Re: Greetings! New to the diabetic newsgroup!

Alan S <loralgtweightandcarbs@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
: >
: >8:00AM 112 Lilinopril 2.5mg, Metoprolol 25mg, Omeprazole 20mg,
: >Multivitamins
: >9:02AM 147 Insulin 7R-14N
: >10:03AM 144
: >11:02AM 131
: >12:07PM 109 Ate a piece of cake, to keep me from going too low
: >1:26PM 185
: >2:41PM 114 Ate 4 handfuls of mixed nuts
: >3:22PM 126
: >4:24PM 136 Insulin 6R-7N
: >5:50PM 86 Taken a spoonful of honey
: >6:36PM 88 Ate chop suey and drank a regular Coke
: >7:52PM 205 Drank black coffee all day
: >8:42PM 204
: >9:24PM 192 Metoprolol 25mg
: >10:02PM 228 <-- dang! I wasn't expecting that! :(
: >
: >Tomorrow I will try it your way and I'll show you what I mean. And I am
: >not saying this because I think you are wrong or anything. As I think I
: >am doing something wrong. I maybe working with too little insulin or
: >something.

Looking at wht you do when you see a number in teh 80's looks like a
problem to me. You took cake once and then jumped to a high number and a
regular coke another time and jumped to a high number. 80's are not lows,
but you may well be afraid tht you are heading there. Try a mixed clower
acting carb, like some whole grain crackers like Wasa Bread or Ryevita
with
some fat or protein on it rather than a bunch of very fast cting carbs
like coke or cake. this might keep you from yo-yoing so much.


: Hi Bill

: Testing should be done systematically to learn or confirm
: information. Testing every hour without using that result to
: learn from it is a waste of a strip.

: Here's that different view again:
: 7:00 Drank black coffee all day 7:30
: 8:00 112 Lilinopril 2.5mg, Metoprolol 25mg,
: Omeprazole 20mg,
: 8:30
: 9:00 147 Insulin 7R-14N
: 9:30
: 10:00 144
: 10:30
: 11:00 131
: 11:30
: 12:00 109 Ate a piece of cake, to keep me from going
: too low
: 12:30
: 13:00
: 13:30 185 [it certainly worked:-(] 14:00
: 14:30 114 Ate 4 handfuls of mixed nuts 15:00
: 15:30 126
: 16:00
: 16:30 136 6R-7N
: 17:00
: 17:30
: 18:00 86 Taken a spoonful of honey 18:30 88 Ate
: chop suey and drank a regular Coke 19:00
: 19:30
: 20:00 205
: 20:30 204
: 21:00
: 21:30 192
: 22:00 228
: 22:30
: 23:00
: 23:30
: 0:00

: Think about it again. That has to be one of the worst two
: day's menu for a type 2 I've seen posted anywhere:-)

: Some obvious points - and remember I know very little about
: insulin.

: 1. You need to eat something for breakfast to stop that
: liver dump. As to what to eat - experiment. Eat a different
: breakfast for seven consecutive days and see which three
: work best. Then check those again to see if you can improve
: on them.

: 2. The 80's, which the 6R-7N may be responsible for, are NOT
: lows and do not need to be corrected. Your honey+chop suey
: (what was in it - not the foods but the fillers, fats and
: sweeteners?)+regular coke meant that I am totally
: unsurprised by the constant high numbers for the next few
: hours.

: And those days when you had three meals were not "my way" at
: all because your tests bore no timing relationship to those
: meals; the averages are useless as a means of analysing the
: causes of highs and lows. It's the peaks and troughs and the
: causes of those which interest me.

: "My way" would be something like this, but making sure you
: eat breakfast, lunch and dinner in your case. Quoting
: myself:
: http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/2006/10/test-review-adjust.html

: "Start with whatever you eat now.

: Eat, then test after eating at your spike time and if BG???s
: are too high then review what you ate and change the menu
: next time. Then do that again, and again, and again until
: what you eat doesn???t spike you. You will get some surprises,
: particularly at breakfast time. The so-called
: "heart-healthy" Breakfasts are NOT for most type 2's.
: Similarly, you will find variations through the day - the
: same thing will have different effects at breakfast, lunch,
: dinner and supper. But I can't say how they will affect
: others - only how it affected me - which is why we all need
: to test ourselves.

: As you gradually improve your blood glucose levels, review
: the resulting way of eating to ensure adequate nutrition,
: fibre etc are included and adjust accordingly.

: Then test again.

: Test, review, adjust, always towards better and better
: health."
:
: Cheers Alan, T2, Australia.
: d&e, metformin 1500mg, ezetrol 10mg
: --
: I have no medical qualifications beyond my own experience.
: Choose your advisers carefully, because experience can be
: an expensive teacher.
: http://loraldiabetes.blogspot.com/
: Everything in Moderation - Except Laughter.
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