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Registered: 12-21-2001
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Tue, 09-23-2008 - 6:37pm

Greetings all;


Just a note, because I realized I need to start posting here.


Diabetes is another in a long line of autoimmune diseases for me.  I broke my ankle before Easter/Passover, they found my sugar to high to operate.  It's taken until now to mostly heal. While I was in the hospital the doctor said I didn't have adult onset but type 1, juvenile diabetes-I waved goodbye to 50 several years ago.


I  have my A1C at a decent level but I'm having problems eating a midday/afternoon meal. I'll drink coffee or get so busy I just forget.  I've been disabled for a while now and can't work but it seems habits from work are coming to the forefront.   I also have trouble remembering to take my blood glucose when I cook a meal , before I eat.


Any ideas? Advice?


 



miladyknight




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Registered: 03-19-2003
In reply to: miladyknight
Wed, 09-24-2008 - 10:01am

Hi and welcome to the board!


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Registered: 04-03-2003
In reply to: miladyknight
Wed, 09-24-2008 - 12:52pm

To make a new habit (like checking your glucose or eating a meal), tie it to something you already do habitually. For instance, if you're likely to hit the coffee maker somewhere mid-day, post a note on it saying "Did you eat lunch yet?" Post another note on your silverware drawer or the cupboard where you keep the dishes you eat off of saying "Check your glucose level" If you habitually carry around a cell phone, set the alarm on it to go off at noon (for lunch) and whenever else you might want it. You might even use a kitchen timer (the portable little kind) and once you finish breakfast, set it for however long until lunchtime (say, 3 or 4 hours) so that when it beeps, you go get lunch so you don't miss it. Also, you might take a few minutes as soon as you finish breakfast to prepare yourself a sack lunch as if you were going to work then set the sack next to your coffee so that when you reach for a cuppa, there's your lunch. Plus, if it's already prepared, you're less likely to say "don't have time to make lunch"

While I'm here at work, I put reminders into my email calendar that just say "Test" - I get alerted to it 15 minutes before I'm due to test (I set the reminder when I sit down to eat lunch). It doesn't work if I'm away from my desk for several hours, of course, but it will remind me the 99% of the time that I'm sitting right here.

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Registered: 07-10-2003
In reply to: miladyknight
Wed, 09-24-2008 - 8:06pm

I do that at work to remind myself to go for walk during break and take afternoon pills, since otherwise i can forget them very easily.


At times it pops up at inconvenient times but you can hit the snooze button on it and it will remind you in X number of minutes(you can set time).


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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: miladyknight
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 2:36am

Hi and wlecome to the board. I also remember seeing you around that boards.


Can you tell a little bit about how you are treating your diabetes? It would help us to be able to make specific suggestions

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Registered: 12-21-2001
In reply to: miladyknight
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 6:43pm

Thank you ladies-


Setting an alarm is a very good idea for me.

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In reply to: miladyknight
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 6:47pm
Hang around Donna!

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Registered: 07-10-2003
In reply to: miladyknight
Thu, 09-25-2008 - 8:21pm

One suggestion when you start getting into exercising again, do NOT try to start from where you stopped before.

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Registered: 09-26-2008
In reply to: miladyknight
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 12:01am

I'm also a Newbie...recently diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes (I'm

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Registered: 03-25-2003
In reply to: miladyknight
Sat, 09-27-2008 - 1:22am

No, In my humble opinion you aren't doing enough. Are you on Medicare? If so, medicare does cover you for nutrition education and also for a meter and testing strips. But you are only allowed enough strips to test twice per day. Call your Medicare carrier and find out what they cover and then ask your doctor for what you need.


The basic guidelines that your doctor has given you are excellent. You need to be exercising 150 minutes per week and walking is good. Your really don't need anything more strenuous than that unless you want to do that. You do need to eat more complex carbs and increase the amount of fresh fruits and veggies in your meal plan.

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Registered: 12-19-2007
In reply to: miladyknight
Tue, 10-07-2008 - 3:34pm

Hi,


I am new to this site as well.

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