Diabetes Support Thread

Marylin · Jan 05, 2019, 04:51 PM

It's gone crazy again and I have binged.I gave up trying to get it down only one more day and I see the diabetic nurse for medication change,hopefully that will sort me out.I am not succeeding with the New year diet so far!

I just measured and it's 500,my fault,I ate chocolate and drank soda pop!My eating is out of control I am afraid.

unaluna · Jan 05, 2019, 04:55 PM

Me too. i will be too strict for too long, then i go wild. I think i need to not be so strict, or at least have more variation. I am not a bad cook, i need to use my skills.

Guiness187055 · Jan 05, 2019, 05:05 PM

Love the avatar Una.

possum220 · Jan 05, 2019, 07:36 PM

I did not know that 7 was the highest acceptable point Guiness. Thanks for the input.

I find myself with the same dilemma Marilyn.

I know what I should be doing but I don't to it. I am wondering if my going to some local weight loss group might be the answer. Not so much for the weight loss but more for the accountability of being weighed and being with like minded people who are talking about healthy eating. Plus there is the social factor too. Then again there is the cost factor.

What are your thoughts on that Marilyn? Would you?

Marylin · Jan 07, 2019, 12:42 AM

Possum,I found the weight loss classes that I went to helpful,they steer you in the right direction on what to be eating and what to avoid to lose weight,being weighed regular is an incentive to keep on the diet .If you can keep up the diet when the classes end that is a big bonus.The classes I went to were free so I just had to find my cab fare there and back,the doctors provide the classes free.

I haven't been measuring blood sugars last two days,they were so high though last time I measured.I am going to see the diabetic nurse today,she is going to give me new diabetic medication to try,so hopefully,with the new medications and watching what I put in my mouth from here on in,I will get blood sugar down to normal levels.

Marylin · Jan 07, 2019, 11:39 AM

I saw the diabetic nurse today.Things have to be brought under control as my kidneys and liver are at risk.I am being referred to the diabetic nutritionist at the hospital.The nurse today offered me drugs,one was a weight loss injection and the other excretes sugar through the urine,both are heavy duty and have bad side effects.So I won't take them.I am to lose weight on my own and get blood sugars down by controlling what I put in my mouth and exercising.I am to try for a month then see the nurse again and keep seeing her once a month to stay on track we have got to get my HbA1c down by half,it is 14,it should be 7.Nurse says mine is the highest she has ever seen.My blood sugars are 459 again tonight.But last night I drank soda and pop again and for dinner today I had fish and chips,so tomorrow I will get serious about having healthy meals and no soda,juices just plain water.I have the knowledge to do this diet,lose weight and exercise,I will do it.I gave away my left over Christmas chocolate so I don't have temptation in the house.I will let you know this time tomorrow,4.39pm GMT if my sugars have come down.I am going to be posting here regularly for the foreseeable future and in the weight and diet thread.

Guiness187055 · Jan 07, 2019, 04:45 PM

Good luck Marilyn, you can do it. Why did she not put you on injectable insulin?

Marylin · Jan 07, 2019, 05:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Guiness187055

Good luck Marilyn, you can do it. Why did she not put you on injectable insulin?

I was on insulin before,my appetite was ravenous,I gobbled food down for England,I gained 3 stones and my blood sugars were higher than ever,I also got womb cancer.So insulin doesn't help me.It is just a vicious cycle with me insulin is.I don't know if it gave me cancer either?

ArmyWife09 · Jan 07, 2019, 05:11 PM

I'm glad I'm not on insulin. I couldn't do it. I hate checking my blood sugar (when I do). As I don't do it as often as I should.

Marylin · Jan 08, 2019, 12:37 AM

Well my blood sugars came down from 469 to 325 last night before bed.I had peanut butter and apple last night before bed,to stop the liver dumping glucose into my bloodstream overnight.At 4.15am this morning it came down to 253.I had apple cider vinegar last night too.That lowers blood sugars too.It is better this morning but still over double what it should be,but it is a good start as the day before yesterday it was 540.So I think I am off to a good start.I am recording quite a few times a day and keeping a dieting diary and sugar control diary.I feel much better and the sugar cravings have gone.

Marylin · Jan 08, 2019, 01:08 PM

White flour products make blood sugars spike,I have to avoid white bread,it has made my blood sugar go up to 360 tonight,I had some for lunch with soup.I know I haven't had any sugar today so it can only be the white flour that is at fault.All in all I ate healthier today.

unaluna · Jan 08, 2019, 01:32 PM

I think my metformin was doing me in. I've been feeling under the weather. Its contraindicated with one of my other meds (topamax) - i think this is why i stopped taking it before when i was taking it, several years ago. I didnt take it yesterday, after decreasing it from 1000 mg to 500 for a couple of days, and im already feeling much better. Like im waking up and feeling ALIVE, like a new woman!

Guiness187055 · Jan 08, 2019, 06:39 PM

My endocrinologist wanted me off of metformin and added injectible victoza instead.

possum220 · Jan 08, 2019, 09:38 PM

Sounds like you are taking really good steps in the right direction Marilyn.

I never knew that insulin could stack on the weight so I googled it.....Oh My!

Must be lovely to wake up with a spring in your step unaluna.

unaluna · Jan 08, 2019, 09:43 PM

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Originally Posted by possum220

Must be lovely to wake up with a spring in your step unaluna.

Oh, not quite THAT good - more like, hey great, im not falling over, feeling a little steadier. I need to work towards a spring, tho.

Marylin · Jan 09, 2019, 09:49 AM

Hiya all,I asked the nurse today if I could increase my dose of metformin and gliclazide to six a day instead of 4.She said no,cos I am on the maximum dose at 4 of each a day already,any more and it could damage my liver and kidneys.She said to look into halving my intake of bread and potatoes and replacing them with alternatives.So I will do that.

After lunch today my reading is 289.So it has come down again from 360,but is still too high.I am having soup for dinner with a slice of bread.Let's see what the reading is later on tonight.

Guiness187055 · Jan 09, 2019, 05:28 PM

For the life of me I cannot understand how you can control this with diet alone. Metformin and glucatrol aren't working. I am shocked she did not put you on insulin. I wish you the best of luck though.

Marylin · Jan 09, 2019, 06:16 PM

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Originally Posted by Guiness187055

For the life of me I cannot understand how you can control this with diet alone. Metformin and glucatrol aren't working. I am shocked she did not put you on insulin. I wish you the best of luck though.

Guiness,I have explained I can't go onto insulin,I was on it before and it made my appetite ravenous and I gained 19 kilos,which is 42 pounds and I would have gained more if I hadn't stopped it.I also think it caused my womb cancer.It is possible just with diet and the medications that I am on,I have done it before.

Guiness187055 · Jan 09, 2019, 07:57 PM

Just worried about you. You should be no higher than 180 after you eat and waking up around 100.

Marylin · Jan 10, 2019, 12:37 AM

I know I appreciate your concern Guiness,but insulin won't help me it will make matters worse,I'll get there,don't worry.

Marylin · Jan 12, 2019, 02:23 AM

My blood sugars came down to 250 this morning from 340 last night.That is much better.Keep going,get them down further.No sugar and no bread from now on.