In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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147.2 after the morning ritual even after all the working out yesterday. Only got up to go to the bathroom once last night and only had a few sips of water when I did. Did not wake up thirsty this morning, but woke up because I had to go to the bathroom a second time. Got around 7.5 hours of sleep. One of the best nights of sleep in a long time.
Feeling pretty good. Not going to get excited about nothing this time though until the next Doctor visit.
So Dr. Endo was right. The 1000mg/dL reading was from the urinalysis and not the blood work. I was able to pull up my charts from last week and my glucose reading was 409mg/dL, which means it was only reduced a negligible 9mg/dL from the week prior. Initially I had thought the meds made me right the first time, but by the end of the week I knew something was still wrong.
I was kind of shocked that it only went down 9mg. I was keeping my weight stabilized and the thirst had gone down quite a bit, and I'd cut out the biggest offenders for sugar intake. But then I realized that even if SOME of the sugar I was eating was now being processed right with the first round of Metformin, the excess was just still being peed out (but just not as much) and the numbers were basically the same.
New regimen starts today. I'll get a few workouts in and mow my lawn in between. Maybe spray for weeds too since they're getting a little out of hand right now. Maybe.
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Hehe... No weed spray today. Rain's coming again.
I've got about 3 hours before I'm even going out to mow though. It's going to get up to 78 degrees today, but it's only 58 degrees at 11AM so it appears to be taking its sweet time about it.
If it rains by that time, oh well. I'll just put it off until Friday then enjoy the weekend with a high in the 40's again.
Welcome to the Midwest!
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Sis texted me yesterday to say it was SNOWING. She was disgusted, to put it mildly.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
147.2 after the morning ritual even after all the working out yesterday. Only got up to go to the bathroom once last night and only had a few sips of water when I did. Did not wake up thirsty this morning, but woke up because I had to go to the bathroom a second time. Got around 7.5 hours of sleep. One of the best nights of sleep in a long time.
Feeling pretty good. Not going to get excited about nothing this time though until the next Doctor visit.
So Dr. Endo was right. The 1000mg/dL reading was from the urinalysis and not the blood work. I was able to pull up my charts from last week and my glucose reading was 409mg/dL, which means it was only reduced a negligible 9mg/dL from the week prior. Initially I had thought the meds made me right the first time, but by the end of the week I knew something was still wrong.
I was kind of shocked that it only went down 9mg. I was keeping my weight stabilized and the thirst had gone down quite a bit, and I'd cut out the biggest offenders for sugar intake. But then I realized that even if SOME of the sugar I was eating was now being processed right with the first round of Metformin, the excess was just still being peed out (but just not as much) and the numbers were basically the same.
I think you're right about maxing out at about 400.
Have you got your meter, test strips,lancets and lancing device?
It sounds like you're feeling better tho! I wonder if you were motivating yourself thru essential lack of energy by drinking lots of coffee?
Speaking of coffee.... if you were nervous about what Dr Endo had to say, that could account for a higher than normal (for you) heart rate. But if it's CONSISTENTLY above 100 that's something a Dr would look into.
AFA that feeling in your chest that wakes you up... it could be some sort of heart arrhythmia that people often describe as a pounding, fluttering, or hollow feeling. That's a common side effect of too much coffee. If you've dialed back on the coffee those events might go away in a few weeks or a month.
Sounds like you're on the right track.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
That's good that your thyroid is functioning like it should.
It does seem like it. I'm just the other end of the scale from you now.
It will be. But you have started off really well and that is what is important. Like I said you are willing to learn from the doctors and others around you.
Yeah. I might hem and haw about it, but I'll get there.
Feeling really good after working out and eating a fairly big meal with my upped dosage after that insulin shot this afternoon. I usually feel better at night then I do during the day though, so we'll see how tomorrow goes with the new regimen.
Hopefully I start putting on some muscle weight soon.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I will say this be grateful people know and understand something about diabetes. As I said I have low blood sugar which is hypoglycemia and I can't tell you how many times I have had to explain it and why I usually turn down deserts and anything with too many carbs or watch the amount of sugar I eat.
My problem is the lesser known sibling of diabetes but I am still walking that line. Too much sugar and I feel sick and it takes a bit to clear out of my system.
You'll get used to it. It just takes a time. You can't rush your health.
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Looks like I need my umbrella today. Oh joy.
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Quote:I used to have reactive hypoglycemia too. So uncomfortable! Shaky, cold, sweaty hands and anxiety and irritability. I could routinely trigger it by not eating for a long time and then eating something sweet. Stupid, huh?
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
That's good that your thyroid is functioning like it should.
It does seem like it. I'm just the other end of the scale from you now.
It will be. But you have started off really well and that is what is important. Like I said you are willing to learn from the doctors and others around you.
Yeah. I might hem and haw about it, but I'll get there.
Feeling really good after working out and eating a fairly big meal with my upped dosage after that insulin shot this afternoon. I usually feel better at night then I do during the day though, so we'll see how tomorrow goes with the new regimen.
Hopefully I start putting on some muscle weight soon.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I will say this be grateful people know and understand something about diabetes. As I said I have low blood sugar which is hypoglycemia and I can't tell you how many times I have had to explain it and why I usually turn down deserts and anything with too many carbs or watch the amount of sugar I eat.
My problem is the lesser known sibling of diabetes but I am still walking that line. Too much sugar and I feel sick and it takes a bit to clear out of my system.
You'll get used to it. It just takes a time. You can't rush your health.
When I ate something sugary my blood sugar would shoot up, then I'd overproduce insulin and it would fall like a rock to well below normal.
When blood sugar falls too LOW your adrenal glands then kick in to cause your liver to release sugar into the bloodstream.
Definitely an imperfect response! When our OA, who wasn't managing her insulin at all well, would occasionally slip below 50 blood sugar, she would get glassy-eyed and behave like an angry drunk.
I could never understand the attraction if an "adrenaline rush". I thought they were uncomfortable.
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SIX: I recently calculated a diet for hubby with limit if somewhere between 85-110 g of net carbs per day. We'll see how it goes, but this is it:
Bfast. We don't eat bfast until around noon. A can of beans, a handful of cheese, a bit of oat bran, and whatever I want to dress it up with: salsa, bits of ham, leftover meatballs or chili seasoning mix, heated in microwave.
Meds
Snack: 1/2 c cooked oat bran (thick oatmeal Ok too) cooked in microwave and mixed with some milk and a spoonful of ground flax seed*
Raw veggies (hubby likes peppers, cauliflower, and radishes, but carrots, cabbage, broccoli, celery etc work too!) If still hungry, a handful of peanuts.
Dinner (7-8PM): 7 oz cooked meat, and low-starch vegetables cooked with a bit of oil. (Mixed frozen veggies are ok but limit corn and peas and potatoes)
Snack (10PM) sugar free pudding and a fruit. Peanuts if still hungry.
Meds
I'm following the same thing except I scale back on the beans and meat, and bc my blood sugar is ok I snack on low fat corn chips or something like.
It's a pretty strict diet and I'm hungry, but losing weight (which I need to). Hubby is sedentary, unlike you, and bc he fills in with peanuts he's losing weight, but very slowly.
I'll let you know how that works for his blood sugar. So far, so good.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:I used to have reactive hypoglycemia too. So uncomfortable! Shaky, cold, sweaty hands and anxiety and irritability. I could routinely trigger it by not eating for a long time and then eating something sweet. Stupid, huh?
Originally posted by Brenda:Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
That's good that your thyroid is functioning like it should.
It does seem like it. I'm just the other end of the scale from you now.
It will be. But you have started off really well and that is what is important. Like I said you are willing to learn from the doctors and others around you.
Yeah. I might hem and haw about it, but I'll get there.
Feeling really good after working out and eating a fairly big meal with my upped dosage after that insulin shot this afternoon. I usually feel better at night then I do during the day though, so we'll see how tomorrow goes with the new regimen.
Hopefully I start putting on some muscle weight soon.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
I will say this be grateful people know and understand something about diabetes. As I said I have low blood sugar which is hypoglycemia and I can't tell you how many times I have had to explain it and why I usually turn down deserts and anything with too many carbs or watch the amount of sugar I eat.
My problem is the lesser known sibling of diabetes but I am still walking that line. Too much sugar and I feel sick and it takes a bit to clear out of my system.
You'll get used to it. It just takes a time. You can't rush your health.
When I ate something sugary my blood sugar would shoot up, then I'd overproduce insulin and it would fall like a rock to well below normal.
When blood sugar falls too LOW your adrenal glands then kick in to cause your liver to release sugar into the bloodstream.
Definitely an imperfect response! When our OA, who wasn't managing her insulin at all well, would occasionally slip below 50 blood sugar, she would get glassy-eyed and behave like an angry drunk.
I could never understand the attraction if an "adrenaline rush". I thought they were uncomfortable.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
It does suck and I've lived with it for 20years easy.
I've done the drunk walking thing with my mum one time. We had to go have lunch after that and I went through a glass of coke, a small bowl of soup and a bowl of spaghetti and meat sauce before I felt better. Then we walked home which might have been a bad idea but I thought was okay since I was feeling better. When I got home I still ate a bun with peanut butter on it and half a glass of pepsi.
I've also had the shakes and had temper flare ups when it has gone too low. Not fun at all.
Then one time a friend drove me out to Mission to see my dad's grave and we stopped at a Chinese place for lunch. There was so much sugar in the sweet and sour we had and then a few sips of pop on top of that and I wasn't feeling good. In the car back home, he looked at me and he said, "You know you are green." I wasn't feeling too good that was for sure. It's an hour's drive between Mission and the city I live in. By the time we got back I was feeling better. It took my body almost an hour to process the sugar in the little bit I did eat.
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