In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:I will SIX. Thanks.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
Be careful in the heat Sigs.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
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Yes, do be careful.
Got some dry weather heading my way but there have already been some wild fires in province, so environment Canada is already warning people to be careful when they are camping or whatever.
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Out for my walk and a couple of things to do before my pick up game of mah jong this afternoon.
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Got back from afternoon mah jong after 5pm. No luck but maybe tomorrow at the regular game.
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152.6lbs tonight before I go to bed.
Hey Sigs... Do you have any idea how I could have put on 9 lbs since my diagnosis (15 days ago), and my liquid intake is about 1/2 to 2/3rds less than when I was put on meds but my glucose level could have increased as much as 100-125 at the same time?
I'm going to see that nutritionist/dietician tomorrow. Hopefully she has some info for me and we can get one step further to figuring out what the hell is going on.
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Quote:I can imagine a way that might happen but no reason HOW it could happen. So... sorry, no, it doesn't make any sense to me.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
152.6lbs tonight before I go to bed.
Hey Sigs... Do you have any idea how I could have put on 9 lbs since my diagnosis (15 days ago), and my liquid intake is about 1/2 to 2/3rds less than when I was put on meds but my glucose level could have increased as much as 100-125 at the same time?
I'm going to see that nutritionist/dietician tomorrow. Hopefully she has some info for me and we can get one step further to figuring out what the hell is going on.
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Make sure you take your meter and strips and lancing device and lancets.
When measurements don't make sense, I check over the procedure. When it STILL doesn't make sense I start trubleshooting the instrument. And at first pass, the best way to do that is to run standard solutions thru the instrument and see how it responds.
There are a couple of flaws with that approach, tho. The STANDARD standard solution for a glucose meter is around 100. There's no way of telling how the meter responds to something well above that.
Also, the standard solution is simple: glucose in water (probably with a preservative). There might be something else in your blood that reacts like glucose or enhances the reaction which can't be replicated by a simple test solution.
Or it could be something boneheaded: someone gave you the wrong strips for that meter.
Wish I could help IRL, but I'm with you in spirit SIX.
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Thanks for the input, sigs. Hopefully the Nutritionist in person can figure this thing out.
I was super depressed yesterday, and I ate my ass off. Couldn't sleep last night so I continued doing that until 5AM until I could... 3 hours before I tested my blood this morning.
Yesterday I had a banana with a handful of peanuts in the morning with my insulin/meds. Then in the afternoon I ate the rest of the peanut bottle which in-total by then was 3/4 of a 12 ounce bottle of peanuts and followed that up with two giant bowls of Frosted Mini Wheats (that I'm almost out of but am supposed to be eating slowly... but with skim milk since I finished off the whole milk). I had 2 large chicken breasts with nothing on them for dinner, and when I was still up at 4:30 AM I had about another 1/4 container of peanuts.
So... Still 152.6 this morning after doing my business.
Thirst is not and hasn't been an issue even with all that overeating.
I tested 313mg/dL this morning when I was sure I'd test over 550 after the 527 I had yesterday morning before all that eating. So I went from my highest all time reading to my 2nd lowest all time reading in 24hrs while making all the bad decisions.
Whatever.
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Back from mah jong and some grocery shopping. Just got my money back this morning as it was a tough go.
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Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from mah jong and some grocery shopping. Just got my money back this morning as it was a tough go.
Well, I suppose breakeven is better than not.
I hope your weather becomes sunny and warm.
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Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:
So... Still 152.6 this morning after doing my business.
Thirst is not and hasn't been an issue even with all that overeating.
I tested 313mg/dL this morning when I was sure I'd test over 550 after the 527 I had yesterday morning before all that eating. So I went from my highest all time reading to my 2nd lowest all time reading in 24hrs while making all the bad decisions.
Whatever.
I feel a lot better after having gone to see her. She was wonderful, and I let her know that. She said that she used to do this but then worked at a private practice making more money for years and she didn't like that because she felt that she never had enough time with the patients and likes what she does now more so took the pay cut and went back to "Diabetes Education". I told her that it was her calling and I couldn't thank her enough.
I got a lot of questions answered today. Not nearly all of them, but that's only because we still don't know a lot of them yet. She knows my Endo personally and she will make sure that cross-communication between everyone involved happens. I'm glad that I thought to jot down all of my daily notes about weight loss/gain, meter readings, workout sessions and any abnormal food intake because she had her partner copy that and fax it directly to Dr. Endo. I am supposed to contact her if he calls me, and she will do the same if he calls her office. For the time being, she wants me on 3 shots of fast acting insulin before meals per day until we get the number down and stable, and she's going to make sure he gets that written for me (hopefully before the next visit, as in like today or tomorrow).
She gave me another meter that can use cheap test strips and generic lancets that you can get on the real cheap at WalMart. She also gave me a bottle of the control solution for it so I can make sure the meter is working right. We compared both of the meters at the exact same time this morning and my meter read 275 while hers read 319. (That 275 was the lowest reading I've had so far). This was several hours after I took my long-lasting shot and my morning pills.
Once we get the numbers down, she wants me to use the 15-day implants she gave me (and hopefully my tablet will work with it), so I can get regular readings through the day without needing to constantly prick myself. She said right now with readings regularly over 400 it would be a waste because they don't even give a reading over 400, but it will be a great tool to see what my levels are before/after eating and working out.
She's also scheduled a 2-day class for me at the center in a few weeks all about the nutrition and managing all of this.
I'm at 151.6 right now and I'm starving. I think I might actually cook and eat at a reasonable hour tonight, and if I need anything else later (which I'm sure I will), I'll cook myself a few chicken breasts and not have any carbs with them.
My old man came to visit today and he says I look fantastic with the extra 9-10 lbs on me since the last time they saw me. Looking forward to going over to their place and seeing what my brother who told him I looked like I had AIDS has to say about what I look like now though. Although he didn't say it to my face, he's the only one who's been brutally honest about how bad I looked before I got treatment.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:Quote:
Originally posted by Brenda:
Back from mah jong and some grocery shopping. Just got my money back this morning as it was a tough go.
Well, I suppose breakeven is better than not.
I hope your weather becomes sunny and warm.
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"It may be dangerous to be America's enemy, but to be America's friend is fatal." - Henry Kissinger
Breaking even is okay.
Weather is suppose to be warm and sunny at least till Sunday. Got temps into the low 20C which is around 70F.
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