In the garden, and RAIN!!! (2)
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UPDATED: Monday, September 7, 2026 11:50
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Quote:I hope it happens as promised.
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.
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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.
Quote:Ok. IMHO things never run smooth between offices.
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).
Quote:I would have expected tighter readings than that. Still,I guess too high is too high.
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.
Quote:I'm glad you have an involved person to rely on! Virtual friends can only do so much, and I have been worried about you.
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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Thanks Sigs. 
Weird... I'm only 149.2 this morning. A whole .8 of that was bowels, which I measured right before/after. I'm not lower from a lack of eating, although I did eat much less yesterday than the day before. I think I did pee more yesterday and last night though. Some of that loss is probably a 1 day delay on the overeating from 2 days ago. I did assume that some of that extra weight was not going to stick and I was just fuller than usual, but I wasn't expecting to be fall as low as I was 6 days ago. I haven't weighed under 150 since April 22nd. I didn't nap and probably had a bit more coffee yesterday, and I was coming off of a night of only 3hrs sleep prior.
Tested 349mg/dL this morning, which isn't as low as yesterday was, but is on the low end for me in the morning before I take insulin/meds.
It appears that Dr. Endo didn't get back to either of us. No news from the Nutritionist, online or by phone. I just remembered that Endo doesn't work on Friday either. So I don't think there's any point in getting him to change anything only 1 day before I see him on Tuesday.
My Nutritionist mentioned that they have 2 endocrinologists on staff at the hospital right now that are full up, but a new guy is starting in a month or two. He's not officially taking on patients yet, but she said she could pull strings if I wanted to switch. It would be a shame because I really like the Endo Dr himself, but his staff just sucks, so I might ask her about that.
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You're getting there, SIX. Would this be the day to bump up your long-lasting insulin? If so, I'd try that. Bc you'll have another three data points (Sat, Sun, Mon) to take to your doctor on Tuesday.
Yanno, the cancer program here is EXCELLENT. I was in love with Dr Onco (B4 she left for bigger and better things) but the best thing was the FABULOUS coordination. Dr Surgeon knew when to cut in (so to speak) and Dr Radiology knew when to zap, and all the while Dr Onco's office played continuo with infusions and blood tests. I was in very capable, multiple hands that were following a well-developed protocol.
But the rest of the facility???
Coordination worse than non-existent. All doctors afraid to step on anyone else's toes, so if I need multiple doctor's advice (like, what will this med that Dr Cardio recommended do to my kidneys?) I have to shop my question around to each one individually. Dr Rheumatologist is fabulous. But her scheduling office has cancelled my appointments with her FOUR TIMES. And not only did they not automatically reschedule, they didn't even tell me. The first time they did that, I actually showed up at her office only to find I wasn't on that day's list.
So I learned I gotta be the organizer, trot info from radiology to the relevant doctor, check up on schedules and ask questions without pissing anyone off.
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Out for my walk in the sun. Couple of things to do. Need some veg and return something to the library.
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
You're getting there, SIX. Would this be the day to bump up your long-lasting insulin? If so, I'd try that. Bc you'll have another three data points (Sat, Sun, Mon) to take to your doctor on Tuesday.
Yes... I upped the insulin to 24 units (first 15, then 18, then 21 and now 24), and I have 3 more data points from today too.
I took the insulin and ate a banana with my oral meds like I usually do. I decided I was going to mow the lawn today and forgot to eat anything for lunch before I started. It was pretty low energy, but that could just be because it's friggin cold and humid and cloudy out and not because of my current physical state. I just mowed the lawn which takes about 2 hours and when I came back in I tested my sugar.
I had to do it twice because I didn't believe it.
80mg/dL and 82mg/dL!
I decided to run a little experiment. For a LATE lunch, I had two giant bowls of Frosted Mini Wheats with skim milk. Even though they say don't test your sugar until 2 hours after you eat because the reading might be too high, I tested it 20 minutes after I started eating.
124mg/dL!
In a little under 90 minutes I'm going to do the 2 hours after eating test and see where I'm at.
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Yanno, the cancer program here is EXCELLENT. I was in love with Dr Onco (B4 she left for bigger and better things) but the best thing was the FABULOUS coordination. Dr Surgeon knew when to cut in (so to speak) and Dr Radiology knew when to zap, and all the while Dr Onco's office played continuo with infusions and blood tests. I was in very capable, multiple hands that were following a well-developed protocol.
But the rest of the facility???
Coordination worse than non-existent. All doctors afraid to step on anyone else's toes, so if I need multiple doctor's advice (like, what will this med that Dr Cardio recommended do to my kidneys?) I have to shop my question around to each one individually. Dr Rheumatologist is fabulous. But her scheduling office has cancelled my appointments with her FOUR TIMES. And not only did they not automatically reschedule, they didn't even tell me. The first time they did that, I actually showed up at her office only to find I wasn't on that day's list.
So I learned I gotta be the organizer, trot info from radiology to the relevant doctor, check up on schedules and ask questions without pissing anyone off.
I'm sad to hear that this might be the norm. Sorry to hear that, Sigs. :(
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Quote:
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
You're getting there, SIX. Would this be the day to bump up your long-lasting insulin? If so, I'd try that. Bc you'll have another three data points (Sat, Sun, Mon) to take to your doctor on Tuesday.
Yes... I upped the insulin to 24 units (first 15, then 18, then 21 and now 24), and I have 3 more data points from today too.
I took the insulin and ate a banana with my oral meds like I usually do. I decided I was going to mow the lawn today and forgot to eat anything for lunch before I started. It was pretty low energy, but that could just be because it's friggin cold and humid and cloudy out and not because of my current physical state. I just mowed the lawn which takes about 2 hours and when I came back in I tested my sugar.
I had to do it twice because I didn't believe it.
80mg/dL and 82mg/dL!
I decided to run a little experiment. For a LATE lunch, I had two giant bowls of Frosted Mini Wheats with skim milk. Even though they say don't test your sugar until 2 hours after you eat because the reading might be too high, I tested it 20 minutes after I started eating.
124mg/dL!
In a little under 90 minutes I'm going to do the 2 hours after eating test and see where I'm at.Quote:
Yanno, the cancer program here is EXCELLENT. I was in love with Dr Onco (B4 she left for bigger and better things) but the best thing was the FABULOUS coordination. Dr Surgeon knew when to cut in (so to speak) and Dr Radiology knew when to zap, and all the while Dr Onco's office played continuo with infusions and blood tests. I was in very capable, multiple hands that were following a well-developed protocol.
But the rest of the facility???
Coordination worse than non-existent. All doctors afraid to step on anyone else's toes, so if I need multiple doctor's advice (like, what will this med that Dr Cardio recommended do to my kidneys?) I have to shop my question around to each one individually. Dr Rheumatologist is fabulous. But her scheduling office has cancelled my appointments with her FOUR TIMES. And not only did they not automatically reschedule, they didn't even tell me. The first time they did that, I actually showed up at her office only to find I wasn't on that day's list.
So I learned I gotta be the organizer, trot info from radiology to the relevant doctor, check up on schedules and ask questions without pissing anyone off.
I'm sad to hear that this might be the norm. Sorry to hear that, Sigs. :(
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Growing up in a Republic was nice... Shame we couldn't keep it.
Sun of a gun, SIX. It seems whatever is going on with your blood sugar is happening at night, and your morning readings are the worst?
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Back from my walk and for the first time this year I was out without a jacket or heavy coat. I should be able to do that tomorrow as well. There is a blip for Sunday, some rain. I hope it doesn't hang around for next week.
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Quote:The American Diabetes Association writes on the subject:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Sun of a gun, SIX. It seems whatever is going on with your blood sugar is happening at night, and your morning readings are the worst?
High Morning Blood Glucose
Morning highs can be baffling. After all, you just spent the past nine hours or so sleeping—in other words, not ingesting any carbs. What’s going on? What causes high morning blood glucose?
Two main culprits prompt morning highs: the dawn phenomenon and waning insulin. A third, much rarer cause, known as the Somogyi effect, may also be to blame.
The dawn phenomenon
In the early hours of the morning, hormones, including cortisol and growth hormone, signal the liver to boost the production of glucose, which provides energy that helps you wake up. This triggers beta cells in the pancreas to release insulin in order to keep blood glucose levels in check. But if you have diabetes, you may not make enough insulin or may be too insulin resistant to counter the increase in blood glucose. As a result, your levels may be elevated when you wake up. The dawn phenomenon does not discriminate between types of diabetes. Approximately half of those with either type 1 or type 2 experience it.
More at https://diabetes.org/diabetes/treatment-care/high-morning-blood-glucos
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Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Sun of a gun, SIX. It seems whatever is going on with your blood sugar is happening at night, and your morning readings are the worst?
I don't think we have enough data to say that yet. Until yesterday I'd never tested at any time other than the morning, and until today I'd never had a reading within or even anywhere in the ballpark of normal.
(That's not entirely true... I did test before dinner the first night I got the device and if memory serves it was at or above 500 or something then. Certainly way over 400 in any case).
It's not all good news though. Frosted Mini Wheats are off the menu for sure. I tested twice again 2 hours after I'd eaten and both readings were over 400. :(
And at this point, I'm going to treat the 3 good readings as the anomaly until I get more of them.
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Quote:This explains much of the self-defeating behavior I see with Trump voters: When they're too high (above 140 mg/dL), too low (below 70 mg/dL), or remain in the normal range but swing up and down, blood sugar levels aren't where they need to be for the brain to operate correctly. Irrational behavior and mental confusion can result.
Originally posted by 6IXSTRINGJACK:Quote:
Originally posted by SIGNYM:
Sun of a gun, SIX. It seems whatever is going on with your blood sugar is happening at night, and your morning readings are the worst?
I don't think we have enough data to say that yet. Until yesterday I'd never tested at any time other than the morning, and until today I'd never had a reading within or even anywhere in the ballpark of normal.
(That's not entirely true... I did test before dinner the first night I got the device and if memory serves it was at or above 500 or something then. Certainly way over 400 in any case).
It's not all good news though. Frosted Mini Wheats are off the menu for sure. I tested twice again 2 hours after I'd eaten and both readings were over 400. :(
And at this point, I'm going to treat the 3 good readings as the anomaly until I get more of them.
https://www.healthyplace.com/diabetes/mental-health/diabetes-and-irrat
ional-behavior-mental-confusion
The Joss Whedon script for Serenity, where Wash lives, is Serenity-190pages.pdf at
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