Re: While at the Doc today, I got a copy of a diet from the no-show dietician...
- From: "Colleen" <colleen@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sat, 30 Jul 2005 15:25:57 -0500
One cautionary not Chris. If you're out for a walk it would be wise to
bring your meter and some glucose tabs. Exercise reduces BG and being that
you are still on some little bit of insulin, you could go hypo. I usually
test before taking a long walk an if I'm <80, I'll eat a little carb. There
is nothing worse than being out for a walk, going hypo (or think you are)
and not having any candy/glucose along.
--
Colleen
"See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things
over and over and over again for the truth to sink in,
to kind of catapult the propaganda."
G.W. Bush
Greece, N.Y., May 24, 2005
"Chris J." <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> On 30 Jul 2005 11:36:24 -0700, "ADE" <lxndrsoe@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>>In my case, I'd been diagnosed with diabetes, BG's in the mid 600's
>>>and hospitalized to try and get it stabilized
>>
>>Hi Chris,
>>I'm not a doctor, but we do have similar incident prior to the diagnose
>>of diabetes. Prior to the diagnose, I had infection on my back that
>>wouldn't heal. The doctor had to open it up and inserted sulture to
>>soak up the infection.
>
> Wow, that's almost exactly what happened to me. My back infection
> started as a small deep boil near my shoulder blade, and kept
> spreading a bit each day. I thought it would heal, especially if it
> came to the surface, but nothing happened and it grew bigger for a few
> days. It was about two inches by three inches when i had to go out of
> town for a few days. It spread rapidly but I didn't want to seek
> treatment out of town so waited three days until I returned. By that
> time it was about seven inches by nine and sticking out about three
> inches. I was in agony and very ill by the time I went in to the ER.
>
>> A few weeks after that incident, I suffered
>>panick attack which in the process of treatment, they discovered that
>>my glucose had zoomed up.
>
> With me, I went in for a wound check about ten days after my initial
> visit, thinking I was doing great. I was feeling so much better, the
> inflamed area had shrunk to an inch across, and i thought all was
> well. The ER doc, however, thought it wasn't healing fast enough, and
> suggested a BG reading on a meter. It was too high for the meter to
> read, so they drew blood. An hour later I was told I was diabetic, in
> serious condition, might die, and had to be hospitalized immediately.
> Talk about a sure way to kill a good mood! :-)
>
>> I was able to stabilize the whole thing with
>>strict diet and exercise.
>
> They put me on metfromin, and also insulin (theoretically temporarily)
> even though they think I'm type 2.
>
> That was a week ago today. Hey, it's my diagnosis anniversary! :-)
> Still not off the insulin yet, but it's down, as of now, to one shot
> of two units in 24 hours. (I have a BG chart that dictates how much to
> inject).
>
>> What I mean with strict diet is cutting all
>>simple starches like bread, potato, pasta, rice, noodle.
>
> I did that as soon as i could. I couldn't do it in hospital due to
> their menus (I did ask for better food, but got none) but I did do the
> above from the second I walked out those doors.
>
>> I started
>>going to gymn twice a day and slowed down to once a day.
>
> I'm in a bit of a mess with that. A gym would be too far for me to
> drive every day, so I bought a leg&arm rowing machine, and am shopping
> for other home gym equipment. My problem is that my back still isn't
> finished healing, so I can't do too much that requires upper back
> movement. So, I'm limited. I do just 5 minutes on the rowing machine
> (after every meal) and do some fast walking on hills. I'll certainly
> be increasing the exercise as my back wound heals (it's healing every
> day, but not there yet).
>
>> I know that
>>you will be able to stabilize your glucose level with your good
>>attitude for learning all the info. you received.
>
> Thanks! I'm trying. Today has been both a bit discouraging and a bit
> encouraging. I was FBG of 119 (2 higher than yesterday) and two hours
> after breakfast I'd spiked 139bg (requiring my first insulin, 2
> units, in 24 hours). On one hand, those numbers aren't good, but on
> the other hand, considering I'm one week into treatment and started
> sky-high, I think it's ok for now. I also think it's an improvement
> that I was able to skip both the afternoon and evening insulin
> yesterday, for the first time.
>
>>Take care yourself
>>and try to calm down.
>
> So, how is this for being calmer (:-)); I'm looking at the above as,
> overall, good news! And I'm actually thinking positive more and more,
> too.
>
> I think I'm much calmer since I spoke with my Doc yesterday. Plus, one
> of the biggest helps to me was this NG. Many people have dispelled
> dire misconceptions that I had.
>
>
.
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