Dare to Manage diabetes
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Manage diabetes by modifying your diet, exercising regularly and monitoring your blood sugar levels. Make sure you are taking your diabetes medication and getting checkups on a regular basis to keep diabetes under control.
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fasting 126. This is a great number for me. Usually in the upper 130's. Exercised every day this week and watching my diet.
I've run a sub-three hour marathon, a sub-4:45 Half Ironman, Broken an hour on a 40K time trial. Then in 2003 I did a three day Type-1 diabetic coma. My life changed. I went from a very active, fun-loving outdoor type to a depressed, scared to do anything Type 1 diabetic. My first doctor told me now more than thirty minutes of exercise a day.
I've spent two extended stints in the hospital. The first time with a 14 A1C, and the second time with a 16. I'm very brittle, and I'm extremely frustrated. I go through bouts of good control, mostly after pocket draining hospital stays. I can't seem to come to terms that I have a life-threatening disease.
I start my PhD this fall, and I've promised myself to get my sugar under control, run a marathon in December (Running 3-days a week and riding 3), and a possible triathlon in the spring or early summer.
I can't tell y'all when I last tested my BG; I don't even know where my glucometer is. I only inject my Lantus because I don't like the crash feeling when it comes to the Humalog-feels too much like a serious bonk. I just need other ex-athletes trying to reclaim their lives and control this thing.
Wow! :( Never having been an athlete as you, I just can't imagine what it would be like to have such a big part of who you are being controlled by this disease.
Instead of 'coming to terms' with having a life-threatening disease, why not change the mental part of that around to LIVING HEALTHY WITH a disease. Taking the steps to make it work in your life so you can retain as much normalcy as possible and can maintain health for many, MANY years to come...?
We have a neighbor who was diagnosed with type 1 as a teenager just a few years ago. They had the hardest time getting his levels to stay where they needed to be, so they opted to get a 'pump' and he has been having a much easier time of it lately. A co-worker of my husbands (an EMT) also has a pump and he couldn't live normally without it.
Maybe it would be worth talking to your doc about.... and find a DOC who is willing to work with you on your goals, instead of telling you that you can't do what you want.
START TESTING!!!! Use it as a guide to see how well you are doing, what foods trigger huge spikes, and what foods are less drastic to your system.
I haven't really looked through this site, but it might be helpful to you.
http://www.diabetes-exercise.org/
Good luck! I hope you manage to get all your puzzle pieces to fit in your life.
Jo
I understand how you feel. My life has changed completely from having Type1. I played hockey, had a full life till I had a heart attack and then diagnosed with diabetes.
Have gone through depression and everything else. Would be glad to talk t you about it and get you through it.
Checking yourself is mandatory and you need to stay on top of it. If you want I can get you in the habit by being an alter ego for you. My position as a guide is to help but my position and love as a grassroots activists for diabetes is to help you get to where you want to be.
Let me know how I can help and I will be there for you.
GDA, just stay on me. I'm seeing this commitment to the end. This morning's fasting was 180. Goal by next Monday is a fasting of 140 or less
Its been awhile since you have posted this, but i cant help giving you some pointers if your still having trouble. Taking Humalog shouldn't make you crash as long as your taking the right amount for the carbs your eating. If you crash a lot you should probably eat more carbs per a unit. Also it helps to eat whole wheat's because they take longer to digest and give you more energy and less crashes. Plus, checking your blood sugar every time you eat will make it easier for you and your doctor to get you onto a plan with the right amounts of insulin. You might already do this, but after you exercize it's important to eat a snack of about fifteen carbs (preferably fruit because it goes in fast), and its also good to run or exercise in the morning or around lunch instead of before you go to sleep, because after you go to sleep your body still burns energy and carbs and even if you eat a snack you are still likely to crash. I hope this helps. Maintenance of your diabetes is probably one of the most important decisions you will ever make and your future depends on it. Don't forget your never alone, and i speak for every diabetic when i say you'll always have our support.
Its been awhile since you have posted this, but i cant help giving you some pointers if your still having trouble. Taking Humalog shouldn't make you crash as long as your taking the right amount for the carbs your eating. If you crash a lot you should probably eat more carbs per a unit. Also it helps to eat whole wheat's because they take longer to digest and give you more energy and less crashes. Plus, checking your blood sugar every time you eat will make it easier for you and your doctor to get you onto a plan with the right amounts of insulin. You might already do this, but after you exercize it's important to eat a snack of about fifteen carbs (preferably fruit because it goes in fast), and its also good to run or exercise in the morning or around lunch instead of before you go to sleep, because after you go to sleep your body still burns energy and carbs and even if you eat a snack you are still likely to crash. I hope this helps. Maintenance of your diabetes is probably one of the most important decisions you will ever make and your future depends on it. Don't forget your never alone, and i speak for every diabetic when i say you'll always have our support.
Its been awhile since you have posted this, but i cant help giving you some pointers if your still having trouble. Taking Humalog shouldn't make you crash as long as your taking the right amount for the carbs your eating. If you crash a lot you should probably eat more carbs per a unit. Also it helps to eat whole wheat's because they take longer to digest and give you more energy and less crashes. Plus, checking your blood sugar every time you eat will make it easier for you and your doctor to get you onto a plan with the right amounts of insulin. You might already do this, but after you exercize it's important to eat a snack of about fifteen carbs (preferably fruit because it goes in fast), and its also good to run or exercise in the morning or around lunch instead of before you go to sleep, because after you go to sleep your body still burns energy and carbs and even if you eat a snack you are still likely to crash. I hope this helps. Maintenance of your diabetes is probably one of the most important decisions you will ever make and your future depends on it. Don't forget your never alone, and i speak for every diabetic when i say you'll always have our support.
Its been awhile since you have posted this, but i cant help giving you some pointers if your still having trouble. Taking Humalog shouldn't make you crash as long as your taking the right amount for the carbs your eating. If you crash a lot you should probably eat more carbs per a unit. Also it helps to eat whole wheat's because they take longer to digest and give you more energy and less crashes. Plus, checking your blood sugar every time you eat will make it easier for you and your doctor to get you onto a plan with the right amounts of insulin. You might already do this, but after you exercize it's important to eat a snack of about fifteen carbs (preferably fruit because it goes in fast), and its also good to run or exercise in the morning or around lunch instead of before you go to sleep, because after you go to sleep your body still burns energy and carbs and even if you eat a snack you are still likely to crash. I hope this helps. Maintenance of your diabetes is probably one of the most important decisions you will ever make and your future depends on it. Don't forget your never alone, and i speak for every diabetic when i say you'll always have our support.
BS was *.# when I first took it in the morning, I was taking 55 units of Novarapid at each meal, now I am down to 22 units. My blood sugars go anywhere from 4.8 to 8.3
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I was diagnosed in January with type 2 after having fasting BG of over 300. My A1c was 12 and by March I had lowered my A1c to 8 with diet, medication, and excercise. I just had more blood work done any I am hoping it has gone down even more. I have really looked at this as a blessing. I now eat healthy and feel 100% better. Not to mention I have lost 32 lbs. I hope to stay on this track and live a long life.
beginning low carb a1c 7.9 urine proteins now determnined to figure it out insulin increases again no physical activity for 60 days due to broken arm and 100+heat
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Good Morning,
Big day for me. 10K (6.2 miles) Starts at 10am Bermuda time. I just have to finish (and not come in last). Big week for me. I have been promoted at work lots more responsibility. Also social promotion so lots of board meeting, evenings out and eating in restaurants, big problem for a diabetic and low carber. Will have to work keeping number down. Everyone have a good day.
Awesome! Good luck on the 10K and on the new job! You know what you have to focus on and I know you can keep things in check. Congratulations!
By cwhitten1971 on August 27, 2011 at 06:29 PM
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