Re: Confession time! <gulp!>

On Wed, 16 Apr 2008 01:23:03 -0700 (PDT), Helen Back
<SiriusC-63@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On 15 Apr, 22:42, Trinkwasser <s...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Apr 2008 00:48:41 -0700 (PDT), Helen Back

<SiriusC...@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
I have even evaded my April check up - I was meant to go for blood and
urine tests at end of March to prepare for my next checkup but I dont
want that huff and tut attitude that will likely be afforded me by the
doctor (who doesnt praise or support or listen) when my A1C is
potentially higher than it should be.

Tis a pity you don't have a better doctor, if you did he may have
prescribed you something to help with the IR - or an increased dose,
can't remember what you're on at the moment - to tide you over until
you can pick yourself back up and get on with things. Mono can be a
long drawn out thing to recover from and it's easy to get caught in
the cycle where the illness punts up your BG and the high BG makes the
illness hard to shake

Start back up in small stages

{{{hugs}}} sorry no ***-kicking

HI there - I am not taking any meds for my dx (other than Simvastin
and aspirin). Both doctors that I liaised with when I was first dx
were determined that diet and exercise is the best way to go -
initially.

I'll be honest - if I can maintain healthy bg levels through diet etc
alone, then I will endeavour to do so. But, I am also aware that if I
feel things are out of control, I WILL definitely discuss this with
the doc.

Thank you for your words of support.

You could trial Alpha-Lipoic Acid (tell yourself it's not a drug but a
dietary supplement) it's not had as much effect on my numbers as the
diet and exercise, but it HAS improved my control and predictability a
lot, and brought the numbers down about 0.5 (10) points overall, might
be worth considering while you're getting your health back, every
little helps . . .

. . . one of the effects it had was to chop the liver dumps off at
their knees to the extent I now have to watch for genuine lows, I
don't know if this might help with the sickness-generated highs
.

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