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| Sun, 08-05-2007 - 1:50pm |
Ok ladies ... I was just wondering how everyone does here in the mornings with there fasting blood suger so if I am not stepping on any toes here ... I think it would be intresting to see how all of us are doing and maybe if we have HIGH NUMBERS we can - offer some support to those who need it so just post your number & the time U had the reading at !!
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So ... who will be next ?

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Thanks so much for your reply. You have given me some hope... I am putting you in my prayers and hope that you are able to have the surgery that will help you... I read a huge article from a PHD doctor that said diabetes is not a disease but that we are lacking in certain minerals.. In this case he said it was Nature grown not man made chromium.. Not chromium picolonate, but chromium... I think it is hard to find but I am going to try it out... He said we are all born with a certain amount in our bodies and some are born with less than others.. Over the years our diet, environment, excercise or rather lack of it, all deplete the chromium and once we become deficient we become diabetic... He said with the chromium and proper diet and lots of excercise, a diabetic should be able to control their blood sugar to normal ranges.... It sounded good to me so I am going to give it a try.. It's natural, and I have nothing to lose and possibly everything to gain...Good luck to you, and try to keep your chin up.. I know stress makes everything worst....
Kathy,
You have come to the right place for a diabetic buddy! We are here to help you.
I have been in a number of clinical trials and am waiting to go into two more. I can basically only go into equipment trials because of all the diabetes meds that I am on. I heard about the inhaled insulin trial.
You actually weren't given the correct information. It is called Dawn Syndrome in type 1 diabetics and those type 2's on insulin. But for most type 2 diabetics it is insulin resistance. Your
Hi there!
When do you see your doctor again? When do you get your next A1C testing done? It certainly appears that you are exhibiting insulin resistance. The easiest way to break down insulin resistance is with exercise. The recommendation for exercise is 150 minutes per week. Of course it would be better if you could exercise every day. The most common medication prescribed for insulin resistance is metformin or glucophage. It is a first line drug for treating type 2 diabetes. SO I wouldn't be surprised if your doctor started you on this medication.
Please pull up a chair and join our conversation.
My leg pains are not heel spurs, but arthritis, really severe in one knee(dr says the other is as bad, but i have not had pain from that one).
This might sound weird, but when i actually walk outside i just walk around the park that is across the street. it is a full block, so i just walk around it as many times as i can during break at work. One thing I have noticed is if legs are being really nasty, I can stop and sit for maybe up to 30 seconds or even a minute, the pain lessens and I continue walking. There are a couple benches to sit on right by sidewalk. I dont sit long enough to really totally rest, but just long enough for the throbbing to stop. it just seems more bearable that way for some reason. I have no idea if that would help you but you might try it.
I also have used Lesle Sansone's Walk away the Pound tapes. She has a number out there. They can just be done at home, mostly walking in place. Some have a few more types of steps, but the WATP express seems to have the most basic steps. I think Cheryl had some problems with using one of her tapes, but if the tapes said to do some other fancier step and i was having problems with it, i would just go back to basic walking in place. One nice thing with that is you can always pause the tape and sit down and rest if you need to!! when i started using that I had a chair handy. If you have heel spurs I wonder if using an exercise bike would work, or even just a regular bike? that wouldnt put presure on the heel at least.
Kathy Ann,
I am on 5 drugs for my diabetes (Lantus, Symlin, Januvia, metformin, and Starlix) so there isn't much that can be added to my medication list! We are trying to prevent my needing to go on short acting insulin. Januvia is the last drug added and I am doing really well with it. I lost 3 pounds and dropped my A1C to 6.1. HOORAY!!
So the only trials that I can go on are things which involve our equipment. I wouldn't be able to go on a pump trial because I am not on short acting insulin. So I test meters, lancing devises and that kind of stuff. The only nice thing about equipment trials is that you get paid a small stipend to be in them. Keeps me in my needlepoint habit!!
I am waiting for a trial to begin for a new lancing devise and then another trial for a continuous meter. I find that you get really closely watched in these trials and that I learn alot about my response to my disease. 12 weeks with the continous meter the last time taught me a lot.
I was in a medication trial one time that was stopped because the company decided not to release the medication. I was either on the placebo or the drug didn't work for me. They were going to break the code because I was getting worse all the time but then the drug company stopped the trial. So we never knew which arm I was in.
There are certain number of people who have to stop trials because they aren't responding correctly. You may be in this group. Because the dose is limited it may not be enough for you. So don't feel badly if you have to drop out, just protect your health.
Do go back to counting your carbs because it will really help you keep your blood sugar under control. I certainly hope taht you will be able to decrease the amount of long acting insulin that you are one because you will never be able to lose weight with that amount of insulin. It is hard to lose weight when you are chasing hypoglycemia.
Well I must run! I am off to the gym.
Most recent first thing before breakfast reading (dr only wants once per day testing at this point) was Sept 3 and it was 125 which is a tad high by AACE standards(dr wants it under 110) but not bad by ADA standards (which sets the top level at 130). First thing in the morning is the hardest one of all for me to get into range for no apparent reason. Doesn't matter what I eat or when the night before, I can even test before bed and have a perfectly in range result then test first thing in the morning and poof, it's gone higher than it should be. I'm guessing that I'm one of those folks that gets a 2 am glucose dump courtesy of my lovely liver.
hmm this question has got me thinking about those times when I had good readings in the morning, I'll have to go back and research it on my spreadsheet (yes I'm a bit of a compulsive data collector). I'll have to check but I think that my best readings are when the last thing I eat in the evening is a bit of protein (a couple slices of cheese for example).
My DS is 9 and he knows that he is allowed to wake me up on weekends (my usual sleeping in time) if it's past 8 am because I have to eat - if I get up on time and eat then go back to sleep I make sure to leave some note or sign that I've eaten if DH/DS aren't up yet so they'll know it's okay to let me sleep.
--Deb
Hi Deb,
You most likely have insulin resistance which is quite common in type 2 diabetics and some type 1's. About 4 am in the morning your liver gets busy changing fats into glucose and your beta cells in your pancreas can't make enough insulin or make too much insulin but you can't use it properly.
Protein will help at bedtime and so will exercise. Exercise is the easiest way to treat insulin resistance. So look on your magical spread sheet and see if you see a difference after you exercise. Don't think you are strange. I keep spread sheets also listing my sugars and my meds and any unusual things that happened and I take these regularly into my doctor. I have to test at least 5 times per day per doctor's orders.
I try to adhere to the AACE guidelines which are the strictest because there is less chance of heart, eye and kidney damage from the elevated blood sugars. I like their Patient First campaign also.
Good luck and I hope you will continue to visit with us.
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