I did sin, at 2hPP 158...
LOL...wow, not as bad as I thought! After 1 hour I was 99 and after1 1/2 hours 115... Maybe I can eat oatmeal stuff at lunch! Yipee!!!! I have had disasterous results eating oatmeal for breakfast...
Okay, after 2 full months of eating right (low carbs <50 gms. a day) I could not muster up the will power not to eat an oatmeal pancake...make that 2 of them! My favorite from my childhood....my...
You can expect to spend some time giving your history including meds and then probably do bloodwork and urine sample. Your weight and height will also be taken along with the usual blood pressure and...
I had swollen legs for years from a low thyroid, however, please go to your doctor as sometimes it can be more serious....
I was started on Lantus upon diagnosis and love it. I wouldn't give it up for all the oral meds. in the world! So, yes, I understand you wanting all insulin. Now I do take 500mg metformin twice a day...
Sounds yummy!...
Perhaps if you contact the drug companies and ask about the programs then they will tell you what kind of documentation you need. Once you know, maybe a phone call to your doctor requesting the...
You may also want to contact the drug companies directly as most have assistance programs for drugs or offer free drugs in certain circumstances....
The major clinic in our town has those guidelines on big posters all over the clinic too. I was eating more vegetables up until a week ago and when I took more carbs away, my numbers dropped more and...
Okay, some confusion here... My doctor wanted my fasting BGL to be under 120 (I have reached this with fasting BGL from 90-110) and 2 hour PP below 160 (I have reached this with most 2 hour PP being...
Thank you for the info!...
I think you make a good point. I have been telling myself that nothing of off limits but it may be limited. I am trying hard to find foods I like and can live with on a long term basis without...
As far as the salt and Lasix, the dr. seems to think it is okay as the Lasix, in a very lay version, removes the excess salt. Perhaps I would notice a little difference but other than the ham and...
I will have to find that chocolate. I do like dark chocolate but never had been a big chocolate eater but it may be good to have on hand if I do get a craving. I am amazed at how I don't crave chips...
I take blood pressure meds and when this has happened to me it is because my potassium is low. Please don't take this as the only reason as it is just what happens to me. He needs to get more info....
I am so disappointed in myself. Tonight, after a month and a half of absolutely no "sweets", chips or other junk food, I ate a chocolate chip cookie! It didn't even taste good to me and I found...
I finally got to my level after two years of continual adjustments in meds. It can take a long time before you find your optimal dose....
Thank you for your reply. I was thinking I should wait it out but now I am thinking I should get in for an eye exam....
Long story, short...Prior to last week I was not on meds or considered diabetic. Last week put on 500mg Metformin and insulin due to 300-450 bgl. Doctor seems to think that a hormone pill I recently...
I was diagnosed with Hashimoto's (autoimmune thyroid disease) 28 years ago (I am now 47). Two years ago I had two surgeries to remove my thyroid because of thyroid cancer along with RAI. I am...
I had to laugh at the "food police". I know exactly what you mean. For 5 years now, my now 16 year old son has had severe crohn's disease with several complications and all the way along, we have...
I have to say I am very surprised. After starting insulin, I am finding my meals are more satisfying and I am not craving a lot of junk or carbs. I am even finding a salad satisfying, wierd. I was...
An update. Day 2 of my dietary experiments: Yesterday I had disastarous effects from the oatmeal breakfast. Today I had a glass of V8 (some minimal carbs) and a omelette with ham, cheese, red bell...
Thanks for the response. I am hoping this may resolve itself after surgery. I do find it suspicious that three weeks ago, a glucose test done had my glucose at 128 and that was an hour after I ate a...
You are right about that Jeannie. I have been checking my numbers in morning (fasting), and two hours after meals. I do think I tend to have really big swings after eating. He doesn't seem to but it...
I was put on Lantus and metformine upon presenting with high bgl (300-360 fasting). Now I know I was put on insulin immediately because I am having surgery in a week and a half and I need to get my...
I like this....
I read both already. I am aware of the dietary stuff as I have been cooking and preparing meals for my husband for 15 years on a diabetic plan. It is just doing it and following it myself. I was just...
Actually I am really good about following a low glycemic program for my husband from a program through his doctor...it is just that I need to start doing it myself. Since starting a year ago, his bg...
So I just started insulin a couple of days ago. So I have found that on insulin, every few hours I start feeling like I need to eat. So I decided I have to start eating breakfast. In the past, I...
Thank you....
I am looking for a good website that is comprehensive that would be good for answering any questions I may have or as a reference. I am recently diagnosed..well, diagnosed again. The first time was...
My husband was diagnosed with diabetes about 15 years ago. He manages it with diet and meds. Today he had his physical and his Microalbumin was 175.10 (normal range 0-7.9) and his Albumin/Creatinine...
Can you do the test and drop it off at a lab near by? It may be worth a call to your GI who could order it through another hospital or lab and have the results faxed to him/her....
My son lost effectiveness to Remicade and switched to Humira. Humira was effective but it seemed to take a while to kick in. After it "kicked in" I feel it was better than Remicade....
He had the oral contrast and IV dye so maybe it is his IBD...I just think it is more with all the joint pain. He says this pain doesn't feel like the crampy IBS pain. Who knows. The doctor wants us...
Maybe it is his IBS and not a flare....
Some treatment background: Diagnosed with Crohn's (colon, terminal illeum, small bowel and stomach) in Oct. 2005, started pred. and 6MP, within 3 weeks had pancreatitis from 6MP, started Remicade,...
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When first diagnosed in March, my A1C was 7.7. Two weeks ago it was 6.9. I take one 500mg metformin extended release in the evening. Most before meal eating numbers range from 100-130's. After meal...
I know of a child with cancer in the bone that started like that....
I eat very strangely. I don't hardly ever have an apetite during the day so I need to remember to eat. I recently got a type II diabetes diagnosis. I also have hashimoto's thyroiditis...
Have they checked her for cancer?...
I can eat no carbs and get diarrhea from metformin. Joan Hashimoto's Thyroiditis Diabetes II Thyroid Cancer...
I have found that my best advocate has been my primary dr. I think the trick is is to be with them long enough so they trust you and you trust them. Maybe you need a new primary or ask your primary...
My son's GI said that many times gastroparesis will improve and go away in 6 months to a year but you will always be more suceptable to getting it again with a stomach/intestinal insult such as a...
Hope your gastroparesis resolves itself...nice to have met you... Joan...
Easy bruising. This is a sign of a low platelet count since they may also be destroyed by the autoantibodies." Hope your bruising is nothing serious. ...