Diabetes Living is out !

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Diabetes Living is out !
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Sun, 07-29-2007 - 2:26pm

The latest edition of Diabetes Living is out in the market now. There are several articles that are talking about items that we have been talking about! (Have they been listening in on our conversation?!!!) There is an article on gastric bypass surgery and also some new recipes to try. I saw several that looked and sounded good.


Let me know what you think.


 






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Registered: 05-29-2007
Mon, 07-30-2007 - 8:12am

I happened to see it Friday as we were at the checkout at Walmart. The Low-Sugar Desserts caught my eye....I have to have my dessert...I wish I could go without but at least I have gotten use to just a little.

We got home and I sat down and almost read it from cover to cover...very good articles!!!!

I was especially interested in the info on medicare as I just became eligible July 1...I have been trying to save money to get to a nutritionist as my insurance didn't cover it. Now I can go and not have to pay!!!

I also thought the recipes looked delicious and interesting. They seem to use more common ingredients. My only question is what is flaxseed...how is it packaged...where in the grocery store do you find it??

I am so glad that I picked this issue up!!!

Rita

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Registered: 07-10-2003
Mon, 07-30-2007 - 1:08pm
flaxseed is often in the natural foods area. it also might be in the pharmacy area, but i am not sure about using that for cooking. i do know flaxseed is quite perishable, so getting flaxseed flour(or whatever it is called is probably not the best.)i would probably try to get the seed version of flaxseeds and follow any instructions on how to keep it. if you have a store that has natural foods stuff, they will often have either whole flaxseeds, and also may have flaxseed liquid in refrigerated area. it is supposed to be one of those wonder foods with lots of good stuff for you.
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Tue, 08-07-2007 - 2:49am
Hi I am new to this board and so overwhelmed. My Doctor says
my carbs numbers are to hi and wants me to check the blood sugar
4 times a day. To hi being 157 so she is treating me with diet
and exercise. The problem is I am having a very hard time with
sticking myself to check blood sugar levels. The past few mornings
I have attemped but sincerely can't I cry and feel bad. I have been
bothered by the results of the test and now this, I have never liked
hospitals, white coats, needles, and etc. I'm sure this seems like
nothing compared to what you endure but it is unreal to me. In my
area there is a support team that will meet in a week I will be there.
Any advice would be helpful.
Jay
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Tue, 08-07-2007 - 11:08am

Hi Jay, and welcome to the board!


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Tue, 08-07-2007 - 6:55pm
Cheryl,
Thanks so much for the support and each day I hope and know it will get
better. UPS, delivered my excerise bike just a little while ago HOORAY
what a wonderful way to stay on track of things. I will keep you and the
board posted. Take care.
Jay
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Thu, 08-09-2007 - 1:52am

Hi Jay,


Welcome to the board. It is normal to grieve losing the life you had before diabetes.


Because I am a nurse I didn't find it hard to test my blood sugar but I certainly did find it difficult to start taking insulin. Not that I didn't know how to do it but just the thought of taking insulin for the rest of my life. My doctor was actually surprised at my reaction. Sometime I need to be a patient and not a nurse!


It is necessary to test your blood sugar because your meter will tell you what is happening with you. When you feel strange your meter will tell you what you need to do and you can't manage diabetes by how you feel. For example you will be sleepy when your blood sugar is too low and when it is too high. If you don't test you won't know what you need to do.


I use the last three fingers on both hands to test and I have set the lancet as low as possible. Most of the time it doesn't hurt me but sometimes it does.


There is a woman diabetic in my town that I have talked to many times and she just wouldn't test her blood sugar. She would only rely on the A1C and fasting blood sugar readings that her physician was getting on her every three months. She was on metformin and never felt well on the drug. One night we were exercising together and we got to discussing Byetta and how it works. Low and behold she talked to her doctor about it and he put her on it. And she started testing her blood sugar. When I saw her last week I was amazed. Here she fought for over a year not to test her blood sugar and now she is giving herself injections twice per day and testing several times a day.


The point of this is that it sometimes takes us a while to get busy doing what we need to do. Please go to the support group. It will help you have a safe place to talk about this with other diabetics and please continue to come and visit us. We celebrate successes, lament failures (and we all have them) and give gentle shoves when necessary.


(I love blueberries and have a whole bunch in my refrigerator right now! I must make something with them or freeze them for later.)