going to be sad or upset about not eating those types of food. anyway.. After talking to the nurse she was encouraging me to do good and said she was proud of the things that I am doing to get better.. and I got of the phone... and this is what I ATE

3 minature pieces of reeces cups.. I had some chips and salsa and bean dip not all of it not even alot really considering what I would have ate.. I had a can Dr. Pepper.. and then a granalo bar.. I am like man what are you doing .. have you just went nuts today. Heck its crazy huh? I am NOT going to beat myself up over this.. I am just going to learn from it and try harder not to do this.. I have a choice. .. and that is Eat those unhealthy foods and possibly have complications sooner and stay unhealthy or I can eat healthy and do those things that I am suppose to do and hope that I become much healthier and have less complications which I hope I have none ever.. even though I have some signs now.. glasses.. bad foot bad leg nerve problem .. boils.. to the point have had to have 14 lanced.. an just sick period.. I dont now just needed to talk for a bit.. Thanks for listening to me and taking time to read this post.. bye for now Melody

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Registered: 02-03-2003
In reply to: dngy
Sun, 07-04-2004 - 6:42pm

Hi Melody - you can read my post and see that I had a hard day today too (for different reasons but still). It is frustrating to have the bad days but remember you are new to all of this and you will learn if you find out that you do in fact have diabetes.

Smoochdog (aka Michelle)


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Registered: 09-15-2003
In reply to: dngy
Sun, 07-04-2004 - 6:44pm
I think its probably better to give in to a craving when you have it. Have a TINY bit of whatever it is that you really want. You said in another post that you'd been wanting chocolate. So have a little mini-bar. Stop there.

Or, look around at your grocery store. You can buy sugar-free chocolate, and low-carb chocolate now. Get that, and give into the cravings. If you fight them, you're probably still going to give in, but you'll do it HUGE because it will just build up.

You can buy low-carb almost anything these days. Whole wheat pasta (not even low-carb, just whole wheat) barely does anything to me. I think the key is to just shop-around. Slim-fast has a low-carb plan now, too. The snack bars are pretty good. Shoot, I have one of the shakes for breakfast, so I can cram in my grape juice. (Love that grape juice. :))

I've had a hard time dealing with things, too. I'm not overweight, not in the age-range. I only have a family history. I had NO symptoms. My eye doc found retinal bleeding and made me get checked, that's how I found out. I'm 25, I have type 2, and I'm crazy-hard to control. I started on Avandamet 4/500. Raised to 4/1000. Added Amaryl on my last appointment, 2mg a day. If my numbers don't show a consistant improvement very very soon (and thank God they finally are, if I'm very very careful what I eat..), doc said I'll have to go on insulin. Its HARD to deal with. But if you look hard enough, you can find that there is very little you really have to do without in this day and age.

Hang in there. You'll make it. :)

~Christie

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~Christie

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Registered: 09-05-2003
In reply to: dngy
Sun, 07-04-2004 - 10:47pm
WEll today strange after doing all that eating.. my blood sugar was only at 94.. I was like hmmmm .. Can sometimes a person who is a diabetic not run high sugar and sometimes it does when you eat the wrong things.. I mean trust you me I was happy to see that it was low after eating all that I did today.. it just makes me think maybe I am not a diabetic even though I Have all the symptoms of a diabetic..and my mom was a diabetic.. and there are times I feel that it was high I can remember three times at work getting really sick this was before I was diagnosed of being a diabetic was just diagnosed a week and a half ago..so maybe sometimes it goes up high the highest my number has been is 139 and one night 150.. but other than that usually runs from 90- 130. why am I constantly second guessing what I am told.. Do any of you do this just start thinking or had at the beginning think these ppl are crazy I am not.. oh well enough about this.. one day maybe this wont be the topic for me to write about .. I am sick of all of this .. This has been the longest 10 days of my life I feel.. bye for now .. Melody
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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: dngy
Mon, 07-05-2004 - 2:53am

Big {{{HUGS}}} coming your way. I am so sorry that you are feeling down about things, but we all go through times like that ourselves. You can eat just like everybody else, but you just have to watch your portion sizes is all and limit how much sweets you eat at one given time. You can have sweets, but just don't go wild with eating lots of them at once by reading the labels to see how many carbs is in 1 peanut butter cup. Having diabetes does not mean you have to go without sweets just that you have to limit how much and often you have them.


I myself treat myself every few days when I have been doing really great with eating well as a reward thing to keep me on the right track. Either that or when

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