Insulin and eyesight..

Oh gosh, yes, with that A1c, this must be brought down. I don't know the answer to your question about blurriness. I hope you're seeing an ophthalmologist! A regular doctor or an optometrist cannot treat eye problems like this. I hope you are keeping records of what you're eating! (And - I am not going to go through my food lecture because you already know what you should not be eating! Right?)

I wish I could help more but I'm not on insulin.

I can't eat popcorn because it causes really high blood sugar. If you eat it, try half a cup and test before you eat it and then one hour and two hours afterwards. That will tell you.

Salad food with all those kinds of leafy greens, cukes, celery, bell peppers, mushrooms, olives, radishes, cheese, some nuts (and nut butters), a nice piece of protein with veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, spinach, mushrooms, bell peppers - all this makes a good food plan. And you see that many veggies can be eaten raw OR cooked. I eat them both ways because I like variety and it's good fiber and nutrition. Nuts, cheese and some berries with plain yogurt are good snacks. I've also been drinking almond coconut milk which has a calcium but is extremely low in carbs, like 1 gr for one glass.

Please see an ophthalmologist if you are already seeing one. Your vision is important and there are tests to see what's going on.

You mean you have an appointment with an ophthalmologist next month? I hope that's what you meant. In fact everyone who has diabetes or any problems with blood sugar needs to see an eye specialist to get tests done. High blood sugar over time can cause problems with the retina (retinopathy), glaucoma and cataracts. Please read the following:/www.medicinenet.com/diabetes_and_eye_problems/article.htm#preventing_eye_problems_with_diabetes

I understand the joy of gardening and reaping what you grow but apples, peaches, cherries or any other fruit has a lot of natural sugar which will raise your blood sugar very high. Any nutrition from these fruits can be found in vegetables so if a person says that we have to eat fruit for nutrition, that is not true. The sweetness in fruit, all fruit, is fructose and it's sugar. If a diabetic wants to eat an apple, for example, a couple of slices with the skin on and some peanut butter (or any nut butter: almond butter, cashew butter), a piece of cheese like cheddar or a few spoons of unsweetened yogurt with those apple slices is best. A whole apple or pear? Your blood sugar will go very high. Melons are will raise blood sugar even more.

Ham is meat, protein, so of course it's perfectly fine for a salad although you have to be careful with ham because of the sodium content and the honey glazed ham is sweetened so that is not a good choice. So, consider the type of ham. You could have turkey or chicken pieces or leftover pieces of pork from dinner that you cut up and put in salads.

Eggs, cheese and all those salad food we mentioned are all good, even some pieces of nuts sprinkled over the salad. Regular oil does not affect blood sugar at all. (No fat does.) However, if you want to use vinegar, that's fine.

The weird thing is I didn't have the blurry vision until the insulin. My eyesight had steadily been getting better and better until my glasses were the same as they were about 12 years ago or so. I wish I liked more veggies but I don't...same with fruits. I DO love my red meat and eggs. This morning I was 131 and this afternoon it was 118. Slowly getting better numbers